Been quiet here at work since the election. I've invested a lot of my energy when I go home in the evening to helping Scott with house stuff. (Honestly, the night of the election, we knew the result as soon as Ohio turned blue, so we turned off the television, got peppermint milkshakes from Braum's, started painting the house, and been working on ( Read more... )

I think I'll work from home today. Since we're doing this event in Brussels, whenever I send out the invitation, I just get out my laptop here at home and send it by 7 am -- which is 2 pm Brussels time. But with everyone gone except Betty and Charmaine, and our intern not working today, I'll just save some gas and work from home ( Read more... )

There is a wonderful autumn chill in the air. I took our wonderful new dog, Daisy, out this morning at about 5:30 and I found myself shivering just a little bit as I walked around the backyard with her ( Read more... )

Last night my parents and Shari took me out to dinner at Stephan Pyles' restaurant downtown, followed by a delightful concert at the Meyerson featuring the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. I had a blast. Plus, on the way to Stephan Pyles, I saw Jason from The Bachelorette waiting on the corner of Ross Ave. and St. Paul to cross the street ( Read more... )

Am re-thinking getting this new dog next week and even having children ( Read more... )

I signed up for Twitter today. You can find me there as "ehumiston ( Read more... )

So I'm glad I was able to come to this conference the past two days. I've decided to leave tomorrow before dawn to get to airport and catch one of two earlier flights than what I'm currently scheduled for. With the flight cancellations in South Texas and Houston, I don't want to risk getting stranded here in Phoenix ( Read more... )

So I booked a flight last night to Phoenix that leaves tomorrow morning. I was hoping to go to Scottsdale, AZ for a sold-out conference and received word yesterday at 4 pm from the hotel I could still get a room ( Read more... )

I ordered a McCain-Palin sign to go in our yard. I'm so stoked. I'm convinced that watching Sarah's speech last night was watching a truly historic moment, one I'll get to tell my kids what it felt like to watch ( Read more... )

Piper’s gotten to develop some pretty cute, although bizarre, sleeping habits and positions this week.

The other night when Scott and I were turning off the lights to get into bed, she trotted into the room, meowing as if to say: “Wait for me!”

Purring loudly, she walked across us and got right between the two of us in bed, making herself quite ( Read more... )