When Daddy is away...there is always FaceTime

The benefit of having a professional poker husband is that his schedule is pretty flexible.  When he's home, he is the homemaker and takes care of everything from grocery shopping, laundry, making dinner, etc.  We are still trying to figure out how to prep for when he's not home.  Because then I'm doing all the homemaking and I have a high stress job in the oil & gas industry.  Luckily I have family close by so a lot of times I mooch off of my sister-in-law and parents and have weeknight dinners with them.

A few weeks ago our son (we'll call him little b) had a Thanksgiving luncheon at his daycare.  It was a very simple affair where they invited parents to the school during the student's regular lunch time.  They served turkey, stuffing, mashed sweet potato.  The problem was that Daddy was on a poker trip and not home.

FaceTime and Skype is awesome.  I used to use Skype but since Apple introduced FaceTime and I am married to Apple products (iPod, iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro), FaceTime is our choice product now.  So now that I have plugged Apple products here's my point of this post....

So during the Thanksgiving luncheon, I pulled out my iPhone and called Daddy.  Viola, Daddy was at the Luncheon with us.

So the point of this post is if you don't have an Apple devise, you need to get Skype so that you can communicate with your poker spouse.  This isn't just for the poker professionals with kids.  I say this because I don't enjoy talking on the phone.  This is probably because I'm a multi-tasker.  When I FaceTime, my husband can see when I'm preoccupied with something else and we can see each other's expression.  I also like texting because I can respond when I'm available.  Our son loves it..he calls it glass Daddy.

Thanks again for reading...until next time.

All about me

I've been wanting to blog about my journeys as a Poker wife for some time.  I've been married to my Poker playing husband for almost 5 years now.  We met in Las Vegas, NV over 10 years ago and since then I've moved him to a few places to pursue my career.  We currently live in Texas where there are no legal card rooms and the rake in the game is so high that he's better off paying for a flight to Vegas.

We've had our ups and downs with poker.  I used to recreationally play but it was just a fad for me.  My husband however started playing at a bar in his hometown, Thibodaux, Louisiana, when he was 21 years old and hasn't turned back.  He's been at if for over 10 years and absolutely loves what he does.  I wish I could love what I do as much as he does but I just don't have a passion for anything that makes money like he does.  My passions always cost me money.

Although I am fairly comfortable at a poker table, I do not play professionally.  I enjoy my lowish limit games like 10/20 Hold 'Em.  I honestly just get board at the table and start gambling to make it more fun.  I am not currently working in the poker/casino business but spent a few years dealing poker in Las Vegas.  If you follow the link below, you can see me dealing in Bravo Channel's Celebrity Poker Showdown.  I'm the dealer that made Dennis Rodman mad and walk off the stage.

Celebrity Poker Showdown Season 4 Episode 6

My intent for this blog is to just share my experience.  Share some of the ups as well as some of the downs.  In our relationship, we have made it through moving a poker professional away from Vegas, the Full Tilt/online poker fiasco, marriage, and having a child together.  I'm sure there are other spouses that have had some of the same experiences that we have, so I would love to hear from you.  Thanks for taking the time to visit.

Until next time...