Month: September 2003

You guys keep it down. I’m going upstairs to inhale the new National Enquirer. Let’s all cross our little digits that Junior sleeps past 6:30 tomorrow. He didn’t this morning. He does every WEEKDAY morning. But not today, no sir.

My parents found an alternative to the Davis Farmland Megamaze – this one was owned by the Lull Farm folks, out in the field next to where they do the pick-your-own strawberries. I was expecting something pretty lame, along the lines of the little one we did last year at a fall fair we went to.

Well, for $4 a person, it was already making me happy. And then we proceeded to get lost in there for almost an HOUR before we gave up and went back out the entrance because Junior had twisted his ankle a little and was getting tired of being in the maze. What was funny is that neither me or my dad wanted to give up – I mean, I’m sure we were seconds away from figuring it out! I mean, after an hour, you want to just FIND the exit to say that you finished the darned thing. Once we got out we asked to see the blueprint that we knew the guy had. Dang, so close and yet so far. Next year we bring a periscope and better shoes.

Just read about the person who died at Disneyland today on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Boy, we have ridden the one in Florida MANY times. It’s one of the few roller coasters Mr. Dump would ever go on, and Junior, speed freak that he is, loves it too.

I can’t even imagine how the engine uncoupled from the rest of the cars, or how that would cause someone to actually die. God, the whole thing is awful. You read the carnival rides and amusement parks aren’t regulated enough, and yet when you’re there you just trust that nothing bad will ever happen. And then in one the places that I would expect everything to be just that much safer, this happens.

I’m always searching for new ways to get people to this site. I like visitors. Visitors are good. Some people get thousands a day, and I bow to their web-fu.

I’m giving the localfeeds thingy another shot. I tried to add myself before, but I just looked now and I’m not listed as having recently updated (recently as in the last 24 to 36 hours) which I have. And I do fit their “within 50 miles of Boston” requirement. There isn’t a localfeeds page for Worcester; I’m listed as being within 18 miles there. I don’t think it would be of as much interest as being considered a Boston blogger anyway.

What prize do I win for my son being the first on the block to bring home fundraising crap today? 3 days into the school year. He tells me that if we sell enough stuff they get to have an ice cream party.

“But honey, you don’t even like ice cream.”

I looked through the “crap” and actually, it’s like a greatest hits of fundraising catalog. There are candies, cards, flower bulbs, calendars, wrapping paper, kitchen stuff, etc. A quick pass through and I saw quite a few things I’d consider, including some really cool Spongebob wrapping paper.

The company sponsoring this is Katherine Beich. When I was a wee little Girl Scout, we sold candy to raise money for a bus trip to Disney. Week in, week out, we sold candy. I had regular people who I kept supplied with their favorites. This is the same company, and some of the same candies are available. Wow, what goes around, comes around. But now there’s a big “no door to door” thing on the front, which is fine because in my neighborhood there are 4 other kids selling the same packets. I can just see us all fighting over the territory – we’d get 7 houses each and one kid would have the advantage of his aunt living across the street.

If you know me and you read this and you want to see the catalog (no obligation, seriously) just ask. I don’t see myself approaching people much past posting this.