Oprah is Back!

Thursday Oprah kicked off her 24th season with a huge block party on Chicago's Magnificent Mile. She had performances by the Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Hudson, James Taylor, Rascal Flatts, and Chris Angel even did a little magic. The show was great and looked like a lot of fun. For those of you who didn't see it or just don't care you have to watch this video. It is the Black Eyed Peas singing "I Gotta Feelin" (which is a great song by itself), but the cool thing is the "flash mob dance" that was put together for the song. 21,000 fans participated in this dance. It kind of reminds me of a real life musical where people randomly break out in song and choreographed dance:)

Christmas in October!

I love my husband! It is not often that Mike is able to truly surprise me with gifts. The only reason is because I am in charge of all our finances, so I'm aware (pretty much on a daily basis) when money leaves our checking account or is charged to our credit card. But yesterday Mike was able to surprise me with the new Amazon Kindle! For those of you who don't know what it is, it is an avid readers dream.

Last Friday, Oprah revealed the Kindle on her show as her new favorite thing. I was immediately hooked. Luckily I had DVR'd her show. So after I watched the segment on the Kindle, I rewound the show to the beginning, paused it, and left it cued up ready to play for Mike once he got home from work.

After Mike watched the show, I knew that he realized just how much I would like a Kindle (I don't usually get excited over electronics, but this little machine was making me bounce around and giggle like a little girl). Since they are pricey I figured (if I was lucky enough to receive one) I would probably be getting it for Christmas, but no big deal because I still have a whole shelf of books at home that I can read between now and December.

To my surprise a little brown box was delivered to our house yesterday afternoon. Even though the box was addressed to Mike he insisted that I open it. Once it was opened this is what I found...

Christmas came early:) I love it! What a great surprise. Thanks honey, you're the best!