A crown as a parting gift
So in my routine cleaning and check-up at the dentist’s office this morning, I was informed that my back molar’s filling had chipped and that the best solution was to cap it. Every dentist...
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E squared – the experience
We have grown accustomed to experiencing what I’ve coined E-squared. It stands for emotional Eliana. Ellie has a gift, you see. She can cry within about five seconds. She can go from a totally...
Goodbye Henderson, hello Bountiful
It’s true. The Pete and Vickey Codella family are relocating. The big day is Oct. 10, 2008. The movers are coming on 10/10 at 10 a.m. Now that’s serendipitous! We’re so excited to be...
Turn your blog into a book
This is a cool service. It takes your blog and automatically creates a book. It’s called Blurb. Basically, it makes your blog an electronic scrapbook. Pretty cool.
Happy birthday Vickey
We celebrated Vickey’s birthday this week. She and Ellie’s birthdays are just a few days apart. It makes for a busy, but fun week. We spent some time together in the morning, having breakfast...
Countrywide rogue employee gives away our personal information
Has anyone else received a letter like this from Countrywide? We are writing to inform you that we recently became aware that a Countrywide employee (now former) may have sold unauthorized personal information about...
Eliana turns seven
It’s hard to believe our oldest is seven today. We got up early and opened presents and enjoyed breakfast together. She’s headed to school soon where I’m sure she’ll be showered with happy birthday...
Our Labor Day went to the birds
For her back-to-school shopping, Vickey took Eliana to my cousin’s daughter’s store at the Primm outlets, The Children’s Place. Amanda was kind enough to help Eliana try on all sorts of clothes and hang...
School starts and Pete moves into a new office
Eliana went back to school yesterday. She’s doing first grade again, this time with Ms. Heitkamp. Instead of being one of the youngest in her class, she’ll now be one of the oldest. It...
Calling all Labor Day travelers
There are only a couple weeks of summer left. In fact, school begins in Henderson, Nev. on Aug. 25. For those of you with end-of-summer travel plans, who book your travel online, we ask...