You know, one of the biggest reasons I wanted to buy a house was to have company over. Last night, I was lucky enough to spend time with a couple friends at home. First, my friend, Mary, stopped by with her beautiful, 16 month old daughter, Emily. We were roommates once way back when. She has since married and moved away to Kansas, but our friendship has endured. In true Mary fashion, she brought some chocolate chip cookies. I just started a diet again, but cookies made by good friends are totally fat and calorie free (did you know that?). It was so nice seeing her again, and her daughter, who brilliantly amused herself in my toyless and not-so-childproof house by playing with my ivory elephants. Kids come up with the most inventive games, don't they? Later, another, newer, friend, Stacey Stopped by to see the place. We spent a couple hours on a bottle of White Merlot and the perils of life, love, etc. So nice. I should have these get-togethers more often. By the way... Happy Halloween! I'm still trying to figure out if I should dress up tonight, or simply don my sparkly jeans again and call it good. Sometimes, I lack imagination, or is it energy I lack?