Hello LilyOnTheLam.Com Readers:
Well I am planning my next big international adventure, so check back in a few weeks to see where I end up next.
The other day I posted a very short blurb referencing an old post I wrote about "Thoughts having power." I didn't have time to write more on this theme (hence the reference back to an older blog post.) What I should have written about was that both positive and negative things running through my head have suddenly materialized into reality after I had the thought. Not to sound too witchy or crazy, but at times in my life I have thought about someone or something and they just appear within 24 hours of the thought being thrown out in the universe. I guess it's like The Secret or Law of Attraction ... I guess, I've never read anything on either.
Now I will say that this phenomenon usually is really a Murphy's Law jinx. I will think of someone who is horrible and then BAM! the next day I will run into them. I'd prefer if my thoughts could make winning lottery numbers and not arseholes appear in my life.
BUT with the bad always comes some good and as I said above, recently both positive thoughts as well as negative thoughts have been manifesting themselves.
Since I didn't have time/energy to write about this fully in my previous blog post, the universe threw me another curve ball as a reminder that I should have written the post in the first place.
(Side note: I live near a playground with the world's noisiest children. As I type this I can hear what I assume is a small girl but maybe a bratty adult with a super high voice, screeching "ENTERTAIN US! ENTERTAIN US!" I don't think she's quoting a Nirvana song. I live in a world where there are too many Veruca Salts and not enough Mother Teresas. Although if I am to be brutally honest, I myself am the patron saint of the Veruca Salt camp.)
About a week or two ago, I was in a gift shop (a.k.a. "stuff I don't need but really want" shop). One of the items in the shop was the cute book "I Could Pee On This ... and Other Poems By Cats."
If you are a frequent LilyOnTheLam.com reader, you will know that I am 900 years old and have 47,324 cats. And no, I don't see this as a problem. I also have an obsession with all things Hello Kitty and plan to create a church around the blessed teachings of Sanrio.com. You might as well start calling me "Your Holiness" right now. (Side Note: I was on the phone with British Airlines today and the very nice gentleman representative kept calling me "Mum" which I think he was just saying "Ma'am" versus calling me his Mommy. However either way I was tickled and had to stifle a laugh.)
Being a 900 year old crazy cat lady, I will not admit how many times I have looked at "I Could Pee On This" in stores and almost bought it. It's practically a medical necessity for someone like me. But up until now, I have avoided using my precious cat food money to buy this adorable book of kitty wonderfulness.
So yesterday I find a small box from Amazon.com in my mailbox. I open the box and there is "I Could Pee On This." My heart dropped to my stomach. What the heck? Did I get drunk and go crazy with the "one click" button (the devil) on Amazon.com? I would like to say I have never drunken shopped online before but I would be a big fat liar if I did. But I generally have some memory of the shopping experience. Standing with the book in my hand, I had absolutely no memory of ordering it. Oh great, now I am not only a compulsive shopper but a blackout drunk too! So many new "healthy" items to add to my resume!
Then I saw in the box was a gift message from my father. The book was a gift! I let out a giant cheer (scaring several neighbors) that I was not a blackout drunk shopaholic (... well at least not yet)! And then I had to chuckle that a week or so ago I was standing in front of this very book wishing to buy it myself and then voila it magically shows up in my mailbox. It was like my blog post "A Miracle At Starbucks" - the universe provides! Or in this case, my father and his generosity provides!
Of course, my gut reaction when these types of wishes come true is always "I should have wished for something BIGGER!" I'm not only a crazy cat lady but a demanding one at that!
I have been extremely blessed in my life and I try not to take anything for granted. We are having a lot of changes at my work and it would be easy to be a Chicken Little running around declaring the end of the world, but why? Life is good. Sometimes it sucks, but overall it's pretty darn awesome.
I am so excited for my next upcoming trip. I'll be spending a very short time in a place I have always wanted to visit (tacking the trip on to the end of a work trip). Whenever I accomplish a goal or satisfy a bucket list item, I get a Cheshire Cat high. Or perhaps a Mad Hatter high!
Seize the day, LilyOnTheLam.com readers! The world is your oyster and if you're lucky enough, someone awesome may just give you a book of cat poetry. And THAT is something truly special!
Well I am planning my next big international adventure, so check back in a few weeks to see where I end up next.
The other day I posted a very short blurb referencing an old post I wrote about "Thoughts having power." I didn't have time to write more on this theme (hence the reference back to an older blog post.) What I should have written about was that both positive and negative things running through my head have suddenly materialized into reality after I had the thought. Not to sound too witchy or crazy, but at times in my life I have thought about someone or something and they just appear within 24 hours of the thought being thrown out in the universe. I guess it's like The Secret or Law of Attraction ... I guess, I've never read anything on either.
Now I will say that this phenomenon usually is really a Murphy's Law jinx. I will think of someone who is horrible and then BAM! the next day I will run into them. I'd prefer if my thoughts could make winning lottery numbers and not arseholes appear in my life.
BUT with the bad always comes some good and as I said above, recently both positive thoughts as well as negative thoughts have been manifesting themselves.
Since I didn't have time/energy to write about this fully in my previous blog post, the universe threw me another curve ball as a reminder that I should have written the post in the first place.
(Side note: I live near a playground with the world's noisiest children. As I type this I can hear what I assume is a small girl but maybe a bratty adult with a super high voice, screeching "ENTERTAIN US! ENTERTAIN US!" I don't think she's quoting a Nirvana song. I live in a world where there are too many Veruca Salts and not enough Mother Teresas. Although if I am to be brutally honest, I myself am the patron saint of the Veruca Salt camp.)
About a week or two ago, I was in a gift shop (a.k.a. "stuff I don't need but really want" shop). One of the items in the shop was the cute book "I Could Pee On This ... and Other Poems By Cats."
If you are a frequent LilyOnTheLam.com reader, you will know that I am 900 years old and have 47,324 cats. And no, I don't see this as a problem. I also have an obsession with all things Hello Kitty and plan to create a church around the blessed teachings of Sanrio.com. You might as well start calling me "Your Holiness" right now. (Side Note: I was on the phone with British Airlines today and the very nice gentleman representative kept calling me "Mum" which I think he was just saying "Ma'am" versus calling me his Mommy. However either way I was tickled and had to stifle a laugh.)
Being a 900 year old crazy cat lady, I will not admit how many times I have looked at "I Could Pee On This" in stores and almost bought it. It's practically a medical necessity for someone like me. But up until now, I have avoided using my precious cat food money to buy this adorable book of kitty wonderfulness.
So yesterday I find a small box from Amazon.com in my mailbox. I open the box and there is "I Could Pee On This." My heart dropped to my stomach. What the heck? Did I get drunk and go crazy with the "one click" button (the devil) on Amazon.com? I would like to say I have never drunken shopped online before but I would be a big fat liar if I did. But I generally have some memory of the shopping experience. Standing with the book in my hand, I had absolutely no memory of ordering it. Oh great, now I am not only a compulsive shopper but a blackout drunk too! So many new "healthy" items to add to my resume!
Then I saw in the box was a gift message from my father. The book was a gift! I let out a giant cheer (scaring several neighbors) that I was not a blackout drunk shopaholic (... well at least not yet)! And then I had to chuckle that a week or so ago I was standing in front of this very book wishing to buy it myself and then voila it magically shows up in my mailbox. It was like my blog post "A Miracle At Starbucks" - the universe provides! Or in this case, my father and his generosity provides!
Of course, my gut reaction when these types of wishes come true is always "I should have wished for something BIGGER!" I'm not only a crazy cat lady but a demanding one at that!
I have been extremely blessed in my life and I try not to take anything for granted. We are having a lot of changes at my work and it would be easy to be a Chicken Little running around declaring the end of the world, but why? Life is good. Sometimes it sucks, but overall it's pretty darn awesome.
I am so excited for my next upcoming trip. I'll be spending a very short time in a place I have always wanted to visit (tacking the trip on to the end of a work trip). Whenever I accomplish a goal or satisfy a bucket list item, I get a Cheshire Cat high. Or perhaps a Mad Hatter high!
Seize the day, LilyOnTheLam.com readers! The world is your oyster and if you're lucky enough, someone awesome may just give you a book of cat poetry. And THAT is something truly special!
