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Topic: This and That
This was taken March 3, when we had our first big snow of the year. It was just getting started. We wound up with a good inch or two on the ground. This morning I woke up with the feeling it was snowing. I looked out the window and my suspicions were confirmed. It's been snowing all day and there are now a couple of inches accumulated. It doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon, either. It's very pretty. I was thinking of taking Ryan out to play in it. He's got the perfect jacket for it. However, it is extremely cold out, and sometimes very windy. Not a good combination. Besides, I just don't feel like being cold!
A lot of cold air comes through the windows in the front room and the master bedroom. The landlord doesn't want to redo them though, because they are stained glass and a major cosmetic feature of the house. Luckily we manage to keep warm anyway.
It still amazes me that around here March is the big snowfall month. Just a couple of days ago it was warming up (40's instead of 30's). It was nice. It was also bringing out the ever-popular spiders. I'm sure you'll be hearing more about them in the months to come. (Barry, I'll have my bug vacuum at the ready!)
Yesterday was my friend Sarah's son's birthday party. He's turning three. It was a fun party. There was food, cake, and a bouncy castle. I pretty much knew everyone there, so that was nice. Ryan seemed to have fun. The party was cute. It was Bob the Builder/construction themed. The coolest were these drink containers shaped like little construction cones. They had a hole for a straw at the top, and Sarah had written each of the kids' names on them. It was really cute.
I talked to Larry last night. He seems to be tired, but otherwise fine. Nothing new going on with him.
Thursday, I took Ryan in his stroller and walked to the shopping area to get a couple of things. There was a small farmer's market going on. Apparently it takes place every first Thursday of the month. I can't believe that in the many times I've been to the shopping area over the last seven months, I never before wound up there on a market day. It was something different to browse. I bought some scones from one vendor. Ryan and I enjoy scones with jam and clotted cream. It makes tea taste sinfully good.
I think I am almost over my sore throat. Just been trying to make myself rest. A day or two more should do it, I hope. I've got things I need to do and a race coming up Friday.
Ryan's doing great. His appetite has returned with a vengeance! I think he's making up for when he was sick, and gearing up for a growth spurt. His stomach has become a bottomless pit. It seems like he's always eating now.
The other day I was carrying him, and walked past a bow. Ryan said, "Bow!" What amazed me, was that he hadn't heard that word in at least a day or more, and he remembered the word for the right object. He's still mainly talking in his own language, but I know he understands a lot. If I ask him to pick something up and put it in the trash, he can do that. If I ask him to go and get his shoes, he can do that. With the trash, he now knows certain things go in it. When he was done with his yogurt, he took the empty container to the trash without me asking him to. As far as talking goes, he manages to get across what he needs just fine. I figure he'll talk when he's good and ready (basically, when he can't get across what he wants without talking!).
Ryan seems to like Thomas the Tank Engine. When that comes on, he'll stand there and watch the whole thing (which is about five minutes long). Most of the time, he just ignores the tv. What's scary, is that he seems to like the Teletubbies, too. Before I had Ryan, I vowed there would be no Teletubbies in my house. Those things kind of freaked me out. However, after watching them a little bit, they seem relatively harmless.
Last night there was a thing on tv, "The 100 Greatest Kids Shows." Scary thing was, it was interesting to me! It was mostly British stuff, since the program was produced over here, and the shows voted on by British people. (I didn't see much of it, since it was a long program and I had other things I wanted to do.) Has anyone else seen, "Bod?" For a while, Nick Jr. Classics was showing it. Interesting little show. They were showing that and "Mr. Benn," "Bagpuss," and some other weird shows. I think old weird kid shows are kind of cool, especially at night. Unfortunately now they are showing something called, "Rainbow," which is completely gay. I'm sorry, but it is. Grown men should never wear tight-fitting, brightly colored overalls. Ever. I don't care what decade it is!
Wow, I can't believe it's almost 4pm already. Where'd the day go?
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