Last week I posted about Cox Communications Black History Month On Demand content. This week I invited a friend, Tanya, over for a Girlfriend Lunch to watch one of the Cox On Demand movies. We were planning to watch Jamie Foxx in Ray but couldn’t find it. After a call to the Cox 24/7 support line…
Hiking in The Black Mountains – Vegas Captured
We’re fortunate to live within walking access of unlimited hiking trails through the Black Mountains in Las Vegas. Saturday Tim, Katie, and I went on a walk for the first time since moving into our house. We climbed up a mountain covered in hard black rock and then down the other side where we found…
Watching Empowering TV This Month
After various mishaps and several months with no TV, our family room media built-in is finally done. Everything is ready for some serious TV watching: Cox cable, dvd, and surround sound. Yes, surround sound. It came with the house. Our TV viewing zone is ready just in time to take advantage of Cox Communications Black…
Hanging Hearts in Class
Yesterday, I arrived in Caroline’s 4th grade class armed with a book of scrapbook paper, construction paper, yarn, and heart stickers. For the next hour and a half I helped the students make hanging hearts. Then I climbed up on the desks and pushed the yarn into the ceiling tiles to hang the hearts. (Luckily…
The Ordinary Captured in Vegas
Vegas is a paradox. It’s a place where people come from all over to escape their ordinary daily lives. And yet in many ways, for the people who live in Las Vegas, the city is the ultimate in ordinary. Row after row of homogeneous beige stucco houses stretching into brown, dusty suburbia. Ordinary parks that…
There’s A Scorpion In My Garage!
A few days ago I came across an uninvited guest hanging out on my garage wall. A Bark Scorpion. I quickly snapped a shot with my iPhone. Without getting too close. Wasn’t sure if it could jump out at me or not. I ran back inside to get one of Tim’s boots with the naive…
Why Spelling Is Important
I support inventive spelling in the younger grades. But Katie’s inventive spelling for pennies put a whole new spin on her math worksheet story problem she brought home yesterday. I’m pretty sure she won’t misspell pennies again! What was your laugh of the week?
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These are my stories about surviving Hollywood, parenting two girls, and relocating to Las Vegas from Los Angeles, all while consuming a lot of chocolate. -
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