Elia's Life

So, I have a suggestion for Washington and the new administration. Anyone who knows me should be able to figure out that I am in support of bailing out the auto industry. I mean, come on people, Detroit has enough problems. Stop buying foreign cars!!!! I have recently found another pillar of American industry that could use some bailing out. Please Mr. President, take pity on the Maytag Man. That's right, Whirlpool Corp could use a little help. In fact, if you would kindly give them about a million dollars, maybe I wouldn't be facing unemployment. Okay, enough with the (faux) political speech. I just wanted to let anyone who reads my blog and may not have heard that I am now joining the masses. I've always been a trendy person, latest clothes, latest hair...HA! Well, now I have joined the ranks of the unemployed. My job at Marketstar was working on the Whirlpool WSA program managing reps. As I said earlier, Whirlpool had another million-dollar budget cut to make and that...

Okay, these pictures might be from way back in October, but I don't want to hear any complaining. You people wanted pictures, I'm giving you pictures. So, back in October, for some crazy reason, my two friends (that's right, I have two) believed me when I said it would be fun to spend their fall break from school in Nevada. Now don't ask me what they were thinking, I haven't been able to figure that out myself. But I called Dad and he and I agreed that we could give them a pretty impressive vacation if they were willing to fork over the dough for plane tickets. I know that it would have been more of a traditional "road trip" if we had actually...taken the road, but for three days in Nevada, I am not willing to spend two of those driving from here to there. So Thursday evening, the three of us flew into Reno and were met there by Dad. Our first surprise came there. Dad had instructions to get us two tower rooms at the Peppermill. Well, when I called to tell...