My fortune from last night’s Chinese take-out. Should I be scared?
Category: my life
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You’ve Got Mail
Random fact about me: I absolutely love snail mail. That’s not so unique; I imagine most people probably enjoy getting letters, postcards, magazines and packages. But my love for mail isn’t entirely limited to “fun” mail. I actually (secretly) sort of like receiving certain junk mail, catalogs*, bank statements, and pretty much anything as long as it isn’t bad news or a surprise bill. My routine when I come home from work is to first greet my dear husband who almost always makes it home before I do, and then to sort and read my mail. If I’m expecting something, I might even IM him on my BlackBerry before I get there to ask if I got anything.
That said, why hadn’t I tried Netflix up until now?! It is seriously the BEST! I love watching movies, and I love getting mail. It was totally fun to anticipate the arrival of my first two selections from my Netflix queue. Not to mention they sent me emails yesterday, which of course I also love, to let me know that I was going to receive them today. And I did receive them today! Today’s mail contained two of the fun little bright red mailers with my selections inside.
My first two dvds are so not exciting, just workout videos, so I unfortunately I won’t have any fun movie reviews to post for you. But I just wanted to say that the process is really cool. If you haven’t tried it, I highly recommend it.
*Disclaimer: Even though I love mail, I don’t actually sign up for that many catalogs, and most of my bills are all paperless in an attempt to stay somewhat “green” postal-wise. No need to sign me up for any extra catalogs…thanks!
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Calling All “Morning People”
Alright morning people, spill it. What is your secret?! How do you wake up early (before 8am) and function? I know some of you prefer mornings…enjoy them, even. I don’t get it! I’ve been trying this week to get up 1 1/2 hours earlier than usual, and it just feels so bad. Okay, I know it’s only Tuesday and I’ve only done it twice in a row, but so far I’m not loving it and I never do. I went to bed at nine-thirty last night (it was practically still daylight), figuring that if I got my required 8 hours I’d happily bounce out of bed at 6:30am, but that didn’t happen. I went out for a walk right when I got up, and I pretty much wandered around Ashburn with my eyes closed. I drank a Diet Coke for a little caffiene boost, but that didn’t help either. So tell me, what are the tricks? I have a method to wake up and get out of bed on time – two alarm clocks plus Chris to tell me to get up – but what are the secrets of actually feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed?!
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Meet Zoey
My friend Coelle has just about a billion really cool things going on in her life right now. She just recently bought a fabulous new house, graduated from her Master’s program (I’m so proud of you Coelle!), and as if those two things weren’t monumental enough, she has added Zoey to her life. I visited this evening for the new-home tour, and I got to meet Zoey! This puppy is quite possibly one of the wiggliest most adorable things ever and I’m glad I brought my camera along for an impromptu puppy portrait session:
Zoey is an eleven-week old French Bulldog, and is just the sweetest little thing. She makes the cutest grunting noises and I love her little smooshed face. In addition to exploring her new territories, she has her contemplative moments like this one:
I think we wore her out after playing for a while. She started dozing off, even while sitting up!
She’s only been with Coelle for a few days, but I could already tell how bonded they are. Zoey is one lucky pup – she’s going to be well cared for!
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My Own Holy Grail
This is ridiculous, I know, but we all have our quirks, right?! I’ve been on a quest searching for Diet Cherry 7-Up in a can my whole life. I could frequently find it in the 2-liter bottle, but the 2-liter only tastes good to me the first time you open it. After that it’s kind of bleh. And I’ve even seen regular Cherry 7-Up in cans, but never the diet version (I don’t like drinks with sugar in them). I honestly didn’t even know if Diet Cherry 7-Up in a can existed, but I only hoped and dreamed. I looked for it in the grocery store every time I shopped even though I realized that it wouldn’t just all-of-a-sudden be on the shelf when I’d never seen it before. I even looked for it when we traveled. So you can imagine my utter shock and disbelief a couple of weeks ago when miraculously I spotted it at Safeway in the Broadlands. One lonely 12-pack just sitting there on the shelf, and I practically dove for it expecting someone else to swoop it out of my reach before I got my hands on it. It was mine! I happily paid for it, took it home and chilled it, and enjoyed one can a night for several days.
Chris and I went back to that Safeway this past weekend, and they had restocked the soda aisle. I found FOUR 12-packs of Diet Cherry 7-Up cans and promptly purchased them all with no hesitation. I’m stoked that I’m now all stocked up:
What are you searching for? What is the one thing you’d love to find, but haven’t found it yet?