Las Vegas 2008

I finally made it to Las Vegas and I always promised myself, if I ever made it, only one place I'd stay, yup.....THE BELLAGIO!! I went with my bestest, goodest most wonderfullest friend and I had the best time. We walked our legs to death and saw lots, drank, ate and just had the best time. We went to see "The Jubilee" show, pretty cool and absolutely amazing and we sat right at the stage wall, it was a blast. Went to the "The Phantom of the Opera", wow and had an amazing meal at The Venetian Hotel, The Aquaknox. I have to say it was the most INCREDIBLE, UNBELIEVABLE AND ABSOLUTE PERFECT meal in my entire life, UNFORGETTABLE!!! The weather was delicious, the hotel was off the charts and everything was just.....PERFECT. If you ever go, stay at the Bellagio and get yourself a view of the dancing waters, that was so awesome. Enjoy the pics!!!

THE HOUSE IS DONE!!!

The dream has come true, I can't believe it, on Friday 09 Jan 09 I went to do the first walk through and the house looks amazing and it's ready!!! I should close on Friday 16 Jan 09. If not then, it will be on 23 Jan 09 (my 47th birthday) now wouldn't that be the most amazing gift I could receive!! However, I'm certain it will be 16 Jan 09. As in the Latino culture, "mi casa es tu casa" in English, "my home is your home". So, that being said, if you want to come visit your home and you're flying in, Hobby is closest to the house, but if it's an international flight, Intercontinental and I'll be your personal chauffuer. If you're driving in, call me and I'll guide you. I pray to see you all come visit and just hang out. I know you'll enjoy your time here. God is good and merciful and I'm eternally grateful for all God has provided in my life. The only thing I can ask for is a "life partner", that would make the fairy tale PERFECT. But for now I have this amazing new partner in my life "HOME" and that's more than I can ask for.

My trip to San Antonio

My friend Gerardo, whom I met in Riyadh, invited me to visit him and his family so I could see our friends that we also met in Riyadh, Koby and Joe, I just couldn't pass up the opportunity. On Saturday we went out and got home at 0400 hrs, wow, haven't done that in a while. Then Sunday G had a cook out at his house so we could watch the Cowboys - Eagles game, WOW, THAT WAS PAINFUL TO WATCH AND TO REMEMBER, but oh well. I got to meet G's family, that was so much fun. I also got to meet Koby and Joe's family, that was great. Then on Monday we went to the Alamodome to watch the Missouri / Northwestern college game, it was awesome and I had a great time. Thanks G and Jen, I had a blast.

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike came and destroyed Houston and Galveston. It was absolutely devastating, but my sister Cecy and I survived it. We were without power for nine days and only had cold water. Some days the heat was unbearable, but God blessed us with mild and cool nights otherwise, I would have gone mad. I'm so glad Cecy and I were together, we had lots of fun, played scrabble, talked smack all the time and just vegged. I hope this does not happen again but if it does, believe me, I'll be ready.

My trip to Nairobi, Kenya and Safari

I had the unbelievable experience of going to Kenya and going on Safari with my beautiful and amazing friend Donna Chabot. Because she knows everything we stayed at the best places and had the best time.

My trip to Singapore, Singapore

I thought it would be nice to go visit my dearest friend Tracy Brown. Tracy and I met in Riyadh and she's the bestest friend so I decided to go see her in her new surroundings, sadly, not thinking, I had not realized it was Easter Week, I know, I suck but I still had a great time. I went around everywhere by myself during the day then hung with Tracy in the evenings to do whatever she wanted. It was hotter than hot and humid like you can't even imagine but I had a good time. We decided we wanted to go to Phuket, Bali or Borneo anything, but because of the Easter weekend, it was impossible. So one of the ladies in consular hooked us up with some tickets to Tioman Island, that was an adventure, it took forever to get there but we had a great time. I was roasted and burnt like never before, but who cares, I'll get brown later, it's all good.I had a really had a great time and it was awesome to be able to see Tracy and hang with her. Enjoy the pics.

My trip to Male, Republic of the Maldives

The Maldive Islands, the pictures tell the story but here's my story. One very cold nite when I was living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, I was depressed because that "man" issue was just not working and it was snowing outside. I was channel surfing and I love the Travel Channel, Discovery, NatGeo and when I clicked on the Travel Channel and it said "The World's Greatest Beaches" and they were about to show the number one beach at that time so I decided to watch it. They showed the Maldive Islands and I was stunned to think something so beautiful was out there in the middle of the Indian Ocean. I thought, I can dream to wish to someday be there. Never in a million years did I ever think I'd make it there so when we finally arrived and the sea plane landed next to the landing strip and we boarded the boat to the resort I completely broke down and started sobbing. I was so overwhelmed that another dream had become reality for me and all I could think was thank you God for allowing me to see the beauty of this amazing planet and thanking my parents for always encouraging me to soar and spread my wings and teach me to have no fear and always GO FOR IT!!! Enjoy