Back from California and Wheel

Ok, ok, here is the long awaited report on Wheel.... but.... I'm going to do a more detailed post after it airs because I don't want to give too much away but I wanted to give everyone a little teaser of how things went.

They wouldn't let us take a camera to the studios so this is all we got... me before the shuttle took us over to the studio...





I was in the 3rd show they taped so it will air on Wednesday, October 15. I didn't do as well as I had hoped but I did win enough to more than pay for our trip. The gal that won the first round pretty much had it sewn up and there was no catching her. For the couple days after, I was really having a hard time with it because I feel like I was given a chance to live my dream and I had made some mistakes and didn't make the most of it. On Sunday morning, I was thinking about it again and the thought came to my mind that, "someday, I will be able to see why thinks happened the way they did and that it was supposed to turn out this way." So, I'm doing a bit better today and trying hard to be happy with the amazing experience that I got to have. Over 1 million people apply for Wheel of Fortune every year and they only select around 600 so it really was amazing that I was even able to get on.



I will tell you this... something happens on the show that is amazing and will make this show be re-aired many times in the future! So don't miss it!!!!!!!!



As far as the rest of the weekend went... After the taping, we decided to go get a bite to eat and go to Hollywood to see if we could get some tickets to see Wicked that night. It was Drostan, my mom Cari, my sister Cayr, my Aunt Pat and myself. The tickets were too expensive and not in a good area so we decided just walk on Hollywood Blvd for a bit and to go back to the hotel and watch the opening ceremonies to the Olympics. On Saturday morning, my mom had to get to the airport early so my husband, sister and Aunt and I hung out by the pool for a while then went to lunch at Jerry's Famous Deli and went to the pier to catch a boat for a deep sea fishing excursion. When we got there, the boat was PACKED and we decided it wouldn't be what we were hoping for so we went to a matinee instead and watched some more olympics. It was so nice to just veg around and not have to worry about anyone or anything else. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner up in Universal City that night and it was crazy up there. Because of a show of Les Miserable at the Hollywood bowl that we didn't know about, it took us over 4 hours to go from out hotel, to the Cafe, and back. It was a lot of fun though.







On Sunday morning, we checked out and headed over to Venice Beach. We didn't have to be to the airport until noon so we were just going to walk along the "boardwalk" for a while and play in the sand. It was amazing how dirty and sad it was there. There were homeless people lining the whole place just trying to sell whatever they had found to stay alive. It was very humbling. We walked back to the car along the waterline and that was fun.







I'm happy to be home and out of the smog and all the people and cars! I'm not a city girl anymore. I'm loving my home here in Idaho. Thank you so much for everyone who helped out with the kids and with outfit selection and everything to make this trip happen. I have the best friends and family in the whole world!!!!