Yesterday was a great Mah Jongg day for the OMs. We invited L to join us and learn how to play the game. We were truly impressed with how fast she picked it all up. A future member of the OMs?
Lunch was delicious and tomorrow I will post the recipes. The table looked pretty and the Curried Chicken Salad and Arugula and Watermelon Salad were a hit with everyone. Big pieces of naan completed everyone’s plate.
As soon as we were finished with lunch we started our game play. Here are some of the hands that were played:
Both J and I had good luck today – I had three Mah Jongg’s and J had four! As I have said before, I am happy when I have Mah Jongg just once so this was really a great day!
This hand was really shaping up for me which was a surprise after a disastrous Charleston.
K is an amazing teacher and L is an equally amazing student!
I was getting very excited as this 2014 hand started to fall in shape.
Looking even better as I keep picking up Jokers!
Thank goodness for the dependable Consecutive hands!
Time for dessert: really sweet and delicious blueberries and strawberries with a raspberry sauce and accompanied by perfect biscotti from Grace’s Marketplace.
This hand was coming together until I called for a discarded 8 Crak and exposed it…I forgot I was playing a concealed hand! Fortunately I was able to find another hand in the 2468 group that also used 888. 
This is such a great hand – and a difficult one, as well – under the Consecutive Run. K did a great job pulling this off!
I really got lucky on this hand by picking enough Jokers to stand in for all the other 9 Dots that were already discarded!
I was getting nervous…would I be able to complete the Like Numbers hand?
Yes! I did it!!
Another Consecutive Run hand! And, thanks to S1 who exchanged two Jokers for two 9 Dots – at the same time! – my hand was Jokerless! That was very exciting!
Last hand of the day and J declares Mah Jongg! We played for over 6 hours today – and probably could have gone on for more if other plans didn’t get in the way!
Love the pics! Lunch looked beautiful. So did the mahj hands…
So,, I noticed the flipped red dragon in the 2014 hand. I do this to remind me that that tile has gone out. Also saw flipped joker. I do this to remind me that that joker is “married” to the adjacent tile and can’t be used elsewhere. Is there any significance to your flipped tiles?
I was impressed by the jokerless consecutive run in dots! Our group has agreed that this card is very joker-demanding, as we have trouble making mahj without jokers.
Whether jokers or not, we manage to have lots of laughs.
Our group had a record-breaking day Tuesday: L managed to mahj on the 3rd tile thrown; went on to win 3 games that day. We told her to go out and buy a lottery ticket. I held the previous record of making mahj on the 10th tile thrown, but I think she will hold the record forever now. A thrilling hand for all; congratulations rained from all players. She’s a Star now. I make mah jongg pillows, and I told her I will have to change the wording on her pillow from “Mad for Mahj” to “Mah Jong Maven”.
May you laugh with or without jokers …
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Yes, I was very happy about my jokerless hand. I actually had two Jokers in that hand but S was able to exchange both of them – at the same time – leaving me jokerless! That was very exciting for me and was an expensive exchange for the rest of the table when I declared Mah Jongg!
Your day on Tuesday sounded very exciting – Mahj on the 3rd tile thrown is reason to celebrate. I’m trying to think what our record is in that area and I think it is around the third or fourth tile thrown. It seems to me that I have posted this in my blog somewhere. Send pictures of the pillows you make – I will post them. Are they needlepoint?
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Not needlepoint. They are like a 20″ quilt with a center block of machine embroidered mahj tiles and sayings. I give them away to players in our group or for fundraisers. Maybe I can find some pics and figure out how to post them.
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Oh, DEFINITELY send some pictures – I would love to see these and put some pictures up on the blog – how fabulous that you give them to players in your group and also use them for fundraising!
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