Christmas Ramblings

Received a Chia Pet Elephant as a gift. You know when that Chia Pet Garden grows that poor Elephant will be covered with Yucca Plants, pompus grass and weeds just like my wild flower garden I started many years ago.

A Christmas Tree should always have lights, candy canes, candy cherries on wire and ornaments. The ornaments should always include a dachshund ornament, a Packer ornament, a Rose Bowl ornament and a Energizer Bunny ornament. Icicles hanging down and fancy lace circiling the tree are acceptable too.



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Santa Heading Home

I think Santa is heading home. His sack of gifts is M.T. and the reindeer are headed back to the North Pole. He's had a busy time of it, now to sit by the fire and relax.

my letter to Santa

lucky 13 my wish for Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Lady Luck-Meskwaki Casinos Day 2

Iowa on Saturday
Sunday December 12, 2010-Had to be checked out of our rooms by 9:00am. Then we went to breakfast. Oh, boy, I love those little Belgium waffles with strawberries and topped with whipped cream. Spent time at the slots and just walking around the casino floor. The casino is well laid out, the aisles are wide and you can even walk between the slot machines when all the chairs are occupied. Both casinos were not crowded as the weather was extremely bad. Wind was blowing and snow was swirling. Friends of ours played bingo but Mary and I stayed on the casino area and even had an ice cream for dinner. The one scoop of ice cream was huge. At 1:00pm we all were aboard the bus and we departed for Mystic Casino in Dubuque. The hosts came down the aisle and passed out Jolly Pops and said if all agreed the driver would like to proceed to Wisconsin without the stop in Iowa. We all agreed as the weather was not letting up. At Plattteville, Wis. we stopped at a Cluvers and ordered burgers etc. and ate them on the bus as we traveled. Again we got behind snow plows quite often. We finally arrived at MacD's in Madison for a quick break and to drop off those passengers from there. We departed for Johnson Creek and arrived about 30 minutes behind schedule. When we got to our cars they were loaded with ice and snow. Could not get into our back side doors on our Mini Van as they were frozen. Side front doors were frozen but opened. Could not find our ice scrappers so had to use plastic container of breath mints. As we were scrapping our windows one of the other fella who had his windows cleared helped us clear ours. It took us at least a half hour to clear about ½ inch of pure ice covered by 3" of frozen icy snow. All this in a windy snowy 10ºf. weather conditions. We did enjoy the trip, we made new friends and have to give the bus driver a great tribute for his driving skills.

Forgot to mention yesterday that I ordered a bottle of Budlight Wheat beer and it was very good. Didn't like the price but did enjoy the brewski.

Lucky 13 from our 3rd floor roomOn our way back to Wis.


Did I mention that the plastic breath mints we used to scrape our windows were "Ice Breakers" brand.

Lady Luck and Meskwaki Casinos in Iowa

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Saturday Dec 11, 2010-Departed home for Park and Ride lot in Johnson Creek. Bus picked us up right on time and we started on our adventure. A slight snow and light wind as we departed Johnson Creek. The bus had picked up first in Milwaukee, then our 4 couples in JC and now we headed for Madison for the final stop to pick up passengers. As we headed west to Iowa and Lady Luck Casino in Marquette. The wind and snow picked up the further west we traveled. Near the Wisconsin/Iowa bridge we got behind a snow plow, at Prairie du Chien we entered the bridges over the Missippi River and headed into Marquette, IA and Lady Luck. The Casino treated us to a lunch then we had three hours to gamble or just check out the casino. We then departed for Tama and the Meskwaki Hotel Casino. The weather got worse as we traveled west to the center of Iowa. Again we got behind snow plows every little while. Upon arrival at the casino we checked into our rooms then down to the casino area. Had a lunch and then played some slots. The casino gave us a lunch allowance plus $20.00 in slot play. Later we went to our room to spend the night. Will post day 2 soon.



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