A few elves came to the tacoshack yesterday and dropped off some holiday treats – one of the elves came from Changes in Latitudes and the other from Houston. We have been sampling the sweets and they are delicious.

Not to gloat but every day I go outside and I think man it is hot and how lucky we are to be living here – it’s December and for the second year in a row we are not experiencing snow storms and cold weather – that is something to be extremely grateful for.

Tonight we are going to meet up with some of the gang for the official opening of the Casino. I have my stack of quarters ready for the slots – Lara and Paul. are going to be spinning fire with Zac on drums.

Overall the Casino party was lots of fun – they plied us with food and drink – people danced and were very chatty – We went between the party upstairs and the gaming room downstairs – the only gamblers upstairs were the poker players – I have to say I am a bit disappointed in the slot machines because they do not take quarters so you loose out on the ching ching sound – you go to the money change window and cash in your money for American dollar bills to feed the machines and when you decide to cash out you get a paper print out.

Yum

Zac drumming

Girls playing slots

Poker players

Carole dancing

Zac – how low can you go

Enjoying the party

Walter