If I learned anything growing up, it was the clear importance of loving what you do for a living. My mother set a fantastic example of a woman who loves her profession and career (even if things do get a bit stressful in Feb & March), while my father trudged off to work everyday at …

I’ve said it many times over the last eight or nine months, and I’ll say it again now: 2004 is shaping up to be the best year of my life. And apparently, I’m not the only one feeling better inside and out. I say that because of something I read in my hometown newspaper, the …

It took no less than 90 minutes to put the official Halloween party evite together. Seriously. Much waffling was done about the word “healthy” in describing the assortment of snacks, mixers, and alcohol the hosts plan to provide. Daniel wanted to convey the fact that there will be good stuff provided … but also be …

Curtis posted Bush’s “Global Test”, which is just hysterical. I can always count on Curtis for my morning funny moment. 🙂

Following on the heels of their runaway Internet hit “This Land is Your Land,” the good folks at JibJab are back with another hysterical look at Campaign 2004: “It’s Good to be In DC“. I saw it on Leno last night — which was a fluke, really, since I never, ever watch The Tonight Show. …

I stayed late at work today to do, finally, what I’ve been meaning to do for months now — move into my new office. It has four walls. Made of wood — or something resembling wood, anyway. A door. A desk that faces the door. A place for my computer monitor that doesn’t face the …

I honestly can’t remember the last time I dressed up for Halloween — especially if you exclude all the times I wore my PJs out in public just because I had a decent excuse to do so. So I’m starting to feel a wee bit pressured/panicked by the looming date of Daniel’s (annual?) Halloween party …

I know it doesn’t necessarily make sense to continue rooting for a college football team so closely associated with an ex-boyfriend, but I can’t help it; I’ve just spent way too many years cheering on Bob Stoops’s OU Sooners to break the habit completely. Even so, I resisted the urge to spend hundreds of dollars …

I got my Oct. 11 issue of Newsweek today, and only when I saw the picture on the cover of Bush and Kerry shaking hands and smiling (Kerry with genuine glee, Bush with that stupid little grin of his), I realized something. Last week, Kerry wore a red tie and Bush wore a blue one. …

Curtis’s blog referred me to another site that sent me to this groovy “Where should I live?” Web site. You fill out eight pages of questionnaire, and it gives you a list of the top 24 places you’d enjoy living. Here’s my list. What’s yours? 1. Knoxville, Tennessee (I interviewed for a job with HGTV.com …