TOD - Go to the Head of the Class, Careers, and Barbie: Queen of the Prom. I still have them on the top shelf of one of my Momcave bookcases. When Rob was going through stuff in his old room over the weekend, he took his Monopoly, Battleship, and Chess and Mary Linda said, "Oh, we can use those with our friends!"
As for cards, one of my fondest pre-college memories is playing cards on the screened porch that my dad and brother-in-law built onto our house in Detroit. The house was not air conditioned, so my parents and I would sit up at night until our bedrooms were cool enough for sleeping. Our game of choice was a rummy called Liverpool. My grandmother and I played endless games of Canasta and, when I was in college, my parents taught me a game called Spite 'n' Malice.
Being married for almost 32 years to someone who's not a card-player, I've forgotten the ins and outs of those games. I do now enjoy playing Words with Friends (scrabble) on my phone with friends all over the country and I just made the mistake of installing a Solitaire app. Might have to remove that one - it's too addictive and drains the battery!
