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I don't know if your childhood was like mine but right about now I'd be really enjoying summer.  Playing in the sprinklers, riding bikes in our 20 foot driveway, falling on my head from the neighbors monkey bars (trying to hang from my feet like I saw that acrobat do).  Mom heads to K Mart and I tag along.  Everything is perfect until I'm accosted at the front doors by those wretched signs that say "Back to School Sale".  Suddenly I realize that it is coming in a couple of weeks.  I get a sick stomach immediately.  Well... a "few"...

Imagine living in a remote village where there is no running water, no electricity and the buildings/structures around you are made from mud.  It’s hot and sticky, no electricity means no air conditioning, if you even know what that is.  If there is no electricity... there is likely no gas, so you have no stove.  You’re cooking outside with those pesky bugs, trying to create something small for your family to eat.  Vegetables, rice??  Did you grow the vegetables in that pot… the only pot you own?  How did you buy the rice?  Where do you get the money from?...

Had a terrific opportunity to go to Argentina last week!  So I'll share some photo hightlights from the trip1.  Hit the ground running as soon as we landed and started our walking tour.  Here's one of my first shots from Plaza de Mayo.   2.  Priorities, priorities.... always have to take time out for coffee and sweets.  My sister is wearing our sweet little blue topaz ring.   3.  Everywhere you turn, there is another amazing structure that is old hat for the people walking by.  My sister is wearing our mutli-strand necklace (sold out).   4.  A day trip to...

Triple axel, end zone, goal posts, side out, super bowl, sweet 16, home run, 1 and done??  Not sure about that last one.  Those are all the sport words that I can come up with in about 15 seconds.  So, it’s a wonder that the charity that we’re supporting this round has to do with sports.  We’re not known in our household for catching the big games.  I've known Rob and Amy Castaneda since they were in 9th grade and I was a senior in high school….never mind when it was.  Don't be nosey.  Amy wasn't a Castaneda back then...

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