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i went to choctaw casino

August 10, 2010
choctaw casino buffalo and holly homer choctaw casino and resort website

Every year for the last 5 years we have gone with another couple on a two day pilgrimage to the casinos. For the last four years that has been to the Horseshoe in Shreveport. I always play in the poker tournament.  I loose a few dollars in the slot machines.  We eat and relax and [...]

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Some things should just stay in Vegas

September 28, 2009
Holly at the Caesars Palace fountain

Blog-Stedman and I went to Las Vegas last week.  It was a planned trip that we agonized over for a few weeks to assure that we could afford to go.  It is no shock to those who know us that our approach to gambling is a bit different.  Blog-Stedman is a low risk taker and [...]

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How the Tooth Fairy amuses herself

June 2, 2009
Ryan looks out

Ryan(8) has only lost a few teeth. He is not wild about having a loose tooth, but even less wild about the actual loss process.  So the tooth hangs by a thread for weeks… It isn’t pretty. Last Friday, blog-Stedman had an out of town appointment in Shreveport which is a 3 1/2 hour drive [...]

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Holly goes to poker school

February 23, 2009

My amazing weekend adventure started over a month ago when during our 17th anniversary dinner my husband handed me an envelope. I opened it and read that I would be attending the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Tournament Academy and then tried to contain my excitement in the super fancy restaurant. It was nearly as [...]

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Progression of the Game

January 9, 2009

I started playing cards when I was 4 or 5. Not actual playing cards. More like faux-playing cards. In the era and area in which I lived, real playing cards were considered a tool of the devil. Not being a big fan of the devil, I steered clear of the real thing. We played ROOK. [...]

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He loves me.

December 30, 2008

December is a crazy month here at the Nirvana. Rhett’s birthday is the 15th. Christmas comes 10 days later. Our wedding anniversary is the 29th. New Year’s Eve. And then the craziness moves into the new year with New Year’s Day, my birthday and blog-Stedman’s birthday within the next month and 1/2 and we haven’t [...]

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