Reconnecting

I really haven’t kept up with people I knew in high school. I lived in Cape Girardeau for four years and once I graduated, I only went back to see my parents. Once they left Cape in the early 90s, I had no reason to return so I didn’t. But I’ve enjoyed reconnecting with people on Facebook, and have made some unexpected friends. Ramelle certainly fits in that category.

Ramelle went to high school with me; she was in my brother's class so was a year behind me. Much like Jeanne, she and I were in the same kinds of activities—in her case, we were both in Chamber Choir, theater, and on the speech and debate team. So while we weren’t best friends, we definitely saw each other a lot. Plus she ended up dating my first boyfriend after I did.

Anyway, Ramelle ended up in Chicago and comes to Boston for work pretty frequently. We hadn’t reconnected until now because I’ve been out of town on her previous visits. But this time I was actually here and so we got together for drinks.

As Ramelle would say, holy cats she’s fun. Kent and I had a blast and although I have a headache today (see number 4 from yesterday’s post), I also thoroughly enjoyed myself.

Another (fun) audit

No really, this audit is a fun one.

Kent had a great idea while I was gone this weekend visiting some family in Philadelphia. He’s completely bought into the home organizational audit and he took it a step further. We are new to New England and we’ve talked about all the places we’d like to visit, but we haven't gone anywhere yet. So he started making a day trip audit. That way we won’t forget to include the fun stuff, and can do these trips in a day. That helps keep the expenses down and should let us see a lot of fun interesting things this summer. Here's a partial list:

Boston Light Tower climbing tours. The National Historic Landmark, Fort Warren, a 19th-century granite stronghold built to defend Boston, is on Georges Island. I've seen it as I've flown in and out of Boston and I'd love to go there.

Astors Beechwood Mansion tours. One site listed the tours here as expensive ($$$) but I think we'll get our $15/person's worth when we go.

Marblehead, MA. The author of this guide obviously loves Marblehead and I want to see it now after reading her description and recommendations.

Restaurant deals for the recession. We do like to eat out, and this list will help us do it while maintaining control of our budget!