A wonderful old theatre on Chicago's Northside screens "Sing-along-Sound of Music" each year but its $25 a person! Ouch! That's likely the favorite film amongst my sisters and I - and if it would ever screen at a time that they could fly in to visit, it'd be a worthwhile trip. But I'm not going to "risk" $25 to take a 5-year-old who might want to leave after 45 minutes.

On the list of "to-do's" for today is: return videos (whoo-hoo) and shop for Hubby's "Big" X-mas gift. He circled a bunch of power tools from a local retailer's weekly ad, so I 'll go today with the kid and try to locate and purchase at least one thing on the wish list. Hmm, power tools...very MACHO...yet agian makes me wonder about the Wizard of Oz thang ;)

I was thinking about what I might like for xmas but honestly, there isn't much out there that I want or need. My heart is still set on SOMEDAY getting a kicka** Tri-bike, but that's something I'd have to test, get measured for, etc so it's not the greatest "gift" idea. Then I'd love one of these combo binoculars/digital cameras so that I can start to take some GOOD pictures of my bird visitors, but I don't know much about what brands are good, what features to look for, etc. Plus, hubby has noted that he might be able to rig somethig up with a cameraaimed at the feeding station, a shelter for it for the outdoors, and then connect it to our server and have "Bird TV". Geezus, we ARE nerds!

I guess the only other thing is the 90's version of trival pursuit (I already said I was A NERD!).  Maybe a small pair of silver "huggie" hoop earrings for when I wear my hair in a ponytail...hmmm, come to think of it, I like silver earrings in many styles... that's all I can think of for now. But considering the state of our necessary frugality these days, it's a GOOD thing .