I’m back!
9 days, 14 states, almost 4000 miles…and I lived to tell the tale.
It was a great trip, made even more fun by my two travel companions and a family visit pit stop. My son is already enjoying school (we’ll see how that plays out as actual classes start today…) and his gf and I thoroughly enjoyed the return road trip. She’s great fun. Couldn’t have asked for a better travel bud.
As for last week’s SHaQ Attack, the deal was, everyone who posted comments to my blog last week is officially entered to win a free book - which could include an advance copy of my upcoming October release, To All A Good Night as they finally arrived while I was gone - so those of you who have already won a copy, it will go in the mail sometime this week! And the winning Blog Babe is? Maureen! Woot!
This week’s SHaQ Attack Contest? Since I’m in recovery mode, I’m taking it easy on us all. Just send an email to donna@donnakauffman.com with “The nest, it’s finally empty!” in the subject line. Winner announced Friday and can take their pick from my spankin’ new website bookshelf. Don’t forget to also enter the contest I’m running on my website - entries end August 31st! Check out the link at the bottom of my home page for additional details.
So…did everyone love the Olympics? Didn’t it go by really fast? What was your favorite event? We got caught up mostly in the track and swimming events this year, with gymnastics being a close second. I wished they’d shown more of the variety of events, given all the air time they had, but what can you do? Wait for London, 2012, that’s what! I’m excited. And Winter 2010 is Vancouver, right? Woo hoo, something close to our own time zone!!
Now it’s time to tackle Vacation Laundry Mountain. Which, it turns out, isn’t nearly as intimidating when it’s only your stuff. I might get used to this whole empty nest thing faster than I thought!
Welcome back! It is great to hear you had a good trip and was able to visit family. As for the Olympics I watched mainly swimming and gymnastics. I couldn’t make it until 2AM when the USA Network kicked in with their live coverage.
Here is this years line-up for Dancing with the Stars:
• Lance Bass (formerly of *NSYNC and a trained cosmonaut) is paired with Lacey Schwimmer (a onetime So You Think You Can Dance finalist and the 2007 World Swing Dance champ)
• Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito is paired with Karina Smirnoff
• Team USA beach volleyball queen Misty May-Treanor is paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy (who was absent last cycle but is now returning for his fifth season)
• Track star/former “World’s Fastest Man” Maurice Greene is paired with Cheryl Burke
• Grammy-winning recording artist Toni Braxton is paired with Alec Mazo
• Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is paired with Mark Ballas
• Hannah Montana’s Cody Linley, Dancing’s youngest celeb, is paired with “older woman” Julianne Hough
• Oscar and Emmy winner Cloris Leachman, 82, is paired with Corky Ballas (Mark’s father and a World Latin Champion)
• TV vet Ted McGinley is paired with new pro Inna Brayer, the current U.S. Amateur 10 Dance Champion
• Brooke Burke (Wild On, Rock Star) is paired with Derek Hough
• Comedian Jeff Ross, aka TV’s “celebrity roastmaster general,” is paired with Edyta Sliwinska
• Recently retired Super Bowl champion Warren Sapp is paired with Kym Johnson
• All My Children Emmy winner Susan Lucci is paired with Tony Dovolani
Congratulation, Maureen!
Congrats Maureen and welcome back, Donna. Don’t envy you dealing with the laundry mountain, lol.
Congrats Maureen.
Thanks for the pairing on dancing… WOO HOO mak is back…
Hope you can relax after your laundry is done.