Happy Girl!

Wow, that place is so amazing, the rooms, the food, the ambiance.

Thank you Mary for going on mini-vacations with me, Thank you Carolyn at Croppin'Away retreats for having these fabulous crops!!

On Friday we are on our own for dinner so we ate at the nice restaurant there, 26, and I tried the saki salmon sushi with Mary, it was delicious!! We also ate lobster risotto, steak, and creme brulee, nice!!! Saturday we went to the spa and had manicures and pedicures, Love those!

Oh, and lets not forget the bottles of champagne and riesling we consummed!! We did get some scrapbooking in, I worked on a baseball trip scrapbook and Mary worked on her mothers album of their trip to Italy.

What a grand time, I am ready to go back, if Carolyn does not have a Newport Beach crop in March we are going back to LaQuinta for my birthday instead!

Here we are by the waterfall, with scrapbook etc magazine, we are sending this to the magazine because they publish pictures of their mag on vacations!

Ahh, this is the life, I love the desert enviroment, I am so at home and relaxed when I am in my element!

Here I am at my own 6 foot table to scrap on, the retreat had 150 scrapbookers this year!! We cropped from morning till about 11:00pm each day!

Hey Chauncey is still there, well, with a 14,000.00 dollar price tag, I think he will be there a long time!! I just love him! There is a small 7 inch version for 1400.00 dollars but I am happy with a photo every year. See you next time Chauncey!!

Over and out!

I am leaving my computer home so I can have hours and hours of un-interrupted scrapbooking time!! I will post on monday how my weekend went!! I put some new items in my etsy store to keep you busy.....ok, try not to have too much fun without me!!

I am leaving Las Vegas, I miss you already!

Heaven awaits!!

This is La Quinta Spa and resort...

Hi,
I have been busy getting ready for my trip, I can't wait!! Packing and planning...lots to work on!
Mary will pick me up friday at the OC airport and then I will get a grand tour of her and Chris's dream home they just purchased in modjeska canyon in calif...I saw some pictures but I will get to walk around in it!!
Remember to visit www.croppinaway.com or www.laquintaresort.com to schedule your own fabulous vacations!!!

Mamma-mia!!

Last night, Pat K, Pat S, Ronna and I went to see Mamma-Mia the show on stage at the Mandalay Bay. We had dinner at Noodle Shop, good food but too many knats were flying around, I am going to complain about that! I recommend the schezwan eggplant and the pad thai noodles!
The show was fun and the music was very entertaining and light, this show will be closing so go see it soon if you are in town!

Ok...Stop the bus!

I just looked at the calendar and noticed the first day of autumn is on monday.....what the blazes is going on here...summmer just started and I am not done swimming in my pool!!
Although, me and Ethan spent 2 hours swimming yesterday. The water is perfect and the sun was not too hot. And Toby even joined us, he is very calm in the water but he did not want to stay long.
Oh I dread putting sweaters back on after 4 months of tank tops and don't even mention socks and shoes to me....ugh, I miss my sandals already...oh the cruel harsh winter is almost upon us...I am off to pout in the corner today, well, actually I am going to the desert newcomer luncheon today, nowhere special just Tony Roma's.

Travis Carl is Blogging!

I got my son up and running on a blog! Awesome! I hope he keeps up on it! I put a few things on it for him to get him going, check it out...

Destruction King

Put the pedal to the metal!

Go check out www.infernomotorsports.blogspot.com and see how my hubby did racing his late model after 18 years out of a race car!!! He had a blast! He is still in one piece and I am thankful for that!

Also Travis won a Trailer race over at Irwindale, CA this weekend as well, he has more fun with those derbies!!! He plowed into a boat someone was towing, gosh, that has to be one way to take out your road rage! They hook on a boat or trailer or camper (Travis had a pop-up camper he named Pop-Tart) and then they drive around and crash into each other until only one is left running!! I hope to have photos soon!

I am on the go all week with dentist, desert newcomer luncheon, mamma mia show...so stay tuned for more fun in the hot desert sun!!!