Thursday Thirteen

will be brought to you by Spring Break vacation.

1.  Good things right from the start.  Our flight was the first one that departed on time that day.  They had snow on the runway and all the flights were delayed. We left before the three previous booked same flights.  I had wanted an earlier flight but had picked the cheapest one.  ( being thrifty pays off in spades)

2.The sun was shining brightly but the wind was fierce and too cool.  You could wear shorts but needed a jacket.  Definitely not lounging by the pool weather.  So poor us had to go to the outlet mall and do some shopping.

3.Were heading south folks.  Have to find some heat to warm up the old bones.  hour and a half later we stop in Laughlin Nv. on the Colorado river.  Nice room, great views and oh yeah pool weather.

4.Seafood buffet  $9.95  I can't tell you enough about the crab.  It was king crab legs steaming hot as much as you wanted.  There was tons of other seafood but I concentrated on the crab.  There was a chef there too that would make you up anything else you wanted to so I had him make me shrimp scampi then dipped my crab in there.  if there is a heaven there better be seafood there.

5.After spending a couple days soaking up some sun,  downing some wobblies and feeding the evil one armed bandits it was time to head back to Vegas for the weekend.

8.The kids and I had an awesome time touring M&M world and all the casinos at that end of the strip.  We had been to M and M world before but hadn't realized that it had 3 more floors.  I was surprised how few people were on the strip and on a Friday to boot.  We were T I and I put 5 cents in and won 55 bucks that was an extra bonus.

9. Time to head to visit some good friends of ours that we have known since Maui back in 1993.  They had a fridge full of cold ones and the best barbeque ever. Home made nacho's salsa,  char-sui pork  oh yum and they gave up their master suite so Harry and I had a beautiful room to sleep in.

10.  Back to Primm and our 5 dollar a night room awesome view from the 11th floor.  We went to the rides and games room and spent some time just hanging.  There was no way any of us was game to go on the Desperado Roller Coaster.

11. Headed out by 9 AM Monday morning and back to River Palms Resort in Laughlin.  Anyone looking for a clean well maintained place with beautiful grounds and walks this is the place to go.  Did I mention the seafood buffet?  Yep well time for the second visit.

12. St. Paddy's Day took a short drive to the town of Oatman AZ.  It's on Historic Route 66.  Wild burros come down from the mountains and walk through the town and you can feed them carrots.  They head back into the mountains at night. Really cool old mining town with gunfights on the weekends.

13 A couple more days of just relaxin at the pool catching some rays and having a good time in the sun.  The river was full of huge fish that you could see through the crystal clear water.  We went and seen the Davis Dam which is one of three on the Colorado river.


We packed alot into our holiday and everything went smooth.  Other then the first cooler day we couldn't have asked for better weather.  A great time was had by all including our eldest who had the house to himself for the first time.  The place wasn't as clean as I liked when we got home but everything was intact so I guess that's a good thing.

the bears big day

yeah it finally arrived.  Now if I could wake up enough to enjoy it. The spring forward time thing sucks, except for the light out later in the day.   We had a good weekend with some more snow, but it didn't stick, followed by sunshine. 
Hairball still hasn't packed his clothes yet.  I guess he's waiting for the last last last minute.  It would be nice to see how much room we have so I can add a few more things maybe. We don't get into Vegas till late tonight.  I must remember to phone the hotel and tell them of our late arrival.  Last time they gave our room away. All turned out for the better as we were given a better room and a number of free buffet coupons. 
Happy Monday and work week
CArol

Lolly lolly lolly get your

adverbs here.   Too funny I was trying to help Nevada with her homework and forgot all the grammar lessons I learned in school.  I tried to look up the meanings online to show her but the definitions were a little over her head and maybe mine too after a couple of cocktails.  So, I go to you tube and look up all the schoolhouse rock songs from the early 70's and there you go lessons learned.   They should replay those commercials, no Saturday morning cartoon watching marathon was complete without them.   I guess now thought they have cartoons 24-7 on multiple channels so it doesn't hold the magic it did for us.  My brother and I would set the alarm to be up and watching so we didn't miss a single cartoon.  We would sit glued to the TV and not move till the last cartoon aired usually around 11 AM.  Them were the good ole days.  Now I have been reliving my youth watching the Retro cartoon channel.  memories from the corner of my mind......

 

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Blender Blowout

You might not exactly guess what the headline is so I will make a very short dirty story long.  The kids have loved making smoothies with all the fruit we have in the freezer and I love that they are old enough to do it themselves.  Saves me one more task from my never ending tutoring/waitress/cleaning lady/chauffeuring job.  Well call me a nag but every time they use the blender I tell them make sure you hold on to the lid.  You can probably see where this is heading now.  Friday was a warm day and the sun was out.  Cold frosty beers seem to be going down smooth and fast. Middle son was in the kitchen whipping up a frosty alcohol free blender drink. I was in a relaxed mood and didn't call out the required phrase,  when I heard the "ahh mom  I think I need some help in here"  @#$%^%$### it was everywhere except on the ceiling.  For a second I had the angry feeling but the look on his scared face just made me burst out laughing.  We had a great chuckle while cleaning everything from the stove to the kettle to the toaster oven  to the floor to the back splash to the........well you get my point.  Sometimes as a parent we just make the right choice on how to handle a situation.  I felt really good after how it all went down and I'm sure Kaikoa felt alot better about the incident.

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