Saturday, January 03, 2026

JAN 2 / FRIDAY / VEGAS / NEW FURNITURE @ BIGS / SMASHBURGER / VITAL MOTION / LOTTERY TICKETS

JANUARY 2 2026
FRIDAY





Up at 6AM. Slept all night in bed. Got dressed. Made the bed. 

Nightmares this morning before I woke up. Yuck.

Hubby was already feeding the dogs. He had given the cats some shredded cheese & tuna.

Let the dogs outside after breakfast. Hubby cleaned up.

Hubby brought clean laundry in the bedroom to put away. The dogs all jumped up on the bed and proceeded to play & bark loudly.

PBJR, RILEY, TATER (L TO R)

I made hot cinnamon/honety latte for Hubby, plain latte for me, hot tea, and Nanogreens.

Hubby had called Jose to borrow his enclosed trailer, but it was full of stuff. Jose said he would be in Vegas from Noon to 4PM, so he could pick up any furniture we needed then. So we did not take a trailer.

There were no egg bites in the house. So we decided to stop at Starbucks on the way to pick up some.

We drove to Starbucks to get Hubby ANOTHER latte - peppermint/mocha. 2 orders of Egg Bites, Baked cheese/potato bites, and 2 Impossible Breakfast sandwiches. Yum.

We took the dogs to the Info Center and walked them. Riley raced after birds in trees. Tater pooped and I picked it up. PBJR and I walked around the building on the concrete sidewalk twice. She was breathing heavy and we got them water when we put them in the FMF. 

I called Andy and re-scheduled my 3PM nail appointment today to tomorrow at 8AM as we would not make it back in time.

Hubby has lowered the back seats and spread the dog bed out, so it makes it more comfortable for the dogs to be back there. Along with the dog panel between the two front seats, they stay back there. Riley does jump the barrier sometimes, but she stays in the back most of the time.

TATER IN BACK SEAT SLEEPING ON WAY TO VEGAS


PBJR IN BACK SEAT SLEEPING ON WAY TO VEGAS


We drove to Vegas. I had worn my black Quince sweater over my other black shirt. It was cooler outside. Hubby wore one of his black sweatshirts.

Stopped first at the W. Wayne Bunker Family Park and walked the dogs. There were kids playing, people walking, joggers. It was a very nice, cool day. The sun kept coming out for a while, then going behind clouds. 

We both had to use the potty. Hubby went first with Tater inside, then I went inside with Riley while Hubby held PBJR. The seat was made of stainless steel and was ICE COLD.

PBJR WALKING IN VEGAS PARK

TATER & RILEY WALKING IN LEAVES AT VEGAS PARK

We walked back to the car. Tater pooped again and I picked it up. 

We got back to the FMF and put the dogs inside. A family that had kids playing ball in the big grass field came walked past us and Hubby asked them if they had left their pink sweater in the grass. The mom turned around and saw it. She was so grateful that we had pointed it out. Their daughter was wearing pink and the mom said she would not have noticed until they got home. The mom was pulling a wagon with a couple kids in it and Dad was carrying one little kid with 2 little girls with him. We waved and said goodbye to all of the kids. The kids waved back. It was sweet.

We drove to BIG's Furniture and purchased a Loveseat and Sofa in Fossil color. We will have to wait 2-3 weeks to pick it up. I looked for rugs, but they wanted $400-$300 for them. I said no thanks.

We then drove down to Home Goods and parked. Left the dogs in the car with water. We quickly found an 8x10 rug inside and purchased it for $99. 

Drove the car to Smashburger. I waited in the FMF with the dogs and the windows rolled down. There were pigeons everywhere and I wished we had brought bread for them. 

A white Jeep backed into the spot next to us and I remarked "Nice Jeep" to the guy. It looked similar to ours, but was a plain Wrangler not a Rubicon like ours. The guy said thanks and walked intoTrader Joe's. He came out with a HUGE bouquet of flowers. I said "Nice Flowers" and he said that his wife had "let" him golf today and he was returning the favor by buying her flowers. 

Then a woman in the next space over had a Green Jeep Wrangler and I remarked "Nice Jeep". She said thanks.

We need to carry our DUCKS to give away.

We ate our burgers. Hubby had gotten onions on mine and bought sweet potato waffle fries for me. We fed the dogs a burger. Tater bit hard on Hubby's finger. Hubby put it in cold water. It still hurt. Bit on the bone.

We drove to Robert's shop - Vital Motion. 

Stopped to walk the dogs in the parking lot across the street.

TATER & RILEY WALKING AT PARKING LOT AT VEGAS SPEEDWAY


Then we drove over to Vital Motion. Robert was there talking to a guy in a truck. Hubby got out and talked for a while. He picked up the shocks and we then drove back to Mesquite.

Drove to Scenic Little Store and got lottery tickets. The DOGS slept the whole way back. 

We got home and the DOGS finally woke up. I unloaded them. Tater clambered over PBJR in the back and she almost fell out when I opened the door. She had been wedged up against the door and Tater had made her fall. I caught her just in time, but she had a panicky look. 

Took the dogs inside and let them out back. Then we gave them treats. 

I was really exhausted and Hubby was all hyper. He seemed to be hyper all day. When we went inside Home Goods, he was talking really fast. Maybe too much coffee?

I sat on the sofa after making some hot tea and another latte. I just wanted to zone out because I was so tired from the trip. 

Hubby was trying to do things. Put away clothes, clean cat litter, he wanted me to take out the old rug in the office and put in the new rug, but I told him I had to rest first.

I finally laid down on the sofa and took a quick nap. 

I was up at 7PM and helped him change the rugs. He was hyper, telling me what to do about the rug and how to get it under the desk. 

I was back on the sofa and had to rest some more. 

We watched old Mission Impossible re-runs, then some Twilight Zone.

Went to bed at 10PM, but could not sleep. Hubby was still on the sofa, the cat was banging against the bedroom door. I picked him up and told Hubby I was done with him. Hubby put the cat in a kennel, but I could not sleep because the cat was loudly miaowing. I hate that cat. 

I came back out and we watched a couple episodes of 30 Rock. Then we both went to bed. 

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