peacocks, dollar trees and Siri :|

loving
my new iPhone. it's soooo shiny and wonderful!!!! and it takes really cool pictures :) also i don't know how it knows but now it sends reminders to my computer about appointments and such - i have no clue how to set up something so technologically advanced so it HAS to be the phone's doing :)

sort of disliking
Siri already. i knew i would, she has a patronizing tone of voice and seems like she is trying NOT to help because she thinks she's better than me :( i asked her to make coffee and she gave me the number for Starbucks - rude :| and i just asked her advice on how to clean granite countertops and she told me she'd think about it and that i should ask again later... if i invented a perfect assistant, he would be Nate Berkus and he would immediately google how to clean granite countertops if he didn't already know. AND he would also help me clean them, because i would invent a HELPFUL assistant without a big attitude!

shopping
for ornament craft kits at Oriental Trading Co - honestly does life get any better than this?! although i am unfamiliar with the legend of the Christmas Peacock, i am buying the kit because his little face is so cute :)

and this one because it's just adorable (and would look so much better with a nicely posed picture in it)



wondering
why there are no magpies here... i miss them and the curious superstitions about them:

• A single magpie is associated with bad luck
  
• One should make sure to greet magpies when they are encountered in order to either allay bad luck or encourage good luck as related to the number of birds and therefore their place in the Magpie poem. Common greetings include "Hello Mr Magpie" "How is your wife/where is your wife?", "Good Morning/Evening Sir" and other marks of respect.
• Upon seeing a lone magpie one should repeat the words "I defy thee" seven times.
• On seeing a lone magpie one should pinch the person they are walking with, if they are alone they are to pinch themselves. The custom in Devon is to spit three times to avert ill luck.
• If a lone Magpie is seen, one should salute it to show you respect it. This formality can be forgone if the Magpie looks directly in your eyes, which shows it respects you

cock-a-hoop
over this neighborhood development - a DOLLAR TREE is opening right by our house!!!

straight out of the camera. with a PHONE. i love it! (also loving having a cute purse again, because i don't need to carry the huge clunking SLR and various lenses anymore:)


Mr & Mrs iPhone :)