I am totally loving this right now.

Believe

During the DNC there was a lot of Obama Paraphernalia and I didn't get anything. After the DNC I found this awesome postcard, that I feel really embodies the spirit of the campaign and Obama's goals as a president. I am looking forward to the next four years, I really am.

What would Carrie say?

Last night there was a call-in radio show and a woman called in and said she had cheated on her boyfriend the day before he proposed and she said yes because she felt guilty. So now she is engaged to a person that she has cheated on, has not told him, and doesn’t even want to marry him. The host of the show actually suggested that she go ahead and get married, stick it out for a year or so and then get divorced. WHAT?!?

I am so appalled that the moral compasses of so many are really off. For one, why would you marry someone you didn’t really want to marry? 2. How could you marry someone that you cheated on without ever confessing your infidelity? It just seems this person does not understand that a relationship involves two people and her fiancé has the right to decide if he wants to marry her after she has been unfaithful. He has the right to decide if he wants to marry someone that is planning on divorcing him in a year. What an awful, heartbreaking reality that would be.

This call-in show really makes me think that the divorce rate in America is going to significantly increase. We (myself included) are a generation raised on 90210, Friends, Sex in the City, where fidelity, honesty and loyalty are not traits that characters possess or aspire to. Sad.

I am so glad that I have an awesome husband and relationship where honesty is the best policy.

New haircut, new glasses!

My new Betsey Johnsons, they're so cute.

Digital Scrapbooking

I am so excited! I started making some scrapbook templates for the scrapbook I want to make for our house remodel. Befores on the right page and afters on the left (pictures will be placed when the remodel is finshed. The backgrounds are different wallpapers.

These are a few of my favorites:

Franken Wins Minn. Senate Seat

This guy is the new senator to the US Congress and I think that's awesome.

I really think he is going to do a great job. Whether he becomes a great politician or not one thing's for sure, he is going to get some great material for his next book.

Congratulations Al!

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

For the first time this year I have been keeping track of all the books I have read. Here is my 2008 list. My goal was to read 30, maybe next year. The ones in teal are books chosen by my book club, some are ones I would have never read on my own such as The Mastery of Love and I hated it, others I would not have read but loved such as Three Cups of Tea. My reason for joining my book club was to kick start my reading and read books I wouldn't read on my own. I haven't gone for a while but would like to get back in the habbit. This month they are reading When you are Engulfed in Flames, which I have read so for sure I will be going to the monthly discussion.



Some of the books I loved reading were: Miss America by Day, The Bluest Eye, Bastard on the Couch (follow-up to Bitch in the House), Infidel, Water for Elephants, I really got into the Lanny Budd series by Upton Sinclair and I always love David Sedaris. I read a lot of him this year.


I look forward to continue working on my 'books I want to read' list. Today I am going to the library to pick up the Soloist, I am also kinda reading Pushed. Happy Reading!

1. The Mastery of Love
2. Miss America by Day
3. World’s End
4. Infidel
5. Survivor
6. Siddhartha
7. Barrel Fever
8. Born Standing Up
9. Between Two Worlds
10. The Bluest Eye
11. Bastard on the Couch
12. Water for Elephants
13. Amazing Grace
14. Naked
15. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
16. The Omnivore’s Dilemma
17. A Thousand Splendid Suns
18. When You Are Engulfed in Flames
19. Dragon’s Teeth Part I
20. Three Cups of Tea
21. Marley and Me
22. No Country for Old Men
23. Native Son
24. Audacity of Hope
25. Wonderful World of Oz
26. For Whom the Bell Tolls