Here to catch you all up. I know I've been off for a while.

Casino night was a blast! We had so much fun. It was me, John, Michelle, Tim, Mark, Kim, Donna, Steve and their daughter Christine. We got there and had some really good food, toured all the prizes and had a few free drinks. Then we went in to start playing. I learned how to play craps which was really fun. Michelle played it really well and they won a boat load of money. We tried out most of the games but ended up playing craps most of the time. Towards the end of the night I went over to the blackjack table that Donna had been at all night. I sat down with her and put down a five dollar chip. The guy next to me said, No No No, put down more. I said I don't play this very well, I don't want to loose it. So he gave me two $100 chips and made me bet both. I couldn't believe my eyes when I won!! I then played a couple more hands before I noticed that the dealer was "helping" us along. She watched the cards go down and did a... "you need a two, here ya go, you need a 10, here ya go" kind of thing. LOL So basically, you couldn't loose. She let us play a game of black jack go fish. She gave each of us two cards and we had to grab from other players fast and make a good hand. That was really fun. We went in with $1500. When I got to that table at the end of the night we were down about $400. When I left that table 5 min later, I was up to about $2,600. HA!! We like that dealer. HAAHAHAHA.

After that, they shut down the casino part and we all had to go cash in. When you cashed in, you got sheets of tickets for the tricky tray. John and I had sheets and sheets of tickets. The only thing that sucked was ripping them all apart. What a pain. LOL We put lots in the 50in plasma flat screen tv... unfortunately, we didn't win it. Boooooo While I was finishing putting the tickets in, they started calling the numbers. We won the first 3 prizes right off the bat! LOL HA WE ROCK! We ended up winning 5 of the prizes!! We won:
#1) a dog basket filled with stuff like brushes and shampoos, gourmet treats and puppy perfume (which works really good by the way I figure it's about $50)

#2) free gymnastics for a month $58 plus 2 free ice skating and rentals coupons $25 maybe

#3) a foursome of golf at some golf course in Sparta (we gave that to Donna since they're big golfers, I can't golf, and they invited us to come to this and hadn't won anything - my cousin said that would probably be about $300)

#4) a $50 gift certificate for dinner at Carrado's in Clifton.

#5) a Fathead of Batman (this is kind of like those clingy things you stick to your windows, except it sticks to your walls and is life size. They run about $100)

We totally made up the money we spent to go. Actually, we doubled it! YAYAY US!!

We all had a really good time. Well, wait, John and I had a really good time, cause we kept winning! Everyone else had fun. I will say that the "open bar" was taken a little to literally and someone was praising the porcelain gods by the end of the night (not mentioning any names). Hee Hee Hee. Let's just say they regretted it severely.

After the benefit, John and I dropped the gang off at Michelle's and headed to Smiles which is a go-go bar by us. Our neighbor works their so I thought it would be fun. Unfortunately it's not a nude bar cause in Jersey if you serve alcohol, you can't be ne-kid. So unfair. Although, when I went in to go potty, I did get to see one of the really hot chicks completely ne-kid while she was changing. Ooo Baby.

We're gonna hit a real strip club one of these days. We just have to find one that's not completely raunchy.

Yesterday we went to mom's for my stepfather's 60th birthday. What a beautiful day it was. I had to borrow some shorts from mom cause it was so hot. The kids stayed outside all day. They were pooped by the time we got home. The entire gang was there. Even Bob's kids came. Of course, because it's my family, drama HAD to ensue, if only in the slightest. My Uncle took my brother-in-law aside and bitched at him about some work that he did on a car that isn't right or something. I only know half the story, but supposedly the work was done like 2 years ago. Who knows, but of course that brought on some bad vibes. Typical. Nothing in my family can be drama free. The rest of the day went great though.

Today mom came over because they were doing the Barks garage sale at Wild West City. The garage sale is HUGE and ends up being really cheap. I got 2 huge book shelves for $35. You can buy a bunch of little stuff and take it upfront and they'll charge you like $5 for everything. They're very reasonable.

So these book shelves... I went to put them in the back of mom's car - ducked in the back to move something and smashed my head into the roof, feeling and hearing my neck crunch down into my shoulders. It hurt my head. But that sound... I was just thinking... that's not good. Of course in the last hour or so my neck has tensed up, the top of my head hurts and my back and shoulders are in serious pain. I think I'm in trouble. Wonderful.

Anyway, the shelves are really nice. I put all our movies and dvd's on them (which took up all of the shelves - Blockbuster anyone!) I was able to clean up a lot of that little side room. Finally.

Ok, I'm hurting a lot now so I'm signing off. I think that caught you all up reasonably well. Adios

Today's Did You Know: In Tennessee, shooting any game other than whales from a moving automobile is against the law. **** Ok, I may have been out of school for a pretty long time, but I'm pretty sure that Tennessee is landlocked. So, uhm.. why/how could someone shoot a whale. Not to mention..... is there a lot of drive by huntings in good old TN? I mean, ok, I understand if you lazy and all, but isn't it easier to go to the supermarket and grab a steak than to shoot a deer doing 80 on the highway, then having to pull over, find the damn thing, skin and clean it??? Hmm, maybe it's just me.