Last week, the government returned the money they had borrowed from me, so I decided to take the plunge...and buy a freaking laminator!!! YEAH! My nerdy obsession with office supplies first came into existence around sixth grade. While most girls my age were buying make-up for the first time, I was strolling amongst the aisles at Office Max, deciding which Rolodex would work best for my card catalog system. For my birthday that year, I received a language translator. Soon thereafter, I purchased an electronic diary (that doubled as a calculator...thus making it the ultimate combination: "Dear Diary, Did you know that 99 divided by 55 is 1.8? Did you also know that I have no friends?" ). My love affair with pens and useless electronics is still going strong to this day.
Hence, my excitement with the laminator.
However, I feel like I'm going to have an actual use for it, as I can laminate the music therapy visuals I have created thus far. Last night, I unwrapped the electronic goodness and promptly started feeding it one page after another. At one point I exclaimed, "This is the coolest thing I've ever seen!" And I heard Brad respond, "The COOLEST thing ever? C'mon, Rachel". I didn't have the guts to tell him that for that split second, it really was.
Completely unrelated story: Watch the show, "30 Days". It's well done and covers really important issues (well, all except for the "Binge Drinking Mom" episode about a mom trying to drink as much as her college-aged daughter. this one isn't screaming "important" to me like the "Muslims and America" or "Minimum Wage" episodes). http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode-guide/30-days_1?si=11
Disclaimer: Not an actual picture from the show. I entered "30 Days" into the google image search, found this one and it was so cracked out, I couldn't pass it up.
2 comments:
Oh! Fun toy! I bet you'll come up with all sorts of things to do with it...I'm thinking laminating recipes would be something I'd use it for. This reminds me of my sudden urge to get a Gocco because my friend does fabulous things with one. I don't have any idea what I'd actually do with one other than let it gather dust and feel guilty for not using it!
oooo....good idea! Even though getting food all over your recipies is like a trophy that reads, 'yeah i made this recipe before. if you don't believe me, check out the oil stains and the bit of chocolate', I think laminating them for future use is a good idea. especially if you don't want water stains to cause you to wonder whether it's 1 tablespoon or 1 teaspoon....
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