Thirteen Things about Las Vegas I miss by living in Texas

(I watched the season premiere of CSI last night, thus the nostalgia for Vegas)

1.  Being able to drive across town in less than 30 minutes, even by taking the side streets

2.  Bellagio water show (the girls loved taking an evening trip to watch the show & it’s free!)

3.  Watching new casinos grow from nothing to monstrosities of glass and light

4.  Mountains surrounding the city

5.  Red Rock Canyon in the winter

6.  Mt. Charleston in the summer for cool weather camping

7.  Mt. Charleston in the winter for snow sledding and skiing

8.  All you can eat buffets (my favorite was Paris Las Vegas)

9.  Crepes (care of Paris Las Vegas again)

10.  Having only a two hour drive to get to Zion National Park

11.  Being five hours from San Diego

12.  Beautiful, cool winter weather

13.  Driving down the Strip at night with the windows down and the radio up loud.

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I finished my first knit project!  While looking for my needle stash to begin this dishcloth, I found many, many starter knit projects that I never finished.  I had them stuffed at the back of yarn.  Shame, shame, shame. lol

My dishcloth -

I made it with Sugar ‘N Cream 100% cotton in Light Teal and size 9 needles.  I used the Motorcycle Dishcloth pattern.  I’m now working on a simple garter stitch washcloth in Bernat Cotton Tots for the girls for bathtime.  They have tons (the joys of having a crocheting mama), but they like variety.

In a little exciting news - I’ve qualified for an interview for the alternative certification program I’ve applied to.  My academics had to be approved first and now I get to go in for an interview.  Woohoo!  If I’m accepted, I start pre-internship training in January and start applying for jobs for the next school year in the spring.  I can teach anywhere in the Houston area so this is my chance to decide where in the area we’d like to live.  I might apply up on the north side because I miss the tall pine trees (and I won’t have to have mandatory hurricane evacuations up there like I do down here closer to the coast).  See, Houston is ginormous and I currently live on the south east side of town which puts me within five miles of Galveston Bay and storm surges from large hurricanes.  If I move up on the north side, I’m 50 miles from the shore and more than clear from the storm surges.

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