Nashville is rocking on the weekends and last night San Diego and San Antonio hit really big numbers. Great
So last night there was a power outage in SD. I very rarely watch regular tv but last week I had been watching E to hear about Joan River’s death. Last night I was sleeping when the power came on and the tv started blasting ” Keeping up with the Kardashians” came on. I had taken the batteries out of the remote control to put in a flashlight. OMG I was scrambling to get the remote working to shut off the tv. ( I couldn’t find manual off switch). Frightening. Am I nuts but did Kim K get way too much botox or plastic surgery? She was so beautiful and now I think she is the least pretty sister. I can only imagine the pressure to always look good and perhaps not realizing that you went too far. Also Is it crazy that I think Sean Peyton got botox?
I am cranky. No hot water. Waiting for a repairman to come to my house. Next week Manager’s seminar in Cancun!

What a fucking day. My phone has been screwed up for a week now. I have tried to wait for the iPhone 6 to come out before I purchased a new one. Well today all hell broke loose. I had a two hour conference call I had to borrow a phone for the call.
One of our valued employees put in her resignation. Daniel was emailing me ” please call her.” I Couldn’t , my phone was frozen so I had to get him to her call me. Today was just “that day”. What could go wrong did go wrong. Dog peed on my rug. Thought I had a meeting showed up and waited . After an hour I figured out it was actually scheduled for next week. Just one of those days.
I spent one and a half hours at the ATT Store. Good thing was that I was eligible for a new phone. I found out that jackson was as well. When I got home I told Jackson that for his birthday or Christmas I would gift him my new phone and I would get the new iPhone 6. His response was with a note of sheer horror. ” mom I was so embarrassed last year when you and dad gave me a new phone. Please I do not want a current model. Also when you get me a car I want the cheapest used car you can find. Please mom! ” well son don’t worry since you are helping to pay for your car when you get your license. According to your current pace of savings you will be getting the cheapest car out there!
Now on the surface people would say ” wow you are raising him right. What a good thoughtful kid.” That’s great until I get the ” you are so showy. Why do you need this artwork in the house when a plain picture would be just fine. Why do you buy so many shoes? It’s so wasteful.” I used to listen and try to put value on my need to have a pretty house. Now I find my response is simple ” my money. My house. I will do what I want .” Urgh

This goes either way 1. How do I know Kevin is gay? or 2. How do I know Kevin is devoted to his girlfriend? ( you decide). Answer: He finishes working at the SD bar and doesn’t even mention the girls’ photoshoot. When pressed he said ” yeah a good staff.”
Thank You San Antonio and Denver for being the only bars this week that are doing any business. Painful
Kevin has been biking and running with me. It’s like boot camp out here. Today we biked Fiesta Island and he showed up back at the car all scraped up. Both arms , shoulders, ass. Thank god he had his helmet on. Jackson, Kevin, and I were eating dinner then watching tv . Kevin goes to sit on the couch ” dude if you get blood on my new couch I will kill you!”
Did I already introduce our new VP of global franchising? Justin starts in a few weeks. I am very excited.

I found a Saints bar in San Diego called Kristy’s. I had no idea that newcomers got spanked when they came in!
Yuck I hate losing in overtime. She should of smacked me harder to give the team luck! Kevin is out in San Diego fixing things at the bar. Nice to have a training partner . Bars did alright this weekend. Friday sucked. Last night was better. Ok big week. Calendar is almost ready to give to the printer. Lee does an excellent job . We try to do a collage page in the back of the calendar. Show the funny moments that occur during the calendar shoot. ” lee, I know you enjoy posting pictures of you and your wife in the collage but would it be possible if you put a few shots of Chantel and I in the page as well? ” . I got what I asked for . Every bad picture of me is wedged in the collage page. Lol. My thinking is this; I am notorious for hating pictures that I am in. But as much as I don’t like the picture now I will probably think I look great in that same picture ten years from now!

I am in tears over Joan Rivers. I grew up hearing her name. I never thought of her as the best comedienne . But she was a female pioneer. She had the ability to take over the Johnny Carson Show. That’s a huge accomplishment. What I actually loved about her was how she overcame the adversity in her life. Her husband killed himself and she has spent her life loving her daughter and making sure that her daughter had opportunities and stability. RIP. A true pioneer

My phone rang today and a familiar name came up . ” Michael Nashville AM” . I answered the phone ” oh no” poor Michael will never live down the sand debacle at the Fort Lauderdale bar. ” you paid to put a ton of sand on the fucking floor of the bar? Really you paid ?” Thank god with time Michael has become a really great AM.
Slow day on the work front. A few big decisions coming up. But all positive. I keep on getting asked questions about the Ukraine bar. Very hard situation.
I must be pms. I just baked cookies and made homemade candles.
Calendar cover picked! Really hard decision.
My fridge went out last week. I bought a new one from best buy and paid extra for next day delivery , install, and uninstall of old one. It’s Wed and my new fridge has been sitting in my living room since Saturday. The incessant beeping of the old one is driving me to eat everything in the fridge so I can pull the damn plug. Urgh

Never good when you wake up and the first business call is ” we need to talk about the NYC bar.” Urgh
WTF I thought swimming was low impact? I literally woke up yesterday hurting all over. Not only did my arms hurt but my hands hurt as well. My lats, obliques, neck. I said to my new coach ” dude I can’t do anything. Laying in bed hurts.” But yes I did swim 4 miles!!! You know the people who live off their high school sports accomplishments? This will be mine ” When I was already old I swam 4 miles!” I will speak of this with pride for a long time. When I get more pictures I will post them. FUN

My god the bars rocked over the weekend! Nashville Crushing everyone and San Diego very close behind. I love to wake up and read logs with such incredible Sunday numbers.
Austin continues to overstaff. urgh. Teach them how to bartend! They have the mental ability of taking multiple drink orders at the same time. Good grief.
Tomorrow is my baby’s first day of High School. Wow I am a mother of a high schooler. High School in California. I am so excited for him. He got into all honors classes. He is even taking American Sign Language and Theatre Tech class. ” Please universe. I hope he meets nice friends”

Who’s damn idea was this swim challenge? I am a dumbass, but it is for a good charity. Low and behold our team got them to change some of their rules. LOL. Dinesti rocked as captain. She got everyone together and saved one of our members lives! You don’t get better then that. Dinesti had us go in half hour increments. My arms are shaking. Well today was the furthest I have ever swum at 4600 meters. I wish I could of read my watch and tried to crank out another 400 to make it 5000. But honestly I have nothing left in the tank. I will load more pictures tomorrow. Yes the Coyote Ugly team used a raft and swimmies!! For charity!IMG_3864.MOV

Today is the swim 24 charity event in La Jolla, Ca. Dinesti , AM San Diego bar, did a great job of putting our team together. I think Dinesti and I will be the weakest swimmers. Should be fun . We are raising money for underprivileged kids to learn to swim. In a city that borders the ocean swimming is crucial. Drowning is the 2nd biggest cause of death in children in San Diego.dinesti sent the schedule . Going to be a long 24 hours! DJs movies and band while we swim!
Swimmer Swim 1 Swim 2 Swim 3 Swim 4 Swim 5
Mike 12:00pm
Ali 1:00pm 7:30pm 11:30pm 3:30am 7:30am
Caitlin 1:30pm 3:00pm
Lil 2:00pm 8:00pm 12:00am 4:00am 8:00am
Dan 3:30pm 5:30pm
Hongqiang 4:00pm 8:30pm 12:30am 4:30am 8:30am
Nando 4:30pm 9:00pm 1:00am 5:00am 9:00am
Arcangel 5:00pm 9:30pm 1:30am 5:30am 9:30am
Pam 6:00pm 10:00pm 2:00am 6:00am 10:00am
Dinesti 6:30pm 10:30pm 2:30am 6:30am 10:30am
Setta 7:00pm 11:00pm 3:00am 7:00am 11:00am

Dear Beth,
Thank you so much for the care package. While some people wouldn’t think of bottles of vodka as being a ” care package” per se . I do. I received the package early this afternoon and placed all 4 bottles in my freezer. Well my whole fridge just died. So thank you for all the vodka drinks I will be having tonight with my date!! A true Deep Eddy night.
Very thoughtful.
Thanks
Lil

I love this video http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/boy-comically-protests-mother-s-pregnancy-news-180254871.html

It’s 9 pm and my bed frame that I ordered 4 months ago just arrived. The delivery man came to the door , he is probably about 65 years old. My son automatically went to him and said let me help you. Two things come to my mind . First is that I raised a good boy. Second , omg, he is the size of a man. So grown up.
Took Mac out for dinner for his birthday . Really nice time

” Note to all pr people who work with me: don’t Listen to me! I don’t know how to put my own makeup on ! Had a radio interview this morning . Now I am waiting to appear on the morning Blend TV show in Vegas. A full day of press for the Coyote Ugly 21st birthday party at the Vegas bar.
I had big plans to hit Vegas hard with my friend Leslie last night.we met her friends at dinner l drank wine and I was I bed by 11. Pathetic .