The ocarina

Have you ever heard of a musical instrument called an ocarina?  I sure hadn’t – until my oldest son suggested that I buy one to give to my youngest son for his next birthday.  Well, I couldn’t let on that I had no idea what he was talking about, so I went online to find out what in the world he was talking about!  I went to the shopwiki website and found that the ocarina is a musical instrument.  It is a type of flute.  They range greatly in price, from as low as $3 to as high as $79!

Apparently the reason why my son thought it would make a good birthday gift is because there is a Zelda video game that features this little instrument.  I’ve only ever played the first Zelda game (I thought it was a lot of fun but too addictive!) myself, but my kids are fans of all of them.  There are quite a few good looking ocarinas on the market!  Sounds like a fun little instrument to learn how to play!

They are all old reruns

My wife was sorely disappointed today. She had stayed home from work because she was sick with a bad sinus infection. She spent most of the day in bed, but she said she was looking forward to watching Dr. Phil for a change. She hasn’t been able to see any of his shows this year because of her work schedule. And she has been too busy to be able to tape the shows to watch later. So she was feeling that if she had to stay home sick, at least she’d feel good about being able to watch Dr. Phil. She was sorely disappointed when she turned the television on at 3pm, only to find that this summer they are featuring OLD reruns from years past – the show was one she had seen before a long time ago! So sad to get her hopes up, just to have them dashed by old reruns!