Leaving Las Vegas

Paris Hotel - Las Vegas Strip

This picture was taken on our last night in Las Vegas! We started our day off with a wonderful Hot Stone Massage and relaxed in the dry sauna with cucumbers on our eyes. Then we find out my sister's allergic to cucumbers because her eyes were puffy, red and itchy! What the heck - isn't the cucumbers suppose to take the puffiness away.....(we laughed, and I'm still laughing as I write this :o)~...) and she used half a bottle of Visine!

We had a great dinner at the Belagio Buffet. The food is awesome and the dessert is to die for! Of course we all gorged at the buffet and ate way too much! If you haven't visited the Belagio Hotel, it's a must stop!

I had a great trip with my family and now back to the grind! Till next time Lady Luck - My next trip will definitely be in the Summer time!

40 is the New 30

Happy Birthday Lani

This week I will be celebrating my younger sisters birthday. And yes you've guessed it, she has made it to the Four Zero Club!  Where better to celebrate a birthday other than Las Vegas? So, Las Vegas, here we come!

I sit back and remember the days when we were younger and we would roller skate in the back yard, ride our bikes up and down the driveway, and draw all over our driveway with chalk. Time seems to go by so fast and now we are here at 40! I can still remember my own mothers 40th birthday and then I thought, "Wow, my mom's 40, she's old!"  Well, I was wrong, 40 is the new 30!

I'd like to know ~ did you handle your 40th birthday better than you did your 30th?

Have a great week!

Lucky Vegas Bracelet ~ What's your lucky charm?

Hi Everyone! I have not been blogging in a while and feel like a bad blogger. Anyhow, I have something to Blog about and I have time tonight to do it!


As you can see, I have made a new bracelet. This bracelet is for my sister, Lani, as her birthday is this month. We will be celebrating it in.......Las Vegas! Hence, I have made her a Lucky Vegas Bracelet for her to wear to all of her favorite slot machines and perhaps to the crap table. I personally like to wear my Grandmothers Jade bracelet for luck.

~Lani's Lucky Vegas Bracelet~

I will be selling this style in my shop Urban Corner soon!


I have a question for everyone. What brings you luck? Do you wear jewelry to bring you luck or a specific piece of clothing? This is quirky but, before I go on a run, I must put my left shoe on first. Have a great week everyone - the weekend is almost here! 

Let's Mingle on Monday with "Life of Meg"

Hello Mingle Monday!

For a couple of weeks now I have been blog hopping with "Life of Meg".  I have met some really nice and funny people. I just wanted to give a shout out to Meg! "Hi Meg - thanks for having this Blog Hop!"

Come join us and meet new people and possibly have new followers.

Today's question: What would you do if you got a snow day?

If I had a snow day, I would take my family to the mountains to ski and have hot cocoa. Well, I would have a nice hot cappuccino :o)

Have a great week everyone! Stay warm out there :o)

The Year of the Rabbit

Happy New Year everyone! It's a wrap! While watching The Rose Parade this morning, I was packing away my Christmas decorations. Boy~ does it feel good to have everything in its place again. 

Now it's time to purge, purge, purge for the New Year! I am hoping that I'm not the only person cleaning on New Years day.  Chinese New Year is now approaching us on February 3, 2011.  I have this terrible superstition that my house needs to be clean and uncluttered before  February 3rd or I will not have good luck upon us for the New Year. When does everyone else start their purging? Is it the beginning of the new year or is it in the Spring?

My older daughter is especially excited for this year because she was born under the Year of the Rabbit. This is her 2nd Year of the Rabbit and you've guessed it, she will be twelve this year. The best thing about celebrating Chinese New Year is teaching my girls the importance of culture.

For more information on Chinese New Year click here !

Lets Organize Our Earings!

Here's a great idea that I would like to share. My daughter, who's 11, has pierced ears. Well, I despise all of her ear rings thrown in a container or jewelry box. I like them nice, neat and organized. Is that really too much to ask?

We have found a way to keep them together and it saves her time searching for them. Because, we all know that time is of the essence - kids just don't realize that yet!

This only works with stud ear rings. Use any type of buttons with two holes and attach a pair of ear rings. Easy enough right! You can now look into your jewelry box and find any pair right away. Why didn't we think of this a long time ago? Credit for this idea goes to Good Housekeeping Magazine.

Urban Corner: Let's Get Back To The Gym!

Urban Corner: Let's Get Back To The Gym!: "I have been procrastinating on going back to the gym. It all started with my kitchen remodel and then summer came, then school started, and ..."