It was cold, cold, COLD

But I was hot, hot, HOT!


Well, I was as hot as one could get playin the 5 cent slot machines, anyway. Yea, that's FIVE CENT machines. Now, don't laugh...the good news is that a guy sitting right behind us Saturday night won 1500 bucks on one of those babies. The bad news is, it wasn't one of us.

But I DID wind up up about 200 bucks and Ziggy came out about 30 ahead. And that's after most of our expenses, even. Not bad for a coupla non-gamblers. In fact, that was the first time Zig had ever even touched a slot machine...and only the second time he'd ever set foot in a casino.

Our 'windfall' aside, we had a great time. It woulda been a lot more fun if it wouldn't have been something like 2 degrees. And windy. We'd have done a little less gamblin and a little more sightseeing. As it was, pretty much the only 'sights' we got was the view from our hotel room, which was attached to the casino. Not a bad view of the city, though. It was especially pretty at night.



On the way there, we even took a little side trip around St. Louis to pop in and see the kids and the newest addition to their little family...an eight week old Cocker...Bailey. Her brother, Jaeger (my daughter's s/o is a liquor distributor...go figure), seems to have a little GI upset, so he was at the vet's, poor baby.
Jules seems to be coping as well as can be expected with two Cocker puppies and a six year old to run after. Glad it's her and not me.

Unfortunately, Lady Luck didn't look too fondly upon Jack and Karen, the couple who invited us. They didn't lose a lot, but winning's soooo much more fun, don't you agree? I swear, I didn't rub it in. Really. I tried to soothe the sting a little by springin for supper Saturday night. Don't think it helped much, though. heh

I don't expect Zig nor I will become anything resembling high rollers any time soon, we DID have a blast. Hey, good company can make up for LOTS of crappy gambling. At least that's what I tried to convince Jack and Karen of.

Don't think that helped much, either.