2nd of the day....

I am turning over a new leaf.... I will no longer "Lurk" on blogs....If I read your blog routinely I am going to make it known!! I feel that's fair (and less creepy)!! So Hello to all of you whom I have been reading in secret -- thanks for your blogs they make my day!

Birthday Celebration!!!!

Last night Justin and I headed to Santa Fe with Christopher and Celina for Celina's birthday extravaganza!! We went to eat at this (new to Justin and I) restaurant Gabriel's - very tasty!! Her parents and grandma met us there from Colorado, and we had a blast!!

We then headed over to the new Buffalo Thunder Casino/Resort to check it out (since we were in the neighborhood). While the "fun people" went to play -- us "boring old folks" headed to the upper level to explore and talk! The boring old folks were me, Justin and Celina's mom for those who needed clarification. The architecture and art there was simply amazing and it was a very beautiful resort. It was a southwestern style mixed with contemporary lines and colors -- NICE! After our explorations we then sat upstairs and talked - FOR 2 HOURS!!! We had no idea how long we had been up there, but we talked about politics, social issues, and everything in between. It was sooooo much fun!!! We then rejoined the "fun people" for a brief moment and then headed home. We got home around midnight, which of course made it difficult to get up this morning, but well worth the experience.

Tonight Justin's parents are coming to town and we are excited for that as they haven't come to visit us in some time!! We are going to hang out tonight and tomorrow morn/afternoon before they have to head back home. We have BIG plans this weekend as well and so we are looking forward to the next several days.

Snake!!!

Let's see.....Friday night Justin and I were doing our weekly "sprucing up the cat's room" (Yes our cats have their own room and no they are not spoiled). The cats have their own room for a variety of reasons -- all of their "stuff" can be centralized (litter box, toys, food, water...etc..), they stay in their room when we aren't at home so they don't tear up the house and they can stay in their room when we have company (some peeps just don't like cats...sad but true). Anyhoo...during this sprucing I noticed this strange "thing" under the clear plastic carpet runner under their door (so they don't claw the carpet) -- It looked like a piece or torn carpet, and I bent down to see what it was and as I stepped near it began SLITHERING!!!! SLITHERING I TELL YOU!!!!!! I began screaming and calling for Justin, and he came out of the bedroom completely confused at my rantings. He attempted to tell me that it was a worm....however I being the biologist that I am know that worms don't SLITHER!!!!!!!!!! I was very disappointed that the cats didn't deal with it --I think that is the least they can do around here. However, Justin had to disposes of the Slithering beast. We are so perplexed how it got in -- our house is quite new (built like 2-3 years ago) and so it shouldn't have ready access for things to enter??!?! So now I am afraid to go anywhere in the house without my snake boots --- here's a picture of what the little terror looked like.....