Game on...

 I told a friend today that my husband and I really like playing games.  We're very nice to each other most of the time, but, when it comes to games, we get quite competitive.  Maybe it's our chance to work out our aggressions.  Almost every evening after supper we play a game while watching TV.  Among our favorites are Gin Rummy, Scrabble and Dominoes.  Happily we're pretty evenly matched.  Interestingly, both of us come from game playing families.  When we are with my west coast brother, Mexican Train is the big favorite.  On our recent Florida trip, two of my husband's cousins introduced us to a game that was new to us.  It's called Five Crowns, and I highly recommend it, although, fair warning, it is addictive.  It's a rummy type game where you try to build sets or runs of three.  It starts with three cards dealt to each player and builds to the final hand of 13 cards per person.  Jokers are wild but there is also another wild card and it changes with each hand.  For example, if the hand dealt is six cards per person, jokers and sixes are wild.  The trick is remembering which cards are wild when.  I recommend this game as a really good lesson in dealing with frustration.