Happy Valentine's Day!

Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort was in a beautiful, scenic area about 17 miles from the Las Vegas strip. Across the lake from the resort was Celine Dion's house. Though a bit far away, we were able to get a picture.

Illness report: Mike's third day home sick. He made it to the doctor this morning. She tested for the flu (swab up the nose to which Mike reported it went deep enough to touch his brain), but the test came back negative. Ultimately, the diagnosis was respiratory infection. Thank goodness for a prescription of cough medicine with codeine so our household can get a good night's rest. Speaking of sleep, I'm off to catch some zzzzz's!

Shows

As promised, I am posting a few more pictures from our Las Vegas trip. We had a great time seeing the Blue Man Group (show at the Venetian), Deep Sea in 3D (IMAX theatre at the Luxor), Titanic (exhibit at the Tropicana) and sipping margaritas (La Salsa restaurant at the Paris hotel).

Viva Las Virus

We had a wonderful time in Las Vegas; however, we both managed to catch a virus - the cold, cough, sore throat, achy, fever type of crud. I suffered through it during our vacation and Mike caught it on the trip home. He called in sick to work today. It is two steps forward and eight steps back for him lately. He just can't catch a break. He vowed to me this evening that he is moving back to Colorado where the weather is milder and he can live a healthy life. This should be interesting. I'm tired of playing the "I'm sicker than you" game. I may have to call his mother for back-up tomorrow. I did win points for making a trip to Wal-Mart to satisfy his appetite for fudge popcicles. I also picked up some more cough syrup and Tylenol to which Mike professed (and I quote) "My body is far too advanced for modern medicine".

Along with everyone else in this household, my car is not feeling well. After five lonely days in a cold garage, it refused to start for me on Monday morning. My loving husband was headed out of town for meetings in Omaha, but agreed to turn back to give me a ride to work first. Jumping the battery got it started last night, but it was short-lived as there was barely a groan as I attempted to turn the key again this morning. Needless-to-say, tomorrow's schedule includes a stop at the car dealership for a new battery. Probably lucky this one lasted nearly eight years anyway!

Attached is a picture of Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort where we stayed the first three days of our trip. Although most of my time was spent attending meetings indoors, it sure was a beautiful, luxurious spot. Mike was able to enjoy the nice weather and took some great pictures. We'll share more Las Vegas pictures (and stories) later this week.

What a day!

Congratulations to the Webbs! Bryn Regina Webb was born at 2:37am, weighed 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and was 19" long. She arrived 10 days early! I talked to the proud daddy today and it sounds like mom and baby are doing well. I can't wait to meet Bryn when I make it back to Minnesota in a couple weeks.

Mike and I spent the afternoon at the Devaney Center for the Coaches vs. Cancer game (Nebraska beat Iowa State, 64-56). Most of our afternoon was spent overseeing the silent auction. They auctioned off 23 items - the highest bid at $600 for a pair of tennis shoes signed by Tom Osborne. For those of you who do not know who Tom Osborne is, you have obviously never crossed the Nebraska state line. To Nebraskans, Tom Osborne is as common a name as, well, Oprah. He is the current athletic director of the University of Nebraska and a previous football coach icon who led Nebraska to several National Championships in the late-90's.

As the "banker" of the group, my husband nominated me to add up the bid totals, so they could be announced to the 12,000+ Husker fans in attendence. Aided by what I can only guess had to be a malfunctioning calculater (because, of course, I am not yet willing to admit 'operator error'), I came up with $3,255. Unfortunately, after checking my work when we got home, it was determined the actual total was $2,350...so I was off a mere $900. Maybe I added one too many zeros to one of the entries? Oops. Guess this gives Husker fans higher aspirations for next year's fund-raising efforts!

After volunteering our time at such a spendid event, we made it a few miles in congested traffic before being rear-ended by a 19-year-old band member who was paying more attention to her cell phone conversation than she was to her driving. Thankfully there was a police officer nearby (directing traffic) and he called for back-up to file a police report. The girl admitted fault, so we are hopeful her insurance company will bear the repair expenses. Regardless, the Jeep will need an appointment with the body shop for a new rear bumper!