Duct Tape & WD-40

On Bitchin' and Moanin'

So it has been quite a while since my last post and, as always, I will give the honest reason why.  I don't want to start using my blog as a forum my bitchin' and moanin' and, baby, that is about all I have been doing lately.  Kids and life have been quite overwhelming.  But, I am making it through and actually seeing a little sunlight between mostly clouds.

Last week, I actually entered my studio and created 2 things.  One was a gift, but the other was a composition book journal.  You will probably see that in the future because I may put it on ebay.  Anyway, it was the first time I have seen that room in almost a month.  It felt really, really good.

So in the interest of non-bitching, I'll say a little about our Vegas vacation.  Gary and I had a fantastic time.  At first I was a little worried because when I travel with my Mom or by myself, I do just what I want to do.  What if Gary and I didn't want to do any of the same things?  What if we had nothing in common?  Well, we found plenty of things to do together and I remembered why I fell in love with him in the first place.

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Emily, our sweet, old Golden Retriever, who has been so very ill seems to be doing a little better.  For the last couple of weeks, we have had the prospect of putting her to sleep hanging over our heads.  For now, however, things seem to be looking up.  She still has a lot of trouble walking, but her eyes are bright and she seems much happier.  She has even started licking us again (an annoying habit of hers that earned her the nickname of Lick-O-Maniac many years ago).  I won't mention the current bout with diarreha that we have been cleaning up for the last two days because I am not bitching and moaning, remember?

A Post From Vegas Baby

Okay, I am actually posting this from my phone, so I can't write much. What can I say? Vegas is perfect. Well... almost perfect. I DID loose a lot of money. But everything else was Vegalicious! I got to know my husband again andm you know, I really do like that guy. We got dressed up and went on the town every night. We looked like one hot couple. I don't have many photos, but that doesn't matter. You wouldn't believe it was us anyway. We left the frayed shorts, golf shirts and Life is Good t-shirts home. So I am killing time until it is time to go to the airrport. Gary left yesterday. I will be home at 5 45 EST. Later

Might Quit My New Job

You know that promotion that I wrote about earlier.  Well, so far, I hate my new job.  Last week was so hard.  It didn't help that Jack got out of school at 12:30 and the other two boys got out at 3:00 p.m. Considering all the balls I had in the air, I guess I should be proud that I only dropped 3 (that I know of). 

Ball number 1:  I washed Cole's stinky shoes in the washing machine on Sunday night and they literally fell apart.  So I had to add buy Cole new sneakers to things to do list for Monday.  I also needed to buy Cole and Luke football cleats, so I had to go to Sports Authority.  Long story short, Luke was so late to flag football placements that they were over when we got there.  Luke cried - said he did not want to play football in front of a billion people.

Ball number 2:  Accidently switched sandwiches in lunches and gave ham and cheese to Cole and peanut butter and STRAWBERRY jelly to Luke.  They hate those sandwiches.

Ball number 3:  Forgot to send favorite t-shirt to school with Jack for "show your shirt."

Now, I know that these were all pretty minor things.  It is stuff that doesn't really matter at all, but I felt like everything was so crazy.  How am I ever going to do it all?

I just learned that with Luke and Cole combined, we will have football practice every night of the week.

On a lighter note, Gary and I are going to Las Vegas next week, that is if I survive getting ready to go to Las Vegas.  Ironically, an article came out in the paper last week stating that some people don't take vacations because it is too hard getting things in order to go on vacation.  I so totally understand that.  I just keep thinking that I am doing all of this to be prepared, so that while I am there, I won't worry about anything.  I want to completely stay in the moment and enjoy our time together.

I haven't been to Las Vegas since I was a showgirl.  Did you know that my friend Betsy and I were voted Showgirls of the year in 1999?

Ah, those were the days.

So here is to fun with that guy that I am married to.  What was his name again?  and also learning lots of cool new stuff and the Photoshop World conference.