What Dreams haven't you achieved?

As I look back over my life, I realized I have achieved most of my dreams.  I have seen the world.  When I travel now, it is not with the same rush & intensity that there used to be.  Now, I live for seeing new sights and relaxation is more the focus.  I have raised my son to be a man.  A happy man with a beautiful family of his own.  And my son has achieved the dream that I never have had-a happy successful loving relationship.  A companion, partner, lover to be with for the rest of my life-it makes me so sad.  I wish I knew how to achieve this dream.

 

Dim Sum Dumb, that's me.  I just can't get into Dim Sum.  Dim Sum is very big in Las Vegas and my friends took me yesterday to Ping Pang Pong at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino.  It is reputed to have the best Dim Sum in Las Vegas.  I found the place over crowed and incredibly noisy.  And the foods are so squishy inside-I don't like squishy foods.  Dim Sum for those of you who don't it, are very expensive appetizer dishes, very big in the Asian community.  So now I have ruled out Seafood Buffets in Las Vegas, due to increasing allergies to seafood and Dim Sum.  I have tried Dim Sum twice and it doesn't do it for me.

 

I did though meet with girlfriends at Rhythm Kitchen the other day, on Decatur at 215 and I am pleased to say it was a wonderful experience.  Their Happy Hour on Mondays, goes on all night (starting at 4pm) and the Happy Hour food prices and drinks are very inexpensive.  Since we hadn't been there in awhile, everyone ordered the Shrimp Brochette, probably the most expensive priced appetizer on their Happy Hour menu-$8, but all of our personal favorite.  Next time, we meet we'll branch out for some of their Cajun appetizers.

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Eliania Santos is the owner of the Brazilian Beauty Salon in the former Beauty Center in Summerlin, Las Vegas.  A beautiful young woman, she has taken years off my face with her facials.  I feel younger and look younger, every time I see her and my sun spots are also fading, (hallelujah).  If you want to look great and feel great too, look her up on her website and tell her Val Brown sent you.

 

Are pennies becoming obsolete?  I went into a store and was trying to get ride of loose change with my purchase and the store refused to take my pennies.  They said that the only way the bank will take them from their business is in penny rolls and it takes too much time   Has the penny been deleted from American currency?  I didn't think so, but maybe this is in the works too.

 

I am off to the Gold Coast Casino in a few minutes to pick up my free gift.  This weeks gift is a beautiful  Soap & Lotion Set in a nice metal frame.  Christmas gift or hostess gift-one more off my list.  The casinos want you to come visit and spend money obviously on their gaming.  So you sign up for a casino player card.  I am not much of a gambler, but I will take their free gifts if they're offering.

 

A new sign of aging.  The glasses.  I had to get glasses for driving at night, because honestly I have been using the same route for the places I drive to, but it has all been with foggy, blurry vision lately.  That part wasn't bad.  To be corrected was nothing.  The real surprise was the reading glasses, which I ended up purchasing separately-I am blind as a bat-425.  Oh well, my vision is  corrected, but now I have to deal with those thick magnifier glasses.