JESSIE'S VEGAS

Dear Daddy,       I think you better get down here quick. "Sweet Tomatoes " has added a breakfast menu on the weekends!If you get here  during the week,instead of the weekend, you could always enjoy their tomato basil soup and creamy Rosemary.  They have been serving baked sweet potatoes too and they are delicious.  We took Dani there today after her driver's test.  We forgot to have her practice parallel parking enough so she will have to try again. There are always a few of your golden nuggets of driving instructions that creep into my brain when I am driving with Dani. Some of these can be translated into life lessons too! 1."keep both hands on the steering wheel and you will not be tempted to lose concentration by doing things with your hands besides driving" ,could also be interpreted to the importance of maintaining focus in our modern world of distractions. 2."Only swerve for humans and deer. Run over everything else" .This lesson requires a lit...

Dear Daddy, I can tell what the weather is like outside even before I leave the covers of my bed. Our air conditioning unit is on so much at our house that the moment it is no longer needed, even the air smells differently.  It is perfect hiking weather now and the desert seems to be breathing again, shaking off the 115 degree temperatures of its record breaking summer.  Our porch is decorated with the usual fall seasonal fare. Our only son,werewolf Harry , is dangling from tree branches while our glorified mummy swings upside down from the bars of our upper balcony. I had the mummy in a tree too, but we caught a mischievous 8 year old trying to unwrap her.  We had to place her in a higher position, further away from side walk Halloween looters. Her neck and head wrappings probably need reglued but her white skull creeping out from the bandages, does seem to add something to the overall mood of the stoop. Our big teen Halloween party is next week and the kids are busy pla...

I am sorry I missed writing last week.  Traveling back East while still working full-time just set me back a few days.  I am still unpacking.  The trip  was bitter-sweet as memories from  childhood vacations swept in , but the reason we were back there, for the loss of Scott, unfortunately made the bitter a little more tangible than the sweet.  The liberty bell is still cracked just like it was back in 3rd grade when our family went on that 21-state tour in the belly of the gross-dragon( the bus converted into a motor home) with the Smith family. We were not planning on visiting the Liberty bell or Independence Hall on our trip back East to Dave brother's funeral, but our niece had a doctors appointment just a few blocks from Independence square so we decided just to "pop over". I enjoyed seeing the bell again and Dave and I thought it was neat it was an exhibit that was free to the public.  The Liberty Bell has been a symbol...