Tough Love

Regular followers of the acclaimed Home Alone series will immediately spot an anomaly in this picture.

Yes, there is a woman in the background.

This woman somehow wheedled and deedled such that she was allowed to remain at her home this weekend.

Usually she takes herself and the kids up north, to leave the host gloriously Home Alone.

Luckily as a strong testament to mankind, this did not distract the Home Alone'ers from their overall objectives for the weekend - drinking beer and playing games.

Ring Toss being featured here. With a disputed outcome, I may add.

Here she can be seen painting an old rusted gazebo.

In an attempt to appease her and lighten the mood, one of the clever lads called out repeatedly, "You missed a spot". I found out The lad found out, she is very quick with her own comments, which cannot be repeated here.

Although she was generally not too bad, she was a bit slow to recognize when our beers were running low.

Luckily, we were able to eke out a bit of fun.

Oh, and argue about the score.