A clean fridge!

My hair is in dreads at the moment. They are shoulder-length and of the thin variety. I once counted them, so I know that there are 75 of them on my head.

Today I washed them. This tacks about 15 extra mintues onto my daily shower routine.

After I had finished showering and washing my hair I forgot to put my crucifix in my pocket. I think I got a bit distracted from all the dread care.

The fact that I forgot to pick up todays lucky charm might be considered an unlucky event in itself.

My husband was home late tonight. Unlucky.

When he got home I suggested going out for dinner. We went to a local Indian restaurant and had a lovely dinner. The full works: entree, mains, drinks. Very lucky.

After we got home I felt the urge to clean out my fridge. An unearthly smell had been emanating from it for the past couple of days. I had tried ignoring the smell to no avail. It remained and got worse.

Tonight, for some inexplicable reason, I suddenly felt like throwing out all the old food matter that was slowly rotting in my fridge. Some items had gone past their use by dates by a year or so. It was lucky that I threw them all away before they turned into some sort of mutant organic life form and came to kill me in my sleep.

I tried to solve a sudoku puzzle today but only completed half of it before I got bored. Unlucky.

Today I don't feel was a clearly lucky or unlucky day.

I would call it:

NEUTRAL

Better luck tomorrow.

No wins at Lotto

This is the second day of my lucky experiment.

Not much really happened for me today. It's what we might call a slow day in my household.

I checked my lotto numbers for tonight's draw, and didn't win any prizes. A point in the unlucky collumn.

My husband had a meeting with his golf club tonight, so wasn't able to be home for dinner. That sucks for me. Unlucky.

That's about all I have to report.

To sum up, I would count this day as:

UNLUCKY

At this stage the rosary beads haven't yielded a clear result.

The journey begins

Today I carried a crucifix around with me all day. To be precise, it was a crucifix attached to a set of rosary beads. There might also be some holy water involved. An inscription on the beads says "Eau de Lourdes" which I take to mean "Water of Lourdes" in English.

Some lucky things happened to me today. I was watching Big Brother tonight and the housemate I wanted to go was evicted. My husband cooked dinner, which was sweet of him. American Pie: The Wedding was the Sunday night movie, and I hadn't yet seen it.

However, some unlucky events also occured. My mother called up and left a message for me. I guess it was kinda lucky that I didn't answer the phone, but I still had to hear her voice on my answering machine. She's a very abusive woman, so I consider a call from her very unlucky.

Although most of my dinner was nice, the roast meat was undercooked and I couldn't finish it. Not my husband's fault, but unlucky for me. He did make beans, though, which are one of my favourite vegetables, so that was good.

American Pie: The Wedding turned out to be a fairly terrible movie. It was redeemed towards the end by Jim's Dad and Stiffler's Mum. We'll call that one a draw.

So, to sum up, I would count this day as:

LUCKY

I just remembered some HTML without looking it up. Definitely a lucky day.

The rules of engagement

Today was like any other day for me. It was Saturday.

I got up at lunch time and ate hamburgers with my husband.

The afternoon was cold outside, so we dozed, played video games and watched DVDs. At night we let our two dogs inside, Suzie and Daniel, and watched a bit of TV. Our standard Saturday.

Nothing special happened today. Which is perfect for the experiment I am about to undertake.

I am a person who detests superstition in any way, shape or form.

I don't believe in star signs, lucky rabbits feet or putting money in a purse before it's given as a present.

I don't believe that you will find a better parking spot if you ask Jesus to help you get one.

I don't believe that misfortune will befall you if you walk under a ladder, see a black cat or break a mirror.

However, I'm going to put my beliefs to the test.

Each week I will undertake something that should either increase or decrease my luck.

I will document any lucky or unlucky events that occur to me each day. At the end of the week, on Saturday, I will make an assessment as to whether or not my luck improved or declined.

This week, starting tomorrow on Sunday, I will carry a crucifix around in my pocket each day.

We shall see what happens.