Sports

So I was talking this morning about the Predators (Nashville hockey team) with my friend Amanda at work. We were talking about who got traded and who would be playing what position and who the new captain would be. It struck me as absolutely hilarious that two women were having this conversation (especially since all the other women in the room were looking at us like we were crazy). I have become quite the avid sports fan since I started dating Eric. I always liked basketball and soccer, but I've become more knowledgeable about other sports and I really enjoy watching them and going to games now!!! I'm including two pictures of Eric and I, one at a Predators game and one at the Bobcats arena, when they played the Pistons. The one of Sarah and I is that same night, and I just like that picture. You can all see my beautiful grown up sister if you haven't seen her in a while. If anyone wants to talk sports, call me up! I'm not too thrilled about football, though, so try to leave that one out!

Books

Ok, so I've read a lot of books lately and felt like sharing, in case anyone wants any recommendations. I get books all the time from co-workers to read, so not all of these are in my typical genre. I read the Charm School, by Nelson DeMille, which was quite interesting. All about the KGB and Russia and the military.......took me a while to get through, but it was really interesting. Of course read Angels and Demons and the DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown, and I loved both of them! I would highly recommend them, especially the illustrated versions. It helps give you visuals of what he's talking about. I by no means believe it to be fact, but it's really interesting as well. Next I read Empire Falls, by Richard Russo. It's about a small town in I think Massachusetts, if I remember correctly. They made it into a movie for HBO, which I haven't seen, but it was a pretty original novel, considering what's been out lately. It's just about how everyone in the town relates to each other and how everyone is impacted by one another and as much as it sounds like it could be really boring, I promise it's not. I loved it! Next was the Devil Wears Prada, a girly, fun read that I had to read before the movie came out. I indulged in some chick lit and it was so funny! Definitely read that one. Oh somewhere in there, too, I read In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, very interesting. I had never read it for school, and it took me a while to get through that one as well, but as someone who enjoys criminal tv shows.....this was a great book that looked at the criminal mind and the victims. Really great. Then I read the Wonder Spot, by Melissa Bank, she also wrote the Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing. It was good, kind of an all over the place book about an average girl who doesn't know what she wants to be and feels defined by everyone else in her life, not by who she wants to be. A little on the chick lit side, too, but I higly recommend this one. I am currently reading A Million Little Pieces, the controversial James Frey "memoir," which turned out to not be a memoir at all, but I'm reading it like it's fiction. I find it fascinating and very different from what I normally read. Don't know what will be next, but someone at work recommended the Kite Runner. Anyone read that? Sorry so long, but what can I say? I love to read!=)

Vegas, Baby, Vegas!

Ok, so I've been MIA for a week or so......went to Detroit with Eric. Tons of fun! No pics from that as of yet, so I will continue with another trip from the past couple of months. Eric had to go to Vegas for work in May over my birthday week, so I got to go with him as my present. It was so much fun!!! We went to pretty much every casino, just to check out what they looked like, etc. I didn't do a bit of gambling, but Eric lost a little money (which is what always happens when either of us gamble). I'm putting a picture of the strip, taken by yours truly, a picture of the Paris casino at night (I loved that one!) and of me taken in front of the Mirage, which we actually didn't go into. I really liked the Luxor (the Egyptian themed one) and Circus Circus, which was very juvenile, but fun! The Bellagio was by far the nicest and I loved the fountains out front! I'd recommend going to anyone at least once, just to see it, but I'm by no means a fan of going all the time or of the sketchy shows they seem to have there. I just really liked the themes and the feel of the place. Somewhere to see once in your lifetime. We also flew over the Grand Canyon and maybe next time I'll actually go there and maybe the Hoover Dam, too. In early May, it was low 90's and no humidity, so it wasn't too bad yet. You wouldn't want to go now!