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Vegas June 2006

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We went to Vegas with some friends of ours, a few weekends ago. We had a blast!
Andrew and I arrived at the Mirage where we were staying at, earlier than the rest of our group. We decided to play some roulett in the casino while we waited. The game was fun and we were up $10 so we cashed out. Waiting to cash out, Andrew pointed out to the guy infront of us that he had dropped a yellow chip. The man looked down and instantly thanked us, by handing Andrew money! "oh, no sir, we couldn't" -andrew said. "oh, yes, here, I insist, you take this as a thank you." - the high roller man said. Andrew took the money, not really sure how much was given, put it in his shirt pocket. We walked up to the register booth, to cash out our $10 winnings and I asked the cashier how much was a yellow chip worth? and the cashier showed us a yellow chip, reading $1,000 on it! Andrew reached into his shirt pocket to see how much he was given and it was $300! The man gave Andrew three 100 dollar bills! So we started out our Vegas weekend up $310. It was exciting the whole time we were there.

Our friend, Noushig had the best luck on the dollar slot machines. She kept on playing the Spin&Win machines. One time she ended up winning $900 after she was done playing. Then another time we were all standing around in the casino trying to figure out what to eat for dinner, so Noushig walks over to the Spin&Win close by, hit max bet ($3), and on the second try she won $200! I couldn't believe it, she has the magic touch.

A funny thing our friend Nick told us, "You don't loose money in Vegas, you are just donating the money to the casinos."

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WOW so much has happened...where do I begin?

First of all Andrew passed his last of the four CPA tests! Yeah Andrew~MR. CPA!

For the past year we have lived here in Ohio because Andrew got the IRS job here in Cincinnati. We moved to Ohio last year, June of 2005. Well now he has been offered a promotion in St. Louis, Missouri area! This means we are moving once again, in July of 2006 (a year and one month later). This is exciting, but bitter sweet to have to leave Ohio, just as it was growing on us and we came to love it here.

To our friends we made here in Ohio, we will definitely stay in touch, being that we are only 6 hours away! We will have to visit one another here and there making it a weekend visit. As for our West Coast friends and family, with us moving to MO is not really any different from us living out here in Ohio. Living in Missouri, we WILL be THREE states closer to CA! But it is still not quite close enough, and we will have to stick to plane trips to visit. Open invitation, come out to St. Louis, Missouri and visit us! *Come see the giant arch! The St. Louis Arch is 630' tall and wide, and it is the tallest national monument in the USA! It is taller than Morro Rock! :)

On Saturday we drove to MO. and found a two bedroom apartment, signed a 3 month lease. We figured a 3 month lease would be enough time to get to know our surroundings and find a home to buy. If we need extra time, we could just renew a month to month with the apartment. This will be our first house! We are long time renters, tired with renting and ready to buy a home. The only change is the state. Now it is in Missouri and not Ohio or California.

His new job entails a 7 week training period in New York, so while he is in training I will be moving to the new apartment in MO. We drove by Andrew’s future work place at the IRS in Missouri. His work will be 10 minutes away from our apartment and also potential neighborhoods, when we look at homes.

We are content with where life takes us; it always seems to work out and fall into place for us. Andrew and I are blessed to have each other and the life we live. It is an adventure from state to state. Hopefully Missouri will be for a while, long enough to settle down, buy a home, start a family, live life with happiness and friends.

OOOH, I guess I will have to rename my BLOG to "My Random Thoughts & Life in Missouri"

*photo was provided by the internet, searched on MySpace.

Comment back with any tidbits of MO information you know of...

Blinds Plus Part two

Back to the Blinds Plus store, they now have a banner up for Father's Day. FUNNY. In a previouse posting I greeted a Happy Mother's Day brought to us by Blinds Plus. That was when the banner read, "Forget flowers, Mom wants blinds!" (blog post to refer to)... http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16915800&postID=114763024831284280

Now, the banner is set for Father's Day weekend, and reads, "Your Father called...he wants US to hang your new blinds." I busted out laughing when I read the new banner, as I waited for the light to turn green. I then drove past it and turned around to take a photo, thinking ahead about blogging this for your own laughter. (if you are to find this at all humorous as I have?)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD. Since I did not buy mom the blinds, I guess I do not have to hang them!

University of Phoenix Graduation June 4, 2006

Martiel and Shelisa, the graduates! :)

My Hubby, Andrew and I at the graduation.
Two thumbs up to graduating with a BSBM!


refreshing watermellon


Our friends: Carly, April, and William

They came over to our apartment for a graduation after- party.

The Taste of Cincinnati

I am behind on my Blogging...

Last weekend, for Memorial Day, I went to the Taste of Cincinnati, with my friends Janie and Michael. This was the first out door event of the season of summer heat. Wear short sleeves, sunscreen, and drink plenty of frozen lemonade! We had a fun time; there were booths set up of local restaurants serving sample size portions of their delicious foods. One of my favorites was the Strawberry and shortcake chocolate fondue, from the Melting Pot booth. Another favorite was the Meatballs on a stick from the Bella Luna booth. Then to end our hot day there we enjoyed some Greater's Ice cream to cool off.

While the three of us were enjoying the Taste of Cincinnati, we ran into Mr. Peanut! There were also booths that had instant win wheels, where we spun the wheel to win a prize. One was for Career Builder.com and I won a free T-shirt. Another was pie brand to spin their wheel, Janie and I won a T-shirt and Michael won a sun visor. We also saw people with cameras taking group photos and we had them take our photo, then the photographer would give us a coupon to go to a website and type in the photo code to reveal the photo of us taken at the event. I have two photos which I can not retrieve from these sites. UGH! If and when I do, I will post the photos here. I do have the photos of us with Mr. Peanut (below).

Micheal, Mr. Peanut, and Janie
Martiel and Mr. Peanut (and the best frozen lemonade booth in the background)

This was a fun day overall. When we were done "tasting Cincinnati" it was only 2 o'clock, so we then went to the movies for a matinee of "Over the Hedge." By that time my money flow ran short and I borrowed $2 from Janie, (Thanks Janie).

Friday Night Movie

It is a Friday evening after a long week at work...Yeah I know, I only worked 4 out of the 5 days being I had Monday off. For some reason the week still seemed long.

I am home now at the start of my weekend. :) A great way to start off is with my all time favorite movie, The Princess Bride (1987). I love this movie! The movie is playing on the AMC channel. Each time I watch it I get nervous watching the Fire Swamp part! Those overgrown rats are scary and the close calls! My favorite is when Wesley does his trickery with the "poison drink" switch, very funny. I also like the couple who live in a tree. The lady is played by Carol Kane, who is my mom’s favorite actress. I first saw this movie at the theater, when I was 9 years old, almost 20 years later I am still easily entertained. If you have not seen The Princess Bride before, rent the movie and enjoy a bowl of popcorn curled up on the sofa, with a loved one.

The old couple who live in the tree is played by Carol Kane and Billy Crystal. The late Andre the Giant is also in this movie. See more information on the web. Photos provided by http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/movies/movie.html?id=1800108021&template=pd&photoindx=6

Comment back, how great this movie is!