Dejeweled Housewife

There's this current craze for the game Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook. Yes, you've probably tried it once or twice if you're not currently having it running in your background waiting for it to load as you are reading this.
I have, of course, also bought into this craze and you can be sure that it is loaded on one of my tabs for as long as the computer is turned on.

Almost everyone plays it. But can everyone do it well? Nope! I can attest to that fact. Getting say the 25k, 50k or even 75k Badge is a simple enough feat. But then you see these ridiculous scores of 200k or 300k. What in the ..? How are people even managing that?

One of the many people that are whopping my ass at this game is unfortunately my second brother. Me and my brother have always been pretty competitive when it comes to games. Although he's 5 years my senior, we get along very well and I have been trying to beat him at all sorts of games since I was young. I remember when we were younger, we used to play in the backseat of the car. Daddy was driving, so of course he didn't have any view of what was really happening. So sometimes, when I got sick of losing, I would cry and claim that "Richard beat me!". My brother would get a nice scolding and I would be satisfied! Haha.. =)

My sister-in-law is like the Queen Bee of Bejeweled. She gets scores that are totally ridiculous! How in the world people manage that is beyond my comprehension. I have yet to get a chance to stand behind her as she plays to see what she's doing so differently than I am.

So here I sit, everyday, wasting hours of my life, just trying to get a high score on Bejeweled. One minute is too short when you've got too many matches and too long when you can't seem to find any matches. Someone, please throw me a bone, put me out of my misery, and tell me how to beat this silly game!