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We’re home and I’m freezing!

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We’re back from Las Vegas!

I was just saying on my gardening blog that I already miss the Vegas weather as it’s cold and dreary here in Toronto! I am, however, very glad to be home since I continued to be quite sick while I was away on my trip and managed to get even sicker!

It’s much better to be at home when you feel absolutely horrible. If my Crohn’s acting up wasn’t enough I woke up with a terribly sore throat this morning. I’ve been drinking warm liquids all day and sometimes it feels a bit better but then it gets worse again. I hope it’s just post nasal drip or something making my throat feel so bad and not strep throat or something.

Other than not feeling very well while I was in Las Vegas I managed to have a good time. I met up with some bloggers that I’ve known for years, others that I’ve only known a short while and hopefully made a few new blogging friends too.

We never managed to have time to try out the gambling in Vegas, so I missed out on that experience -gambling virgin that I am! Oh well. We did go out to a few clubs, one of which was the famous TAO nightclub at the Venetian Hotel.

TAO is huge! It’s a beautiful nightclub though, and the staff were very friendly. Oh and their finger foods were delicious! They served us spring rolls, sushi, won tons filled with shrimp and lobster, Kobe beef mini hamburgers and tiny deserts. I’m sure there were a few other finger foods that I missed too. All were delicious!

On Thursday night my husband and I got together with Mr. Fab from Pointless Drivel. He’d already eaten but he met us at the Outback while we ate. We then got in touch with some of the other bloggers that were in town for the convention and we all eventually met up at a bar called Tattoo Alley.

What a great time!

The band was fantastic and I think we all had a good time drinking and talking and joking around. My husband Chris bought a feathered boa for Mr. Fab and when the other bloggers joined up with us the boa got passed around. I think Colleen or Jules were last scene wearing it.

I’ve got lots of photos to upload and post. Some could be embarrassing to those who were with us that night! I’ll get them up soon!

More about my trip later. I’m still recovering!





Getting hyped up about our trip to Vegas

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I’m getting all geared up for the trip to Vegas next week. We’re going to the Blogworld and Postiecon conventions and I’ve been busy trying to get everything I’ll need prepared for the trip.

I’m excited and nervous about going to Las Vegas all at the same time.

I’m excited because it’s the first time I’ve flown anywhere this century!

Now that I wrote that, it kind of sounds weird doesn’t it, but honestly, I haven’t been on a plane since oh … 1998. I’m also nervous because every time I do travel by plane my ears hurt like crazy. I used to be able to fly without any problems, but ever since I got my tonsils out at the tender age of 21 my ear drums just about explode when I fly. Seriously, I’ve gone to the doctor after a flight and been told that my ear drums were so inflamed that the doctor was surprised they didn’t burst.

Chris, my husband, is afraid of flying. So between the two of us – me likely with a face full of gum and swallowing like crazy with a pained look on my face and my husband trying to stave off a panic attack we’ll probably be quite the pair.

I’m also nervous because I agreed to speak or well, be on a panel, at Postiecon and well … I’m kind of shy, especially in crowds. I probably won’t really start having fun on the trip until I get that over with on Saturday morning.

I think I’ll just write off Thursday evening. If we feel up to it we’ll try to get together with some of our blogging friends, but I think Chris will be tired as he’ll be taking ativan or valium for the flight, and well, I’ll be full of decongestant, allergy meds, aspirin and anything else I can get my hands on to keep my ears from becoming inflamed during the flight. The last time I flew I was pretty buzzed for about 12 hours when I landed. All those meds took a toll on me. So I think we’ll be in flight recovery mode Thursday night.

Are you going to Vegas next week for the blogging conventions?

I was on a roll

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I was on such a roll yesterday. Blogging away on almost all my blogs like I haven’t done for a while. No, I wasn’t feeling better, but I suddenly had a lot more energy than I’ve had for a while and I got a lot of work done.

It felt good.

Now here I am, still blogging away, but behind! I really wish that I’d get my Wordless Wednesday posts up one day by midnight.

I still have a few posts to catch with though so it will be a little while before I get to post some photos that I find intriguing. Speaking of photos … I still have a whole slew on my digital camera that I have to upload to my computer – really great photos! Ah, when will I find the time to work on them?

Facebook connections on and offline

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My sister has discovered Facebook. I figured her daughter was on it, but I never really thought of my sister as the Facebook type.

Earlier this week we became “friends” on Facebook and nearly every day we’ve been sending messages back and forth. I think we’ve talked more online this week than we have on the phone or even in person in months!

Of course the way we discovered that we were both on Facebook started with a phone conversation. My sister had called to say hello and to ask me if I knew anything about the care of hedgehogs. She’d just bought her daughter a hedgehog and since I specialize in the care of exotic pets she thought I’d know something about them and their diet. Unfortunately that’s one of the few exotic animals that I don’t know much about. I was able to help her with the diet though.

The conversation moved on to a discussion about vacuum cleaners of all things. She really needs to get herself a new one. I know she bought a Shark about four or five years ago, but it doesn’t seem to work anymore. I suggested that she take a look a Miele vacuum as they seem to be a popular brand and I think they’re probably fairly reliable. It was sometime after that, that we got on to Facebook.

Oddly, later that evening we were talking with one of our old friends on the phone. Chris and I were busy filling out our Passport applications (we need them for our Las Vegas trip in November!) and our friend Todd asked why I haven’t added him as a friend on Facebook yet.

I’m used to having my online friends ask me to add them to my Facebook account, but not my offline friends or relatives! So it was really strange to have two people ask me on the same day. Well, three really because my niece also added me as a friend too.

Thank you!

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Wow! I’m very happy right now. I’ve just won my first Internet related prize! I have an extra $100 in my paypal account thanks to PayU2Blog.

I do a little work here and there for a great blogging company. I’ve been working with them since May, 2007 I believe.

They offer bloggers another way to make some money blogging. Each week I’m given a few assignments for the blogs that I have registered with them and I’m always given a few days to work my assignments into my sites posts. No pressure, good pay – what more could I ask for?

As I said the money is good and they often have promotions for their advertisers where bloggers are given products to try. I’ve only been given one free product to try out so far and it was the beautiful canvas that I told you about back in July. That’s right – I was able to turn one of my beautiful photographs into a canvas (by canvasondemand.com) that I can display in my home. It’s gorgeous and it was FREE!

Not only am I given easy assignments such as writing about home decor, drug rehabilitation, popcorn machines and things like that, I’m also paid every two weeks and occasionally have a chance to try free products, but I also have a chance each week to win a draw for $100.

they holds a draw once a week – usually on Fridays or more often Mondays. Any of their bloggers who have added their banner (and notified them) to their blogs are entered in the weekly draws. This week this blog “My World” was chosen as the winner.

Want to see how they picked my site? It’s a good video … come on watch it … 😉

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