Urban Escapes 2011

Here is our group photo from the retreat, wow, Kari really put on a great escape! I can't wait to go back next year! It was fabulous!
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TOP TEN REASONS.....

TOP TEN REASONS TO HAVE YOUR SISTER VISIT:

1. Private jewelry class with Colleen, complete with Fabulous Lemon Cupcakes and Bracelet making!

2. Meeting up with your old high school buddy, Debbie!

3. Swimming pool and Pina Coladas!

4. Staying at the Fabulous M Resort!

5. Scrapbooking with My Urban Escapes 24/7!

6. Going to the Peter Frampton Concert on the beach at Mandalay Bay!

7. Pasteries/Orange Panattone from BabyCakes everyday!

8. Breakfast Quesadilla from Hash Hash a Go Go!

9. Bloody Mary's and Bingo!

10. The Top 10 reason for having your sister visit is spending time together!

You know those emails....

You know those emails you get with all kinds of tips and tricks and household hints, usually from the 50's when all they had was 3 kinds of cereal to choose from and there were only 3 kinds of asprin on the shelves you could take and they would cure anything, unlike today, where we have a whole aisle just of cereal and there all billions of medications..it is really overwhelming sometimes, so I tend to try home remedies first, most really work.

I received an email from my friend, Tanya, it was about putting egg whites on burns, I checked it on snopes, and they didn't say it works, but they didn't say it didn't, so I figured next time I burn myself in the kitchen, I will give it a try.

Last night I grill some chicken in my grill pan and popped it in the oven, for 15 minutes, took the pan out and used tongs to place the chicken on a plate and tented with foil, turned back around and the grill pan was sitting on the stove, I grabbed the handle thinking it was cool, and lifted the pan then dropped it and ran to the sink, I ran cold water on my hand for 20 minutes, reached around to the fridge, thank goodness I have a small kitchen, grabbed an egg, cracked it open, one handed mind you, put the egg white in a shallow bowl and dipped my burnt hand in the white...I continued to coat my hand with the egg white solution, I used two egg whites over the next 2 hours, dipping and coating my hand.

Within in the first half hour, I had no more pain, my hand was coated as if I had stuck my hand in elmers glue and let it dry, well, by this time it was bedtime, so I just left my dried up hand alone and went to sleep, still no pain at all...

This morning I wash my hand in cold water, got all the egg white off, AMAZING, you can see where my hand is burned, I even have the line from the pan handle burned into my finger, but there is NO PAIN and NO BLISTERS!!
I can tell my hand is burned when I touch stuff (dead nerves) but no pain and no blisters????

Even Charlie said he could not believe what he was seeing, as he saw my hand and the blisters that had started to form when I burned it.

Wow! I will always put egg whites on a burn, I am a true believer now!!!

Ethan Bortnick Piano Prodigy!

We got tickets see Ethan Bortnick perform here in Las Vegas at the Hilton, so we made it a little girls night out (me, colleen, tanya) with our chauffer Charlie.
This little boy is amazing, he is so full of life and love of music, my favorite part of the night was when we was telling the story of his meeting with Elton John (lucky kid!) Elton had asked Ethan if he played any Chopin, Ethan said "no, I never have"...so Ethan says to the audience, "when Elton John says you should play Chopin, you go learn Chopin!! And he did, then he played it for us and it was amazing!! Here is a video that sums up Ethan's life so far, remember he is only 10, he started playing at 3!

Beat the heat!

Hey, I made some Gazpacho today, what a nice cool refreshing soup, head on over to my cooking blog (click on the link to the right) or onecreativecook  I am sorry so many people are having a hard time with the heat, perhaps a bowl of cool soup will help! Enjoy!

Chris Isaak on the Beach!

Went to see Chris Isaak last night, it was Me, Charlie, and Tanya. We had dinner at the cafe, then hit the beach for some great music by one of the best!

This is a photo Charlie snapped on his phone as Chris Isaak sang and danced right past us! Then he went back on stage and sang all his great songs! If you have never seen Chris in concert, go, he is so much fun and his music never gets old!

This concert was at Mandalay Bay, they have a beach and you bring a towel and sit on the sand and the water is right in front of you and the stage is above the water. You are real close, and since it is after the sun goes down and the water is there, it is nice and cool to be outside for a concert!

I just love this venue!

More in store...

Wow, I am on a roll..5 necklaces the other night and now 4 more up and selling in my etsy store...here is a hint...lady gaga, a christian and a scrapbooker are in a bar.....hahahahaha!