Draft, MI Supreme Court Historical Society

Congrats to Jake Long, Chad Henne, Shawn Crable, Mario Manningham, Mike Hart, and Adrian Arrington getting drafted. Jake Long was the #1 pick and was already picked before the draft started. Yeah Michigan- that is huge for them!
Matt is thinking of going to the away Purdue vs Michigan game with some friends in the fall. I am still debating on if I want to go at all. I have never been to Purdue but that isn't a good reason for me to go. Perhaps I can fly down to visit Mona that weekend, although that would be too close to the Japan trip. I'm not sure if my work would like that.

Also congrats are in order for my husband who is now the newest (and youngest) board member of the prestigious Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society. Many top lawyers and judges are members and board members and I am really proud of Matt to be in such good company. He was nominated by a board member and was inducted last week.

To end on a funny note at the expense of a few politicians, Jay Leno asked the audience: "Ok how many people think having Clinton and Obama appear on a wrestling show cheapens the political process? After a few claps Leno continues, "How many people think the WWE was cheapened by having the candidates on? I think you lose respect for the integrity of wrestling." lol I do wonder why they showed up at a WWE show, how weird!

Springtime for Reena - sung from the Producers tune

I love our weather. The last week it has been in the 70s and it should be pretty nice for a while. On Tuesday, a few of us at work actually ate lunch OUTSIDE at Cosi instead of huddled up inside. It was such a new feeling having the sun on my face.
Sidenote: I"m starting to love veggie sandwiches. At Cosi I got a hummus and veggie and at Panera I like the Mediterranean sandwich. My work buddies are starting to rub off on me. I am totally loving eating healthy. I still have to figure out a way to start eating fruit more often. I always want veggies or salty things.

With the better weather I feel like I am more refreshed even though I am getting the same amount of sleep. After work I have more energy to workout and to do other things around the house I've been putting off. The sun has a good effect on me! Although I think if the weather was like this every day, I wouldn't appreciate it as much. I just wish our winters were 2-3 months long instead of 4!

Our book club went well. Our next book is "The Secret Life of Bees". I was going to read this whether the book club picked it or not, so I'm glad that they did.

Another reason to love your wife!

UM came out with a study that links the amount of housework you do and whether you are single or married. Luckily for men getting married, the amount of housework decreases by a half hour. Unfortunately for myself and all other married women, the housework increases by an average of 7 hours! I certainly don't feel like I'm doing 7 more hours of housework a week. But maybe I am and don't realize it because cooking,cleaning, etc is just a part of my routine now.
The good thing is that historically men are doing more housework every decade as women's and men's roles are more blended. I do cook dinner and do the shopping, but Matt always helps out with laundry and dishes.

I got a haircut today, well more like a trim. The length now is where I think it is at its best, which is just below the shoulders. For Erin's wedding, I showed my stylist a picture of how I want my hair. She kept the picture and she pretty much will make it look exactly like that. She is amazing that way. For my wedding I brought in a picture of how I wanted it, knowing it was not going to be perfect. Somehow she worked her magic and my hair was identical to the magazine. She's a keeper!

I am off to my book club. We read "self made man" this month. I was not a huge fan. Everyone is bringing in manly food as the theme so I need to stop by KFC to get a bucket of chicken! Hopefully all the food there won't be fried and fatty like my dish!

All Aboard!

We bought our flights for Japan today! We are going nonstop to Tokyo and nonstop back from Osaka. I looked up our itinerary on Northwest and it says we have 223 days to go! Wow that is so far away. I'm glad we bought our tickets early because now we can book the tour and everything else around our flights. Our expenses for the trip will also be spaced apart. I'm going to get a Japanese phrase book in the next few months so I can learn some phrases to get by. Sayonara!

What's in your wallet?

I finally did it- I bought a travel rewards credit card! I ditched the idea of an American Express card. The rewards were fine and the card picture was nice, but I found a better rewards card with a not-so-great picture. I tried the capital one credit card lab to pick a different picture and I couldn't get the rewards I wanted. I figured I should pick the card with the better rewards than the better picture. Also I know that Visa is more widely accepted around the world. Here is my new card:



What's nice about this card is I get double miles on travel and entertainment purchases and 1.25 miles for every other purchase. Most of the other cards are just 1 to 1. These miles never expire and I can also trade them in for cash back or other types of rewards, which is a nice option if I don't use miles anytime soon. Before making my decision, I was debating on getting a citi visa premier pass card. I loved how you could double dip on points for miles traveled in addition to purchases. But I couldn't get cash back and I have to use my miles within 3 years. I didn't like that restriction. In 7-10 days I can start using my card when it arrives! I am still going to forward the capital one commercials on tv- they are so annoying!