this week, i've been working 10 hour days at the office, driving straight home, eating and crashing on the couch to watch "texas ranch house." after living a dilbert day, the concept of chucking it all to toil at a hearth preparing cornbread and beans is appealing.

when i was little, i so wanted to be amish...i didn't understand it was a religious choice. then i moved on to my fascination with little house on the prairie. it all changed, though, when i realized i couldn't wear eye shadow or have my hair permed. i'm nothing if not a material girl.