"Simply Stunning"

"Simply Stunning" is the name of the chainmaille piece that I made on Saturday at Beading Class. I loved the necklace so much that I also made a bracelet! The picture has a glare but I think it's okay for showing on my blog! As I was making the necklace, I remarked to Colleen that I didn't know which sister to give the other one to and she remarked, "I guess you don't get one then"! That's when I decided to make a bracelet 'cause I do make the sisters many pieces of jewelry which I am working on now for Christmas - you can never start too early!

Thanks Colleen, for a fun class with a fun project!

GREAT "OLE" FRIENDS!

Yesterday, I met some great friends at Table 34 (Henderson on Warm Springs) for lunch. I have had these friends since 1983 since we worked at the Sands Hotel together and we still try and get together one to two times per year!

I worked as a Sales Manager and then Director of Sales at the Sands and the blonde with the short hair is Lori and she worked in Catering with Terri, the blonde with the longer hair. The gentleman (probably first time he has had ever heard that from us three broads) is Chris who was our Banquet Chef! The other lady is Marge, Lori's mom, and we are lucky to have her join us every time we get together for lunch!

Lori & her husband have invited an exchange student from Korea to live with them for this next school year and Lori hates Kimche - she has taken a couple of books out from the library to see what she can cook Korean style.

Terri has her own Meeting Planning Company and she is very successful! Terri and her husband just spent a month in Italy and Greece with their two children, Kyle (18) and Alex (11). Kyle is going into college in the fall (I was Kyle's first babysitter - OMG, I really am old)! Al is really a Princess and I keep telling Terri that she is going to be a pole dancer 'cause she loves to strut her stuff!!!

Chef Chris is now the Executive Chef at the Southpoint and he recently went to the Whitehouse for Feed the Kids (something like that) to cook for the children! He and many other Chefs from all over the US had an opportunity to see Michelle Obama's garden and she spoke to them for about 20 minutes. They did their cooking at different hotels in the DC area!

I am so lucky to have so many "Ole" friends from every place we have lived and each time I can be with them, brings back so many memories and we just pick up where we left off!

Our Latest Puppy, Charlie!

All of you know that we have a new puppy, Charlie, by default - long story and you have all heard it so I won't go into details again!

Charlie will one year old next month, we have had him since May and what a pip, little fart, and Bad Charlie!! My sister, Kim, goes Charlie, Charlie, Charlie 'cause that's what I'm always texting about but he has gotten into so much trouble!

One day after we first got him, I went outside and found some wire all twisted into an interesting design, brought it into Dick and he told me that it was my solder so the little fart got into the lower shelf of my work bench - I now have baby gates on both sides of the work bench! Then a couple days later, I found Bella chewing on my bottle of flux - so much for that bottle of flux!!!!!!!! If I don't close the bathroom doors, he comes out with a roll of toilet paper that has been all chewed up and he loves to read the newspaper and TV guide until it's into shreds and, of course, loves to blow his nose! Need-less-to-say, he sleeps in a crate at night and he doesn't mind! Anyway, Charlie, has been such a fun addition to the other two dogs and three kitties! There's never a dull moment in the Myler household.

Happy Belated Anniversary to Cory & Riyoko!

Happy Belated Anniversary to Cory & Riyoko who celebrated their 10th anniversary on the 14th and their 9th anniversary on the 14th as well!!

They got married at Lake Mead 10 years ago and then one year later they got married again in LA on top of a tall building (outside) with a gorgeous view - they never told anyone why they were invited to a party and surprised both Riyoko's parents and Dick & I - I guess you can never have too many marriages for those two!!!

They didn't get to celebrate with each other this year 'cause Cory is in Mississippi working on a movie and Riyoko was in LA with the dogs. She is now in New York working on Men in Black 3 - I offered our Pug for the movie but Cory informed me that the Pugs they use in the movie are kept on a diet to be nice and lean - I'll bet they don't have one eye like our Puggles and are definitely not shaped like a basketball!! Oh well, their loss!

Anyway, Happy Anniversary to the best son and daughter-in-law in the world - we love you!

Happy Birthday, Kim!

Happy Birthday to my sister, Kim, 54 today (OMG, I hope that's right) who lives in Florida and comes to visit every Christmas Holiday and this year, I am lucky to have her come in August for three weeks!

When she visits, we will go to a couple of Colleen McGraw's beading classes and then spend lots of time in the craft room making jewelry! We will also do some lunches with the girls and check out the beading stores to see if we are missing out on anything!

These are two necklaces that I made for Kim. Unfortunately, the small green one has so much bling on it that you can't see what it says! It says, "I (heart) You"!

Happy Birthday, Kimmie! I love you!