Happy Thanksgiving!!

Again I find myself slacking in the blog department. This time I blame the preholiday mindset. Starting early last week the count down to the holiday marathon started in my head and everyday the excitement and lack of motivation has slowly taken over my day. Rather then focus on the task at hand my thoughts wander to the yummy food, gifts that need to be given, days off and good times with family. Some people claim you fall victim to the post Thanksgiving Turkey coma but I think the anticipation is what is really gets you. So in an effort to focus I decided to embrace the meaning of this time and list some of the things I'm thankful for.

1. My family.... I am truly blessed with a loving family. A great husband, the best parents (including the world's greatest mother and funniest father, a sister who is my best friend, the cutest niece and nephew and a very tall stepson who is going to experience his first Shearer Thanksgiving. Good Luck Austin!

2. My pooches...The Schnitz, Bogie, Putter and Flaps. I still love them even though they ate a dozen tortillas and 1/2 a loaf of bread while they were home alone this afternoon.

3. Good friends...I have made some of the best friends who are super fantastic and had to listen to me a lot this year during the challenging move.

4. The cookie, cake, brownies, pie, ice cream, donuts, pop tarts and anything made with a lot of sugar. Need I say more?

5. My job...so lucky this year that I found a job even though I only bring home "bacon bits".

6. My friend Evangeline, doing well after her cancer and clearance to eat salt again. See you at the Cotton Bowl!

7. and so many other things that make my life so great!

Happy Turkey day or maybe a Tofurky day?

An Average Day in Vegas

One of the interesting things about living in Vegas is that you never know what may happen. The other day I was driving back to work from a casual lunch at Tropical Smoothie with coworkers when we pulled behind a shady white trailer. Not thinking anything of it we chatted away, full from the fruity delight when what popped up in the back of the trailer? A tiger! A full fledged, eat Schnitz like a snack cracker tiger. After the shock of the unexpected jungle beast (x2 because why wouldn't there be 2) wore off the curiosity took over. Thats right, curiosity the same thing that killed the cat lured us into a not so high speed chase past our original destination (work) onto the famous Las Vegas Boulevard. We were intrigued by the question where were the tigers going? Not to the Mirage as those tigers would surly be in a Bentley not the boarded up vehicle in front of us. The MGM has lions so not there. Were they stolen tigers on their way to a not so happy future? So many options in this little town. After several miles, pictures and funny stares we pulled into the back alley of the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. Apparently the tigers and other animals stuffed into the questionable vehicle are part of the magic show at the old Trop. Not usually a fan of the Strip magic show I think I may have to buy a few tickets to visit my new friends and maybe any profits they make from my ticket will go toward a safer mode of transport for the passengers. As an added bonus I can stay and catch Mr. Vegas himself, Wayne Newton.

Working in Reality

It is a very sad day when I have to say work has interfered with the good times and blogging frequency. Most of you who know me know I'm not a big fan of working and try to avoid it like the plague. Well it seems it has caught up to me and I have to work more the usual and actually arrive and time and leave late. I have been enjoying the new gig until this week when a wonderful client magically appeared at the hotel door yesterday morning and abruptly turned a sunny Monday into a gray cloudy day. Again, those of you who know me know my love of the client is about as strong as it is for the DMV. The super good news is they will be here for two weeks! Yeah for me! I cling to the dream that much like the caterpillar they will cocoon themselves in the boardroom and emerge in two weeks as a beautiful butterfly ready to take fly and go home.

On a positive note, as I am trying to be more positive everyone else here this week is very nice and soon it will be the weekend that will primary consist of sleeping in and hanging out with Brian. In between I have a friend visiting from Dallas and a Hospitality group event which should be very interesting.