Month: November 2002

PERFECT day to hit the Ecotarium. Most of the kids there today were in Junior’s age range too. Funny thing, we discovered a small building that actually had some animals in it. I don’t ever remember going in there before, so maybe it’s new. They have done a LOT of work on the habitat displays. It was interesting to see all the improvements since our last visit.

The rain held off until after we left, which was helpful. Thank you weather!

Until the weather turns this afternoon, it’s going to be in the 60’s. Another great “what can we do outside” day, I think we might hit the Ecotarium for a while. I just wish we were still members, it would be free. We used the membership, but I don’t know if we used it enough to make me say “We need to renew”.

It was Junior’s idea to go there, so we’ll have to see if he starts requesting it more often. The bummer was that the membership didn’t allow us free access to the Children’s museum in Boston, even though the brochure said it would. But I think it would cover the Boston Science Museum. We’ll have to see.

Hey, if anyone I’ve ever dated is reading this, could you just drop me a line? Not that there are a lot of you, but you should all know who you are. Thanks.

Man, with all that talk about grocery shopping on the main list and here, you’d think I’d have been able to find something to make for dinner tonight. I’m SO tired of pasta. Pasta pasta pasta. It’s all the boy eats. That and chicken nuggets. Oh wait, we added grilled cheese. But anyway, we had pasta for lunch. Se we were supposed to get takeout something or other for dinner because it’s Saturday and I’m stuck at home with him and it makes the day a bit more, well, Saturday-ish. Except he decided he didn’t want to go out. So I had to scour the house for food other than what we normally eat. Except all I bought is the stuff we normally eat. Man, I’m sick of pasta.

Yes, this is a steaming mug of tea in front of me. Yes, that is my back yard with NO LEAVES in it. What a day! What a wonderfully warm day! It was about 65 around here, and I soaked in it. We ran errands in the morning…my overdue library book bill resembed what I normally have at Blockbuster. Oh, and we went to Blockbuster too. Then back home, where I raked and he played. I made lunch, then went back out to suck up the raked piles of leaves with the lawn mower. Spotless. Well, I’m sure just for this afternoon.

I also put away the deck furniture and moved stuff around in the shed so that if there’s a blizzard tomorrow, I’m ready for it. I even started up the snowblower, just to test it. Gawd what a racket. I hope I don’t have to use it this year, but I guess I feel ready now.