Cilantro is for the birds!

Today, when I walked into the office, I had the most wonderful surprise. On my desk was a package from Cafe Press (http://www.cafepress.com/). I found this odd, since just two days ago, I was looking at their website for "I Love Liger" t-shirts (another story). I thought to myself, "Self - surely you didn't accidentally order anything did you?" Even if I had, I would not have addressed it to my office?

I looked at the package with a puzzled expression while my friend/niece, Amy, eagerly looked on. I stared at the address label only to see "Aheem" in the midst of my now married name. Could be only one of two people, and usually, they work in collaboration.

I opened the package to see what Heather (aka: neep) sent to me, since it was obviously her crafty doing. I burst out laughing hysterically...literally doubled over...and Amy was a bit "cornfused", to say the least.

Here is what I found:



Please read my previous post "Eat to Live or Live to Eat" if you have not done so already to fully understand this story.

What makes this funny, is that Heather thoroughly enjoys such pranks at work. They rarely occur, which makes them fabulous and surprising treats. Another time she pulled such a stunt was in California.

Do you remember those Time Life Books commercials? You know, the ones were a deep voice would say, (por ejemplo) "In a town, a black cat crosses a street. In another town, another black cat crosses a street. Coincidence? You be the judge...", and then they would advertise a Time Life Book about ESP or something? Remember? You have to be old enough...but these commercials were classic!

Here - I even found an example!


Anyway - Neep and I always make fun of those commercials. So, one day, I arrive at the office - I was working at e2k at the time, and I have a package. I open the package, and inside is...you guessed it...a Time Life Book on UFO's or something. I open it, and it appears to be an old library book from Houston. I'm thinking, "What the...???" I mean, I did live in Texas, but not Houston, but I DID meet pc in Houston...and...what kind of weird coincidence is this? I'm thinking - did I not return a library book and it has come back to haunt me?

A little spooked, I proceed to do some research, and email the company stamped inside the book. As it turns out, Miss Howley sent me the book, anonymously, and yes, freaked me out.

Maybe that was one of those "had to be there stories", either way, I'm having fun reliving it!

So, after all this, I have to tell you what I had for lunch. The other day, I bought a delicious looking salad with spring mix, blueberries, walnuts, raisins, apples, and I added chicken. I could not wait to dig into this salad today. I fixed it up before I got in the car to run an errand. Took a few bites, and then I almost threw up.

...the salad contained pieces of cilantro...

Karma - it always comes back!