First week of 2012

Whew!
With the nice weather added on top of the holiday season, we've been very busy at work.  Meeting lots of nice people (as well as a handful of grumpy, not-so-nice people).  Sometimes I really wonder what happens to people that they feel they can treat another human being as rotten as they do.  Add in the factor of them "losing" and boy, -it is sometimes REALLY hard for me not to laugh out loud!
For example, I was tapping on to the single deck blackjack game.  Now single deck blackjack is different from all the other blackjack tables we have in that the cards are "pitched" to the players and they are allowed to hold them in their hands (versus regular blackjack where the cards are laid out on the table by the dealer and players are NOT allowed to touch their cards). Also, since it is a single deck (versus six decks on the regular games), the odds are slightly in the players favor if they have the ability to "count" cards and know if a big or small card is coming next.
While I was waiting for the dealer to finish their hand, the floor supervisor stood behind me and said "This guy is probably going to be very mean."  Ok, no big deal but nice to have a little warning.
I tapped on and there was just one guy playing.  He was a big guy with plastic-surgery arm candy sitting at his side.  I struck up a little chit chat and it was ok for a few minutes.  Then I beat him on a hand and it was like a switch flipped.  He started freaking out saying that we only switched dealers cuz he actually started to win with the other guy and now look, I am going to take all his money.  I kind of laughed and jokingly said "No sir, we all deal for an hour on a table before we get a break so you are stuck with me for the next hour."  I could literally watch this guy get angrier and angrier with each passing hand that he lost.  He started flinging cards and chips and at one point, even threw the cards so hard that they hit me in the chest.  I just stopped, gave him "the look", and continued on.  He was acting so childish that I almost laughed outloud.
Needless to say, he lost all his money and stomped off yelling and whining like a little baby.

But enough about casino stuff :)

We have been taking advantage of the nice weather and taking a lot of walks.  Skott found an AMAZING piece of pink sea glass the other day, as well as the bright blue chunks.  We had never seen or heard of pink before.  When I googled it, it is very rare and probably from the depression era.  We will have to do something really fabulous with it.

We bought a smoker with some Christmas gift money.  We finally got to set it up yesterday.  We smoked some turkey legs.  They turned out amazing!

There was a gorgeous sunset yesterday.  I was trying to capture it through the spare bedroom window, but you just can't get the full beauty on film

Skott made a couple more bracelets out of the reclaimed pallet wood.  I thought they turned out really nice!  They are a gift for his cousin and partner.