WEEK # 15

THE WEEKLY COUNT DOWN CONTINUES, AND WE ONLY HAVE 15 WEEKS LEFT TO WORK FOR THE SEASON. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT OUR JOBS AT LAKE TAHOE. OUR COST OF LIVING IS SO MUCH HIGHER THERE, BUT IN THE PAST OUR TOKES HAVE BEEN HIGHER AS WELL.

IN THE "GLOOM AND DOOM" OF THE NEVADA ECONOMY, AND AFTER TWO BAD SUMMERS, JOB WISE, AT LAKE TAHOE WE'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THE SUMMER OF '09. LAST WEEK WE WERE INVITED BY OUR BOSS AT THE AVI TO SPEND THE SUMMER WORKING HERE IN LAUGHLIN.

ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE A PLAN "B", BUT WE WILL PUT OFF THAT DECISION UNTIL MID-APRIL WHEN WE CAN PHONE LAKE TAHOE TO GET SOME KINDA FEEL FOR WHAT THE SUMMER WILL BRING.

ANOTHER TOPIC THAT COMES UP BETWEEN MARY AND I IS, GOING HOME TO WISCONSIN. MARY PREFERS TO RETURN TO WISCONSIN IN THE SPRING AND FALL EACH YEAR TO VISIT HER MOTHER AND KIDS. OVER THE YEARS SHE'S HAD HER DAUGHTERS, AND EVEN A GRANDDAUGHTER, JOIN HER FOR THE LONG ROAD TRIP. LAST YEAR SHE SKIPPED THE SPRING TRIP, AND WE BOTH WENT IN THE FALL ON OUR "SPRINT".

THIS SPRING I'M HAPPY TO SAY MARY HAS FLIGHT RESERVATIONS IN MAY, AND WILL BE HOME FOR A WEEK TO CELEBRATE HER MOTHER'S 88TH BIRTHDAY AND MOTHER'S DAY AT HOME IN MT HOPE, WISCONSIN.

THE PUNCH LINE
"In Maine it got down to negative 50. It's so cold in Maine, lobsters are actually asking to be boiled and dipped in melted butter just to get warm." -- Jimmy Kimmel