I've been busy!

I haven't updated my blog recently, sorry! I have been super super busy! Let's see, I will hit the highlights.

I hit a deer. I was driving in Rockrimon in the Cherokee and suddenly there was a deer. The good news is that I only cracked the grill of the Jeep. The bad news is that the deer took a good 15 minutes to die... I was mortified and very upset as you can all imagine!

I have been working A LOT recently. The week before Thanksgiving was BUSY! Everyone wants a clean dog for the holiday! And now we are into the holiday season, so life is busy!

We went and saw Harry Potter on Sunday night at the theater. Good movie...

Oh, we ended up adopting Maggie. So, we officially have 3 dogs of our own now. We will get pictures of Maggie up soon.

I registered the two puppies for more training, starting in January. I am looking forward to that! I like going through training with the pups. However, Maggie's class will be on Saturday's so Hubby is going to have to take her.

We had Thanksgiving dinner here. Suzi and Phoebe were here, as well as Mom, Dad, and Chula. Hubby made the food, I was just the helper. It turned out yummy! Hubby is such a great cook!

Well, that's really the highlights of the last few weeks! Now I must go and work on sorting out Christmas gifts!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! May your turkey be juicy and the punch have just enough rum!

Love you all!

Christmas list

So, several people have asked us to come up with what we would like for Christmas. That's tough!

Wife says:

Pretty much I really don't want anything. But if you still insist on getting me gifts, here are some suggestions.

Donate to a charity related to dogs (rescue groups, humane society, spca) for me and send me a card letting me know you did so.

I always enjoy dog books. My collection is starting to get too large to list of ones I all ready have, so I will just say that both Barnes and Nobel and Boarders are very close by. (gift certificates always appreciated)

I have also really taken a liking to the store REI. They have some pretty neat stuff there.

Now that I have 2 dogs that need lots of training, simple cash is always a nice gift, as I am really looking forward to getting them both trained as therapy dogs. And all that training is not going to be cheap!

I would ask that folks avoid knick-knack stuff, as we have lots of it all ready. I have too many clothes I can't wear all ready due to I have to wear my work shirts and jeans 5 days a week. All though a gift certificate to Ann Taylor or Banana Republic would be nice.

And as a standard, I love lotions and shower gels from Bath and Body Works. And Macintosh is still my favorite Yankee candle scent!

Hubby says:

He doesn't think he needs much either, except someone to do all his homework. If you
can give that as a gift, it would be much appreciated.

But, he always is buying books off Amazon. So an Amazon gift certificate or Boarders or Barnes & Nobel as well.

Of course he is a cooking/grill master. So, any neat gadgets, sauces, recipes, cookbooks, etc... He enjoys making lots of recipes off Food TV. Alton Brown is his favorite guy to watch.

And always cheap Hawaiian shirts that are pretty ugly are good. Notice I said cheap, the cheaper the better. He wears an XL.

Otherwise cash to pay for school, to add to our savings for mountain property someday, or to buy Jeep Gear with would always be much appreciated as well!

More Vegas and dog news....

Sunday morning we got up and had breakfast and after checking our luggage in with the bell hop and checking out of the Flamingo, we headed off to walk around Caesar's Forum. We did a little shopping, and spent a little bit of money. We finally went and picked up our luggage and headed for the airport.

We boarded our plane early and everyone was sitting on the plane. We sat there for quite some time. Finally they came on the speaker and asked if anyone was willing to get off the plane in trade for dinner, breakfast and lunch, as well as a free hotel stay and a $350 travel voucher. We went ahead and volunteered for that!! So, off the plane we went and after spending another hour and a half at the airport, we headed off to our new hotel. This one was not as nice as the Flamingo, but it was across the street from the Hard Rock hotel and casino.

I made a call and we were able to get Penn and Teller tickets for the show that night. Hubby had to do some homework, and a little bit of work, but finally we headed off to the Rio hotel for dinner and the show. Penn and Teller were fabulous! The show was great, we both enjoyed it. We had somehow managed to receive 3rd row center tickets.

After the show, Penn and Teller were in the lobby signing autographs and taking pictures! Here is us with Penn, and then Teller!!





After the wonderful show and then breakfast at the Hard Rock, we finally got on our plane and came home. Here's a nice picture of us at the Flamingo.



So, it was back to work for both of us on Tuesday. The next round of Hubby's classes started up and things are picking up at work due to the holiday's. We still had Maggie and their was an adoption fair rapidly approaching on Saturday. Friday night we made the decision that we just couldn't let her go. So, on Saturday at the adoption fair, I did the paperwork and she is now officially ours!

Well, I am off to work on our Christmas wish list, hopefully I will post it tomorrow!! And a shout out to Dad K and Barbara C. who recently had birthdays!!

Christmas list

Christmas lists will be coming out shortly!

Things to keep in mind, we watch lots of movies in our home theater, Wife loves dogs, and Hubby is a big compter geek currently going to school. If that helps at all....

Luck be a lady Tonight!

Okay, so day two started off that we were able to move rooms! Yea! Goodbye handicap accessible room with a view of the parking garage across the street! Hello pool view room on the 21st floor! Check out the view!



After a nice buffet breakfast, we hit the casino for a craps lesson at 11am. That was very interesting and we learned a little bit more about the game! So, after the hour long lesson we tried putting to use what we had learned. Of course we didn't walk away from the table richer. However, we did walk away a few hours later to head to the spa to get a couples massage.

After that we headed over to Caesar's Palace. We had dinner reservations at the Mesa Grill, which is Bobby Flay's restaurant The food was fabulous. I had a goat cheese queso dip prior to dinner and Hubby had a tuna something appetizer. For dinner I had a grilled Ahi tuna steak, Hubby had some sort of lamb. It was so tasty. Then for dessert we had this amazing chocolate cake thing. It was melt in your mouth, you can't believe it really tastes that good, good! After the amazing dinner we walked around Caesar's a bit more and then headed back to the hotel as it was pretty late by then.

Saturday we got up, and after yet another yummy breakfast buffet, we headed up the strip. Our first stop was New York New York. We picked up our tickets for the show that night and then we rode the roller coaster on the outside! Here is what New York New York looks like:



After that fun stuff, we headed over to check out MGM and the lions inside! And then a trip down to the M&M store. From there we walked down to Paris, and we took a trip up the Eiffel tower, what a sight to see! The tower in Vegas is only ½ the size of the real one. They were not able to build it to the height of the real one, due to the fact the airport is so close.

For dinner we went to the buffet at the Bellagio. What a buffet it is! The carving stations consisted of Kobe beef, buffalo roast, prime rib, lamb, and a few type of fancy turkeys. They also had sushi and crab legs and the most amazing dessert area! I made several trips through the buffet. From there we went down to New York New York to watch Cirque du Soleil's Zumanity. Very interesting show.

More about the rest of the trip later!

VIVA Las Vegas!!

We are back! Unfortunately...

Have you ever needed a vacation so bad, and then you go and it just isn't that great? Well, this trip was awesome! It was a MUCH needed break. And I can't even begin to tell you just how much I enjoyed it!

We took off Thursday evening. Of course my car didn't want to start at my parent's house, so that just made it even sweeter to get out of town. Anyway, we landed about 10:20pm and then took a cab to the hotel. We got checked in and somehow we ended up with a handicap accessible room. That wasn't cool, but they told us to call the next morning to find out about switching rooms.

Here is a view of our hotel from the Eiffel Tower (at Paris, next door). It's the big white building.



Anyway, after dropping off the stuff, we started walking around. We headed across the street to Caesars Palace first. We got the lay of the land in there and then headed up to the next hotel which is the Bellagio. Inside the Bellagio is BEAUTIFUL. They do the lobby area all up for the season. Right now it's full of apples and pumpkins. Here is Hubby and I at the Bellagio:



And it smells like Macintosh candles from Yankee candles (my favorite scent)!

After that we headed out and we saw the fountains. Now, if you have never been to Vegas and you end up going to Vegas, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend that you stop and see the fountains at NIGHT your first time. It's truly beautiful and amazing. We watched a few songs and then kept walking around.

The amount of people in Vegas is amazing! There are SO MANY people! And the very interesting part to me was that you see people in short and t-shirts walking next to people in evening attire. All the time! It's just one of those places where you could wear just about anything you wanted and fit in! And the whole “Strip” seems to be designed so that it feels like everything is 'high class', but you don't have to be Donald Trump to be there. Like I said, I was really amazed at the entire experience!

We finally got back to the room somewhere around midnight or 1am. And I slept like a baby in our king sized bed. I will tell you more about the next day, tomorrow! For now, I need to go move laundry and then head for bed! I have to go back to work tomorrow. :(

And then there was 3....

So, I got my flu shot. It was 1996 when I last had the flu. I can't believe it's been 9 years!! But after that, I will always get a flu shot. I didn't last year, due to the shortage, however Hubby and I went on Tuesday morning. The Utilities has free clinics for employees and their Dependants to get them. It was a lot easier than the tetanus shot, that's for sure.

I got my stitches out this week as well. That was a rather uncomfortable experience. But I have my finger back. It doesn't bend all the way right now, it's a little stiff. But hopefully in no time it will be back to normal.

We are fostering another dog. She is a cute hound mix. We think she is fox hound and Treeing Walker Coon hound possibly. She is soooo adorable. She might just end up staying here permanently. Only time will tell. Here is her picture from the organization's website. It's not a great picture. We will try to get more of them!



It's picking up at work still, but then again, the holiday's are approaching! It's keeping us on our toes. But it makes time go by fast.

We went to the Colorado College (CC) hockey game Friday night and had a pretty good time! CC won!

Yesterday I woke up with hives every where. It got worse in the evening so we went to Urgent Care to get it taken care of. They graciously gave me a shot in my rear end. And steroids to take for 5 days. I am better today and have only have a few small flare ups. Not sure what caused the problem. I didn't think I had eaten any new food. Who knows!