another weekend over

Good morning.
Another weekend over, and Craig continues to talk about our little trip to FireKeepers. Guess he had a good time.   :-)
Craig spent the rest of the weekend (Monday and Tuesday), doing bookwork. All his year-end totals match, and he wrote checks to fund our IRA's.
I helped out doing laundry, and general cleaning, and spent some time on the puter, researching possible RV trips for this summer.
And after a holiday season of complete pigging out, I've got the fridge packed with veggies, and I've prepared salads for the work week. I boiled some eggs yesterday to add a little protein to the salads. I made them up with Romaine, spinach, shaved carrots, sliced cucumbers, diced Roma tomatoes, and a little shredded fat free cheddar cheese. We have a few low-cal dressings at the Salon we can add when we're ready to eat. I added some bacon bits to mine. I like a little crunch in my salad.   :-)

Tomorrow, instead of the egg, I think I'll add a little canned chicken, and maybe tuna on Friday. Gotta mix it up a little you know.   ;-)
The weather looks to be warming up this week, with temps forecast into the 50's by Saturday before dropping back in to the low 30's on Sunday. Unfortunately, when we get warmer weather in the winter, it's always with rain. If it holds off, it would be a good time to get some walking in,.  :-)
And with that, time to get ready for another work week.

Craig's birthday trip

Good morning.
We've just returned from a little birthday trip for Craig.
We left yesterday morning for Battle Creek, about 45 miles from Lansing, and the Brand New FireKeepers Hotel.
It opened on Dec 12th.
Somehow, even though we booked a 'regular' room, we ended up with this ginormous corner room....

Craig, and outside, a view of a snowy interstate 94.

It was nearly twice as large as other room on the same floor that we sneaked a peak at when they were being cleaned. And floor to ceiling windows on 2 sides.

One thing I couldn't find was the hotel guide telling how to use the wi-fi and where the ice machine was.
I discovered, it's all on the TV now. Menus galore!

I love the big walk-in showers they are putting in the newer hotels.

Wish I could get that in my little 5x8 bathroom.   :-)
Heck, the entire bathroom was about as big as my kitchen!

Anyway, we arrived in Battle Creek around noon, and had Craig's birthday lunch at Chili's. Got to the hotel around 1pm and into our room. Relaxed a bit and then went down to the casino, where we ended up spending way more time than planned. Didn't get back to the room until almost 10pm. But we were having a really good time. Came back to the room with nearly twice the money we brought to gamble with.   :-)
Ordered a little room service, watched a little TV, and called it a day.
Got up this morning, checked out through the TV, left the keys in the room, and arrived back in Lansing.
A very nice birthday trip.

another weekend.

Good morning.
I've just returned from cleaning the Salon. As usual.
Made it through another work week.  And, with no drama.  :-)
We've been holding steady temps this week, right below freezing. A light snow cover on the ground with a little more last night.
Placed another Salon supply order online after work yesterday.
On my back....
It's coming along. Sleeping very well through the night. Just a little stiff and achy in the morning. I still have one area of my spine that's not staying put. But the chiro is working on it, and now that I'm able to get into a regular schedule with him, I expect to continue to improve.
And I want to thank the few people who remembered, and wished Craig a happy birthday last Thursday.
Yes, he's officially retirement age, 62. But he's going to delay taking early SS, as we're not able to retire quite yet, since I'm so much younger.   :-)
Anyway,  time for my shower and get Craig up.

New year back-up

Good morning.
It's been a steady week in the Salon so far. Placed a couple of supply orders to restock stuff I let thin so there wouldn't be so much to count.  :-)
This morning, I did my annual back-up of my puter. Put a blank DVD in, and dragged and dropped all the folders and files I wouldn't want to lose should my puter die unexpectedly. I also saved my Bookmarks, or favorites depending on the browser you use. I use Firefox.  :-)
And with that done, I can now go back and delete the dozens and dozens of picture folders I have. That will free up a bunch of space. Then I'll clean up and defrag the puter. That's another thing that should be done periodically to keep it running smooth. I use a program called CCleaner. 
It finds way more junk than the disk clean up utility than comes with windows. Just be careful how you set it up. It will also wipe out all your saved log ins on your websites so make sure you uncheck that box.
Anyway, time for me to get to work..
Have a great weekend!

my first post

Good morning.
Well, the Holidays are done, the junk food eaten, the tree and decorations have been put away, and now it's time to get on with the new year.
Yesterday, Craig spent most of the day doing year end totals for work. We had a good year.  :-)
He'll be spending the next 2 weeks with all the year end stuff he does. I spent this morning putting away the rest of the decorations, and  I'll go into work early today, and do the year end inventory.
Customer were very generous this year, and we received enough Christmas tips, to complete our gas fund for this years mo-ho trips. Unless of course, gas hits $5. Who knows? Time will tell.
We have 10 trips planned for this year, and as I've already posted, I've got the first 4 booked.  We have yet to decide where we are going for the rest. But we have time to decide.   :-)
And with not much else to say, my first post of 2013 is done.