lalalala am off to the zoo!

[la_rainette]

We're meeting friends at the zoo in an hour! The zoo is probably the one place in Toronto this week where you can bring kids without fearing to see them 1) squished to death, 2) trampled on, 3) not anymore cos hey, they got lost! For such is March break in Toronto: everyone has one week off at the same time; parents are wary of snow-slush-cold and take the kids to indoor places, so indoor places are chock-a-block full.

Only this year, not everyone has March break at the same time: the Toronto school board can't count on their many fingers, it seems, and they got the week wrong (it's the third week in March, people! The third! Not the fourth!) The other three schoolboards (Catholic, French, French Catholic, yes, we do have 4 public schoolboards in Ontario), and the private schools all have March break this week.

The Toronto non-denominational schoolboard, however. Has it next week.

That means that Froglet (French Catholic) is now on March break. Tadpole (Playschool following the Toronto schoolboard) will be on March break next week. *headthunk*

On the other hand, because the schoolboard got it wrong, the families get cheap vacation weeks! (Cos the airlines? Got it right. So they upped their prices for this week, and next week is back to normal: a lot of people can this year afford to go places for March break, cos it's cheaper than usual. I can't help being happy for them, to say the truth. I hope they really enjoy it.)

While I am gone (to the zoo, yay!), I leave you with this question: as all men sometimes do, Husband bought himself a Toy (well, not really a toy, but you know what I mean).

Think rainette, think Husband and try to guess what he bought: first one to guess what it is gets a Special Rainette Chocolate Shipment.

:D

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[darthrami.livejournal.com]

A bedroom toy? Hrm. I don't know! Um. um. um. wah. I dunno. A um. *flails* *makes a wild incorrect guess* A PDA?

I finished up some chocolates this morning (vanilla buttercream eggs) and I would love to send some to you, but they are not so good with the travelling, and only last a week. :(

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

You're actually going to get some chocolate from me anyways: I plan to send marzipan chocolate for your fiancée's birthday, and I'm sure she'll share with you if you beg ;) :D

Nope, that's not it, but good try. It's nothing that cool. The thing with Husband is, he does not mind being uncool. That is why I love him so much.

[captainsblog.livejournal.com]

A widescreen TV so big it needs to be bent in the back and wrapped around two walls?

I skipped that particular gene, btw. We have one TV in the house- a 13-inch Magnavox with the most basic of cable coming into it (8 local stations, CBC and CTV). On the other hand, we have a DVD collection threatening to take over the kitchen. My wife, of all people, has requested a bigger television.

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Nope, not that either, although he has been considering (vaguely) buying a projector (the problem being, you need a white wall, and you can't turn the TV around if the screen is your wall).

We have many DVDs too, but nothing that compares to your collection obviously, and most of it is Disney stuff (yes, well, kids, you know.)

[steeldreams.livejournal.com]

Um... new computer?

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

Goodness, no! *g*

We have two already, actually, one of which he recently bought from his office, as they were getting rid of desperately obsolete, two-year-old PCs *eyeroll*

He keeps updating them himself, you know, putting in new memory and stuff. They are pretty ugly, but inside they're state of the art. ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_skye_/]

ipod? Laptop? Though that'd really be for you both, wouldn't it?

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

I'd love to have a laptop! He's got one, from work, but I'm not sure he's a big fan, actually. He likes big crappy looking PCs that he can fiddle with (see above: they don't look great, but they're state of the art inside)

[seshat1.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I have no idea what sort of thing your husband would buy. You don't seem too disapproving, so I will assume it's not a car or anything. The other things I was going to guess are already gone, so a Guitar? Or other such noise making device? *_*

I want to go to the zoo now. I might make the boy take me when I visit him over the holidays =D

Have fun!!

[la-rainette.livejournal.com]

:D I'm the guitar player in the family (no, really.)

No, it's not a car, but there again, I am the one who goes for flashy-looking cars ;) He likes his car 1) powerful, 2) reliable, 3) safe, but he can't be bothered with elegant brands or flashy cars (we used to have a BMW, but only because he bought it from his uncle).