Ready for 2010

Yesterday I was talking to a good friend of mine from Texas. Somehow we got talking about how neither of us had purchased a 2010 calendar and we both agreed that we felt LOST without it.

I can't live without a big calendar hanging in my kitchen that I can glance at all day long. I tried using the calendar on my ipod, which is nice and I will continue to use it, but I also need my old fashioned calendar on the wall. It's comforting and I like to see everything for the month all at once, all the time.

The rest of our conversation was sort of funny. It went something like this:

Me: "The other part of the problem is that I have a calendar holder that looks really silly hanging empty on my wall."

Erin: "Me too, I bet we have the same one."

Me: "I doubt it, I bought mine in Utah at Provo Craft."

Erin: "No way (laughing), so did I."

Me: "I painted mine black."

Erin: "So did I, but I also distressed the edges."

Me: "I did too."

We went on like this, describing ours to each other til she finally snapped a quick picture of hers and emailed it to me.

While we were still chatting, I opened the email and sure enough, IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME! Not only did we both buy the same calendar holder in a completely different state from the states that we each live in, but we also have the same thing hanging from the same center peg. It's a wrought iron decoration that's from another store in Utah called Rod Works. Really, it's almost too much.

Here's mine.

I laugh about it, but I'm so glad to have such good friends who like the same things as me.

I'm happy to say that today I went out and bought myself a new 2010 calendar. I feel so much better, like now the year can officially start and I can once again be accountable to be where I am supposed to be (anything that I've forgotten so far doesn't count). And, my calendar holder looks much better now too.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure I got the same calendar as Erin.