I have been wearing contacts for 15 years. Not the same pair, mind you, though it felt like it last night when I peeled the sticky, allergen-laden plastic disks off of my eyes. The joke is that I have bigger eyes than most, so I gather more mold and pollen out of the air every time I blink. This morning I made a blind vanilla latte', and it's a process I am familiar enough with that I can do it without being able to see. My grandmother is 81 and almost blind, but she's still amazing in her kitchen. But you know what they say about Greek women in the kitchen...

For my 33rd birthday, I will have been a contact wearer for 20 years, and almost fully vested, and for that birthday I plan to have laser surgery on my eyes.

Speaking of personal rewards...

I once bought a ring as a reward to myself for a summer doing morning radio. I have been thinking for five years now about the treat I should earn for learning to walk, talk and feed myself. September 5 is my Fifth Birthday.

Our buyers' agent told us it might be best to hurry and buy a house before the election, because these rates are only going to go up. I think everybody should go to the polls this fall and vote for Dubya all the day long.

Christian. Texan. Republican. And Proud.