A Futile Search for Furniture But a Great Lunch

The day started with me doing a phone interview for an article I'm doing for the TC Business News. It's a business profile of a company called Back in the Black - an operation that helps other companies find ways to cut expenses. It went smoothly and I'll write this in the next few days. My deadline is Thursday.

At the top of today's agenda was finding some quality used furniture for a reasonable price. By using the internet we located a couple of Salvation Army stores that looked promising. I don't know how those guys from the Home and Garden Channel always seems to score cool tables and chairs for under $50.

The first store was easy to find, about 8 miles from the apartment. But the furniture selection was shabby looking and overpriced for Salvation Army fare. We had more trouble finding the second store, located on Boulder Highway, about 15 miles from our LV home. After finally locating the store, we found a better selection, but still no chair, end tables or lamps that were nice enough to take home.

By then it was lunch time and Helen suggested The Cheesecake Factory, which happens to be her favorite eatery and is only a couple of miles from our apt. She was beaming as she perused the menu and settled on her favorite meal there - the BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad. I opted for a chicken quesadilla that came with a hefty side order of guacamole and sour cream. We both loved the meals and I made a solemn vow to come back here several times in the next five months.

We got back to our apartment around 2 p.m., collected the mail (nothing but two bills) and just chilled out til I made dinner of salad and pasta.

At 5:30 p.m. we started watching Monday Night Football because I have a teaser ticket that will pay $100 if the Bucs & Panthers total more than 34 points. Despite a 10-3 halftime score, the teams went nuts in the 3rd quarter and have tied the score at 17-17 right now...nope now it's 24-17 Carolina and WE WIN, WE WIN, WE WIN!!!!!

I'll be cashing that ticket tomorrow at the Paris casino down on the Strip...after another morning search for furniture. Tune in tomorrow for the results of the quest.