Happy Anniversary!

This weekend marks our 9th year here in Las Vegas.
9 years ago we sold everything we owned including our 1st home we ever bought in Anaheim, and packed the dog and 2 cats up in a u-haul and drove to Las Vegas, it was scary to say the least! We bought a home close to lake access so we could still go boating, opened our business and hoped for the best...it was shaky at first, only one claim a day maybe 5 a week if we were lucky, so charlie took a job as a school bus driver, it was great, he could still do the couple claims he got in between driving bus, I still held down the fort, cooking and cleaning and banking and billing. Pretty soon word got around that this independent claims adjuster knew what the heck he was doing! The insurance companies came calling, after about 2 years he could no longer drive bus, we were in business full time!! Some months we are so busy he has to hire help, but most of the time it is just enough to keep us happy and healthy living the life in fabulous Las Vegas!
Although we have had our ups and downs, Woody and Rusty are no longer with us (dog and cat) Hey, we still got Toby the monster kitty, we did gain a grandson, Ethan, who was born here in Las Vegas! Our home is perfect, well, I do need a kitchen remodel (it's on my bucket list!)

We have accomplished so many things and we are so happy here, Charlie has his racecar hobby that keeps him happy, I got my dream of putting in a real swimming pool, that makes me happy!
Life is good, I hope the next 9 years are just as good! See you then!

Lots to talk about!

Maureen and Ralph got Charlie this awesome jersey for his birthday, how cool to have his racecar number and name on an angel jersey!!

We will be so decked out when we go to the games now!! I am working on baseball cuffs and will soon have them in my shop, I have my Napoli jersey and my baseball cuffs and Charlie will have his jersey!

Also, Last night was girls night out at the Hilton, we saw Hotel California, an Eagles tribute band, wow, they were really good! Check them out here: http://www.hotelcal.com/ This is our last concert until they sign some more bands up!

California Birthday fun!

We tried to get to Ethans birthday party at disneyland friday but had way too much work come into the office, we have to get the assignments done as they come in or we get too backed up and then we can lose accounts if they are not handle asap. We rolled into cali about 7:00 grabbed something to eat and went to bed. Saturday we were off to visit Travis and Rebbeca and meet all the grand-animals, then we headed to Romona burritos for lunch and we went out to see my mom. Then we hit anaheim again and took charlie out for dinner.

The first 3 are Travis and Rebbeca's cats, beau, bella, and benji.

Then we had a dinner for charlie at Fire and Ice grill in anaheim, Fun place to eat, you pick you food and then cook it benihana style for you, it was good, I had his good friends Maureen and Ralph show up and we had all of the flores/gray family and travis and rebbeca, they had charlie stand on a chair ad the whole place sang Happy Birthday to him! We left there and headed to Joe and Mary's for drinking, dancing and story telling around the fire pit! Travis and Joe, me and Suzi talking by the fire, I am sitting in the chair. Lido and Merissa presenting an ice cream cake to charlie.

We had a blast and I would like to thank everyone for making Charlie feel loved and special for the day, he works so hard to make everyone happy and I just loved that we could make him stop for the day and spoil him for once!! Thank you, you made his day!

My/Crystal's Harmonica Necklace!

I finally found the time to get the clips together to show you the necklace I sent to Crystal Bowersox, I think she likes it as much as I do, I love to wear mine all the time! Here is april 14th show, then last night she wore it going back home to Ohio and played it on the plane! I have a couple left in my etsy store if you want to play one too!! It is now Crystal and Lee in the finals, I like them both so I look forward to buying their CD's!!

Happy 64th Birthday CHER!

Girls night out! We had tickets to the U2 tribute show, but that got axed when Colleen scored us tickets to see CHER!! Yes, the real Cher! Not a fake! Her show was at Caesar's Palace, fabulous place, I have not stayed there, one of the places on my list to spend a weekend...Anyway, we had dinner in the cafe, then headed to the show, there really is not a bad seat in the house so we were in for a great time.

Cher started out singing "I still haven't found what I am looking for" by U2, which was very cool since we 4 were supposed to be at the U2 tribute show....Hmmm, did she know something about us?? Hahaha....

She took off from there and never stopped, she sang and changed costumes and it was all done in a very smooth way, she took us on a ride through the decades, in between costume changes we had video to watch, my favorite ones were the clips of the movies she has been in, Dang, she is a great actress too! She also had dancers that were amazing, this was one great production, and Cher has still got it, she looks fabulous and sounds spectacular! What a wonderful show, thanks Colleen for letting me see one of the great artisits of all time! Now, if I could turn back time I could have a body like that.....hahaha.......

Happy Birthday Buckaroo!

I wanted to get this put on this morning but we are swamped at work and of course it is because we want to cut out early this week to go to Ethans birthday party at disneyland on friday...anyway..he is 6 years old today!! Can you believe it!!
Happy Birthday buckaroo!!

Pool is open!

Today is the first day we went in the pool! I love to sit on the deck in a chair and eat chips and salsa and drink ice tea! Big Daddy is on the bench enjoying a beer! We are looking forward to many sunday afternoons just lounging poolside! After we cooled off, we grilled some steaks and corn for dinner. We still need to get a quote on building a patio cover over the BBQ, I really need to look into that!
After our pool time, I spent the rest of the day in my studio where I created 4 more guitars for my etsy shop!!
Go check them out, they were inspired by Meatloaf, The Police, Tina Turner, and Tom Petty!
Hey Have a great week and I will see you back here real soon!