Hi everyone. I am in nashville. will post later.

Friday, My Town Shoot Out (Power Sources)

Friday, "My Town" Shoot Out. This week's theme is power.

The residents in Las Vegas get their electricity from Nevada Power. The above photo shows the power plant that generates the electricity and supplies it to Nevada Power. It is also the plant where my husband works. Unfortunately, photos are not allowed to be taken on the premises. It's all very top secret. So, I zoomed in with my little 10 pixel casio exilim from the street.
This shows a row of power poles taken from one of the parks I frequent.

Here's a closer view of a single power pole.

Here are a bunch of power lines criss crossing each other across the sky.

This little baby is my car, and it gives me the power to go anywhere I want. Pardon the dust. It's been awhile since she's had a bath.

I get my personal strength and motivation from reading about the success of others. I subscribe to Success Magazine, and it powers up my brain and feeds me inspiration and ideas.

This piece of machinery gives me the power to connect with all of you . It's a powerful tool for researching, writing, learning, and creating.

These two right here power me up with joy and gratitude. They are what keep me balanced and grounded. It's the simple pleasure. They give me power to express love.



I hope you all have enjoyed my sources of power. I encourage you to click on over to the My Town Shoot Out and check out other fabulous photos. We have a wonderful group.

ABC Wednesday (C)

Well, it's that time of week again. It's ABC Wednesday and this week represents the letter C. I have photographed my COSMETIC bag full of cosmetics. I thought it was perfect for today, because I will be loading this bag up in the next couple of days for my trip to Nashville, TN.

To see other photos contributed this week, click here to go to ABC Wednesday.

Thanks to Connie at Living Beautifully for showing me how to make a short cut link. Please check out her website. She has a lovely website full of crafty things, her page is definitely eye candy.

Exploring About

One of my very favorite things to do is go exploring. I love to drive. It doesn't matter where, just as long as I get to see some interesting sights. Today, I decided to take my dog and drive to Red Rock Canyon, just a few miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. Although, I don't really consider these mountains, it is a spectacular sight to see. Here's a glimpse of my journey today.( CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE)

Here are some interesting rocks. There are lots of hiking trails around here and also lots of places for rock climbing. It gets pretty busy around here.

When I started out this morning, I put it out to the universe that I wanted to see some wild burrows. Towards the end of my journey, I finally did. Three in a pack. One was a baby.

I pulled over to the side of the road to let them cross the street.

This is the third one. He's a little more curious and he came pretty close to the passenger side of the window.

He stared right at us.

There's the baby, hiding amongst a tree.

Sasha is very happy and excited to see some four legged critters.

I just thought this made an interesting photo.

On to Blue Diamond, a little tiny town just down the road. I snapped this shot of the park as I was driving.





I had such a pleasant drive. It was just what I needed to feel satisfied. Ah! What will I explore and share next?

Maybe, pictures from Nashville, Tn. I will be there in four days. I'm so excited.

Mosaic Monday~ Ducks and Geese

It's Mosaic Monday again. Please visit Mary at Little Red House to see other beautiful mosaics and to join in on the fun.(click photo to enlarge)

Today, as I was walking in the park, I spotted the ducks as I always do. I snapped a couple of photos.

My dog wanted to go for a swim, or in the very least put her doggie paws in the water.

It was quite unusual to come across so many canadian geese. I have never seen so many at one time in the same spot. It was actually kind of amazing. I was in awe just watching them. When we first happened upon them, they froze like statues, as if to hide from us. It was really something to see.

I bet most people wouldn't believe that these pictures were taken in my neigborhood in Las Vegas. We have some very nice communities here.

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/2009/08/mosaic-monday-flower-favorites.html

Saturday Scramble (NOGYCQXKEZ)

This is my personal meme. You all can join in if you'd like just leave a comment on my page so I can check out your blog. This is how it works. Every Saturday, I draw ten random letters from the alphabet and in the order they are drawn I make a sentence out of the letters.

THIS WEEKS LETTERS ARE IN ORDER AS DRAWN: N O G Y C Q X K E Z



Here's is my completed sentence:


Night out gaming, you came quacking, Xavier killed everything zen.

That's all there is to it. It's fun and it's exercising the brain, keeping it sharp.

About The Food

Friday is date night for my husband and I. We're pretty much creatures of habit, always going to the same restaurant and ordering the same food . We like our ritual. We know that when we go to Que Mas, our favorite place for a night out, that we are going to get the best margartia in town. It's not watered down, nor is it too strong with tequila that it burns the throat going down. No, it's the perfect combination, and you only need one. It's that good. One of the best things we like about Que Mas is the fresh guacamole that's made right at our table. They use only fresh ingredients and it is the best guacamole I have ever tasted. I make really good guacamole myself, and though I have tried to duplicate the one at Que Mas I haven't been able to as of yet. They must have a secret ingredient that isn't visible to the eye, as they already have everything chopped up when they prepare the guacamole at the table. Anyhow, I digress.

Last night we decided to try a new restaurant that just opened up recently. I was excited to be going somewhere different and I was really hoping that this new place was going to be great. We were seated at the booth, and our waitress was really nice. So far, everything is going good, we ordered iced tea to start and chips and salsa. Right away, we were a little disappointed. The chips were stale. (we've noticed that in a lot of mexican restaurants) We prefer fresh, warm chips. The salsa was just okay. We looked at the menu, and the variety of choices was fantastic. Everything sounded so good. I ordered a chille Relleno which is one of my very favorite foods, and something I have not had in a very long time, so I was looking forward to it. Justin ordered a steak dish. The menu described it as steak covered with green chilis, onions and tomato salsa. It sounded delicious.

Justin also ordered a salad bar. He went to get his salad and he came back and told me that the salad bar was a mom and pop salad bar. I asked him what he meant by that and he said that it looked like something that someone with hardly any money would buy. He described it as just the basics, and with amusement on his face, he told me about the chopped up weiners as a salad ingredient. He also told me there was broccoli and cauliflour also, but that it wasn't really chopped up. He made it sound like the chunks were really gigantic and not worth putting in the salad. He had a few items on his plate which he enjoyed, so it wasn't a total disaster.

The waitress finally brought our food out to us and I thought Justin's dish looked really tasty. Mine looked good also. We each took a bite of our food and It was absolutely horrible. All I could taste was grease. Now, believe me, I have nothing against a little grease. I love fried food and southern cooking, so I can handle a little bit of grease. Even my chile that was on the inside of a batter cooked shell was swimming in oil. You could see it in the plate. The beans, the rice, the chile relleno, disgusting. I couldn't eat it. I looked over at Justin's plate and he said his tasted awful. It looked good to me so I reached over, stabbed a piece of meat with my fork and stuck it in my mouth. As soon as it made contact with my tongue, I was horrified. The meat tasted foul, and it was so tough, you couldn't chew it. I had to spit it out into a napkin. Justin tried to eat more on his plate and finally I told him not to eat it. I didn't eat any of my food except one bite of each item. Normally, I love rice. Mine tasted like a bad imitation of rice pilaf rather than a mexican or spanish rice. It was just plain bad.

I left feeling bad for the restaurant owners. The ambience was so nice, the staff was great, but the food just sucked. I like seeing people succeed in business. It makes me happy when others make their dreams come true, and I just left feeling really sad for them because I don't think their restaurant is going to make it. I wanted to tell them, "Hey, you know, your food is really greasy, here's how you can improve it........" But the part of me that didn't want to be rude won out and so we left not saying a word. Unless of course, our two full plates said enough for the both of us.

Maybe I should have suggested a suggestion box.

Anyhow, next time we are going to try another new restaurant the is right next door. This one is italian. Wish us luck!