Thursday, August 27, 2009

Paper Chain

My paper chain.

Is short.

I made it a couple months ago, and it seemed like the longest paper chain in the world. It stretched out forever. I stapled together nearly a hundred blue, brown, and pink pieces of cardstock. Each a day. Seemed so long.

And now my paper chain looks stunted. It's short, barely has two weeks worth of days left on it. It can barely hang in a loop now instead of loop after loop after loop.

Do you know what that means?

PARIS here I come!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Family Movie Night

So for FHE last night, we decided to watch a movie.

I had two red box movies I hadn't returned--
17 Again and
Confessions of a Shopaholic.

So we took a vote.
And do you know what the outcome was?



















Did I mention boys outweigh the girls in my family?
Did I mention I had FIVE brothers, three of which are teenage boys?

And they chose Confessions of a Shopaholic over 17 Again?

Hmmm...interesting.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Fortune Cookie

The best part about Chinese food is the fortune cookies. Don't you feel just fabulous when you get the perfect fortune? and you just know good luck is coming your way?

Well, I went to Pei Wei with a friend this past week and I got a fortune cookie. This is what it said:

"You will be recognized and honored as a community leader"










What the??? That was not good enough for me. So I got another fortune cookie.

My next one read:

"Watch for a stranger near you to soon become a friend."










Hmm...still not good enough.

Three times a charm!

"Now is the best time for you to be spontaneous. Serendipity!"










My favorite word. This was my fortune soulmate.

Can't wait to see what happens!

Moral of the story: Eat lots of Chinese food and don't be afraid to eat more than one fortune cookie. Or two.

Serendipity

The Oxford English dictionary describes serendipity as "the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident. Also, the fact or an instance of such a discovery."