Throwing Little Thought Pebbles at
Your Windshield Sept 5, 2000  

Back From Vacation

I love vacation. Especially when it involves travel and staying in a hotel. Ahhh, that's living. This year we spent three nights up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Actually, we stayed in Waterville Valley, which is a ski area. It was a really pretty place to stay, and the week we picked was perfect because most of the local schools were starting back up so the tourist places were fairly empty.

On the other hand, everything seemed to close at 5pm. Which wasn't too bad but it did mean that you had to fit in your activities early. Then again, when you're vacationing with a two year old, 5pm seems rather late.

He was great though. Of course he would be, given that our entire stay was based on activities for a 2 year old. We spend one whole morning going up and down Loon Mountain in their enclosed quad chairlift (summit = 2600ft) which he called a helicopter. But the best day for all of us was at Santa's Village. This is a flawless amusement park for the under-8 crowd. No troublemaking teens in sight, the fastest ride, a roller coaster that doesn't have any hills and has a reindeer head on the front was fast but good for kids. Not mine, but I'd say 4 and up. Anyway, Mook was in heaven, and quite frankly so was I. It was clean, everything had a fresh coat of paint, there were little gazebos off the main walkways (way off) just for people who smoked. I mean, this place was NICE. I wish they were closer to Massachusetts - I'd buy a season pass to this place!

Let me put it this way...for $2 I got a GIGANTIC homemade gingerbread girl and I got to decorate it myself! And Mookie got his Elf Diploma from Elf School.

Please, if you are EVER in the White Mountains and have a younger child, you must visit Santa's Village. I wish there were more nice places like this around.

3 Pounds of Cashews

As much as anyone thinks that they actually NEED a 2 pound 14 ounce can of Cashew Halves, I can say for certain that you don't. I've had this can SITTING on my counter for 2 months now. Nobody needs that many cashew halves. I think we're finally done 4/5ths of the can, thanks to a couple of parties and my husband's addiction, but it's taken the thrill out of cashews. They used to be a special treat. Now we could have them for every meal of the day.

Actually, I find the can (thank you BJ's) embarrassing. Maybe three almost 1 pound cans would have been better. We wouldn't look like freaks. And there would be more room on the counter. Well that isn't true either. There is never room on the counter.

Current Modem Status

I was on the phone with Charlie today for about 20 minutes twiddling with the settings on this computer. I'm lasting MUCH longer now without disconnecting. I still disconnect, but at least it isn't every two minutes now. And when I do dial in I stand a much better chance of my computer actually recognizing that a computer answered the phone at the other end. It was 50/50 before, now I think I am hitting 70% success. Some people would be VERY unhappy with that, but you have to understand how horrible it used to be. So thanks Charlie. Maybe someday we can figure out how to stay connected for hours.

Note: Maybe I spoke too soon. Now I'm getting bumped every ten minutes or so. Not cool.

Update: By 10 pm it was logging me off every 2 minutes.

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The List

Favorite things to do while waiting in line at the grocery store:

• read the National Enquirer
• pick out a package of gum
• try to guess what my bill will be
• realize that I forgot something vital

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