viva las vegas

kim and i decided there is no better way to say farewell to summer than a quick trip to vegas. the first event of the weekend was lunch with maddie and mal at hash house a go go.  i really wanted to love this place but they were struggling that day...at least we had good company! at night we headed to the jubilee theatre for an old school vegas  showgirl revue with lots of sequins and feathers after a breakfast of dunkin donuts and some quality time...

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a day in the life at project manuelito

there's a certain rhythm of life we encounter in honduras. this being my third visit to the project, i know the pattern of the days. it's an amusing balance of a predictable schedule, coupled with the necessary flexibility needed when encountering the latin american culture. a culture where plans are virtually unnecessary, due to the fact that they often tend to change on a minute by minute basis. but even so, this is a fairly accurate glimpse of a day in the life of the manuelito family... 1:...

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the mouse in the house

i have a fear. a highly irrational fear. what scary monster gets me shakin' in my boots? mice. ick. while this is not necessarily unusual for someone of the female persuasion, i have the gift of taking this fear to new heights. normally, a mouse sighting would constitute squealing and standing on chairs. this seems only natural. but when there's a mouse in my house...it's a whole different story. we recently had the unfortunate experience of just such a thing. it's...

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