What Goes Around

When I was in college I had a friend that I wanted to send a joke gift to through the school mail.  So I had a dead plant that I thought would be funny for him to receive.  It was mostly dead.  So I gave it to the post office lady and she put a note in his box to say he had a package to pick up.  But then, unbeknownst to me, she started watering the plant.  And he didn't pick it up for a couple of days.  So when he did, it wasn't dead anymore.  So instead of my dead plant joke gift, he got a more lively plant. Micah is doing a similar thing at school.  He is giving a random gift in the mail with a note that says, "Good job!" or "You can do it!"  So the person will get it and have no idea what it is that they can do or have done well.  But what if it goes wrong?  What if the person gets the little gift and they like it and it encourages them?  Then they don't get the joke and the joke is wasted.

What does one do on a week long sabbatical?  You may have asked yourself this question (or not).  I hadn't planned to take a sabbatical this week so I didn't have anything in mind.  I had to plan as I went along.  Day one was spent listening to music to try to figure my current life out.  That worked pretty good.  I thought it would take longer, but I guess one day was enough.  Then the next day I went to a market and did some shopping for material.  I found some great deals and planned to sew the rest of the week.  I took another day to visit with a friend.  And one day was a holiday so we all just hung out at home and did nothing. I have been doing my workouts, but not so early.  My morning starts much slower.  I get up to get Micah off to school, then I spend time reading and being online.  Then I usually need a nap.  After my nap I do my workout.  Then around 1PM I start my day. If I end up taking a long...

You know those days when you just wish someone would pick a fight with you so you could attack them and get all your frustrations out?  I was having one of those days yesterday.  I was just wishing I could try out all my attack moves that I have been teaching the girls about in our self protection class.  So when a guy standing next to me at the store raised his elbow to touch my arm, I pounced.  He had already touched me twice before.  First time I gave him the benefit of the doubt and said it could have been an accident.  I moved over a bit and brought my arm in closer.  Second time I felt uncomfortable and annoyed.  And then I watched his arm start to raise up to bring his arm close to me again.  I turned to him as I waited for my change from the two cokes I had just bought and said, "Baiya! (brother)"  He didn't respond.  So I not so gently swatted him with my cokes to get his attention.  Then I said, "Yeh achcha nahi (thi...

Which one did I make?

I have this issue (OCD) that makes it so I can't just make one craft item, but I have to make them until I run out of supplies.  I did this with my knit caps.  I think I made over 50 of those hats.  And now I am making earrings.  I can't stop.  Here are some of the ones I've made.

Going around the internet right now is the Ice Bucket Challenge.  It was started to raise awareness and funds for the ALS Association.  Actually, I just looked on line and it seems other organizations started it, but I just heard about it with the ALS Association.  Anyway, the idea is if you get nominated then you have 24 hours to dump a bucket of ice cold water on your head or give $100. to ALS. I was thinking that whoever thought up this idea is really smart.  People are really getting into it.  I wish I would have thought of it to raise money for the home I work at.  But then I thought a bit more about it and wondered how much money has really come in from it.  It seems people enjoy dumping water on their heads.  It would have been better to challenge people to something they wouldn't enjoy so much.  I mean, if the idea is to bring in money, then wouldn't it be better if people didn't do the challenge?  Or maybe if it was winter an...

We stopped at Heaven On Earth so I could try one of their famous huge cinnamon rolls.  We just got one to share, the three of us.  I was extremely disappointed.  After wondering for years if it was really the best in the world, I finally decided to stop and try it.  It was DRY!  Well at least I now know and I never need to stop and buy another one.  Makes me want to try making my own.