It's My View

How great is life when you have a sunset view with mountains and a little bit of lake upgraded with a new pair of handmedown red patent heels?? Life is GREAT (shoes, thank you Lori 73130!!). Just in time for Valentine's Day, too...

My Dyson Is Cooler Than Your Dyson

Limited edition: check
On sale at Target, the Happiest Store on Earth: check
Additional 10% discount for opening Target card: check
Elegant, space age white and violet and steel grey, not chainsaw yellow: check
Lifetime HEPA filters (2!): check
Comes with poster of itself (a poster, what, am I hanging that in my garage?): check (to the poster, not hanging it in garage)

Is it silly to buy a white vacuum, that sucks up dirt and dust and an amazing amount of hair, so much in fact, that if it weren't my own, I would be grossed out? Yes, it is silly. But I LOVE it. I may just have to call it the Dyson of All Power and Beauty (that one's for you Lexis!)

4 Star Day!

Gemini: Your successful presence, winning personality and positive attitude might annoy some people. Keep up the good vibes and you'll be noticed and promoted.

Wow -- and they say these things are too general . . .

That's More Like It!!!

Though I'm crap at taking pictures with my camera phone, here's a happy thing for the day: gas under $3 a gallon! In more than one place!! And filling my tank for less than $30! It is sad to be excited about this, but compared with the rest of the economic news, what a nice change of pace.

Hey SUV Drivers!

Check it out . . . oh, what? Yes, I'm sorry, this photo is a little blurry, but look closely at that number on the right . . . it's my 4dr Civic hybrid averaging 56.9 mpg (personal best). So when you blow by me on the freeway in your 15 mpg highway Suburban please wave because I won't be seeing you in line at the gas station. Nyaah nyaah.