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The clue was “A butterfly’s wings” and answer was “alae”. Had to look this one up. Dictionary says: 1. a wing. 2. a winglike part, process, or expansion, as of a bone, shell, seed, or stem. 3. either of the two side petals of a flower in the legume family, as the pea. 4. (in [...]

Cavalia was magical. It was held under a massive “big top” white tent in Scottsdale. I had no idea what kind of seats we had until we got to the front and went to a separate line. We were handed a program and then a “backstage pass” with a lanyard. Then we were led to [...]

My prediction was correct! :)  We headed up to Williams, AZ on Friday night and checked into a hotel right on Main Street — horse drawn carriages and all.  Walked over to look at the trains because we were right next to the Grand Canyon Railway.  The waning gibbous moon illuminated the silver trains eerily; [...]

I’ve been told to pack a sweater and a long sleeve shirt and wear jeans and my hikers. We leave tonight and head north for a few hours before stopping at a hotel. Tomorrow, all I know is we start early and end late and probably hiking a few miles. Got a new pair of [...]

We’re going to a "Murder Mystery Dinner" tonight somewhere in Arizona.  I’m looking forward to it!  I’m trying to stay completely oblivious and not look up anything online about it so I can be totally surprised.  I’ll post the happenings later this weekend. Speaking of "The Happening", I was disappointed to not find anywhere in [...]

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The yellow road(mon)ster is washed, polished, shined, and ready for a road trip! For our 2nd anniversary we’re headed off to southern Arizona to tour Kitt Peak Observatory, Kartchner Caverns, and some other fun Tucson and surrounding area stuff. Now that EquiShopper has finally launched and I’ve postponed a vacation for months because of it, [...]

This is how I feel today. Think I’m getting a little jaded. http://www.makemylogobiggercream.com/ Fun with sarcasm :)

Our living room furniture will finally be complete this Friday! We ordered a La-Z-Boy leather reclining sofa, two La-Z-Boy rocker reclining chairs, a gorgeous area rug for the tile floors and a coffee table where the surface can rise to act as a laptop desk for our recliners. Nice! :) Here’s a pic of the [...]

We had a dust storm roll in yesterday evening, and it was a HUGE one! Dust was as high as 3300 feet in the air, according to the weather helicopters that were filming it. Here’s a link to the article and the raw video footage of the storm: http://www.nbc6.net/news/13694664/detail.html The dust storms often signal the [...]