TWEET TWEET

No, we don’t mean 140 characters of anything --we mean one park bench and one little brown sparrow. Go to a park and see if spring is sprung in your ‘hood.

GIVE 'EM THE FINGER

Remember fingerpainting? It was fun, messy and cheap. Get some paper and some paints and let your inner Picasso come out. If you’ve got little ones, all the better. They'll become modern day modern artists as well.

GOLD DIGGERS

Scrounge around that old jewelry box and come up with some cash. Now’s a good time to sell jewelry, and make some extra money. Most jewelry stores are taking trade in, so try to gather as much as possible at one time, as it goes by weight. Honestly, my friend came up with $1100 last week when she piled up the scale with her old 18K and 14K.

SOMEONE WILL READ THEM

We know reading a real book is poised to go the way of the dinosaur, what with twittering, texting, facebooking, IMing, and Kindle, etc. So, do a good deed and clean out and clear out all the old books you no longer read, use or refer to (hello Google!). You’ll be donating to charity, making someone else happy, and leaving some room in your home for some fresh, new energy to flow into.

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BUY A BAGFUL OF PENNY CANDY

Yes, we know penny candy is a victim of inflation. But pop for a half a pound and mix and match all the favorites you had when you were a kid…sweets, sours, gummis, licorice, chocolates – go for your personal spin around the sugar shack. Then, share some with the next kid you see, and watch their eyes light up.

TEST DRIVE AN EXPENSIVE CAR

Get behind the wheel of that BMW or Jag. Stop by a dealership, and put your hands on the steering wheel, turn the key and take the car of your dreams for a test drive. It's free. It's fun. It's a way to turn the fantasy into reality.

LEARN A MAGIC TRICK

Dazzle the decades younger crowd....kids love magic. They'll laugh their heads off if you perfect a card trick, dangle a spoon on your nose, or pull a quarter out of your ear! You'll feel like a genius.