About 3 years ago I created a 100 item bucket list and put it on my blog. I have accomplished a few over the years but this month I can check two off the list,
#67- Break 100 in bowling. I accomplished this one today! I took my kids bowling this afternoon and I started off with my usually pathetic bowling skills. I truly am an awful bowler. I think I over analyze it and try really hard to keep my wrist straight and follow through but I end up always to one side or the other and quite often in the gutter. For the first six frames I had a total score of 31-really! Here is how my mind worked during those first frames.
First attempt thoughts-"I will just bowl whatever way cause I am with my kids at a nearly empty bowling alley." So then I would generally get about 6 pins down.
Second attempt thoughts- "That was pretty good. I bet if I kept my wrist straight and aim for the few remaining ones I could get a spare." So then I would get a gutter ball because I was so focused on doing well. So for the first six frames my score went like this:
3-0
1-0
6-0
6-0
6-0
9-0
No joke. So after the 6th frame I decided to just have fun with it and told my kids we should all do a granny bowl for the next frame and see who gets the highest score. My kids loved it and I actually scored during both attempts. So from then on out we came up with new ways to bowl and names to call the moves. So a strike and a few spares later my score was 106! Now I know this probably doesn't count as an official breaking 100 in bowling, but I'll take it because I don't think realistically that I will EVER get 100 in a serious game of bowling. But in case your bowling skills resemble mine- here are a few of the moves we used and the names we created for them:
Granny shot- spreading your legs and swinging the ball between them and letting it go as your arms come forward
Granny with cataracts shots- Same as above but with your eyes closed
Drunk granny shot- Turned around backward, legs spread, bent over and rolling the ball between your legs
Drunk granny with cataracts shot- Same as above but with your eyes closed
My personal favorite and most successful shot was the drunk granny.
You're welcome for the pre-Pioneer Day gift!
The other bucket list item I accomplished this month was #21- Donate my hair to "Locks of Love." I was planning on taking a picture of my hair and my hairdresser cutting it off but then I forgot. So here are some recent pictures of me at our ward girls camp performing "All the Wrinkled Ladies" with the other YW leaders.
