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Happy Turkey Day! Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving.
Hit Culture Club last night for the big Thanksgiving Eve bash, had a great time. Woke up around 8:30 to have breakfast with my niece and watch the parade. It was looking like it was going to be a lovely day...and then I got the news. Nick and Jessica are done. It made me so sad to hear those words. Those of you who know me know that I live for celebrity gossip, but this was one thing I was hoping I would never hear. It was worse for me then Jenn and Brad splitting. I don't know what it is about Nick and Jess, but I really hope that they can work it out.
Anyway, I'm getting ready to go to bed now. I'm one of those crazy people who starts their Christmas shopping at 5:30am on Black Friday. I love it! I'll let you know how it goes.
Mt. Dora
Well kids, it's been a while. I have been so busy that I haven't even had time to blog. But I hope your in a reading mood folks, because this is a long one.
So I spent the weekend working an antique show in Mt. Dora, Florida. Never heard of Mt. Dora? That's because it's in the middle of NOWHERE! Said to be 30 minutes from the Orlando Airport, my brilliant Mapquest directions not only took me over an hour, but through the worst ghetto I've ever seen. We're talking Compton here people.
So finally I get to the house we were renting. Cute house. But it's someone else's house, and that sort of thing freaks me out. But since there are pretty much no hotels in Mt. Dora, we weren't left with much choice.
So after picking up the keys for the house, it was time to set up the booth. I drove out to what was a gigantic field full of people setting up crap. Nothing to me looked like good antiques, just people's old junk. So after three laps around the area, I finally find my booth. It was in the middle of a grass field, uncovered and next to a swamp (the people running the fair liked to call it a lake- lake my ass, it was a swamp). So I get to my booth and nothing is there. No tables that were supposed to be delivered and no books. I drove around to the office and finally found my boxes at least. 30 of them, heavy ones. Loaded up the rental car (a Jeep thank God) and drove them over to the booth. I started unloading. Keep in mind it's now about 80+ degrees, humid and extremely sunny. After the boxes were unloaded I called the people we rented the tables from to see when they were being delivered- and guess what...they can't deliver them. So I get directions and drive about 20 minutes to the rental place. They help me throw 5 8-ft. tables into the truck and I'm on my way again cruising down the highway and at fast 45MPH because the tables don't fit in the car and had to hang out of the back.
So after I set up the tables it was off to Wal-Mart to get some things. I needed tablecloths and either a beach umbrella or some sort of a tent to cover us. I was told that beach umbrellas weren't in season. I thought that was strange since I was in Florida, but OK. No tents either. Only the type you sleep in. So I bought some tarps to cover the tables in case it rained. I went back to the booth to set up the tablecloths and realized our booth was covered in ant hills. And these little bastards can bite. I have the marks to prove it. And it wouldn't be one that bit you, it was like 10-20 at a time, in your socks, shoes, outside your pants, on your legs....getting an icky feeling? Trust me actually having it happen was much worse.
So after all that I went back to the house to take a shower and hit the local Publix for some food shopping. Because hey after a day like that, who doesn't want to food shop? So I picked up a few things to have diner ready for our author when she got there. She called and had problems at the airport so now not only did I have to have some sort of dinner ready for her, it was like 10pm at night. I was hungry, tired, homesick and miserable. Finally she got there, we ate and it was time for bed.
Next morning we went to the show and by the end of the day I think we sold 2 books. All I kept thinking about was how screwed I would be if I had to ship all these books back.
Saturday was also slow. But we did have some entertainment. We found a dining canopy at a different Wal-Mart and tried to set it up. Setting up a tent is not easy. First we thought there were no steaks and tried to hammer the poles into the ground. One broke so we taped it. The poles wouldn't stay in the ground and everything kept falling, so we gave up and threw it out.
But by the time Sunday rolled around it got a little better (despite the rainstorms, ant biting in full effect and the swarms of gnats from "the lake"). We sold a decent amount of books which made us feel a little better. But then it was time to pack up the rest of the books and the tables again. Thank God Kim was there to help me this time.
Then it was off to the airport. So sad to have to say goodbye to Kim again. I hate that. But all in all we had a lot of laughs this weekend. How could you not?
The Sky is Falling
Saturday afternoon I took my niece to see Chicken Little- adorable movie by the way.
Sunday morning I woke up to construction. The apartment upstairs from us is being completely gutted. So when I got up I sat at the dining room table and started writing out some bills when I thought is the sky falling? I thought I felt something hit me in the head. Then I looked up. There were 6 holes in my ceiling. I don't know what they were smashing upstairs, but it started going right through the floor and right through my newly painted dining room ceiling. Luckily the damage isn't too bad, but I have to say, I thought I was losing my mind.
Go Shortie It's Your Birthday!
What Happens in Vegas...
...gets posted online. The trip was awesome. We had a blast. Didn't win any money but that's OK. The weather was beautiful, even warm enough for the pool.
Sunday we headed out to Ghost Bar in the Palms which is my favorite thing to do in Vegas. The view of the city from up there is amazing. If you're ever in Vegas, I highly recommend it. Monday we hit Red Rock Canyon which I love. Nothing to do there but it's a beautiful drive.
All in all it was a nice relaxing vacation which we definitely needed.
