{Vegas BABY!!}

Last week I went on a lil vacay. And it was SO NICE!! We (Twinkie, m'bro Cub, his gf Tay and Twinkies' friend Von) drove down, me with Dude (Twinkies pug) on my lap to St. George and stopped by Twinkies parents place to drop the Duders off. Then we headed into Vegas! WHEEW!! We had so much fun and relaxation. I was lovin' it! We went to visit my 92 year old Great Grandma Monnie. I got scolded by her for the holes in my jeans. It was pretty cute and funny. "Only poor people wear jeans like that". She was blown away when I told her I paid for my jeans to have holes in them. It was so good to see her and visit with her for a couple of hours. If I live that long I hope I stay as sharp as she is & look as good as she does. That night Cub proposed to Tay after dinner up on top of the Stratosphere. Yay! I'm getting a new lil' sis. I sure love Tay and I'm ecstatic that the two of them are going to be married. Von had a blast playing a super huge prank on me while we were visiting Grandma... let's just say I basically freaked out & showed a bit of my true colors by letting him have it.

{Vegas Baby & M'Crib}

I rode all 3 rides on top of the Stratosphere!! Freaky, but I loved it!

My Great Grandma (almost 92 years old) and my Great Aunt

My Great Uncle

My AWESOME view from my AWESOME 2 room pent house!!!!

{Peter Lik}

I fell in love last weekend... with the work of Peter Lik. Although at the time I didn't know that he was a world famous photographer, (or that he had a fabulous Australian accent and a beautiful muscular body [although 40's is usually out of my age range now that I'm single, I would date him in a heartbeat!]) when I walked into his gallery in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, I was completely overtaken by the beauty he has captured with his camera. He is now my official inspiration. Can you believe he is completely self-taught?! That's enough to inspire anyone to do what they love with or without education! I bought his "Spirit of America" book. Which is signed!!! No, disappointingly I didn't get to meet him, but they had a signed copy in the back that the store manager fetched for me, when he saw how enthusiastic I was about Peter's work and wanting to meet him. It's "a 192-page book on the American landscape." He "visit[ed] every state and every landmark, through every season. Fifty thousand miles, a thousand rolls of film and five years...later". So here I am, the newest Peter Lik fan! I'm SO excited about it!!