Big news, it’s all about the location!

As many people that know us may have seen on facebook, Josh has accepted a job in Reno and we’re house hunting and preparing to move. The Chamberlains’ will be visiting right before and will be our last official Vegas guests. We don’t mind leaving actually, we’re so over the gawking crowds of tourists and massive casinos. Not to mention that since the Star Trek Experience closed, what’s left for me? We came, we saw, we’re bored. Reno actually looks pretty nice, with views of the mountains and being so close to Lake Tahoe. We’ll be able to take Duncan swimming again! There’s trees, and snow in winter. It doesn’t get as cold as Wisconsin, or as hot as Las Vegas, and get’s a lot more sun than Seattle. Basically, the search for the perfect home town continues! I’m sure we’ll post some new photos soon, as we can now afford a new camera. (ha-ha)

Josh’s parents are home in St. Paul, and gave us some great photos of our Grand Canyon visit! Hopefully on their next visit we won’t be house hunting and preoccupied. David & Sharon, we owe you one for being so understanding about the stress. You’re the best!

-posted by Leah

Leah’s ponderable of the week,,,,,,

First off, is “ponderable” a real word?  Probably not. 

Las Vegas has a surprisingly good library system, and I’ve become addicted to borrowing audio books.  With dog walking and puttering around the house, I listen to between 1 and 3 books a week.  Great Expectations is already a really long book, and listening to it takes even more time!  So my question is, does this count as “reading”?  I’m not wholly concentrated on the book since I’m actively moving around, and yet I’m absorbing, right?   Does a person need to only be reading and doing nothing else for it to count, or do I refer to it as listening, more like music?  Doesn’t there need to be a terminology to distinguish between reading a printed book and listening to an audio book?  I know this is not important in the larger scheme of things, but it bothers me.  Feedback would be appreciated.

Animals & people are all healthy and enjoying the wonderfully mild Las Vegas winter.  Josh’s parents will be visiting in a couple of weeks, and I’m sure our weather here will be a welcome change from St. Paul and we’ll all enjoy the company!  I’ve misplaced our camera, so hopefully Sharon will take some photos on their trip that we can post here.

All for now! — Leah

Made it to the 70s earlier this year

Well, this year the temperature here in NLV made it into the 70s a couple of weeks earlier then last year.

73 degrees in January.  Sweet.

Happy Happy Joy Joy!

La-la-la-la,  Wheee!  Christmas has come early for this nerd!

Check it out,,,,,,

http://trekmovie.com/2008/11/07/more-details-emerge-for-new-home-of-star-trek-the-experience/

Now ’scuse me while I cabbage-patch on up outa’ here and clear some space for new Quark’s stuff!

-Leah

Hotness, thy name is Duncan.

Lately, someone comments on how good lookin’ Duncan is every time I take him out for a walk.  Granted, around here there are mostly smaller chihauhaus, pugs, etc. and pitbulls so folks don’t see a lot of black labs.  However, a groomer at Petsmart, (Duncan’s favorite retail spot.  He leads me there at least once a week) asked if he was some exotic breed she knew of from Russia.  Seriously!  Not only do men tend to get more handsome as they age, now the darn dogs are doing it, too.  So not fair.  But anyway, we have recent pics of the stud right here.  Prepare yourselves, ladies.

Ooooh, yeah. Nice.

Ignore the chick.

All frequencies closed.

Oooh, I’m so depressed.  My happy place, the Trekkies’ Disneyland, is no more.  I attended the “closing ceremony” on Monday night and circulated in the mob.  Honestly, the place was packed!  The bar at Quark’s was 3 people deep and I had to wait an hour to ride the Klingon experience.  That wasn’t so bad actually, when my Dad and Windy visited the wait was a lot longer, but it was also the weekend.  Oh, what will we nerds do now, wander like escaped free-range chickens up and down the strip?  It’s all so incredibly sad. 

Windy & Beverly Washburn

 

After our last Star Trek Experience family day.

Quark's Bar, so crowded I can't see the bar!

Gamblin' Trek Style! This guy won $300, I think.

Check out the hotties! No, not me.

 

 

Leah’s WA visit so far,,,,,

Well, it’s Saturday night and I’m having a great time back in Redmond!  I’ve played Bunko with a house full of ladies I didn’t know (except for Chelsea), played trampoline/crash test dummy/professional wrestler with cousin Reed and gotten peed on twice (by Felan).  Illaria and I have been reading some great bedtime stories and discussing makeup techniques and tools.  So far, it’s been a very full 2 days!  Tomorrow a party is being thrown in honor of my gracious presence and I’m really wishing I’d been smart enough to bring a friggin’ camera.  Here’s hoping my shutterbug friends will cover for me!

Terminator vs Robocop

This should amuse you if you are a fan of sci-fi:

Post worthy Youtube clip

Just ran across the Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir – SWEET HOME ALABAMA and thought it was post worthy.

We are Official!

Josh & I got our Nevada licenses today, and our Washington i.d.’s were taken away.  Did you know that new rules (post 9/11) state that your old license is sent back to the state it’s from to be destroyed?  We didn’t.   I’m kind of bummed, I wanted a collection.  2 states is an incredibly lame collection.  Oh well.  Now we get discounts on a bunch of places & fun stuff.  It’s not really fair, since a lot of the clubs only let local “Ladies” in for free.   We’ll both get $20 off indoor skydiving, though, and I’m trying to figure out what we’ll be doing for our birthdays (Josh is Friday, I’m Saturday) this weekend so,,,,,.  I’ll take pictures!