This is just too funny. Enjoy….

If the time ever comes for me to replace the toilets in my home, I must have this one. Just think of the money saved with plungers and water wasted on re-flushes. I found this toilet amazing and a must have.

You have to see this to believe this. This beautiful toilet can flush just about anything!!!!! Quattro by St. Thomas Creations featured at Colemansupplyco.com uploaded with permission by ST. Thomas Creations, Inc

Anyone who knows me, knows how deep my passion for coffee runs. Personally I have never consumed an energy drink in my life. So the popularity of them had me wondering if I enjoy my coffee for the smell of freshly brewed coffee, the taste or the benefit of the caffine. Oh forget it, it is the whole experience. That is a topic for another blog another day.

What has society has come to when their moods and alertness can be altered with simply popping open a can? Whether you are for or against energy drinks or the non-energy calmness drinks, please post your thoughts in response to this blog.

Slow DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWNNNNNN
Energy drinks might be all the rage, but not everyone wants an instant pick me up; or rather, there are just some people that shouldn’t have one. With this in mind, a new company has created the anti-energy drink to help tone down the hyperactive.

Slow Cow http://www.slowcowdrink.com is the exact opposite of the energy drinks that cause hyperactivity, anxiety and the jitters. The anti-energy drink contains ingredients like theanine, chamomile, valerian, passiflora and other ingredients known for their calming effects. Slow Cow promises to help people de-stress and relax, while increasing mental awareness at the same time.

And yes it’s true; the Canadian company is taking a dig at their top energy drink competitor with their creative name!
Link: http://watch.ctv.ca/news/clip163632#clip163632

Up Up and Away…..
About 500-plus new energy drinks launched worldwide in 2006, pushing every envelope in an effort to rake in dollars from teenagers. The $3.4 billion-a-year industry that grew by 80 percent last year, according to The Associated Press. Approximately 31 percent of U.S. teens — or 7.6 million — drank energy beverages last year, a jump of almost 3 million in three years.

“I don’t think this is a good thing,” said Dr. Naveed Siddique as he looked over energy drink statistics. “Side effects of too much caffeine can be upset stomach, jitters, being nervous.”

According to Siddique, the normal daily caffeine intake for teenagers can safely range around 200 milligrams. One 16-ounce can of Rockstar contains 150 milligrams of caffeine; one same-size can of Monster contains 140 milligrams; and rounding out the charts is Cocaine Energy Drink, slamming 280 milligrams of caffeine into 8.4 ounces — at nearly half the volume of Rockstar and most other energy drinks.

Caffeine content of select drinks

Canned or bottled beverages (12-ounce unless noted) Milligrams of caffeine

• Rockstar (16-ounce) — 150

• Cocaine Energy Drink (8.4 ounces) — 280

• Red Bull (8.2 ounce) — 80

• Jolt — 71.2

• Mountain Dew — 55

• Pepsi-Cola — 37.5

• Coca-Cola Classic — 34

8-ounce beverages

• Coffee, drip — 115-175

• Coffee, brewed — 80-135*

• Tea, brewed U.S. brand — 40

• Tea, green — 15

*Note: The caffeine content in coffee from specialty coffee shops can vary widely, depending on how strongly it is brewed.

— National Soft Drink Association, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Scott Woodward AKA Voodoo Cowboys and Rockstar Chef

Watch as Scott demonstrates how to make the Poe Burrito to feed a starving band on a budget.
Ingredients:
2 potatoes dices
1/2 diced onion
Grizzly Joe’s Seasoning http:www.GrizzlyJoes.com
1/2 pound ground beef
6 eggs
flour tortillas
(Cheese Optional)

Just when I thought I could not love my iPhone anymore, here comes a new exciting app. Perfect for anyone getting ready for Kenny’s upcoming Vegas shows next month or just a Kenny Chesney fan. I love the No Shoes Radio, the videos, and I love that it is a free app. As geeky as it may be, you might be a tickled as I was when you get a message from Kenny when you first download and execute the program for the first time.

With the official Kenny Chesney app, fans can interact with Kenny and each other like never before! This FREE app brings together one of the most successful artists of the last decade and the most cutting edge technology available to give fans an experience that is unique to the iPhone.

Watch the video then download here for free

If you can start the day without caffeine,

If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,

If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment ,

If you can conquer tension without medical help,

If you can relax without liquor,

If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,

……..Then You Are Probably The Family Dog!

Monday, March 1 is officially National Pig Day and what better place to celebrate it than at one of the four award-winning Famous Dave’s BBQ locations here in Vegas. Any guest wearing pink clothing at Famous Dave’s on March 1 will receive a free lunch-size portion pork sandwich with the purchase of any entrée valued at $6.99 or more. Between 5 and 6 p.m., each restaurant will be holding a contest and the patron showing up in the best pig costume will receive a $100 restaurant gift card. The four Famous Dave restaurants are located at 4390 Blue Diamond Rd.; 9695 West Flamingo Rd; 1951 North Rainbow Blvd.; and 2630 E. Craig Rd.

American homeowners have historically been particularly sanguine about real estate values, making their perceptions far from the reality of late, particularly when asked about their own homes. But the severityof the housing downturn appears to be finally setting in for homeowners nationwide, according to a new report from real estate data provider Zillow.

American homeowners’ confidence in their own homes’ values has fallen to the lowest level on record, Zillow said Thursday. Just one in five homeowners believe their property value increased during 2009, but Zillow says in fact, 28 percent of homes appreciated during the year. It’s the first time in the history of the Seattle-based company’s survey that such a large percentage of homeowners have underestimated their home’s value.

The Zillow Home Value Misperception Index was -2 in the fourth quarter. A Misperception Index of zero would mean homeowners perceptions’ were in line with actual values. The closest it’s ever come to that until now, was in the second quarter of 2008, when the index was at 32.

Zillow says a negative Misperception Index indicates that homeowners are “overly cynical” about their own homes’ values when compared with reality. This is the first time the national index was negative.

Based on Zillow’s survey, half of homeowners believe their own homes lost value during 2009, while 30 percent believed their homes’ values stayed the same. In reality, the company said, 65 percent of homes lost value during the year, and values remained the same for 7 percent.
The results demonstrate the “not my home” sentiment that was once prominent among American homeowners has faded. Zillow says one year ago, nearly half (47 percent) of homeowners believed values in their local market would decrease in the next six months. However, when asked about their own home, fewer than one in three (30 percent) believed their own home’s value would decrease.

Now that gap has shrunk, with 22 percent of homeowners believing their local market will lose value over the next six months and 14 percent believing their own home will lose value.

“Homeowners are finally succumbing to the notion that, in most areas, declining home values over the past year are no longer the exception, they are the rule,” said Dr. Stan Humphries, Zillow chief economist.

However, Humphries noted that almost three times as many people currently believe their home’s value will increase over the next six months as believe it will decrease in value – a level of optimism he says is likely to outpace actual performance in the near-term.

Humphries says given recent news about the stabilization of home values in some markets, it’s easy to understand why some homeowners are optimistic. “However, home values in many markets are still under substantial downward pressure from high levels of foreclosures and we don’t believe we’ll see a definitive bottom nationally until the second quarter of this year. We’re not out of the woods yet,” he warned.

According to Zillow’s quarterly survey, homeowners in the northeastern and westerners parts of the country are the most cynical about their own homes’ values.

Three-quarters (78 percent) of Northeastern homeowners said their home lost value or stayed the same in the past year when just over half (58 percent) of the homes actually did.

Western homeowners, who last quarter were the most optimistic and the least aligned with reality, did an about-face in the fourth quarter. They now are slightly cynical with a Misperception Index of -5, Zillow said.
By: Carrie Bay

BREAKING NEWS:
Local news media recently reported that our own Mr. Las Vegas was like so many homeowners by being behind in his payments on his huge Vegas Estate know as Casa de Shenandoah. Newton’s 38-acre residence in Las Vegas at Pecos and Sunset roads is just down the road from where I call home.

Reports state that Mr. Newton is delinquent on a $3.35 million loan. The loan, which initially was for $3.75 million in 2006 but was modified in 2007 to $3.35 million and was secured by Newton’s residence and associated Las Vegas land, as well as an aircraft described as a Fokker F.28 MK 1000.

The loan was to be repaid by May 30, 2009, but the Newtons failed to pay back all that was due and the loan has been delinquent since then.

UPDATE:
This morning the Marshall’s office arrived at Casa de Shenandoah along with three moving vans. It seems that Wayne Newton is walking away (or being carried away) from this beloved home and our Vegas landmark which has also seen the value drop to $2 million.

Wayne Newton is currently under contract with The Tropicana Hotel. His show entitled, “Once Before I Go” is scheduled to end in April. Does this mean that Mr. Las Vegas will be unemployed AND homeless?
That is sooooo Las Vegas.
~Cynthia Weber

CBS Morning Show video of when they toured Wayne Newton’s Home: