Congratulations!!!

Had a visit with my daughter at college yesterday She loves it!

Ran in a race today; improved my time Followed the race with a nice nap

Headache

Funny that a lot of people love Adele's "Love Song" and don't realize it's a cover of a Cure song. I love them both and they are very, very different; hers reminds me a lot of Sade, and the Cure is, well, definitely the Cure

It's a beautiful day; got my run in! Got most of my cleaning done last night so I can relax today.

This is so cute/funny!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XcYNOoth-0&feature=related

BTW, what song did you end up dancing to with your daughter?

Beautiful! Congratulations to them!

Saw the other day that there will officially be a "Bridget Jones' Diary III". *LOVED* #1, was disappointed with #2 though. Hopefully #3 will be better than #2!

Congratulations to your son; that's wonderful! I had a great run this morning; gearing up for a race on Labor Day weekend. Dorm fridge search was a success too Looks like we'll have some much needed rain today (forest fires in parts of VA right now); glad I got my run in early.

When my youngest was ~1; we watched The Wiggles & The Crocodile Hunter video over and over (and over and over) and over and over ... (and over and over) (this was during my Zep free years)

I think seeing that on the news this week is why it's stuck.

I think I have the worst one in the world right now; hopefully if I deposit it here it will go away! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUntx0pe_qI

So You Think You Can Dance finale

Wow; nobody has had a song stuck in their head since June! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KGLnT-8bdg

The Pogues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2sV8PRK9hs

How I Met Your Mother

This is a fairly recent development (last ~ 5 years, maybe?). Purchases of school supplies and clothing of up to $100/item are sales tax free; I think this was intended to help stimulate the economy and give people a break. It's for this weekend, Aug 5-7. Stores have discretion to drop tax from other items too as long as they (the stores) pay the tax. Some businesses have laptops tax free this weekend too, for instance. There are 16 states doing this for back to school (click link to view). Virginia also offers sales tax holidays during other months for energy efficient items and hurricane preparedness. I ordered a backpack on Friday from LLBean, but did have to pay tax on that (they are in Maine); but the sales price was well worth it ($54.99 on sale for $39.99 plus free shipping). Any Virginians out here who DON"T have kids and need sneakers, coats, jeans etc....go buy them today!! You don't have to have a school kid to get this price break. Many stores are including "dorm stuff" as well, which is good for us, as we're sending one off to college in 2 weeks.

Back to school shopping with big sales and a sales tax holiday! Although it was a loooong day...lots of stores!