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Wednesday, November 5

Oh Yeah

I kind of forgot about this until just this minute: I saw Barack Obama and Oprah in person just last year. Click right here to read about it. (I was living in Iowa at the time.) And now I am excited to say I was in the same room as the President-elect less than a year ago.

14 people wanted to leave a comment:

Shauna said...: That is so cool! Hugs and hope you are having a great day :); November 5, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Jessie said...: I'm totally jealous about the Obama part. The Oprah part is pretty cool too. Lucky girl!; November 5, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Brooke said...: I remember how excited you were. Kind of cool.; November 5, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Whitney R said...: Oooo, look at you. All fancy FRANCE and seeing celebrities! (get it? fancy FRANCE?!) hehehe; November 5, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Rhonda said...: While in a Times Square deli, I sat next to some guy from some show that my girls said was famous. They took lots of pictures of him...with their cell phone.

I still don't know who it was.; November 5, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Heather of the EO said...: I think this makes you totally famous.; November 5, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Wow, and we e-know you, so we're like 3rd generation famous. Thanks for sharing!; November 5, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Vanessa said...: You are a rockstar.; November 5, 2008 at 10:17 PM
rychelle said...: the fist president bush patted my brother on the head once.

he wasn't nearly as excited as you.; November 5, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Christa said...: I am humbled and awed to be in the blog presence of someone who was in the actual presence of our President-elect.; November 5, 2008 at 10:36 PM
jess said...: i wish i could travel more. i'm SO JEALOUS! i get to go to REALLY cool places for work sometimes. you know, places like ardmore, oklahoma. and tucson, arizona (IN JULY) and...let's not forget butte, MT in february and bismarck ND in january.

see what i mean??; November 5, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Adrienne said...: I totally thought of you and that post last night while we were watching Obama's speech and they kept showing Oprah. How I remember that I'll never know?; November 6, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Kathy P said...: I almost feel the tingle -- wait for it -- yup. Way cool.

Actually, I think I would really enjoy seeing Oprah live. hmmm, gives me an idea.; November 6, 2008 at 1:16 AM
tiburon said...: I used to like the Oprah - notsomuch.

I hope the Obama grows on me. Not in a fungusy kind of way.; November 6, 2008 at 9:49 AM

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