So cousin Barry and I decided to head over to "The Mall" and visit the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Lots of fantastic things to see! Animals, skeletons of every thing imaginable, jewels (THE HOPE DIAMOND), rocks and minerals that were so intriguing and beautiful!, bugs ( I held the biggest, coolest cockroach...it was almost as big as my palm)...the two places we didn't look at were the butterfly area and the bird section.
We also watched the Imax movie about Tornadoes...LOVED IT! I have always been enthralled by thunderstorms and tornadoes!
After some ice cream (espresso for Barry and peanut butter ripple for me) we headed over to the American History Museum...I was so excited to see Dorothy's Ruby Red Slippers and the huge American Flag that inspired our National Anthem to be written! Oh, and Julia Child's kitchen! Lots and lots of pictures were taken...check out my facebook albums! Barry headed to Tony's for supper...I stayed at the museum because I had eaten the second half of my sandwich from lunch with my ice cream and wasn't hungry at all.
When I got home 2 fantastic things happened 1. Tony had saved me one of each of the yummy crab and seafood ravioli things and some yummy sauted mushrooms. 2. Jilly Bean sent me a great card where she promised me the that if there was only one cupcake in the world she would let me have it :) :) Oh how I miss my MN friends!
The rest of my evening I spent on the phone with Joe when he was done with work and then with Bean back in MN (gotta love the time difference!!). Let me just give you a brief synopsis of part of my convo with Joe...when I asked what we were going to do on Sunday he informed me that he really wanted to do this 18 mile hiking trail...one where you get dropped off at the beginning and someone has to pick you up at the end or drop your car off there for you. Not only did he want to hike it but he also wanted to run part of it. HA i said, there will be no us doing that, just a Joe...I walk all week with 30-40 children I really didn't want to do it on my day off as well. I told him I was thinking that going to a local Virginia winery for a free wine tasting event sounded like a fantastic way to spend our Sunday...stay tuned for Sunday's blog to see what the outcome was...
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