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{Note this was in my drafts folder dated February 10th, but totally forgot about it} I was tidying up the bookshelves and saw the copy of The Alchemist which I gave to my husband when we were engaged. I asked my friends what book would they give to their significant other. I got some interesting answers (The Alchemist, What Life Taught me – Galal Amin, War and Peace and Have a Little Faith). {Until this morning when I saw Ola’s post on Cinnamon Zone} I love the idea. So why don’t you give a friend a book that might be useful. Who would you give a book to and what would it be?
She was born with jet black hair, dimples and(which are gone except when she grins really hard) two birthmarks one on each thigh. She was also born with a very interesting personality. She is determined, curious, talkative and bubbly. She was wrapped in her baby blanket and an outfit I had picked out with my husband months earlier. She was much smaller than I thought babies should be. She didn’t do anything except sleep, eat, poop and cry for the first couple of months. I didn’t do anything except feed, wash away all the poop and cry while dreaming of sleep (just kidding it wasn’t that bad, but I still do dream of sleep). We decided to be friends. She didn’t ask and I didn’t offer but I think I am determined to be friends anyways. It is still a long journey but I am grateful. With out current monkey obsession (diapers and crochet monkeys) which was probably caused by watching too much Curious George, I felt that a monkey cake was the perfect gift. I wasn’t planning on having a party anyways. My husband and I were planning to celebrate quietly just the two of us at home with a cake and a gift. When my sister in law said she was going to drop by Friday and celebrate with us we decided to make pizza as well and get balloons as well. She loved the cake and woke up this morning asking for monkey ‘tata’ which is Lulu speak for chocolate. And she spent 10 minutes pointing at it and saying monkey monkey when she first saw it. I baked it Thursday morning while she was out at daycare and hid it in the top utility drawer so she wouldn’t see it. I also made rolling fondant for the very first time and tried a new chocolate frosting recipe because the one I love uses chocolate chips and I didn’t have any. The fondant was much easier to make than I thought and turned out beautifully. The whole cake was a success. It took about an hour and a half from start to finish including baking and decorating so I guess it was easier than I thought it would be. Lessons learned when making monkey cake:
Lessons learned when having little Lulus (who sometimes behave like little monkeys)
Happy birthday to you Lulu and happy giving birth day to me too. As promised last week here is my list. I am more of a pacifist so my list is of men who changed the world without starting war.
My mind just hit a blank. How about business men who changed the world
Another blank How about literary figures
I guess I am more interested in authors than in Leaders. Stay tuned next week for a list of women P.S. This is not the post I wanted to write, but this is all my brain is capable of right now, so I will not fight it, now excuse me while I go lie down. Mr Monkey was reason number 3 for wanting to learn crochet. I am glad I waited till I felt confident enough to make him, I didn’t want to have to take him apart a hundred times until I got him right. Mr Monkey was sitting quietly when he found a banana, ate it and then went crazy doing headstands. The only question now, who is naughtier; Mr Monkey or Lulu?
 Monkeying Around On February 15th 2009 I decided instead of posting personal status updates on facebook I would ask a daily question. That year has already gone by. What started out as an experiment turned into a wonderful experience and a lovely habit. I have gotten to know my friends better, had wonderful conversations and learned new stuff. I have also noticed friends from totally different circles having conversations with each other which I think is an awesome thing. Originally it was just a way to avoid the dullness of the status update or negativity and to start a conversation, it has done all of that and more. I would like to thank everyone who has answered a question. And today’s Question : Q.o.t.D: What do you think of the Q.o.t.D, should I go on for another year? Here are all 188 questions. They are listed in reverse chronological order, the very first question is the one at the bottom. You can always use these as conversation starters or ice breakers.
http://www.chocolatemintsinajar.com/blog/2009/04/why-i-ask-questions-instead-of-update-my-status/
I asked my husband to pick five biographies for leaders he thought helped shape and change history and he gave me a list. Of course he didn’t stop at five. My husband is a very interesting young man and also very intelligent, he is also somewhat of a history. Napolean BonaparteWhat I already know He was short. He was exiled in Saint Helena. He was married to Josephine, divorced her and remarried a great niece of Marie Antoinette Book Recommendation HitlerWhat I already know He kicked the jews out of Germany He was a racist He was an incredible orator and could move the crowds His mustache was ugly. Book Recommendation Fidel CastroWhat I already know He ruled Cuba for ages. His buddy/comrade Che Guevara (Argentenian Doctor) helped him. He handed the presidency over to his brother because of ill health. Book Recommendation Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography Anwar El SadatWhat I already know He was a dictator He smoked a pipe He was married twice, his second wife was Gihan el Sadat. He was kicked out of the army He was part of the Free Officers movement but did not take part in the revolt itself, went to the movies instead. He is very controversial. Book Recommendation Franklin RooseveltWhat I already know He was in a wheelchair. He gave the OK for the atomic bomb. He was a president for four terms. Book Recommendation Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt Regardless of what I think of these men or whether I agree with their effect on history they were all notable men. History must be read and understood for the future to be planned smartly. Stay tuned next week for my own list of great people. P.S. It is sad that the list does not include any women. I am a dreamer. I dream of the things I want to do. I imagine myself doing them just the way that I want. But moving from that phase to the actual doing is always a difficult step. I always feel that I need to think it thru, to make sure that I will do the right thing and not regret it, that I am sure that I can deal with all of the obstacles on the way. Of course there are other times when I just jump right in and just do it. It usually depends on how confident I feel that I can do that thing. The thing that does not change is the fact that I am a dreamer. I don’t mind the part in the middle, well not unless it is taking a REALLY long time, then I usually get bored and start wanting to move on to other things. I love the ending, especially when it is a happy one. I enjoy watching a project coming to completion, having seen it blossom from nothing into something good is always a good thing. By then I am usually racing to the finish line, wanting to congratulate myself on the win and already dreaming of something new. The reason I am talking about all of this was because I was thinking about why I don’t get to do all of the things I really want to do. I realized that I am a slow starter and that even when it does appear that I have jumped right in I have usually given something lots of thought. Is it something that can be changed? I don’t think so, I sometimes have conversations in my head and keep telling myself not to think about it too much and if I don’t like what I am doing I can always go back and do something else. But the thing is, I always feel the need to finish what I started. For instance I find it really difficult not to finish a book, although now if I am reading a book that I don’t like I just put it down and start a new one because I don’t have time to waste on bad books. When I was younger I would read a book even if I hated it from the very beginning to the very last page because I always thought it just might get better somewhere in the middle. Now, I don’t. Maybe it just needs practice. Or maybe it is just something that changes with aging and maturing and understanding that it is ok to take a U turn when you need to or that it is ok if you don’t finish something or that finding what you really want to do takes the courage and patience to keep trying. To be able to push yourself to start things you are not really interested in to find the things that you are. What kind of person are you? Have you changed? Do you think you can change? |
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