the latest...AFTER....pics (as promised)

BEFORE pics are posted at the beginning of this blog....this is our renovated house, minus the baseboards...hope to get those on soon!

the living room AFTER....

BEFORE: blue walls and creme carpet

the dining room AFTER

BEFORE: old patio door, and cut off from the u-shaped kitchen

the kitchen AFTER

BEFORE: old window, u-shaped kitchen, old wood cupboards



pantry AFTER
BEFORE: entrance closet
now closet is in entrance hall and laundry moved downstairs


half-wall AFTER
BEFORE: wall up to ceiling, door to basement, and linen closet and
other closet at other end of wall (all removed!)

the kitchen and dining room from another angle

a new look...

so i came across a neat website... for you bloggers who want to spice up your page...really cute by the way...http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/home.html

i am just testing it out... can't wait to change and update it every once in awhile...

cool pix

don't you ever just come across a photograph and say "isn't that cool?"....here are some of my pics...i think they're neat!

someone really got the turtle wax out!

these poor robin eggs were abandoned in our front yard this summer.... stupid blackbirds!

SK - isn't it great?

lonely canoer in maui



beautiful habiscus in maui

food for thought....hmmmm...mmmmmmm!

vegas by night...

okay, i admit...i got a little carried away with the vegas pics, but we had such a great time and there is lots to see there!....

the exploding lava...night show near the mirage

the strip nighttime activity...

the bus we rode up to fremont street.... we used this bus to get around in the day when we were so tired from walking

the eiffel tower at paris... i've been to the top of the real one in france...really!


the cool overhead screen at fremont street....the famous old downtown of vegas...original casinos, etc.

music and videos on this screen, it was really cool!

check this guy out...he made our night! he couldn't get enough!
(for all you biker wanna-be's)

the famous sign...good-bye lv, we had a great time!

a helicopter ride...

so we decided to tour Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon...but who wants to sit for hours on a tour bus???? less time and more money...we felt like treating ourselves..why not? first ride for me, not curt's tho.

backseat driver

the dam

lake mead

the beautiful canyon...our flight through it was far from long enough!

we have proof! see our shadow?

co-pilot shannon....i sat right beside the main pilot..of course i did a little flying! ;-)

what a fun ride...the best is taking off of course!

downtown vegas....the strip....

in front of new york new york...

the famous m&m store...what fun!

the m&m race car...

mmmmm...coca-cola


the famous coca-cola store...we had to go here for a refresher a few times....so much walking, and plus it tastes way better in a glass bottle!

the city being built within a city...crazy eh?

some more sights...

the view of the strip

for all you biker fans...

planet hollywood and miracle mile shops...it was here we went to the V - variety show

more cool cars...this one you could rent...

the lions in MGM...beautiful monstrous creatures...

flower garden in the bellagio

read for yourself...yum!

world's largest chocolate factory...can't i just dip my finger?

making crepes...

what a delicious treat....guess who makes these now?

there is one more picture that i didn't get, however i did get a video, but it was taken on a moving bus, at night! the picture of the FOUNTAINS OF BELLAGIO...which i could have watched ALL DAY....so beautiful...water dancing in time with music...check it out on youtube... a picture or video does not do it justice!