So it turns out I loved Vegas! I had a blast. Flew in at night, so I got to see the city glaring in the middle of the desert. We stayed at the oh-so-old school Sahara, its walls adorned with photos old movie stars posing by its famous sign.

Because I was with friends reviewing shows, I got to see Cirque du Soleil Mystere (the one the see on shrooms ( Read more... )

These are my fancy toes. I think pedicures are a necessary indulgence and best left to the pros and their pokey tools. And the best places are the ones that will give me a flower or jewel. It's always a tiny work of art, like a painting on the head of a pin. This one took 4 different colors and has a tiny jewel in the middle. She really went for ( Read more... )

Behold my new favorite thing: the jungle room. Bdon and I were trying to figure out how best to decorate our guest room and with the number of monkey items around our house and my love of all things jungle* this plan was born. We built the leafy headboard and for once something came together exactly as envisioned. This pic doesn't do it justice. ( Read more... )

Join me in not sleeping won't you?

I've been a problem sleeper for most of my life. Like my fellow insomniacs, I envy those "I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow" bastards. Those "oh I can sleep anywhere anytime" f-ers. I think I can pinpoint where it all started and why, but let's just say it's a perfect storm of sensitivity and a ( Read more... )

You know what they say about trees and forests and someone being there to hear it. Well the same goes for houses I think.

It's been just the two of us, working away at making it a home for the last couple of months. A friend or family member or 2 might wander in and out while we worked. But it takes a party to make it a home.Well, it takes the ( Read more... )

I'm at war with a pair of raccoons. At least i know the answer to our backyard mysteries. What has been peeling back the edges of the sod. What has been leaving human-sized dumps in a bare patch in the lawn. Thank you Internet for dispelling my fears of an angry defecating neighbor!

I will clean their latrines no more. We're in battle. An ( Read more... )