Yep, I'm moving

I'm off to another mid-western state…  Minnesota.  I'm pumped.  I'm leaving on Saturday.

I will probably be starting a new blog too.  I just think it seems like the right time.

So house hunting to do and shipping of many things (not much else fits in my little car besides me and my little dogs)…

More to come.  Hope everyone is doing well!

Sara

Big announcement on the way

Dear Friends - I know I haven't posted much as of late.  I have big news… I'm waiting to hear from one person before I tell my internet friends, but seriously if I don't hear from her today you guys may get to hear it first.

Any guesses?

Movies... I could cry

I don't know what is wrong with our AMC movie theater but we are actually getting good movies this week and next.  Granted they are movies the rest of the country has already seen…  I'm so excited!  Does anyone have any recommendations from the following list?

Shop Girl
The Passenger (a 1975 Jack Nicholson movie, who knows)
Paradise Now
Squid and the Whale
End of the Spear (what's that?)
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (I hear not so good things about it)…
MATCH POINT (If its awful, don't even tell me… I can't wait!)
Capote
The Matador (I know nothing about this one but it has Greg Kinear)…

Just how many movies can you go see before they kick you out because you only paid for one???

If anyone needs me, I'll be at the movies. 

Today is a better day

I stood up for myself today.  The beginning of taking my career into my own hands.  It felt good.  Not exactly at the time, but the afterglow is nice.  "Hey, do you mind taking this crap assignment for undetermined amount of time?"  Why I matter of fact I do mind.  I have a life and I'm not going to spend it five days a week on the road for the next year.  That is contrary to my personal goals.  Ahhh. 

Not so lovely.

One of my favorite gifts this year was new perfume.  Glorious perfume.  Lovely by SJP.  And it is nothing short of lovely, at least for five minutes.  No kidding, 7 sprays this AM and by the time I was getting coffee with a coworker we call Stoney, he couldn't even smell it.  So very disappointing.

At least I still have my Tassimo.  Now I just need to become a coffee drinker.

Happy New Year everyone!

So 2005 went by in a blink!  I guess that means I'm getting old.  Oh well.

I think 2006 is going to be great.  I just have a great feeling about it.  I'm not sure why.

So on the docket for 2006 - the obligatory get in better shape.  I wouldn't say I'm not in shape, but we can all improve, right?  So far this year (ha! 2 days) I've done well.  I fallen back in love with my gym.  My sister and her family and a few friends are all going to the same gym so we try to coordinate times.  Then its less of a chore.  AND we signed up for VERY expensive Pilates lessons.  So fun!  Like I need another expensive habit.  But such is life.  If you are curious about Pilates, go take a lesson!  And not just a mat class or a video.  Get your butt on the torture machine known as the "Reformer".  Sounds so Opus Dei.

I say "so" a lot.

So the only other resolution is learning to cook more.  My sweet mother has aided this by gifting a beautiful knife set.  Guests in my humble abode no longer need to concern themselves with whether or not their tetanus shot is up to date.  My one, rusty (swear to you it had rust) is going to be thrown away.

I hope everyone else feels as good about what 2006 holds for them.  I look forward to keeping up to date with so many of you.  And I look forward to hanging out with my friends (even the ones who read this site and don't think I know that they read it!)...

Christmas came early.

So U2 came to Omaha.  Finally.  I can't even believe it.

Where to begin? 

The beginning I suppose.  The tickets were a Christmas present to my ten year old niece.  We got general admissions and my friend Mindy bought one a couple of weeks ago too.  Without going into too many details, the stage is in the shape of a big circle.  There is a lottery system to decide which GA ticket holders get inside the circle.  Inside the circle is pretty much all front row.  We didn't win the lottery.  But they try to put all of the kids inside the circle so they are safe.  So our kid got us inside the circle.

We made friends with the people around us.  My niece explained to them that she would be getting up on stage with Bono.  Everyone agreed to help her.  She explained the security guard that she would be getting on stage with Bono.  He agreed to help her.

Then the time came, and she got on stage with Bono.  What can I say?  My little baby was holding Bono's hand.  I couldn't breathe.  I could still hyperventilate just thinking about it.

He sang Sunday, Bloody Sunday.  And then he got to the bridge and he said "Where is that little girl that I saw?" and he came over and twenty people held her up.  Even the security guard was freaking out.

He took her up front and sat her down on a speaker.  And she helped him to get the crowd screaming "No MORE!"… and she stayed up there, rocking out to the rest of the song.  I have pictures, but I don't know how to post them.  I'll probably have to have Katie post them or something.

She even got a nod on the official U2 website.  Seriously.

I know I asked for a Tassimo for Christmas, but my family can take it back.  I don't need anything else in life.

Now I ain't sayin she's a gold digger.

Tonight is the greatest night in Omaha history.  Bono is in Omaha right now.  I can't even believe it.  I can't even believe it.

Kanye West flew Southwest from St. Louis to Omaha today.

I'm so excited I'm having trouble sitting.  I love U2.

And I'm pretty pumped to hear Gold-digger.