Random!

I found a fun site today, thanks to someone else's blog... http://www.tipnut.com/. Ever heard of it? They have, among other things, directions for making your own laundry detergent! And it's just mixing a couple of things together. I was told one of the dry recipes works great...if I decide to try it I will definitely let you know. We have that HE type of washer and I am wondering if it will be okay in there? She said she made enough soap to last her nearly a year for $7, and it works great on her clothes, especially whites.

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Also, have another thought for you. This one is from Demetri Martin. It relates to totally NOTHING about my LIMFACs, but it IS something I have long believed. So here, for you to ponder on this holiday weekend:

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"I like rock, paper, scissors--two thirds. Rock breaks scissors: These scissors are bent, they're destroyed, I can't cut stuff--I lose. Scissor cuts paper: This is strips, this is not even paper, this can take me forever to put this back together--you got me. Paper covers rock: Rock is fine, no structural damage to rock. Rock can even break through paper at any point, just say the word. Paper sucks. It should be rock, dynamite with a cuttable wick, scissors."

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How very true. I agree... get rid of paper. Never thought that made much sense. I think perhaps we should start a rock, dynamite-with-a-cuttable-wick, scissors grass roots movement. Anybody? Today's generation will follow, and tomorrow's will not have to contemplate the stupid paper thing.

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Remember this today, as you mull over the pending rock-paper-scissors change. :) ... To fail is not always failure. FAILURE can be a SUCCESS. Definitely. If I try to jog 10 miles tomorrow and fail, I have attempted something I once would not have attempted. And in the process I will jog further than if I had attempted only 3.

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I challenge you to try something this week at which you might fail. And if you fail, try it again. ... remember, the fear will die, and who knows...you may actually succeed. After all, even if you fail, you have succeeded! My challenge is to DO, not just to do SUCCESSFULLY.

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And then tell me what you tried!!

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And now...we are off to Longwood. Again. :)

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(PS:I heard something tonight that I should have added earlier.... Sometimes we have to prepare for something...like the ten mile run. So, I don't mean just take some huge stupid risk! But take step one TOWARDS the risk, and maybe it isn't such a risk after all. A one year old is taking a risk when she takes her first step, but she is developmentally ready for that step. The risk is that she might fall... and she might. She might FAIL, but success will follow soon after, we all know that. So her failure, if she tries again, will teach her, and lead to her success! :)

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