Boomerang and Puzzles

With the Cornoavirus quarantine in effect and the fear that the economy would fall apart from it, we decided that it would be best in the Heinisch family to reduce our discretionary spending.  It wouldn't be too hard for us right now as everyone but Doug had been staying safe and sound in our home and purchasing had been at a minimal this past week.  We did decide to splurge this weekend, however, using part of our weekly budget to purchase several activities to keep us occupied during our hiatus from the real world.

Our first splurge was one that promised to keep us busy for quite some time.  We picked out five puzzles from White Mountain including ones picturing the state of Florida and California and a mosiac of the city of Chicago.  We also chose a thousand piece one of our favorite paintings at the Art Institute, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 1884 by Georges Seurat, hoping that it wouldn't be quite as hard as the one picturing Reniot's two sisters that we completed several years ago.  The puzzle that we were probably the most excited about was one that Meg found, the Neuschwanstein Castle, which we had "flown" over time and time again while riding Soarin' at EPCOT.

The second purchase on our spending spree involved a streaming app.  Cal and I had been watching a lot of television since he had arrived home which led to discussions about all of our favorite shows form years past.  He had downloaded a few streaming apps on the Roku that we had not tried before and were pleased with the programing offered.  One show, however, that was nowhere to be found was The Scooby-Doo mysteries.  After some exploring we found that Boomerang TV not only offered all of the series based on our favorite crime fighting gang, but also had the Flintstones, Looney Toones, Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear and one of the best shows available on Saturday morning cartoons during  the 1970s, Scooby Doo's All Star Laff-A-Lympics.  We called Brett to let him know that it was up and running.  He was thrilled to hear that as he had wanted to purchase the app for quite some time.  As we started watching it, I felt like we were unlocking a treasure chest from my childhood and we spent all day today catching up on our favorites and trying some new shows as well.   As Cal stated tonight before I went to bed, "Mom, this is the best $5 we have ever spent."  I couldn't argue with that.