Clear Sailing

We made it back from Colorado today about 4:00. The roads were clear and dry all the way but it was sooooo cold. I thought I'd die. It was miserable. So glad we don't live there. It was great to see everyone and we had a great time at John and Julie's on Saturday night. And yes we have awarded the MVP award to Dakota with mad props for being "player of the year". (inside joke that you had to be there for) As you can see we got our Cheyenne and brought her home with us for the week.Here she is with her friend Emerald. They have lots of fun together and are so cute.

We go back next weekend to get the older girls. We did get to see them this weekend which was great, but we will pick them up next weekend when we take Cheyenne home.

The one day I spent in CO I managed to catch a cold and I feel miserable. I think I will take a hot bath and go to bed!!!

Stay Positive

I am trying to stay positive but it just is not easy with the crap I deal with at work. I have never seen so many people who have no clue about business and have no conscience when it comes to dealing with other human beings. I estimate we will have to file for bankruptcy by the middle of January and in a way it will be a relief. Richly deserved to say the least.

We leave to go get Shiner in the morning. Cliff wants to spend the night in Co and visit a bit. I am glad cause we usually just turn around and leave and I always feel bad that we don't go see people. He just hates Co so bad that he can't stand to be there one more minute than necessary. AS bad as the roads are going to be, it will be best to do it in the daytime. When I checked the road reports it is snow packed and snowing so it should be fun. 450 miles of hell!!!then 450 miles back. Oh well at least we will get our baby for a week.

I got to see my Ollie last night in Vegas. She is so sweet. As soon as she saw me she said MIMA then looked around and said DADDY DADDY? She is such a beauty with all that golden hair and big brown eyes. I love her!!

White Christmas

Well Vegas got 3.5 inches of snow last night. Crazy. Of course it shut the whole town down. They even closed the schools up here . It was just rainy here but I quess it was the whole school district. Cliff had to work today and he said the snow started just about the time he got to the race track so it was mainly snowy in Vegas. It has been really cold. We felt sorry for Digger so we made him a bed in the laundry room and put a little heater in there for him. All my lantana finally froze, that's how I gauge when winter is here, when my lantana freezes.

Well I am ready for Christmas, We go to get Cheyenne this weekend. I have big plans for next week. I want to take her for pictures with Santa on Monday night and let her do a little Christmas shopping, then bake cookies with the kids on Christmas Eve, hopefully Teddi will bring Ollie out. Can't wait to see their sweet faces. So far it has been a wonderful holiday season, hope it continues.

I have to go to Vegas tonight and help Teddi a little. Hopefully the roads will be good. They have been closed out of Vegas into California all day. Weird. I guess the passes got 10" of snow. Got Cliff a pizza for dinner cause he will be bachelor-ing it tonight. Hopefully I won't be too late.

Spanky

Cliff and I watched Gabbi today for Charlee and it was like having our own little monkey. We combed her hair like Alfalfa and took her picture. She is so sweet. We had a lot of fun.

Cliff did more tile today and started the back splash in the kitchen, it looks fabulous darling. Can't wait till it's all done. We are hoping to have it done for Christmas but he has to work tomorrow and then we are going to get Cheyenne on Saturday and then he will probably work again on Monday, so maybe not. We will see. I don't really care just it would be nice for him to have it over.

It is suppsoe to snow 4 inches in the Vegas Valley tonight and it is crazy cold (for us). I hate winter!! Even here HAHA

Snow In the Desert

We woke up this morning to snow flakes. It's the desert folks so it's not sticking but it is snow. It actually is accumulating on the mountains and looks beautiful. Just in time for Christmas. Thank heavens that Cliff got all the Christmas lights up before it turned off so cold. They look beautiful. He even did the trees. The high all week is suppose to be in the low 40's. Oh brother!!!

I am not looking forward to that drive to Colorado this weekend as I am sure the roads will be a mess. They say it's suppose to snow 2-6 inches every day this week over in that direction. Yuck. I told Cliff we better take the Durango. It's 4 wheel drive and even though it will take more gas, the Mustang is so light, I am afraid over those passes it would be a mess. Thank heavens Cliff drives so well in snow, we'd be sunk if I had to do it. At least we get to get our Cheyenne so it will be well worth the effort. I can't wait to see her sweet face. She will be so excited for Christmas with the babies.

Wish we could have the big girls with us for Christmas, but we have major Baby Mama Drama on that front, so maybe next year.

Radical Racing Rednecks

Well Miss Claiborne! Here it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I told Cliff that on this side of our carport we look like we are high class white trash form Alabama.
This side of our carport we definitely look like we have friends in low places, maybe in Arkansas. HA HA.

It's a good thing I am a big ole racing fan and that his name is painted on the car door, just looking at it makes me excited, that saves him.m

Working Weekend

Well lets start with bowling Friday night! We won 3 out of 4 games, so that was good. I bowled about my average but the guys all did better. Leonard & Cliff almost broke 200 on game 3. Cliff bowled 199 and Leo a 191. We had a good time eating a big fat greasy bowling alley cheeseburger and fries washed down with ice cold Budweiser. Yummy

After league, we came home and changed clothes and went back to the VR lounge to hear the band. Cliff saw them coming in as we were leaving and said we gotta see these guys. They were really young, I mean they looked about 16. The lead guitar player looked like Slash and the guy fronting the band looked like a cross between Johnny Depp and Dwight Yokum. We got in there and found a table before they started, so we saw them come in , I just laughed and said "Since when can 12 year old's play in a casino?" But then they started. The first song they played was Folsom Prison Blues and I about fell out of my seat. These guys were so damn good, I mean way above anything that you would normally hear in a road band. They were kind of like Indie Country and smoking hot. They were visually so interesting and their sound was just magic. Everything they did (lots of real old country) but with a twist that made it so fresh and interesting. I could have listened to them for forever and I am so critical and such a hag that is going a ways HA HA.

Saturday we got up and I went and helped the kids finish painting. Their house looks so nice. Then I came home and Cliff was laying the tile on the kitchen counter tops. What a difference it makes and he does such a beautiful job. He is going to finish this week, I can't wait. Then this morning, I finished putting bows on all the Christmas packages and he grouted the tile. Then Charlee came over and we went to Walmart and bought some fabric and I made her some new kitchen curtains and place mats, they looked really nice. Now we are just laying around watching the Broncos game. Wish the weekend was longer, I can barely stand the thought of work tomorrow. I am sure there will be drama.

Martin got home from visiting his kids in California, I am glad he's back so I don't have to worry about Teddi!! Welcome back Martin!!