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Hi! You are going to suffer today, because I’m in a real yappy mood! Alot happened today too! Lucky you, huh? LOL!

Well, my blackberry wasn’t working during these past few weeks, and because of it’s malfunction, I was getting to the point of getting 3G digital panic attacks. So this morning I dropped it off at a Nextel Authorized Service Center here in Yuma. After I told them that I do have insurance on my Blackberry they told me that it would take 45 minutes to look it over and try to repair it. Fine. So I left the Blackberry there for the afternoon (separation anxiety – yep, now I know how that feels – you laugh, but there’s a reason why they call it “Crack”berry).

I called them two hours after they had it and I was explained that upon inspection of my Blackberry they had found some corrosion inside my phone due to liquid damage. Huh? Wait a minute, I take good care of my Blackberry! It’s a part of me, like a third arm!!

So they told me that if I talk on my phone excessively, my sweat left on the phone could of caused the damage. I am in no way impressed by their answer. So they continue to tell me that liquid damage wasn’t covered under my insurance policy and if I wanted to submit an insurance claim there is a $100 deductible. HUH? Whatever! I told them I’ll be down to get my phone.

So after I hung up with them, I called Nextel and inquired about my options. Nextel told me that I could get a brand new Blackberry for $150, but I’d have to wait until March, my one year purchase anniversary on the Blackberry I have now.

Yeah Exactly! Did you get that…my Blackberry didn’t even make it one year. Okay, I may use it over excessively, I admit, I read and reply to my emails on it, my 21 rss feeds comes through 30 times a day, I get tweeted and I got to tweet back, my 10 text messages an hour, my news websites to keep me up with reality, check my bank accounts (again to keep me IN reality ), blah, blah, blah.

I don’t sweat over it, I don’t drool all over it, I don’t drop it. I mean, seriously, on my bed I have three pillows, one for me, one for Jake, and one for my Blackberry. Yes, I am a tad traumatized by this hic-cup with my phone’s behavior. It wasn’t working right, have you ever seen CPR done to a Blackberry……well, you should of been here then. I was in complete chaos. I don’t like it when something I depend on to make my life run smoother breaks.

So, anyways, I go back down to the service center and pick up my phone. What was wrong with my Blackberry is that the trackball wasn’t working right…I couldn’t scroll around the screen or use any of the menu options. So, I picked up my phone from the service center and the guy gave me information to submit a claim to repair my phone. I took the information and left. On the way home I was fidgeting with the trackball on my device and something must of snapped under the trackball, because it decided to work! It’s working!!!! The trackball works great now. So, I’m assuming that once the service guy opened up the device, some “corrosion” must of loosed up and released the tension of the trackball. The Blackberry Gods love me again!!! Yes! Okay, so my life is back on track again. My Blackberry is back to normal and yes, so am I……

What else did we do today? Jake got him nails clipped at a local pet grooming shop here next to our RV park. He needed it. And for lunch today…..take a peek….

It was delicious! I think I’ll make another one tomorrow. What else did we do today? We squeezed some more orange juice with our electronic juice maker and I made some more lemonade. I’m practically living on lemonade now.

Okay, this evening we didn’t have much to do, so we decided that we could eat dinner at the Paradise Casino. I know, I know, I know we said we would not gamble again this year, but tonight was the lassssssst time we would gamble this year…….just tonight, this was the last time….no more gambling this year! Ha!

But, you won’t believe what happened to me at the casino tonight. You aren’t going to believe me, but I swear this is what happened. I was sitting at a slot machine and I put 50 dollars in it. This guy sits down next to me (he was around my age – no, I’m not telling you how old I am ), so he hit a bonus feature on his slot machine. Cool! His slot machine rings and he gets 50 free spins. Wow! The winnings can really add up on a slot machine bonus round with 50 free spins.

So, I sit there playing my slot machine. And as the balance on my machine is going down, his balance is going up. Of course! So, we small talk it about how lucky he is, blah, blah, blah and he asks me how much I’m down tonight. So I look at my balance and it says $33.80, so I tell him I’m down about 20 bucks. So he says, “I believe in Karma, when I cash out my bonus money, I’ll give you $20 dollars so you will be where you were when you started.” My mind goes blank…..I mean, what’s the chances of that happening?? Noooo, this is not a dream….it really happened….now stay with me here.

So, I look at his balance and his bonus feature gave him $223.00. Well, I don’t feel so bad about taking $20 dollars of that if he’s offering it…..and no, he doesn’t want anything in return….I hope he doesn’t. He cashes his bonus out and passes me $20 dollars out of his pocket. I ask “Are you sure you want to give me this money?” He says, “I’m not suppose to be here. If my wife finds out I was even thinking about going to a casino, she’s a mean Mexican, she would get out her brass knuckles, and she’s not shy with them.” Oh boy. So I take my part of his bonus winnings and we say bye and go our separate ways.

So, I have now considered this $20 dollar bill my lucky charm. So I put it in my jacket pocket and head over to the Keno machine in the back of the casino. (Mr. $223 winner walks out the door). I take out another $20 dollar bill (not his $20 dollar bill, that’s my lucky charm) and I put my $20 dollars in the Keno machine and play 8 numbers on my Keno card.

I get down to about $12 dollars and I hit 7 out of 8 numbers on my card! 7 out of 8 numbers! And the display on my Keno screen says I won 1,652 quarters! 1,652 quarters!!!!! That’s $413 dollars! Wow! So, I put my hand in my jacket pocket and think, “Yep, my lucky $20 dollar bill is still there. I’ll hang on to that for a while.” So at the end of the night, when we left the casino, I had my lucky $20 dollar bill from Mr. bonus feature winner and I had a couple of hundred dollar bills. I am a happy camper.

So, here I am back at home and I’m not sure what we are up to tomorrow, but hey, don’t forget to come back and check on me! Have a great night. I’ll be back to yap tomorrow! Hey, my question of the day! Tell me, do you have a lucky charm?? Tell me what your lucky charm is and where did you get it? Did you find it, did you buy it…..tell me about your lucky charm!

Hi! How’s everyone holding up up north? Thanks for coming along for the ride. First I want to say that so far in this whole blog I’ve received 30 comments! Now, don’t you think for once that I don’t read every single one of these comments, because I do. I have to approved the comments before they are posted on my site, so, yes, I read them all. I love all the comments and they really do make my day! So, don’t by shy to say Hi, tell me what you are doing, tell me the temperature where you are!

So, what did I do today? We went to the movies! I have never in my life been to the movies so many times as I have this last month. I’ve seen three movies in the last month….Old Dogs, Avatar, and today I saw It’s Complicated. This movie is a total “chick flick” and of course, I loved it!! This movie has Steve Martin, Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin in it and provides a great story that can realistically hit “home” with some people. I’m not going to spoil it and tell you the story but if you are a “chick flick” lover, you will thoroughly enjoy this movie!

After the movies we returned home and I took Jake out on a bicycle ride around the RV Park. I’m trying to take him out earlier in the and not in the evening because it gets a little chilly out after 6pm. Today’s high temperature was 62 and it drops to about 50 at night.

Oh, I don’t have pictures today, but I will have some tomorrow. Tomorrow we are venturing out. We are leaving pretty early and hopping over to the Golden Acorn Casino and La Posta Casino two hours from here towards San Diego. I think San Diego is three hours from here. But these casinos are right off I-8, off the same exit, so it’s super easy to get to, but it just takes two hours to get there. Let’s see how my luck is in Southern California! I’ll be taking my camera along with me! And Tuesday is a big day for me too because Tuesday I’ll be getting my Blackberry fixed! So, now I’m going to feed Jake and watch some TV before calling it a night because tomorrow we are getting up real early – Ugh! Have a good night. Oh, hey, tell me….did you get anything cool for Christmas….tell me what ya got??

Sigh. Hi. Sigh. Should I start this blog posting on a good note or end it on a good note. Well, I’m heartbroken and I’m in need of a Blackberry repair shop, quick! No, it’s not because of the email failure that Blackberry was recently experiencing. No, my Blackberry has a trackball that moves me around the screen and the trackball died. I can still make phone calls, but I can’t text, surfing the internet, or, sniff, check my email. Sob!!! It’s like….it’s like….it’s like a regular common cell phone now that can just make phone calls and get voice mail messages. Ugh! Who leaves voice mail anymore…..I need email, internet access to check my social networking sites, and access to daily news sites! My life has come to an abrupt halt. I mean, 75% of my life lives in cyber-world….like an Avatar – Ha!

Okay, enough about that. I’ll get it fix, don’t you worry about me. Because if I can’t get it fixed or if I have to send it into some repair warehouse in the middle of India, I’ll be buying a new one. I can’t go that long without my Blackberry. Okay, like I said, enough about that…..

Okay, so we didn’t do anything today, didn’t go anywhere today. Just a nice relaxing day. I took Jake for a walk around the park. Visited our neighbor. And today is Wednesday so it’s Card Bingo night at the recreation hall here at this RV Park. We won a little bit of money and a “grab bag” with goodies in it. Not much in the bag, just a deck of cards, and some other little household common stuff. How much money did we win tonight at Card Bingo? 5 dollars and 80 cents and there are four people on a team to play Card Bingo, so that is….$1.45 each. Not bad and we had a lot of fun!

Tonight we are watching TV. So that’s my day today. The simple life. Not sure what we are doing tomorrow, but it will consist of scouting for a Nextel repair shop. Have a nice night. Chat tomorrow!

Hi! Wanna know how I started my morning?? I made some more lemonade and had a supervisor, see that little furry guy watching me!!! Look…..

I already made one container of lemonade earlier this week, but it obviously didn’t last too long – that stuff is sooooo good!

This afternoon we went to downtown Old Yuma….the older part of downtown Yuma that has Lutes Casino….remember I talked about Lutes Casino a few blog entries back…..anyways, we went back there for dinner today. I had the hamburger and fries. And, no, there is no gambling in this casino, just a beer and hamburger joint. It’s so good too! Definitely stop by if you are in Yuma!

This picture is across the street from Lutes Casino. Just a typical Main Street.

This is inside Lutes Casino. I guess someone was getting an early present……

Oh, here’s the menu….can’t really read it – I swear I need a new camera. My camera is only one year old, don’t get me started on getting a new camera already!

There’s the back of the menu – it’s only a simple two sided menu…..

This is the napkin dispenser on the table. Noooo, you don’t pay for your napkins, you just take the napkins out the sides of this….this…..what do you call it. Anyways, you put a penny in and pull the level down and the reel spins…..yeah, you’re right, just like a slot machine. I invested 7 cents into this thing tonight. You think of a question and it will reveal your answer. 5 out of my 7 spins I got the answer “Don’t even think about it!” Geezz, nothing like telling me off…….

They have a menu on the outside of the restaurant for you to peek at!

Oh, Lutes Casino does sell scratch tickets and Powerball tickets…….I bought two Powerball tickets and these…..noooo, I didn’t win anything…..BUT Powerball is Saturday night……will I win 92 million dollars????? Ha, we will see……

This is just down the street from Lutes Casino where we parked. Hmmmm…..I’m not really a nightclub person, but hey, what happens in Arizona – stays in Arizona, right?? Except if you have a blog, then you just rattle off everything that you do! HA! No, I didn’t go to the night club…..

Well, other than that, it was a quiet day. Our Montana leg came back today from the repair shop. I’m not sure exactly what they fixed to repair it, but they installed the leg back on the RV and we are good to go. See, we didn’t have to take it into a dealership shop…..down here, they have the repair shop come right out to your camper, take the part off and zip it to their garage. If they couldn’t fix it, we would of gotten a new leg and the warranty did take care of the whole cost except for the 50 dollar deductible.

Jake was a little sick today. We didn’t do much with him today except for a typical walk around the park. He was acting strange, then he got sick, and then he fell asleep, but now at 11:33pm he’s okay. I fed him a little tiny bit tonight and now he’s out cold next to me. Tomorrow we will go for a walk and hang out. Not going too far tomorrow. Maybe it’ll be a “Jake Day”!!! Have a good night and, yep, I’ll be back tomorrow!