Traci did it again!

Traci tagged me, too, so here goes:

8 Favorite Foods (oh, I'm so limited now!)
Coconut Bliss ice "cream"
Shrimp anything
Steak anything
King or snow crab
Mother's sugar free cookies (though they've gone out of business now)
Skinny Cow chocolate mint Skinny Dippers
Sugar-free Almond Roca
Potatoes of all kinds

8 Things I Did Today
Got ready for work
Answered email and phone calls
Walked to the Duckstore for coffee, trying desperately to keep my nose from freezing off
Put together application packets
Figured out how to pay the whopping repair bill on vanosaurus
Talked to Mom's California bank
Texted my sister
Solved a friend's knitting problem (two socks on one circ!)

8 Favorite Stores (let's try an all online list...)
Little Knits
Discontinued Brand Name Yarn
Blue Moon Fiber Arts (Socks that Rock!)
Etsy
Knitting Warehouse
Amazon
Audible (much easier way to "read" and knit at the same time!)
iTunes

8 Favorite Restaurants
The Wild Duck (now defunct, but my favorite restaurant ever, anywhere)
Kabuki's
Eugene Mongolian Grill
Napoli
Ta Ra Rin
Cafe Yumm
Sakura
Cafe Soriah

8 Things I Look Forward To
Spring
Visiting my dad in Alaska
A trip to Wales and Ireland
Winning the lottery
Reaching my goal of losing half myself (just 36 lbs. to go!)
The next season of True Blood (it just ended last night and I already miss it!)
Upcoming concerts
Yarn sales


8 Things I Like to Do with Family
Play games
Laugh
Reminisce
Camp
Shop
Eat
Craft
Dog stuff (with my "dog family")

8 Things on My Wish List
Peace (on earth, of mind, etc.)
A new wedding ring (mine's getting too big)
That lottery wish
More knitting time
Keeping the weight off once it's all gone
Work to put things back in place once all the weight is gone ;)
A great birthday for my hubby
Great seats when David Cook tours

8 People I Tag
Oh, crud, most I know have been tagged, but I'll tag my sister (she can do it on Facebook) and anyone else who hasn't done it yet and wants to

Something to be thankful for...

My president!!!