Thursday, July 26, 2012

Vacation!

Early Tomorrow we will be leaving for a little vacation to Las Vegas!  Total Rewards offered me
free hotel accommodations,  $400 cash,  and a $75 food credit just for coming out there.  
We are staying at Paris Hotel and Casino.    I am so excited!  We will be seeing the
Elvis Cirque du Soleil show on Saturday evening at 7 pm,  and then we'll be seeing the
Jersey Boys show on Sunday evening.   I've heard that Jersey Boys is really a good show.


Summer Camps are all finished for me for this summer.   I still have my regular Monday
morning class at the Largo Community Center.   The people in the class are so nice.
We all really seem to enjoy each other's company and they are learning all those fun
pottery techniques.


Well,  Viva Las Vegas!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Summertime

Summer is here!  Along with one tropical storm so far that dumped a lot of rain, eroded our beaches, and caused us to hibernate for a few days.  We are fortunate,  we live in an area that is usually high and dry.  


Mason is here and is now 2 months old.  How time flies!   He was born weighing in at 9 lb. 8 oz. a really big boy.   Jaxon is being helpful and loving towards his baby brother (as far as I know).......


I am currently involved in teaching kid's Summer Clay Camp at the Beach Art Center.   The young potter that the Largo Community Center hired to teach their summer clay camp backed out on them at the last minute.   I feel obligated to teach at Largo, because they've made me the person in charge of their pottery department.   I also have been treated very nicely by their staff.   They didn't think to double check with me as to what my schedule was before they advertised their summer camp however.   That is why I didn't get to teach their camp.    I had told the B.A.C. that I would do this week not knowing that Largo was having it the same week.   


I taught Eileen the lady from the front office how to do some pottery,  and gave her some of my examples to use this week in the class.   She said 16 children were enrolled.   I went there today after my class at Beach Art Center to fire the kiln at Largo with all the things the kids made.   They did an amazing job!   I think their projects came out better than my kid's at B.A.C.     I just hope the projects survive the firing.   Most of the projects being fired in the kiln are wet clay.    Wet clay doesn't usually hold up well.   We'll see.........


Tomorrow morning I will go with Amie when she gets her ultrasound to see what sex her new baby is.   Very exciting!    I will try to keep Kailani out of mischief for a little while.   


Robbie has been home from college and working for Papa John's pizza,  delivering it, etc.   He's still in the market for a career job in engineering if anybody reads this,  maybe you can steer him to a company that can use a good man?


At the end of this month Rob and I are going to Las Vegas.    I had an offer in my Total Rewards magazine that I just couldn't pass up.    Five free nights in my choice of hotels,   $400 free cash,  $75. of  free food.
Rob has had dizzy spells and was diagnosed with an ear infection.   He has an appointment with my regular doctor in a couple days for a complete physical.    I hope he feels better in a couple weeks.