my last week...

i've been really busy this last week, and haven't really had much time to blog...last week i spent a whole afternoon after work just shopping...and how much did i spend?...about $35 ... really... just because i shop doesn't mean i always buy...i made the usual run to wal-mart for some things...well, i only needed one thing...i came out with more than i'd gone in for originally, but they were things that i knew i'd eventually need...like loose bird seed for my hanging feeder and a cake feeder for my big cage feeder...and yesterday i noticed that my small suet cake feeder is finally getting some activity...so, i'll probably get a new suet cake soon, too...

(oh, yeah...yesterday when i went to check the feeders, when i got down by the apple tree, i saw my cardinal was back, only this time he was ground feeding...i'm so happy!!...)

i also got a Christmas cd by johnny cash, and some other little things...

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i've been busy of course with work and school, also...saturday i babysat all day and spent the night at the house of the lady i babysat for...sunday was church, of course, and then after church i came home and puttered mostly...it was a cold, windy, rainy/snowy, miserable day satuday and sunday both...monday i woke up to snow covering most of the yard...so, yeah, the weather's not been the best...

yesterday it was grey and gloomy and rainy, also, which was a big part of the reason i didn't get pictures of my birds at the feeder...

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today it's absolutely beautiful...calm, sunny, bright, and warm...incredible weather for the first of november in nothern new hampshire!...

monday was kind of nice, too, just cold and windy...sunny, though, which can help make the wind and cold easier to deal with...i went to class in conway and a friend of mine (who is an instructor at the school) had some clothes she was looking to get rid of...she had told me to make room in the van...i thought "how much can there be, really?..." five boxes, that's how much...oh, well....some of it i've already gone through and there are some really neat things in there...maybe that'll be something i can do today, since i've got the day off... :-)

also monday in my class i got my essay back on the book "wasted" ... another A minus....from a teacher who rarely gives A's...needless to say, i was rather pleased!...

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oh, and monday before i went down to class, i brought my resume and cover letter and transcripts in to the head start program...(they're looking for a classroom aide) ... and they interviewed me on the spot...i don't know if that's a good sign or not...but from what i understand there were not many people applying for that position anyways, so i guess i've got a good chance...

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oh!...last week my brother took in a monarch chrysalis that he'd found somewhere outside...after we had gotten some snow and really cold frezing type weather...i thought "that poor thing won't make it..." when he took it in...and then i thought "well...maybe it will, if it's in here...i can give it a chance..." ...

it hatched yesterday...a beautiful male!...but, the wings are a little wrinkled, so i'm slightly concerned about that...but since today's such a beautiful day, i wouldn't be entirely surprised to find he's flown off (becuase he can fly...just not as strong as others i've seen...) ...

that was a really cool thing for me....

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there's not too much else going on i guess...although i can't help but feel like i'm forgetting something...

oh, well, i'm sure i'll remember it later... :-)

have a great day, everyone!!

-ramona anne