Baubles

Ok, so I had big plans for this post – really dig up some great research on the process behind this consumer good.  But let me be honest, I ran short on time and I think it is important that this subject be mentioned in time for Valentine’s Day.  I think the point will remain [...]

You Are My Sunshine

One of my favorite songs for the boys is You Are My Sunshine – well, the one verse that goes like this…”you are my sunshine, my only sunshine/ You make me happy when skies are gray/  You’ll never know dear how much I love you/ Please don’t take my sunshine away.”  (For the fuller, somewhat [...]

Our Other New Addition

The last few posts have been very parenting centered – strollers, diapers, childbirth…  Well, here is something for anyone who enjoys hot water – and isn’t that everyone?

Our house was built in 1999, ancient in the newly developed Las Vegas South suburbs.  Overall, houses in Vegas aren’t made to be heirlooms…quick and dirty construction, [...]

O Christmas Tree!

Are you feeling in the Holiday Spirit yet?  We are at T minus 20 days.  Just writing that sentence gives rise to a small wave of panic – mostly related to shipping packages across the US to our family.  But it also reminds me that we need to get cracking on decorating this place.  During [...]

Five Days of Rain

For those of you not living in the desert, five days of rain probably doesn’t sound like anything to note.  But here in Las Vegas getting five straight overcast, rainy days in a row portends the onset of Armageddon.  Ok, so that is a bit dramatic.  But it is odd.

When we moved here five [...]