Good Morning! 3/7

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Happy Tuesday! What are you up to today?

QOTD: Are you superstitious? Do you believe in luck or karma?

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Today is my second wedding anniversary, so we will probably go out to eat tonight and maybe celebrate a bit more this weekend.

QOTD: a little but not a lot. I don't necessarily believe in luck, just that people are all dealt different hands and some get a bit better deals than others. I do believe that you should put out a positive energy and the world will usually send back what you gave out. But I know really good people who seem to have an unearthly amount of bad crap happen to them and that pretty much seems like bad luck to me.

[travelingturtle]

Happy anniversary!

My H is heading to Finland for a few days. Other than that, nothing much. I mentioned an English speaking playgroup that was starting up in my neighborhood next month. I emailed them about it and they don't have enough interest to move forward. That stinks. We're going to do the German one, though, and hope for enough interest for the French one. I also asked all my friends that I know want their kids to learn English if they're interest and we'll see what happens.

QOTD: I'm superstitious about certain things. I don't believe in luck so much, but I do believe in karma to a certain extent. It's more that when people act like jerks, it's eventually going to get back to them somehow.

[dorothyinAus]

Jul 3, 2012 0:42:19 GMT -5 @myblue said:

Today is my second wedding anniversary, so we will probably go out to eat tonight and maybe celebrate a bit more this weekend.

Happy Anniversary. Today is the day DH and I celebrate as our anniversary because it's the day we met in person 6 years ago. We would have plans to go out to dinner, but he has a special "All-American" surprise planned for me tomorrow for the 4th so we are staying home tonight. I have used the last of my homemade challah (someone please tell me I'm not the only non-Jew to know what it is -- my in-laws had never heard of it) to make some stuffed French Toast for dinner tonight.

QOTD: I'm not superstitious as such, but there are things I won't do. My grandmother left me a beautiful opal ring, but I won't wear it because I wasn't born in October and she always said it was bad luck for people not born in October to wear opals. I also throw a bit of salt over my left shoulder when I knock over the shaker or spill any. I'm more a believer in "you get what you deserve," which I guess may be karma, but I never think of it as such.

[jennybee1018]

Jul 3, 2012 1:12:14 GMT -5 dorothyinAus said:

Jul 3, 2012 0:42:19 GMT -5 @myblue said:

Today is my second wedding anniversary, so we will probably go out to eat tonight and maybe celebrate a bit more this weekend.

Happy Anniversary. Today is the day DH and I celebrate as our anniversary because it's the day we met in person 6 years ago. We would have plans to go out to dinner, but he has a special "All-American" surprise planned for me tomorrow for the 4th so we are staying home tonight. I have used the last of my homemade challah (someone please tell me I'm not the only non-Jew to know what it is -- my in-laws had never heard of it) to make some stuffed French Toast for dinner tonight.

QOTD: I'm not superstitious as such, but there are things I won't do. My grandmother left me a beautiful opal ring, but I won't wear it because I wasn't born in October and she always said it was bad luck for people not born in October to wear opals. I also throw a bit of salt over my left shoulder when I knock over the shaker or spill any. I'm more a believer in "you get what you deserve," which I guess may be karma, but I never think of it as such.

I LOVE Challah bread. There's a little cafe in Pgh that used to do Challah french toast and it was amazing! I haven't attempted to make it yet...maybe I'll try it soon!

[jennybee1018]

Morning! I'm at work for the day, then off to teach Zumba and then off to a going away dinner. Too many people are leaving!!

QOTD: I'm not superstitious, I think that is mostly mind over matter! I do believe in luck and karma and that things happen for a reason.

[doctoranda]

Happy anniversary!! (2 people wow!). I have to do some work for my political party, fold some laundry and do some dissertation editing. Nothing much. Hopefully I will also get off my butt for a run.

QOTD: I do believe a little bit in luck and a little bit in karma but also that positive energy works well in attracting good things. I frequently wear my aunt's (who passed away) necklace for good luck.

[allibally]

I am enjoying myself on my new laptop. My old one bit the dust 3 months ago and I've had to share with H because I couldn't decide which one to get. So far I am happy with my choice.

I am up by my parent's for a mid-week getaway still. Tomorrow I have a haircut at 4. I have kept the same hairdresser for 10 years and I can't bare to part with her. So I plan my visits around haircuts . I'm also excited to go to my favorite lunch spot a drive-in place with homemade root beer. Yum.

QOTD: I kind of have a live and let live attitude. I'm not superstitious at all.

[Cheesecake]

Morning! I'm just working today, nothing special. Hope to go for a walk or run after work if the weather holds up.

QOTD: Karma is a bitch, but she can take an awfully ling time to arrive. Besides that I don't believe in things that can't be proven through scientific research.

I have fat fingers, please excuse typos!

[bugabean]

I'm going to go see Spider-man with my friend tonight and let DH take care of the girls for a while. Woohoo!

QOTD: No. I think that being nice generally works well because people appreciate it and will be nice back, and being a jerk will generally bite you in the butt because people don't appreciate it and will not be nice back, but there's not some cosmic force ensuring it works that way.

[pittpurple]

Weird, today is my brother's wedding anniversary too! Must be a lucky day!!

Good morning (well, afternoon now) all. I'm okay today. Feeling a bit more awake these last couple of days so am hoping this means I will start to feel a bit better soon. Am wearing a top I haven't worn in a while and my new boobs make it pretty inappropriate for work apparently. Must remember to check on this in future!

QOTD: I never thought of myself as superstitious but this pregnancy has made me slightly crazy. It's a Jewish superstition to never, ever buy anything for a baby that isn't born yet and I'm holding to that even though I know it really can't change anything - it just feels totally wrong to me. And I can't wear the outfit I wore when getting bad news to any other appointments... I'm collecting quite a list of silly traditions.

And hurray for challah! My mom's coming out next week and I'm going to ask her to make some - mine is never as yummy as my mom's :-)

[dorothyinAus]

Jul 3, 2012 6:08:35 GMT -5 pittpurple said:

QOTD: I never thought of myself as superstitious but this pregnancy has made me slightly crazy. It's a Jewish superstition to never, ever buy anything for a baby that isn't born yet and I'm holding to that even though I know it really can't change anything - it just feels totally wrong to me.

My mother never bought anything for babies until they were home from the hospital. She never called it bad luck or superstition, just that "things happen." I use the same practice.

[crimsonandclover]

Happy anniversary, blue!

Not much going on here - we spent most of yesterday with my BFF and her DH since they're in town from Seattle. That was really nice, and DD was a real trooper.

QOTD: I'm a strong believer in God, which I think in many cases rules out superstition and karma. I do know a few people who have unbelievably bad luck, though, and don't think that God micromanages our lives so much that there's no room for good/bad luck. My normal lack of superstition gets thrown out the window when I'm getting ready to fly, though. I wear a piece of jewelry given to me by everyone important in my life (DH, parents, brother), although sometimes when I'm putting it on it's more a feeling of - if I crash, I'll have a little part of them with me to comfort me when I die - and sometimes it's like a thought of protection. And when we're taking off, sometimes this one praise song (that starts off "you don't have to worry, and don't you be afraid") pops into my head, and I take that as a good sign that God's telling me everything's going to be ok. It's been true every time so far!

[Cheesecake]

Jul 3, 2012 6:08:35 GMT -5 pittpurple said:

It's a Jewish superstition to never, ever buy anything for a baby that isn't born yet and I'm holding to that even though I know it really can't change anything - it just feels totally wrong to me.

so is that just clothes and toys and stuff, or does this mean that while you're recovering frim labor your DH is going to have to buy a nursery as well?

Just wondering.

In NL they never do baby or wedding showers, you give gifts after the birth when you come visit the new baby (or after the marriage - as in at the reception /party )
I wonder if that has the same origin.

I have fat fingers, please excuse typos!

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Good morning!

This morning I have been reading about the discovery of a particle formerly known as Higgs bosone ... I'm in touch with my cousin that works at Cern who is very excited! As I am fascinated.

QOTD: I'm not superstitious in the least. I adore black kitties, I don't mind ladders, I don't mind starting something on Tuesdays or Fridays (heck I got married on a Tuesday), etc...
I believe in luck even less
Karma belongs to the more profound realms of samsara, the chain of cause and effect and the arising of consciousness, or moksha for the Hindus. In this sense I do think I belong in the wheel of samsara right now.