Ugly Christmas Sweater Fun Walk/Run

 Ugly Christmas Sweater Fun Walk/Run

I shopped at Savers thrift store for appropriate garb and shelled out a whopping $7 total for our two sweaters, but I’ve seen them in Macy’s and Nordstroms for ‘significantly’ more. Embellishments like glitter, sequins, and pom-poms add to the tackiness. 3D additions get extra points.

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Boulder City's Christmas House

 Boulder City's Christmas House

We must live under a rock because we’ve lived in the Las Vegas area for over six years and we’d never heard of “The Christmas House” in nearby Boulder City until we were watching the local news the other night, and it’s all they talked about.

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Winter Gardening in the Desert

Winter Gardening in the Desert

I grew up in New England and David grew up in Colorado. Both areas have similar growing seasons… plant in mid-late Spring, grow and water during the summer, and harvest in autumn. Sometimes, we’d get a late-season crop if we planted hardy species in August. When we moved to Las Vegas we had to rethink gardening altogether. We are mostly xeriscaped here. Gardening in the Mojave Desert is a challenge.

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