Our Trip to the Strip

Last night Adam and I celebrated our first week in Vegas with a trip to the Strip. We figured we would "cheat" (which we have the available points for with Weight Watchers) and eat at a good buffet. We set out and made it to the Strip around 5:00. We decided that we'd go whole hog and eat at the Bellagio buffet. It's one of the most expensive ones here, but it has amazing things. For example, it has Kobe beef, beef wellington (very nice...we learned from Hells Kitchen), snow crab legs already cracked length-wise for easy eating, rack of lamb, roasted BBQ quail, fresh rolled sushi, a Chinese area with dim sum, and all the usual buffet salads and vegetables. There was so much food, we couldn't even sample a tiny bite of each thing (though we did try really hard). After trying as much as we could (saving a little room), we then hit the desert bar. This included creme brule, flan, cappucino mouse (Adam's favorite), chocolate-covered strawberries (my favorite), cheesecake, apricot mouse, key-lime pie, apple crumb cake, and several sugar-free options (which we conviently bypassed). So, we left so full we could hardly move!!! We then walked around and watched the Bellgio fountain "show." By 9:00, we were really tired, so we headed home, cared for the dogs, and went to bed. Here are just a few pictures that we took. One is of us at the Mirage volcano, one is of me at Bellagio, and the third is of Adam at the "Eiffel Tower."

Lilly's Making Us Crazy!!!

Ok, Lilly is driving us crazy! She hasn't lived indoors in over 5 years and we haven't had to deal with her indoors during that time either... Something about Vegas has really messed her up. She now poops twice a day (instead of her Florida weeklies) and is too dumb to climb into her hammock and perch that I built her. So, she sits at the bottom of the cage and scratches the bars (making horrible noises) to get attention. She sometimes gets to the top of the cage and then falls to the bottom again (more noise)! So today, I built her a ramp to climb. I bought the 2 maple dowels, painted them hunter green, and tied them together with zip ties. So far, she hasn't been willing to try it. Anyway...this cage is becoming a huge ordeal! We are just trying to make her comfortable and happy, which will hopefully subject us to less noise and pain. Here's a pic of me in the cage with the new ramp and Lilly over my left shoulder.

Oops, I was wrong...

Adam helped me realize that the 3 little windows are ours (they are actually in our living room)! So, the entire picture is our townhome. I'm heading out to take the boards tomorrow in Anaheim, so gotta run. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some inside pics up by Sunday.

Lilly's Cage and Outside Pics...

As requested, here are some outside pics of our townhome. The 3 tiny windows on the right are not ours, but the rest is. The garage is on the side. I also included some of the cage I fixed for Lilly. It's a giant dog kennel (I can sit comfortable inside it, which tells you how huge it is.) with cable ties and garden "wire" with dowels. She seems to like it. Abbey is loving the carpet, as you can see in the picture. Fonzie is under the bed, as many of you would expect...

Lilly's new home and Adam's work desk more or less consume our dining room. Oh well, we don't need a table for microwaver meals, fruit, cereal, and 100 cal snacks... I'll post the inside at some point...

We're Here!!!

Well, we made it and are celebrating our first anniversary today by unpacking boxes, setting up Lilly's cage (it's huge), and getting our DSL up and running. Hopefully, we'll be able to get our couch and guest bedrom funiture tomorrow. I'll take some pictures once we are a little more moved in. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers... they helped!

754 Today for Total of 2259 Miles!!!

Well...we are about 100 miles from our new home tonight! (We couldn't get our paperwork and keys until tomorrow, so we figured we'd just stop in Kingson and get a good night's rest.) We should start unloading the truck by noon tomorrow. We've had a great trip with really no problems(thank God)! The animals have done really well and have made the trip a pleasure. Their only issue seems to be the paucity of grass here in the west... Anyway, I took some pics as we travelled through some amazing landscapes over the past 3 days. Here they are from east to west!!!

715 miles!!!

Today we made it from Jax to Alexandria, Louisana! We did well overall with only minor issues (ie my husband couldn't get the trailer around the curve at the gas station and a nice "beer truck" driver helped us out). The dogs and Lilly did wonderful and are happy to be in the hotel tonight. I'll post pics sometime in the next day or 2. So far, so good!