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 [...]

Reducing Our Household Food Waste

Now that Pumpkin is nearly a year and half old, his menu is a prime day-to-day concern.  Luckily, he is a very good eater…fish, check.  Radishes, check. Asparagus, check.  Pretty much he will try anything – so far.  Of course, we have the stand-bys of pasta, avocado, bananas and, the current favorite, raisins.  However, as [...]

Running in the Sprinkler

As I have discussed, I love me some good yard-saling.  I did some great bargain hunting a couple weeks before Pumpkin’s birthday, stocking up on coolers, horseshoe games and serving dishes.  I also happened upon a real gem.  An oscillating sprinkler.  For $1.  I didn’t know that it was called an oscillating sprinkler, I thought [...]

Hotel Green Initiatives: CFL’s

Another green initiative that many hotels are embracing is the CFL.  When I started the tan/green blog, one of the topics I put on the list to cover was compact fluorescent lamps, CFL’s.  Why?  Because I really don’t like them.

This week every lamp in my hotel room is a fluorescent lamp…every lamp in the [...]