Summer Vacation = boredom?

How long does it take for a 10-year-old to get bored with summer vacation? In our household, not even half of a day.

Technically, the kids have been off of school for more than a week, but "the eldest" was occupied all last week with play practice/production - so today was her first unstructured day of summer vacation.

The weather is fabulous: low 70's, party cloudy...

"Mom, what can I do? I'm bored!"

I opted not for my typical first choice: "Nothing. There's absolutely nothing you can do, so you may as well just go to bed." Instead I offered a huge hit-list of chores: clean your room, do the dishes...

Thankfully I'm technologically saavy enough (and with the help of a little gadget) to be able to "unprogram" the TV, rendering it "unavailable"/powerless during certain prime hours of the day. Now for the other screens (computer, PSP) - hmmm...