VIVA LAS VEGAS, BABY!!

Hey, all!

I hope you're all well and happy! It's been a while since I posted anything, but we've been busy. All the regular stuff going on, work, doctors appointments, and vacation! Golfer and I just returned from a wonderful trip to Las Vegas. He had been there years ago on a TDY trip, and we sort of passed by when we were taking Nurse J and Bikini to Disneyland when they were little. So essentially, this was our first visit. It was big, bright, noisy, crowded, expensive and lots of fun! We stayed at the Bellagio, which is practically a small city in itself. This first picture is of the water show in the Bellagio fountains.

We're not big gamblers, but we did play some slot machines a little. We saw a great show at the MGM Grand - Lily Tomlin. She's as funny as ever. We saw The Blue Man Group at the Venetian. I wasn't sure what to expect on that one, but it was wonderful.

We went to the Liberace Museum - very flashy!

We went to the Hoover Dam. Very impressive! BTW, we looked, but couldn't find any traces of Optimus Prime or Megatron. :)

We had a pleasant drive through the Red Rock Canyon/Mojave desert area. That was beautiful. We were a little disappointed that we did not get to see the burros or ponies, but the scenery was lovely.

AND..... We renewed our wedding vows at the Elvis Chapel O'Love! Actually, the correct name is the Graceland Wedding Chapel. "Elvis" conducted the ceremony and sang to us. He was actually an excellent Elvis and we had a wonderful time. A huge white limo picked us up at the hotel. We got flowers before the ceremony. It was a nice way to top off our trip.

So, now we're home. I'm back to work. We're catching up on things. The weather here has been warm enough that the cherry blossoms along Canon Boulevard are starting to bloom. The Bradford pear trees are all white, and the pink bud trees are blooming. Pollen season has started! Golfer is keeping busy. And yard work is on the "to-do" list.

Stay safe!

JEEPERS! ANOTHER SNOW DAY!

Hey, all!

Who can understand Virginia weather????? Anyone??

They've been predicting a chance of snow for a couple days. Yesterday afternoon it started to rain a little, then more, and then evidently while we were watching TV and not looking out a window, it started to snow. On the 11:00 p.m. news they announced that for most of the area the snow was over and we'd just have rain. We looked out the window and had a little snow sitting on top of the grill cover. We woke up this morning to more light than usual (regular daylight reflected off all the snow that fell during the night!) We turned the TV on and there were the closings announcements scrolling across the screen. The poor kids in this area will be going to school until July if this keeps up!

Being rather sure of myself and knowing that there was a ton of stuff to be finished in the office, I dressed appropriately and headed to work. The main streets were wet and there was slush at the curbs. The side streets pretty well covered with snow and slush. It has rained a little and some of the snow is gone now. I'm hoping it doesn't get too cold and freeze it all.

Now for some other random thoughts. I like watching the Winter Olympics. There's pretty scenery, flashy costumes on the skaters, daring crashes by the ski jumpers. Many things to comment about. I don't know if it was an NBC decision or an Olympic committee decision, but did anyone else notice that the pictures they put on the screen as they announced participants looked like mug shots?? Some of the athletes are pretty good looking, but you couldn't tell it by those photos!

I'd like to send out a huge *!#**&^%#!!! to the idiot driver who was behind my car last evening. I was sitting still at the end of a line of traffic when this guy came barreling down the road. I saw him in the mirror and thought for sure he was going to hit me. At the last minute he veered off onto the sidewalk and drove the rest of the length of the street on the grass, then turned into a shopping center.

Congratulations to Boxer who is mastering bicycle riding! And at a much younger age than his mother or aunt. (love ya, girls!)

Golfer and I finally caught up on some of our TV viewing. We got a little behind what with watching the Olympics.

That's about it from here. I hope you are all well and content. Stay safe!

A Case of the "Mondays"

Hey, all,

I hope all is well everywhere else! To be honest, things are okay here, I just have a case of the blahs accompanied by a headache. I thought it might get better after I ate lunch. Nope. Then I thought maybe after I went to the "Y" and had some pool time it would go away. Didn't happen. So now it's time to fix supper, and it's still here. I did have a short nap until the phone rang, made my head buzz, and scared Cinder who leaped off my lap because she had been sleeping, too. I have taken some pills. I know it will get better, but it's still Monday.

In other news, and in order to stop my complaining, the sun is out! It's still cool here, but evidently Mother Nature doesn't care. I've seen daffodils poking out of the dirt, some trees have buds on them, and the robins are all back! Over the weekend I got out and did a little more yard clean-up. Our day lilies have broken through the ground and the Easter lilies are starting to show some green shoots. Of course, the yard still has many muddy, soft spots, but it's still great to get out there! My friend/sister-in-law in Ohio said she couldn't believe I was out doing yard work already. Well, to be completely truthful, I was wearing a couple layers of clothes, but it was great to have the sun on my face!

Golfer has played a couple more rounds of golf. He says it's good to be out on the course, even if his game has suffered because of the long time off because of medical issues.

Speaking of medical issues, we seem to be in period of "see all the doctors". It's time for our annual check-ups and associated testing, routine check-ups with eye doctors, orthopedic doctors, rheumatologists..... so far, nothing new and horrible has shown up. Other than the raging bladder infection that I have that I fortunately did not have symptoms for. The doctor was stunned, prescribed antibiotics, and wants to see me yet again. So, there's one for the books.

Well, enough of my blahs. It's time to get to the kitchen. It also might be time to break open the Thin Mints! Girls Scouts were posted at the entrance to the grocery store this past weekend to pressure good people going in to buy fruits and vegetables! I couldn't resist!

Stay safe!