Friday, November 10, 2006

Farewell, our fine feathered friend.



So our parakeet Mary Beth has found a new home. She can look forward to a very full life at her new home. The woman who took her in was thrilled to have her, and she joined many other birds in residence at this womans' apartment. The kids and I took her down to Westminster, MA yesterday and everyone handled the goodbyes wonderfully. Well, Maggie had some confused tears as we were on our way home, and Henry tried to join in on that. But I stopped him quick, pointing out that the only time he ever even mentioned Mary Beth was to willingly get rid of her if it meant he could have a hamster. And then I said that no, he couldn't have a hamster.

Today we drove up to Manchester to have the van looked at by the auto glass shop that replaced it's windshield last year. A leak had developed at the drivers side feet after heavy rains, and we were told by the dealership that the default was with the windshield, the replacement of which they had subcontracted out. The guy at the auto glass place was real nice, although he had a nasty looking plug of tobacco in his lower lip. He pointed out that the drainage holes for rainwater coming off the windshield had been collecting on top of a big pile of leaves. once he blasted the debris out with a airhose, he felt confident that the problem had been solved and we were on our way!

I felt like an idiot though, having not figured it out myself. but then jeff pointed out nevermind my idiocy, what about the dealership that claimed the fault lay in the windshield replacement! it didn't occur to them to check that? it sure was plain as day. big ol pile of leaves and assorted natural debris all jammed in there. anyways. didn't cost anything, so I'm happy.

Then, because we were in the area, we went to the mall. Ahh, the mall. Very crowded, very christmas'd, very "let's get out of here." We did pick up a fuschia colored down vest from lands end at sears for maggie, and a couple of inexpensive craft supplies. And lunch. we ate lunch. And we saw Santa, although he made maggie very nervous. We waved to him from afar.

Henry is in love with legos. my goodness. If you had any questions about what to get him for Christmas, legos would be a good bet. He shows such patience, following the instructions to build the kit he's got. When he eventually gets frustrated and overwhelmed, he creates ships and robots of his own design (I think he likes this best). He was talking about wanting his Batmo-hovercraft to get on tv somehow because it was so awesome. He settled for posting a picture of it on my blog, so look for it soon...

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