A Heart isn't Complete Until it has a Second Half

I'm not sure if this is true or not...
but supposedly, the typical heart shape



is supposed to look like to actual hearts fused together.

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Again, I'm not sure if this is true or not, but it's a pretty lovely thought.

The fact that the heart, as a symbol of love, cannot be complete with only one half. It is beautiful that it cannot simply be thrown together, but must be stitched together so that they can never separate.

Then again...
The Catholic church claims that the symbol of the heart (Sacred Heart) began when Saint Margaret Marie Alacoque had a vision in the late 17th century. She saw a heart shape surrounded by a crown of thorns.

I've also heard that it's shape was derived from the seed of the silphium plant, which in ancient times was used as an herbal contraceptive. Although I'm not seeing much similarity myself.


or maybe it was created just like this.


Let me know if you have any more insight on how the shape came about.

D.I.Y. Silhouette Necklaces

Alright, so I found this online and it's brilliant! I really want to do this, but I really need some shrinky dink paper.

Here's the link for more detailed directions: click here.

Basically, you get shrinky dink paper and do this.




Trace the face. Color it in and it will look like this.



Use a hole punch to put holes in the top where the chain or yarn is going to go through.



Bake this paper in oven at 250 degrees for about 4 minutes. You know they are done when the sides are not curled up.
Put the string/chain/yarn through the wholes and wa-lah!


I'd really like to do something along these lines. I'd probably just make a butt-ton.
I'd make an anchor one.
Probably one with me and Lance's first initial.


Just all sorts of cool things. So....someone needs to get me some shrinky dink paper.
PLEEEEASE!!!



or if you could just supply with a butt-ton of plastic with this symbol on it.


Also, it must have the six in the middle.
All I can find in my house is 1, 4, 5, and 7.


Apparently I have no aluminum foil either.
So it looks like this is a dead end plan for now.

DAILY BLOGGING

 I spent a good hour scouring the internet looking for good ideas for things I could blog about. Here are some of the most interesting ones I found that I took a liking to and would really like to try. I'm going to work on blogging everyday for awhile. 

It's a nice way to get the cogs going and to just let my mind wander and do as it does. 

Anyway, here are the ideas I found. I'd definitely appreciate any comments suggesting which one(s) I should do first. With all these options, it's really hard to decide.


1.      My Children will do it differently.
2.      How Women Use Social Media
3.      What I Spend Money On
4.      Ten Guilty Pleasures
5.      My Day Job Versus My Passion
6.      When I Feel Frustrated
7.      Friends I Cant Wait to Meet
8.      You Are Here
9.      I Want to Brag A Minute
10.   Letting Go
11.   Things to Consider
12.   Letter to Older/younger Me
13.   My Positivity Notebook
14.   Ten Things you May not know about me
15.   The Famous IL trip
16.   You Learn something New Everyday
17.   A Rant about what annoys me (Only one thing, Bee )
18.   Lament how technology has messed with face-to-face relationships. Or take the opposite tack: How has technology deepened your friendships?
19.   What if…
20.   Terrible movie endings
21.   The point of view of my shoes/hair
22.   Describe a First/Last (five senses)
23.   Describe a significant place, allowing the details to reveal why the place matters. Describe it from a tree or rooftop or from a hawk’s point of view. Describe it from the height of a dog or a turtle.
24.   Write about your first name—why you were given it, what associations or stories are attached to it, what you think or know it means. Do the same for your last name. Given the chance, what name would you give yourself?
25.   Narrate a story about a person or a family member, a story that’s been passed down or ritualized; a story about yourself. Embellish, if so desired, or contrast the story with what you know to be the “true” account.
26.   Describe a routine or holiday ritual, using present tense verbs.
27.   Describe a routine or holiday ritual, using the 2nd person “you” For example, “You stand in the steaming kitchen with people you haven’t seen in almost a year. You wish your shirt didn’t have that tiny stain on the cuff. You wish your aunt’s laugh wasn’t quite so brittle. Feet stomp on the porch and you hurry to let your tall uncle in, forgetting to keep the dog from escaping outside…”
28.    Create a short story that is 26 sentences long, each sentence beginning with the next letter of the alphabet. (Add other, arbitrary conditions, if desired, such as one sentence should be one-word long; there should be one question mark, one quotation, etc.) Rigid rules often produce fascinating results—such as with well-written sonnets, which have 14 lines and tight rhyme schemes, each line governed by a specific number of syllables and alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.
29.   Create a still-life in the room that implies a dramatic moment (e.g. an overturned chair, several balled-up pieces of paper, an open map, a torn envelope, a set of keys, a silk scarf). Describe what happened either just before or just after that moment.
30.   Describe the room of one of the following: a high school student about to drop out; a cashier who has just won the lottery; a faded movie star who still thinks she's famous; a paranoid person, etc. Be as detailed as possible.
31.   The blurb of my life (like the back of a book)
32.   The Hardest Decision I Ever Had To Make
33.   The most beautiful smile I ever saw
34.   If I ever met ____________.
35.   Why I hate Women (that big-titted slutty ass bitch)
36.   The Friends my Mom swore were terrible influences