Things I shouldn't have read at work

To everyone who is or wants to be a parent,

Read this in your cubicle at work. It's not profane. There's no violence or smut. It's just far too funny to be read in an open office area without sounding like a gibbering idiot whilst trying to stifle laughter. So go ahead and read it at work. I dare you.

Preparation for Parenthood

Thanks to FourPillars and Guinness416 for pointing it out.

Fun: Cheap and Easy

As Hubby and I start to cut back on our expenses we’ll be looking at a few cheap or free ways to entertain ourselves over the coming months. Winter in Canada always makes for an interesting challenge. Often it’s far too cold and/or icy to go for a hike or to spend significant time outdoors. Or maybe that's just because I'm a temperature wuss.

We already enjoy a few things that don’t cost anything:

We play board games with our friends on a semi-regular basis: Taboo and Cranium are the usual favourites, though we’ll throw in Trivial Pursuit or Scene It for variation from time to time.

Hiking: There are some beautiful mountain trails around here which are lovely in the summer, gorgeous in the fall and completely inaccessible in the winter.

Skating outside: Once you own the skates and know how to use them, this is free. If you’re on a body of water rather than a backyard rink, make sure someone in authority is overseeing its safety.

Tobogganing: There are some great hills around our city. Sleds, disks or Krazy Karpets are often very cheap, and you can’t beat the adrenalin rush.

Sadly, skating and tobogganing are going to be out of the question this year. No careening down hills or dodging mini-Gretzky wannabes while pregnant for me. No beer with the board games either.

I seem to have gotten the raw end of this deal...

Trent at The Simple Dollar has a couple of good lists of stuff to do for free here and here.

The problem is that Hubby is easily bored. When he becomes bored, things like video games tend to be purchased. I’d like to avoid such things in the future, so I’m looking for new ideas.

So, the question is: What do you do for free or cheap fun?