Our Sunday began with an 8 a.m. service at the Lakes Lutheran Church which is only a couple of miles from our Sahara Avenue apartment. We were home shortly after 9 and I made us a pancake breakfast, complete with Knott's Berry Farm Strawberry syrup. Pretty tasty.
We just relaxed a while, watching some TV, until about 1 p.m. when we hit the road for a couple of errands. When we were in TC, Helen had helped one of Natalie's girls, Brandi, put together a doll house. Since Brandi's birthday is Feb. 25, Helen wanted to get her some dollhouse furniture to furnish the house that the soon-to-be 15-year-old already has. So we hit the road in search of a hobby shop that sold doll furniture. Helen had found one in the phone book and called them to make sure they were open on Sunday.
The place was about 10 miles away and in a less-than-elegant part of Las Vegas. In fact, I'm glad we were going there in the afternoon and not at night. After a little searching, we found the place, which actually had a pretty nice selection of doll stuff. Helen was enjoying it, I could tell.
Helen found what she was looking for and we were headed off to our next stop - Target - which is less than 2 miles from our apt. Helen needed a few things and we were soon heading home.
The rest of the afternoon was spent cleaning the apt. in preparation for the arrival tomorrow night of Helen's friend Gail. We also watched a little TV before I whipped up some chili dogs for dinner. Not that healthy, but pretty tasty...
On Saturday we shared our Valentine's Day tradition. Early on in our marriage, Helen and I started a tradition of privately exchanging cards and sharing a box of quality chocolates. We've rarely done the "Big Dinner Out" type of Valentine's Day celebration. It's just not for us. Anyway, this year I found a delicious assortment of chocolates at the Ghiradelli shop on the Strip and we really enjoyed it last night.
Earlier in the day, I had gone to Bally's for some poker. During a 5-hour session, I eked out a $51 profit, but with a break or two it could have been several times that. I lost a $300 pot when a guy hit his flush draw on the river beating my K-K Q-Q. Lost another $100 pot when my straight was beaten by another river flush draw that connected. It was an up and down day. In fact, I was only $15 up when I won $36 on the second-to-last hand that I played.
Tomorrow night we'll be heading to McCarran Airport to pick up Gail when she arrives, sometime around 9 .m. They'll be shopping maniacs for a couple of days and I'll be logging some serious poker time as our adventure continues...
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