Serendipity times a googleplex

Googleplex? No, not another Internet product, but a number that looks like this:  10googol, i.e. 10^{(10^{100})}. I know, I was amazed too (-ish: I'm a linguist) when I actually, err, googled it.  For decades, it's been our family's shortcut for expressing anything huge. I've got a googleplex-worth of homework tonight. You want more bits for your computer? That'll be a googleplex worth of room-tidying and dish-washing, then. But it's what sprang to mind when my Etsy purchase dropped onto the doormat yesterday. No, actually, I lie: that bit came later. First I had the pleasure of undoing the prettily stitched envelope, catching the glorious handful of free tags, stickers and sparkly bits inside, unwrapping the gift paper and stripey string, before shaking out gently the lovely vintage food-related contents ...

Now there's already a googleplex of kindness in the wrapping of this, but the serendipitous part took my breath away. For at the weekend we'd been reminiscing here with my parents, trying to piece together the origins of my youngest brother's family nickname, now lost in the mists of time it seemed. Mum thought it was a contraction of the name of a favourite cartoon character of his, Dad added his hunch that it was from a children's comic or magazine, I had a dim and hazy memory that it was something to do with eating - but none of us could remember any more. As I sifted through Julie's lovely bits, I suddenly saw it right there in front of me!

I ran down stairs - Hey! Look! Their faces beamed with pleasure and satisfaction - yes, that was it! I think I'm going to be googling "How to make a bookmark in time for Christmas", and one brother will be happily tripping down Memory Lane.

Thank-you for all your thoughtful suggestions on December page designs - it is helping me come to a decision. In the meantime, hoping you too have a googleplex of something nice or a lovely piece of serendipity (or both together) in your day. And thank-you, Julie! Times a googleplex, of course :)

Comments

[Jennie Hart]

I love the googleplex, not times a googleplex but a lot :)

Those plundered pages look fabulous.

[esther_a]

What a gorgeous collection of vintage goodies! So what was you younger brother's nickname?

[Julie Kirk]

You don't know how happy that makes me!! I'm a googleplex happy! You were definitely meant to get that packet - how amazing. Three cheers for Bunny Cuddles!

Thanks for your very kind words. As ever.

Julie x

[Paul B]

I can understand your excitement at receiving such a fantastic array of goodies. I'm looking forward to seeing what you create with them. Px

[Lynn]

How amazing that was in your packet - what a lovely package - I must admit I have eyed those up too - I'm even more tempted now!

[Fiona]

What an amazing and very happy coincidence:)I was thinking that Googleplex would be a complex you developed after turning to Google on far more occasions than can be healthy!

[Alexa]

Don't hesitate - Julie has never disappointed me yet. :)

[Alexa]

Brillant! Really made me smile!

[Alexa]

Buggles. Who needed cuddles.

[Honoré]

Serendipity truly at work! Isn't it amazing how the ol' brain with just that little bit of visual stimulation made the connection in a nano instance?
Looks like a fun kit that will have even more significance. Enjoy!
Cheers~

[Tracey Jackson]

Hi Thankyou for your lovely comments on IACW, you asked about glue books, I use a 5x8inch plain cahire moleskine and simply glue stuff in with a good quality glue stick, my fave is the Amos one as I find Pritt too gloopy, I do actually glue the moleskine pages together first to give a little substance to them as they are quite thin, you can see more about glue books here - http://bluebirdpaperie.blogspot.com/search/label/glue%20book and also here - http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2011/10/mary-green-fun-with-vintage-gluebooks.html

Hope that helps, have a lovely weekend xxx

[Louise]

I've been spying Julie's packs too. What were the chances of this popping up at just the right time.......not a googleplex!! great post made me smile!

[Amy]

I was about to ask Esther's question, I was wondering if he was Bunny or Cuddles, but I see he is a hybrid!
I've never visited Julie's etsy store - seems like now is the time .. thanks a googleplex!

[Wanda Jorgensen]

So it seems that googleplex X serendipity is one happy family. And it couldn't have happened to a nicer person!

[Sian]

It's another one of those happy "Treasures" coincidences. Although "Coincidence" doesn't really cover it, does it?

I hope you have a wonderful weekend yourself!

[Karen Walker]

What perfect timing! We were just having a conversation at lunch about lost bits of memory, and how hard it is to retrieve them. How fabulous that it fell out of a package with such great goodies.

[Marcie]

Such fun how 'googleplex' and 'serendipity' aligned themselves and provided you the perfect answer!!

[Kirsty Neale]

Wow! That's the kind of amazing story you'd claim was far-fetched if someone had made it up. ;)

And that Julie is definitely a tiny-but-mighty serendipity magnet. You wouldn't believe the trail of coincidences and commonalities we've discovered over the last few years.

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