Dear rainy day at work,

Here's hoping a game of 'Heads up, Seven up' breaks out during lunch...since we can't go outside for recess.

Dear Lagoon,

Any day now.
You + Me = Roller coaster riding funnel cake eating bliss

Dear dating,

Congratulations. I've found one more thing in life that is more frustrating and exhausting than you.
Car shopping.

Dear balcony,

Thank you for making the work I do from home much more...tolerable.

Dear Grandpa's Garden

I hope this season is a fruitful one (no pun intended) - here's to oodles of peas, carrots, radishes, green onions, tomatoes, beets, squash, green beans, green peppers, zucchini and cucumber.

It was lovely planting you yesterday.

Dear May 22,

An all-day meeting with a client does not make a happy Val.

Dear Academy of Country Music Awards

Thank you for giving me an excuse to:

1. Go to Las Vegas for the weekend (22hour road trip) with the girls
2. Harmonize to N*sync in the car
   
3. Stay in the MGM Grand and have some quality pool time in 107-degree weather (I love tan lines)
4. Dress up fancy and attend the Awards show in style
5. Be in the same vicinity as Nicole Kidman, Carrie Underwood, Garth Brooks, Jewel, Rascal Flatts, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland (new fave) and Reba McEntire...just to name a few...I feel like we all connected
   
6. Eat an In-N-out cheeseburger (animal style) and a strawberry shake
7. Reconnect with my inner cowgirl
   

Best weekend trip for under $100 of my life.
So far.


*Of course, NONE of this would have been possible without the hookup from Noelle's sister's best friend who works for CBS and gave us the tickets. Thank you sister's best friend, thank you Erica, thank you Noelle (and thank you Laura for driving 12 hours - getting us there and back safe-n-sound).