Hope those kids like fiber!

A couple of weeks ago Mom bought some Fiber one bars at Costco.. 
She usually gets these..

Yummy!

But it is good to mix things up, unfortunately that doesn't always work out.

Even with chocolate it tastes like sawdust.
Chocolate covered home improvement dust..
Not so yummy.

The fact that they were bought at Costco means we have lots and lots of them getting stale in the cupboard. 

Not that you can tell if they go stale.. might in fact, improve the flavor.

So I thought maybe we could take advantage of the greed of children! They are much larger than the 'fun size' candy.. First goblin at the door went for quantity over quality.. Yes! only 20 more to go.

Ha ha, we fooled them.. greedy little sticky ghouls.

BTW, Thanks Rhone, the front door is so much better now! We don't need to fight if every time a trick or treater comes a knocking!

Yesterday Mom thought it would be fun to dress Bella up as the piggy from Angry Birds.

Great I have a pink T-shirt I never wear, we can cut it up and make her a costume!

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What? They are green??? Grrrrrrrrr.

So no Piggy costume for the cat...

Alien Cat..!

Alien cat not amused.. 

Maybe next year we can figure out how to use the hot pink..

Trick or treat!

Home again..

I think I love it here!
After time in the snow and suburbia, I realize how fond I have become of the quirkiness of Las Vegas.
(Makes me happy Chell had agreed to move out here!)
Riding home on the WAX.. the express bus to Scummerlin. I sat among tourist, locals, the Devil and Jesus.
We pick up the last two on Fremont Street.
The Devil looked good.

But nothing great..

Jesus was spot on.. no fake beard and hair.. the guy must be named Jesus..

Like this.. right down to the robe and crown.

So I am just hanging out on the bus.. thinking of all those who wear a Saint Christopher medal.. (Patron Saint of Travel)... I have them all beat, I have the Son of God sitting on my bus!

I really should have snapped a picture.. I am pretty sure Jesus was a little tipsy and would have agreed.

Mom picked me up at the bus stop.. on the way home she insisted that I bring out my camera for this....

Crazy overboard Halloween decor in Summerlin..   The pictures don't begin to tell the story! I bet Christmas is going to be a treat!

Halloween in Las Vegas is a month long party.. 

I miss Chell, but it's good to be home.. Bella acts like a little Bitch, talking non stop. 

My bathroom was trashed by the Krazy Kat...   I am still trying to figure out how a innocent feline can make such a mess..

Hey Bella! The toilet is not a kitty condo!

Everything is frightful.

The basement was decorated for halloween.

Now its all clean! 
A quick trip to Sears Lesbian hardware department and a shop vac purchase made the basement a nicer place to visit.
Not so bad... and as long as Chell and I are underground it is easier to pretend that this doesn't exist.



It might be wise to wait a warm day or two to take those exterior real estate photos.

 It's not going to last.. I think I will make it.
I'm not going to go all Donner party..

Run for your lives... its coming!

This is what the skies look like today, here in sunny Colorado.

No clouds.. decent temperature.



Leaves are changing.. ahhh perfect fall weather!

 No jacket required... now look at what is heading this way.

Weather for Denver, CO

71°F | °C Mon Tue Wed Thu Partly Cloudy Wind: NW at 9 mph Humidity: 9% 79° 50° 59° 32° 33° 24° 45° 30° Detailed forecast:

Do you see Wednesday?  Those little snow flakes, represent real snow!  

Oh I think I will miss my little lemon tree and new grass on that day!  But guess what, I am glad I am here and wouldn't change it regardless of the weather!

Not only is the company great.....
Just take a look at what we have done..


turning scruffy floors into...




shiny and new looking floors... Damn we're good!



Thanks Costco

When your busy and just do not want to cook. What is better than Costco?  Nothing, that's what!

A little mid morning grazing, to keep you going until you get to that roasted $4.99 Chicken, with pasta salad on the side.. (already made pasta salad!)



I will take all of them please.

The samples were good today, except I wanted to try the Newman's Own Coffee.
 Mmmmm Coffee.
But the stupid lady taking a miniature cup wouldn't shut up.. going on and on about her pod coffee maker..
Personally I this those pods are for wussies... Who only drinks one cup at a time?? 

Oops, except you Topher you're not a wussies, much.



I guess I will never know the amount of delicious you are.

It was taking too long and the Cinnabon lady drew my attention away.. 

Tummy's full it was time to attack the next room, with paint and talent.


I think it's looking spiffy!

Tomorrow another coat in the other bedroom and if we are brave enough... Chell and I will arm ourselves with brooms and attack the Basement.

Public bus etiquette.

Yippee! I am in Westminster Colorado, just out side of Denver.


Sodom and I flew out here Wednesday night.. got here early Thursday Morning. As far as Demonic travelling companions go, he isn't that bad.

He stopped me from gagging a woman on the bus to the airport..  You know the kind, blue tooth and loud one sided conversation....  she didn't even shut up long enough to thank or acknowledge the nice bus driver that strapped her Jazzy wheelchair cruising ass in..  Which wasn't easy, cause she wasn't paying attention and the chair was loaded down with backpacks, bags and Meth.

She hung up long enough to redial.. (On the phone that was apparently broken according to the first conversation.)..
I won't lie, a have a habit of saying some dirty words.. but I try not to when in public or around those it might offend..  This woman was Fuck you, fuck that.. loud enough for the whole bus to cringe.

This doesn't excuse bad behavior!

I survived the plane ride here, late as it was.. and now it is painting time! Getting Chell's house ready to sale...so she can come to Vegas play full time.

Think you are having a bad day?.

Mom is at the Social Security office. The forth time since September.
1st to tell them that Dad had died.


2nd to ask about a confusing statement that came in the mail, with two different figures on it.


3rd time to give them a check for Dads August payment. That they said if we don't take it out of your account electronically send us a check.


Today because.... they took the money out automatically, even though there was a check floating out there with Uncle Sams name on it.. Then she stopped payment on that check, because they took the money anyway. Then yesterday they put the money back in her account. 

Oops!

I bet that is going to be a fun one to explain.

Add to that the Infiniti woes. The mechanic fixed the original problems.. and took it out for a spin to make sure.

Uh oh.. apparently the engine mountings are nonexistent.  Another $900. Shit shit shit shit damn.

She told them to hold off, and called Mikey. He says that is a lot for engine mountings. 

She called them this morning to say she needs to think about it.. but it is kind of a big deal.. it sucks when your engine rattles around under the hood.

That's what engine mountings look like... I had no clue either.

It suck for Mom, these matters were always decided after discussions between her and Dad. 

It's a good thing she has seven kids to bounce ideas off of.

Expect a call.

It has not been a good day for mumsy.

So being the faithful daughter that I am, I'm going to get on a plane and leave her here alone with her problems. 

 She has the truck and the little convertible she can drive. She won't be stuck in the house with only Bella to torment.

Where are my thermals?

Boarding pass is printed and I am ready to roll..
Tomorrow I get on one of those flying buses and head off to cooler ground.

Going to the square state.

I know it's going to be cold.. anyone who knows me, knows how much I hate the Brrrrrrrrr.

65 degrees is cold.. don't tell me different.

But guess what? Cold or not I am glad to be going.. Get to go see my girl!

Mom is staying here to cat sit.

She tells me Bella is spoiled.. and she is.

Mom spoils her the most.

I hope she doesn't get into trouble when I am gone.

Rhone and Janet are coming this weekend to keep Mom company.

I'm going to warn you two, if Mom talks you into a game of Monopoly, watch her.. she cheats.

Don't let her be the banker.

Yay! Vegas!

One of the things I love about living in this city is there is always something of interest going on.
Just turn on the TV and Vegas' famed race way is on the national news. 

Okay that was really sad. Rest in Peace Dan Wheldon.

But if I actually liked car racing it would be cool to have a NASCAR race track so near.

We are also gearing up for the Republican debate.
Tomorrow all the non-boycotting wannabe's will be in town.



I won't lie Republicans scare me. I won't be attending.

I am not the world traveler that Mom and my brothers are, but I have been to Venice. So I was a little confused by the story in this mornings paper.

This Christmas season they are going to turn the canals at the Venetian into a ice skating rink. 

Gondola Zamboni!

 Since we are in the desert and it rarely goes below freezing the "ice" will be some sort of synthetic material that simulates the skating experience. For only $19.00 you can fake skate for 15 minutes in front of a fake city!  

Bet the New York, New York wish they had thought of it first! 


I make fun, but I bet Omaha wasn't mentioned once this week in the national news! 

A new chapter.

I needed to start a new blog.

I miss writing it, but trunk cheese was all about Mom and Dad and the cruel reality of pancreatic cancer.. Stupid cancer won, yet we all go on. The way it should be.
I chose life is stranger than fiction, because being the avid reader that I am, I tend to see the people I know as characters.
Including myself.
This week we took the Infiniti in for some work. Among its many aches and pains the guy told Mom that the spark plugs were pooling with leaking gasoline.. And it could be a explosive problem.

I figure I can blow up one car before Mike starts calling me Stephanie Plum.. but if the Infiniti blew while I was driving..... all bets are off.


We escaped that one!

Mom and I are doing okay here in Vegas, not to say that there are not moments. Of course there are.
The other day Mom was looking at a new car and in the middle of haggling she started to cry. The brain thinks, "Hey I have never shopped for a car without Bob." and the water works start.

The sales folks were all a little confused, promising that they could do better on the price.. "Please don't cry lady. We will throw in the mud flaps, they really come with the car anyway."
They weren't going to let her drive home..

And speaking of crazy, the neighbor finally got locked out of her house.. talk about characters.
She accused Mom, the other neighbor , and myself of breaking into her house and stealing items.
Anyone who knows me, agrees that can't be true... First of all I don't steal. And second her house is really really gross.. and gross is not my friend.. I won't even go in.

I know who it was!