Catchin' Up - November & December!

In November, Brat Girl and I took our very first knitting class! Our instructor, taught us the basic stitches, and we promptly started making scarves. Nope! I haven't finished mine. Of course, I decided to start a second one though! Nope! I haven't finished that one either! LOL! I wanted to make one for Mr. Mister! Why? Well, because it's COLD outside, and he NEEDS one. But, I didn't like the way it was turning out, so I ripped it all out and started over. Then, I ripped it out again! LOL! So, it's only about two inches long right now! It's definitely not helping to keep him warm and toasty! He told me the other day, that he was going to have to use it to wipe sweat from his brow this summer by the time I finished it! LOL! PUNK!

Mid November, I got to go on a weekend scrapbooking trip! My friend, Carla, has a condo at the Lake of the Ozarks, and invited several of us to come and play.







Since I haven't actually "scrapped" anything in quite a while, I used the time to start on my Christmas cards. (They took A LOT longer to make than any other card I have made before! I continued working on them through November, and well into December. I ended up making 76 cards, and still didn't make enough for everyone on my list!)



We had lots of FUN, even though it rained on us most of the time! (Carla and I even stayed an extra day to try and avoid driving home in the torrential downpours! It didn't work! LOL! We should have stayed another day!)

Thanksgiving was nice and quiet. We had family over, and played games. There is always a lot of laughter in the house when we pull out Apples to Apples!



After reading about it on Pioneer Woman's website, the Mister and I, decided to brine our turkey this year. OMG! That was the BEST turkey we have ever eaten. It was so juicy and tender! Even my son (who prefers ham on Thanksgiving) said it was amazing! I am just putting it out there now! We will NEVER not brine our turkey again! And, it made some tasty soup a couple of days later!

December brought decorations, company, celebrations, and all the wonderful things we all tend to enjoy at that time of the year! It was a busy month!

Catchin' Up - October!

October was another travel month! The Mister and I flew to Las Vegas for our 24th anniversary. The day after we arrived, my uncle (who lives there) picked us up and gave us the grand tour. It was nice to go off the beaten path and see what else the Vegas area had to offer.

He took us to Red Rock Canyon, which reminded me so much of Sedona! I absolutely LOVED it out there!



The uncle, and the Mister, walked down the path to check things out! The women folk decided to stay up top! LOL!





The next day (our actual anniversary) my wonderful husband took me to see CHER!



OMG! I was SO EXCITED!! Seeing Cher LIVE was something I had always dreamed of! It was the first "real" concert I had ever been to. I sat there, amazed by at it all! The Mister kept laughing at me, because I was singing through the whole show! (Sorry, to the people sitting next to me! LOL!) It was AMAZING! It was WOW! It was UNREAL! And, it was over way too soon! I just wish they would have let us take pictures! I did TRY! LOL! With my cell phone! But, they didn't turn out very well. After the show, we walked down the strip to the Steakhouse as Bill's, and had a wonderful, relaxing dinner.

We stayed in Las Vegas for a week! The days were warm and sunny! The nights were nice and cool. Some of them were spent just being lazy, and taking in the amazing views.













You know I found the only winery in the area! Pahrump Valley Winery.





Others were spent doing the "normal" tourist type stuff. We went to M&M World, where the Mister bought two new dispensers to add to his collection. We also took a leisurely stroll up and down the strip, checking out all of the activity going on.



We spent some time enjoying the themes, and decor of the different hotels. One of them had the coolest motorcycle displayed inside.





We watched water shoot into the air, and dance magically to music. We witnessed our very first battle between pirates ships! And we were amazed that volcanoes really do erupt right on the Las Vegas strip!









We even sat down in front of a few slot machines, and gave them our money. Isn't that what you do in Las Vegas?



On our last night there, after refilling our drinks at the rhumbar, we decided to see if we could get tickets to see Terry Fator! We walked back over to the Mirage, and found the box office for his show. There were a few people standing around, and when I asked about tickets, they said the show was sold out. But, we could put our name on a wait list if we wanted to. With several people waiting already, we figured it wasn't going to happen, and walked off to check out the Terry Fator store. After taking a potty break (HEY! Those were some HUGE drinks from the rhumbar!) I decided to walk back over and check again. THEY HAD TWO MORE TICKETS! YEAH! We had to hurry though, because the show was already starting!

After opening the show with a few jokes, guess what Terry said? "FEEL FREE TO TAKE ALL THE PICTURES YOU WANT!" HUH? WHAT? That NEVER happens! But, you don't have to tell me TWICE! LOL! ( I apologize for these pictures being blurry. It was dark, and I didn't have a tripod with me, not that I could have used one in there anyway!)















In my opinion, this man truly deserved to win America's Got Talent! The range of his celebrity singing impressions, and the ventriloquism that he does, is unbelievable! We were either laughing, or saying OH MY GOSH through the whole show! This is a "MUST SEE" if you go to Las Vegas while he is still there!