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I suck...but I've been having fun!

I got all motivated to try to continously blog back in March and have failed miserably. Since then, David Cook won American Idol (woohoo!!!) and the Cubs swept the White Sox this past weekend (double woohoo!!). :)

Walter has been traveling like crazy lately (this is week 8 in a row) and I'm looking forward to when we can spend time together at home! Two weeks ago I traveled with him to Anaheim, California for one of his work trips. With my job, as long as I have a computer and internet, I can pretty much work from anywhere, so when he was working, I worked. We had a great time -- usually worked in the morning and then relaxed the rest of the day. On Sunday, we drove straight from the airport to LA to see the Cubs play the Dodgers. Cubs won, of course! ;) Monday evening, we had dinner at Downtown Disney (we stayed just a couple of blocks from Disney). Tuesday we headed to Laguna Beach -- LOVED IT! It is such a cute little artsy town (and I got some new Reefs while we were there). On Wednesday, I got to visit with my dear college friend, Katie Shubin, who I haven't seen in a few years. It was AWESOME!! It felt like no time had passed at all. Thursday we hung out at Long Beach and then meet our friends John and Amanda Huddle for dinner at an awesome BBQ place -- Lucille's (recommended by Katie). Once again, it was such a treat to spend time with them. Amanda and I grew up together in Naperville -- neighborhood and church. Friday was spent all day at Disneyland!! Yea!! Walter hasn't been to Disney before, so it was really a treat. I still want to take him to Disney World sometime -- there is definitely a difference between the two.

My jewelry business is going great and I still love it! It is such an enriching and rewarding experince! I have also been enjoying spending time with my nieces -- they are so adorable and sweet. They make me want to have children. Someday...no, I'm not pregnant, just someday...

BTW, if you want to read the funniest blog EVER, check out my friend Amanda's blog: http://insidedog.typepad.com/

Later!! No promises on when I'll post again. :)

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Anonymous said…
Dana!! You blogged! I'm so proud! It was wonderful, awesome, and amazing to see you and Walter when you were here. You guys are just MADE for each other, and it's so wonderful to see you so happy. Thank you so much for thinking of us!!
And thanks for the blog props. WOO!!
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