rain, tennis, stamping, and more

RAIN:
We were thrilled to have rain on Tuesday. And it wasn't just the typical scenario where it rains for an hour and then the skies clear. It rained, stopped, and rained some more. We had a nice glowering day for a change.

warming up

TENNIS:

The rain meant that Tuesday's away match for tennis was postponed for one day. So on Wednesday, the boys traveled to S. Tahoe... where they "played the game." (vs. winning the game, of course). 

FYI-for each match, there are 3 singles and 3 double sets being played at a time and there are 3 rounds. So Alex gets 3 chances to win.

We hosted N. Tahoe on Thursday. Alex, who his coaches keep telling us is the most improved player on the team this year, played singles for the first time in a real match. At the end, it was down to Alex (he had lost to his first 2 opponents) and a doubles set going on on the next court. We were at 8-8 at this point, meaning Fallon and Tahoe had each won 8 sets.

If we won both sets, Fallon would win. If our team lost both, N. Tahoe would win. If we were tied at 9-9, it would have to go to a team-wide tie-breaker, meaning all the players would have to get back on the courts and play tie-breakers against their original opponents. A tie in tennis is determined by a "12-point tie break," meaning the first one to 7 points wins, but you have to win by at least 2. 

Alex won his set 6-2 (yea!), so we just needed Ryan and Dylan to win theirs. They were at 6-5. If we won the next game, we'd win. If Tahoe won, that game would go to a tie breaker. If we then lost the tie breaker, we'd have to go to the team-wide tie-breaker. We didn't want any of that, of course. 

Happy to say, our guys won without any tie-breakers being needed! Thanks Ryan and Dylan.

We beat N. Tahoe, which means we are in 4th place and will go to Regionals (unless we lose to Sparks on Tuesday, but we are supposed to win that match).

STAMPING:

My stamping group, that has been stamping for years and years, hadn't been stamping since spring. We started up again last month. This month, I hosted. We get together and bring a card for everyone to make. We talk. We eat (sausage soup, a salad with watermelon instead of tomatoes in it, and chocolate zucchini cookies this time). It was a lot of fun. I really like the card I designed  (usually I just copy a card I've seen from splitcoaststampers.com).

my offering this month