Vega$ Baby!

So...I'm back from the city of lost wages. LOST is correct. I came back with very few winnings. ($20 bucks here and there...but I LOST IT quickly after I won it.)

The important thing is that I RELAXED! No dishes, no laundry, no boring meetings, no e-mail, no schedules...Just plain FUN!

We checked into the Flamingo pretty late so we ended up with a smoking room the first night. It was like sleeping in the bottom of a dirty ash tray. YUK! The hotel changed our rooms the second day. Much better. We weren't extremely pleased with the Flamingo - but the price was right (free). My favorite place to stay is definitely Harrah's.

If I had my camera in Vegas, I would have photographed the following:

* Me and Tracy standing in line for 20 minutes just to get into the Coach store.
* The 20-minute line to check out of the Coach store.
* The 30-minute line to get into the parking lot of the outlet mall.
* The 20-minute taxi cab line that snaked through a million line esses.
* My straight flush on one of the video poker machines.
* Tracy's $400 win on Reels O'Dublin.
* The bar at Nine Fine Irishmen in New York New York casino.
* My pina coladas at Paris casino.
* My EMPTY wallet at the airport.

Glad to be back.

P.S. SHOE HEAVEN
We found two Zappos.com outlet stores in Vegas. It was very fun. We spent about an hour at each one trying on shoes. We did not purchase any, but I'd go back...just to see if the shoe karma is good.

Secret message to quiltnut

I watched the pbs show and Eleanor Burns this morning.

Eleanor needs a few fashion tips. She must have had a sylist for this photo.

Merry Christmas..........

Me and my daddy on graduation day.

I am glad I'm done. Thanks for all your support...everyone!

I can't freakin' believe it!

I am FINISHED!!! I turned in my final exam today at 4:00 p.m. Hurray!

I graduate on Saturday. I can't wait. Gotta go fix dinner.

Living on adrenaline...

We had our monthly jewelry bingo last night. The room was FULL! We probably had about 80 gals there playing bingo and buying jewelry. It was fun. I had three tables working so I was extremely busy. I also got FIVE bookings last night. What a trip!

The bad part is that I was very sick. I thought it was just a cold - but by the time I got home, I had the chills so bad...I drove home with the heater on full blast and my seat heater going. I didn't warm up til about five this morning when my fever finally broke. I shouldn't have been working last night. I should have been home in bed.

I hope I didn't infect anyone. We're supposed to have the Pantex Christmas party tonight...not sure if I'll want to go since I feel this way. But I'm doing a jewelry show at 2 this afternoon - so if I'm gonna work, I might as well play, right?

My nose hurts, my ears hurt, my throat hurts. Yuk. If i'm not better by tomorrow, I'm going to the clinic.