Las Vegas House @ MindSay

I went to Las Cruces and Ruidoso about a week ago and it was a blast. In Cruces we got to stay in a drafty, ancient, but well decorated, house my parents' friends own. Then we went to a Mexican tourist city near Columbus called Palomas. My parents bought duty free liquor and I bought a minature sombrero. We ate there before we left to come back to Cruces to pack to leave the the next day, which would have been the day before yesterday in real time. Yesterday we came back home and I had some homies over and we chilled.

Now I need to go clean up my room. It's an incredible mess and worst of all I can't find my iPod. The last time and place I remember having it, it was on my desk after I got home chilling with my friends...

I have been sucked into the full reality of adulthood as of late, dealing with selling my house in Las Vegas and buying a property in Portland. Then we returned from Portland and it was time to do the taxes!  And  I brought back a bug from Portland that went throught the house like a plague, everyone puking and pooping for two weeks straight. Plus, we had an open house and sold our house in 2 weeks, which is unheard of in the Las Vegas market. Great, it sold, but now we have to move out by the end of this month, so then we had to look for an apartment!!!  This has been one huge rollercoaster ride, and it's not over yet. Any wonder why I haven't had time to blog??? Between meeting with Lenders, Real Estate Agents, Apartment Management, etc. and filling out beaucoup paperwork, working on credit scores, writing letters to BFE about fuckall, packing all our shit, working on renovations for the new house, trying to do my job and take care of my family, who has time to do this? Not me. In fact, this will be my last post until June, when we're set up in Oregon. My computer goes into storage on Friday and I won't see it again until then. So, I am cramming lots of pix and and ramblings to make up for lost time.

New Orleans Spring Break, 2007
FINALLY, I am going to get the chance to post the pictures from my trip with Environgirl and Myclette, my two awesome girlfriends. I had a great time with them, even though the stress of driving made me a little loopy. The point was to spend quality time with two of the people who mean a lot to me, so mission was accomplished. So, we stayed in the Bates Motel- so what, we were in the French Quarter!


This is the Voodoo Spirtual Temple, my favorite place we visited during our trip. Forget Madame Leveaux's, that place was WHACK, there is some bad mojo workin' in there, stick to this one instead.


This is the display window at the Voodoo Spiritual Temple.


Here's me, smirking with a Mimosa. I am so hardcore!


Me in the Gumbo Shop, paying homage to all that is unholy.


Environgirl at Cafe Remoulade, looking sassy!


 I believe this is in the Gumbo Shop. Look at the dude in the background, checking us out...

Here's Myclette at Cafe Remoulade. Isn't she lovely??


Myclette at the Gumbo Shop.


The New Orleans Rollergirls. Are they HOT or what??? Damn, don't do it like that baby!! (A cookie for anyone who remembers that saying...)

Portland Spring Break 2007


Ray, Skye & Me on our new front lawn! :) So this is the property (brick on the left) we bought in Portland to use as a live/work space. It was a nursing home! We adore it. It's located in the Hawthorne District, which is exactly where we wanted to live. Everything is walking distance.


Skye & me walking around in the backyard. That's a huge walnut tree. As you can see from the back, the new place is huge, 4,000 square feet. From the front it's deceptively small. Gotta love that outside fireplace!


Skye makes a wish. Shouldn't she be holding Wishbear instead of Funshine??

Las Vegas House 2007


Okay, here's our house in Vegas. I wanted to document all of the hard work we put into making it a showplace. Our house sold in 2 weeks in a market where the average selling time is 9 months to a year, and here's why...


Here is the Master Bathroom.


Master Bedroom with Balcony


Here's the kitchen.


Chloe & Skye's Room.


The Living Room (and Serena, our cat!)