inauguration day

It’s official - 12pm est, Barack Obama is our new president! When Barack Obama won the election to become the 44th POTUS, I felt a sense of renewed hope and possibility for our nation. I know there are a lot of haters out there, but I hope they will give Obama a chance, recognize he is human and no one is perfect, stop interpreting his views inaccurately, and realize coming times have got to be better than the past eight years.

A large part of Obama’s “success” as president depends on the people, the citizens of the United States. It is so powerful to hear the president call on people to rise up and remind us, yes we have a huge stake in how things happen. We are not just bystanders in this life. The burden of our well-being is not placed on one man, and it is up to us all to roll up our sleeves and dig in. It’s not about his success, but our success. I believe that our country is entering into a time of reuniting, recovery, and renewal. God bless our leader, Barack Obama, with wisdom, compassion, perseverance, sound judgment, and resources.

a birthday come and gone

I didn't plan anything for my birthday this year but thought it would be worthwhile to acknowledge it. It's hard to believe a whole year has passed since my big 30th birthday bash! It has been a fabulous year full of great friends and great fun - probably one of my best ever. So it's true, life gets better and better and the 30s are indeed the new 20s.

I'm not doing anything fancy this year because I'm still sort of recovering from hard partying in December and the timing wasn't the best, but I am very much looking forward to tea with some girlfriends this weekend!

drama queen?

For the first time in seven years, I finally bought new glasses thanks to the fortuitous timing of having two consecutive jobs that included VSP insurance in 2008. I have an exceptionally wide face so when I went shopping for glasses there were literally THREE pairs that fit out of hundreds. The first two were hideous and the silver lining is the pair pictured above.

At first, I wasn't too keen on the fact that they only had this dusky pink color (I later found online that they come in the normal colors of black and brown)...but then again, pink really works on me. Besides, in the past I've had frames in red, deep plum, etc - hardly the typical black or tortoise shell. I picked up my new specs today and I love them! They are deeper and richer in color than I remembered, and I truly will be viewing the world through rose-colored glasses.

The hilarious thing - these are Juicy Couture, come in a light pink case, the model name is DRAMA QUEEN, and there is a little gold crown on one side.