Truth or dare

I'd always pick truth over the dare. Much easier. I've always been a bit of a chicken when it comes to dares or anything I'm not familiar with.

I'm scared to see who Bush pickes to replace Harriet Miers as the next supreme court nominee. If she isn't conservative enough I don't know who is.

I'm totally addicted to knitting books. I just can't get enough. They all look like so much fun and I love expanding my knitting library.

I'm officially been on the South Beach Diet for almost 2 weeks. Crazy that it really does rid my cravings for the carbs. I cheated twice to eat Mexican food - nothing can cure that craving for me. But I am really getting into eating breakfast and having snacks between meals. Who knew??? I think the hardest thing to give up is cold draft beer. Now if I could only drag myself to the gym..... ok one thing at a time.

Just found out we don't have mold - such a relief. We had some pipes inside the walls of our house break and now we have a big hole in the stucco on the side of our house. Ahh the joy of homeownership....

Slippers complete!

I finished my felted slippers. Look how cute. Now everyone in my family wants a pair so I better get my fingers busy.

Books Update
One True Thing - This is our bookclub book for November. It was a fun read and I'm really looking forward to the discussion since there will be lots to talk about the relationships between mothers and daughters and our roles in society.

Oprah's new pick - A Million Pieces is about a guy recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. Kinda hard to read, but definitely interesting.

Movies - In Her Shoes was better than the book. Definitely a tear jerker.

I still can't believe Vaughn is dead on Alias - hard to even watch right now.

Well I'm ready for a weekend after entertaining our sales guys all week. It was my job to plan the entire training event including content and ammentities. I do love planning! We did take a fun jeep tour in the desert last night for sunset. It's hard being the only woman with a group of men from Korea, Japan, China, Germany, Sweden, and the US all week. I'm exhausted, drained. I want to girl talk and get my nails done!

Traveled to Ohio last weekend to see my family. Tyler just had her tonsils out and was still recouperating and I got to help Courtney work on her townhouse a bit & spend some money on furniture!!

Goin' to OHIO

I'm on my way to Columbus tomorrow to see my family. You'd think after 10 years of living in Arizona, I wouldn't miss them so much. But I can't wait to see Tyler who just had her tonsils out and is having a tough recovery. And to see Courtney and help her pick out paint colors and flooring for her townhouse. And to see Mom and just get a hug. And to see Dad so that my eyes can see how he is really doing.

To the left you see a few of my main gals and I at a 70's bash. I still don't think wine sounds like a good idea after that night. But it was fun to see everyone.

I finally got my books from Amazon - lots of creative knitting ideas. Gifts to come!! I also finished felting my clogs - they are so perfect. In Ben's words "It's the first thing you've made that looks like you bought it at the store!!!!" Nice.

With all the great tv shows on, I've had a hard time reading lately. I'm going to take our bookclub book "One True Thing" on the plane tomorrow and it seems like a quick read so far. As for tv this season here are my observations.

Vaughn is dead - what the hell where they thinking...... It seems to call for drastic measures and under normal circumstances I'd be boycotting, but I just love Alias so much. Tough call.


Survivor and Lost have been interesting and shows I'm looking forward to.

So far I've been disappointed in Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars and Desparate Housewives. So - so plots.

My work was busy today. The first time in ages where I didn't watch the clock. Ahhh.....

In the photo you will see my favorite kids. Nora (my niece) is on the left and Tanner (who might as well be my nephew because I love him that much) is on the right.

Well, I'm off to the Buckeye State. Weather will range from 40-80 degrees while I am there - what in the heck to pack. Luckily I have sisters to share shoes, socks and jackets with!