Did I promise I would update this on Monday? Uhh, yeah, I meant this Monday. Anyway...
I had a layover in Phoenix last week and my dad flew in to join me. He rented a car and we drove 2 1/2 hours south to a little town called Tombstone. Yep, that's the one... of Wyatt Earp fame. It brought back thoughts of a very sexy Val Kilmer 
as Doc Holiday saying, "You can be my Huckleberry." (And boy would I ever like that!) On the drive, I got a pretty good history of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral. My dad is an old western movie junkie and has seen all the versions of the story. The town still exists as does the famous little Allen street, complete with historical markers telling where some of the famous gunfights (and cowboys) went down. There were dirt streets and wood-planked sidewalks, just like in the old 
movies. Unfortunately, we left a little late in the day and arrived at sunset. It was a little too dark for pictures and most of the shops were closed. But it was still a fun little daddy-daughter adventure.
In other news, my niece Brooklyn cut her chin open and had to get two stitches. While the doctor was finishing up, Brooklyn said to my sister, "Mom, I'm being really brave, just like Joseph Smith." She apparently had just learned the story about how he had to have a piece of his bone
removed from his leg and did so without any alcohol or anesthetic. It reminds me of last year when I had "decorated" their house for St. Patrick's Day by overturning furniture and hiding gold coins everywhere. I left a note saying it was the leprechauns. As the kids were hunting for gold coins, Brooklyn said, "I know who really did this." "Darn," I thought, "I'm busted." But she replied with a simple, "Jesus did it." Too funny. Andrea didn't think it was too funny, though. She forgot I had told her I was playing leprechaun (and that it was St. Patti's Day) and thought someone had broken into their house. She almost called the cops. Ooops. She'll be better informed this year.
And, my big news... I finally got a transfer out of NYC. You all know how much I like that over-rated, rat-infested city, lol! But honestly, it has kind of started to grow on me, but not enough to stay when offered the opportunity to work out of Atlanta. Ahhhh, now there's a nice clean city--or at least the areas I can afford to actually live in are nice. I start there in March. My trips will likely be more tiresome, but it will be nice to be there and so worth it to me. I'll give more details about that later. For now, I'm off again. Atlanta, here I come!!!!!!!
as Doc Holiday saying, "You can be my Huckleberry." (And boy would I ever like that!) On the drive, I got a pretty good history of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral. My dad is an old western movie junkie and has seen all the versions of the story. The town still exists as does the famous little Allen street, complete with historical markers telling where some of the famous gunfights (and cowboys) went down. There were dirt streets and wood-planked sidewalks, just like in the old 
movies. Unfortunately, we left a little late in the day and arrived at sunset. It was a little too dark for pictures and most of the shops were closed. But it was still a fun little daddy-daughter adventure.In other news, my niece Brooklyn cut her chin open and had to get two stitches. While the doctor was finishing up, Brooklyn said to my sister, "Mom, I'm being really brave, just like Joseph Smith." She apparently had just learned the story about how he had to have a piece of his bone
removed from his leg and did so without any alcohol or anesthetic. It reminds me of last year when I had "decorated" their house for St. Patrick's Day by overturning furniture and hiding gold coins everywhere. I left a note saying it was the leprechauns. As the kids were hunting for gold coins, Brooklyn said, "I know who really did this." "Darn," I thought, "I'm busted." But she replied with a simple, "Jesus did it." Too funny. Andrea didn't think it was too funny, though. She forgot I had told her I was playing leprechaun (and that it was St. Patti's Day) and thought someone had broken into their house. She almost called the cops. Ooops. She'll be better informed this year.
And, my big news... I finally got a transfer out of NYC. You all know how much I like that over-rated, rat-infested city, lol! But honestly, it has kind of started to grow on me, but not enough to stay when offered the opportunity to work out of Atlanta. Ahhhh, now there's a nice clean city--or at least the areas I can afford to actually live in are nice. I start there in March. My trips will likely be more tiresome, but it will be nice to be there and so worth it to me. I'll give more details about that later. For now, I'm off again. Atlanta, here I come!!!!!!!