Fortune Cookie Wisdom

Yesterday I got a call at work from my mom, telling me that my dad was in the hospital. He is an alcoholic, and has fallen off the wagon this past month after five years of sobriety. He had been having chest pains, and was coughing up blood.

My immediate emotional reaction was to be angry with him. His drinking is responsible for ruining his body. He has been told by doctors that if he ever starts drinking again, he will die. So I just rolled my eyes and said to myself, there's nothing anyone can do if he doesn't want to help himself. This is something I've said to myself for a long time.

I got his room and bed number from my aunt, and decided I'd better give him a call on my lunch break. Downstairs in our office basement, we keep all the coffee, snacks, etc. I went down there to get a little privacy to make my call. I picked up a fortune cookie that was laying on the table with all the sodas and snacks. When I read my fortune I actually got teary eyed.

It was like God was sending me a little message. It said: "You need to forgive that person today. Believe me. "

I decided to forgive him for his drinking. The fortune cookie told me to; what other choice did I have really? I went to see him last night, and he looked good. He was up walking around, and he said he was feeling fine. It was good to see him in good spirits, and sober. We ate dinner together and chatted about life. I stayed until visiting hours were over; I don't think I'd have gone to see him if it wasn't for that fortune cookie.

In other news, my laptop charger is completely broken, so the battery is dead. I ordered a new charger on Ebay, which should arrive this week. Forgive me if I don't keep up with my posts- it's a little difficult without a computer! I'm writing this at work and my boss is giving me the evil eye, so that's all for today!

Color Inspiration

Yesterday I was at CVS buying a fan. I walked out with a fan, a hair straightener (a ceramic CVS brand straightener that was on sale for $4.99- score!) two nail polishes, a Gatorade and a pack of gum. Another forty dollars surrendered to impulse shopping.

I just had to write about these awesome new nail colors by Revlon. I have been inspired by these two colors, mint green and soft pink, since the first sign of foliage this spring. The funny thing is, I didn't see these colors trending anywhere else, so I thought I was the only one. I bought two tee shirts at Charlotte Russe in Mint and Pink, but that was the only place I've seen them.

I'm currently working on a couple necklaces featuring mint and pink briolettes on a gold chain, so I'm super excited about owning these hot new colors! I think it would be a little overboard to wear the shirt, necklace, and nail polish all at once though, so I will try to resist. Color is the primary source for my inspiration in my jewelry. These two colors are my absolute favorites this season. I'd love to hear what colors inspire your creations!

P.S. Off topic, but please don't forget to enter my JUNE GIVEAWAY!

Go Green Tea

I'm admittedly not a huge supporter of the whole carbon footprint reducing, going green lifestyle. I drive a fuel efficient car, don't use more water or electricity than I need to survive. I believe in recycling, and I do my part. I'm just too busy to worry about every little thing and how it impacts our poor environment- I have a life to live and I'm sorry if that offends anyone. I know my stance is not the trendiest, but oh well.

Now that I'm done ranting, I wanted to compliment this beautiful bracelet. Just because I'm not as Eco-chic as the rest of you, doesn't mean that I don't appreciate a work of art!

When I was little, my father was always taking a piece of nothing and making something beautiful with it. One day our washing machine broke, so instead of throwing it away, he buried it in the middle of my mom's flower garden. She was rightfully furious, but then he filled it with water, and bought some large goldfish, and released them into the new up cycled pond. Those fish lived there for years (even through the winter somehow).

This bracelet is very touching to me, because it reminds me of those "wow" moments we used to have when my dad would come up with some crazy way to use something that would have otherwise been discarded.

This bracelet is made by Eleven And One Design on etsy. The small tiles are an old iced tea can. To me, the highest form of creativity exists in these types of items. The world has discarded it, and the artist recreates it into something beautiful that the world can relate to.