Vegas, Baby, Vegas

So, last weekend, hubby and I roadtripped to Vegas to meet the In-Laws. A great time was had by all. We saw Jerry Rice and Huey Lewis, walked miles along the strip, lost some money, ate some great food and got to pet a lion cub. Love it. Speaking of Vegas, this kind of excites me: http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060328/en_movies_eo/18661


I'm back to work now, and it's going to be a trying few months. A is getting ready to give birth, J is freaking out and who knows were I'm going to end up. I didn't get a promotion, but there could be opportunities in the next few months. I'm going to hold on and hope for the best. If it doesn't materialize, then maybe it'll be time to think about kids. But maybe we should wait longer and build up the financial stores. I can't help but feel like the right answers are just so far out of my reach. I guess I've just got to give it time.

This doesn't explain me.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060322/sc_space/whatmakesaleftymythsandmysteriespersist

Interesting tidbits. . .

Not much has happened in the last few days. I continue to recover from the Ebola Virus I had last week, and I continue to wait for my two-year review and promotion request which is now two weeks overdue. I'm not feeling too positive about this. You? At least I get to escape to Vegas this weekend.

So, since I don't have anything terribly interesting to say, here are a couple of articles that caught my eye over the last week. Can I get an "Amen!" in the back?

CHOCOLATE MILK SAVES THE WORLD!
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-choco13mar13,0,5094651.story?coll=la-home-health

and. . . JUST SAY NO TO THE MUFFIN TOP!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11902222/site/newsweek/from/ET/

Update- March 15-17

Having the stomach flu blows. Literally and figuratively.

In Other News

There have been two other exciting additions to our little famly. First, is Virgil Fish. He was hubby's Valentine's gift.

gangbusters, but currently no full blooms,The other, our jungle garden. We want to make it live. So far, the Loquat tree (if you've never had a loquat, get one, they're delicious) has grown a bit, and has been living inside half the time to protect it from the cold. The new tomato plant for Hubby is growing like and as for the plumeria, is just a stick in some very scientifically put together dirt. What we want is a beautiful plant that gives us the pretty (and fragrant) blooms on the right. We'll see how this goes.

Already slacking off. . .

I didn't mean to be absent for so long. But, in the days after I started this blog. . . at work. . . my computer crashed. Apparently I had the blackworm virus. It had to be taken away, killed and rebuilt. I am the bad child at the City. However, to recap my last week or so:

Friday, March 3- Hubby's friend Luke and his girlfriend Lee were in town. Lots of fun, and it looks like they're moving to Cali. We took them out for dinner at our favorite little Persian place. It showed that we'd never actually eaten at the restaurant (the take out is quicker and more cost effective). There was a 90+ year old man singing crooner tunes (including our wedding song) and a belly dancer who would gyrate in your face for tips. Classy? No. Loud and hillarious? Yes.

Sunday, March 5- OSCAR NIGHT. Not the same without Say, but we had fun anyway. Had some folks over. T.H. is the funniest person I've met in years. I need more of her in my life. Fashion was boring and the awards were generally predictable - YAY REESE!- but a good time was had by all.

Tuesday, March 7- Day before my 2 year anniversary with the City. I turned in a memo asking for a promotion. Nothing has been heard as yet. I'm trying to decide whether or not to interview with the headhunter that is calling or emailing me 2 times a day. We'll see.

This weekend- not much to report. I ruined another crock pot roast. Too much liquid apparently. My bad. I thought that's how I'd learned it. Guess I was wrong. Snarl. Made up for it today with a trip to Icheapa and Indian Food in BBank. Love it.

K.S. (Kid Sister) is home from spring break. Haven't seen her yet, but expect a visit soon, as hanging with C&G never lasts long with her. That's about all I have to report.

Most interesting tidbit of the week- It's been a good week for Katt. Dr. AB crocheted Romeo the best toy he's ever gotten. And today at Icheapa, he got a special kitty house. The idea for which also came from AB.

So, just in case we didn't know that Google is just about the coolest thing ever. . .

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/03/01/FDG32H9OF61.DTL

If there was food like this nearby, I'd stop complaining about my salary. Of course, all this talk about global food, makes me want to make this weekend a marathon of Sushi, Persian and Indian food. Except Sunday. Sunday is Italian (translation: pizza), and I'm going to attempt to make tiramisu. That should be interesting. Luckily, most of those coming over for the Oscars will have had a few cocktails before I serve the dessert.

This week in TV hasn't thrilled me, but I'm glad to have new episodes again. Gilmore Girls was fun, but somewhat upsetting. I like Rory and Logan. Hubby, however, thinks Logan is a "tool." We agreed on American Idol, though. Kelly Pickler is adorable, and has a decent voice, but isn't a great performer at this point. My pick for the woman who'll go the farthest is Ayla. She's got the talent and the training, now she just needs to make it more natural (Simon is almost always right). I am such a Moxie (our cable company's version of Tivo) addict.

Living the sweets life. . .

I seriously doubt that this blog will be interesting to anyone except myself, maybe my hubby, maybe Say. Still, I can't seem to get into the habit of keeping up with a handwritten journal, so let's see if this works.

I'll start by saying that the last year was the best of my life so far, and it just seems to be getting better. There will be many ups and downs and crazy misadventures to come. Stay tuned.