The Springs Preserve is presenting its second annual Winter Lights Festival, a holiday-inspired, half-a-million-light show open to everyone. Guests are invited to enjoy the sights, carriage rides, a visit with Santa, and roaming performance groups, as well as "Dickens Done Over," an original puppet show by Theater Las Vegas. Snacks and gifts will also be available. The Lights Festival begins November 28 to December 30 and is open from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday through Sunday from November 28 to December 21, and then daily December 22 - 24 and December 26 to the 30th. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for children ages 5 to 17 and is free for Annual Pass members and children four and under. Entry also includes admission to all museums and galleries. Carriage rides are $5 per person and train rides are $2 per person. Both are open to guest two years of age and older; Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult rider. The Springs Preserve is located at 333 S. Valley View Blvd., between US 95 and Alta Drive.

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Apple has recently made public the top 10 list of applications at the iTunes App Store, and while some results are expected, others can be considered a surprise. Like everyone knows, these applications can be used on the iPhone or on the iPod touch, and there are 2 categories: paid and free.
As you can imagine, most of the applications (over 70%) are games and the rest is somehow related to the internet and social networks, like GoogleEarth and Facebook.

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(The names have been changed to protect their privacy)


I was approached last Tuesday by a neighbor who asked me to make a quilt for one of our neighbors. Nothing really out the ordinary, I make quilts for friends, families and also sell at craft shows so I thought oh just another order for a quilt.

Well, this one was different. It seems our neighbor Brenda was going to be admitted to the hospital that following morning (Wednesday) in order to donate some of her bone marrow--I had no idea, they are a rather private family, I probably would be do about this situation, but well to add to this, Brenda was donating to a stranger - I'm calling her Lucy.


Lucy had been battling with Leukemia for some time and apparently they had been searching for someone to donate for a really long time, all family members were tested and something always came up--but I don't know all the details as to how Brenda found out and got tested to be a donor, but long story short she was a perfect match.

Here's my simple version asked by the ladies for me to create in addition to the quilt. :)

Sorry ahead of time if you can't read the small lettering. I worked on this on the computer and couldn't save it any other way.

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