startswithanx | August 24, 2010
Jake and I took a little stay-cation with Penny recently in Mt. Charleston. It’s just 40 minutes from Vegas, but looks and feels like we boarded a plane, jumped on a snowmobile and hopped on a ski lift to get there. During a hot Vegas summer, that just means there are mountains there and no one’s cracking eggs over the [...]
startswithanx | August 3, 2010
Jake and I both have a tendency to act like Penny is human. Not just human, but a little human that came as the result of our combined DNA. Also known as our child. We like to say she gets her allergies from Jake and her surprising athleticism from me. Her dislike of people in general [...]
startswithanx | July 9, 2010
I watch a lot of “Say Yes to the Dress.” So does Penny. It’s kind of our Friday night ritual. I come home, toss the popcorn bag in the microwave, prepare a margarita, drop into the loveseat recliner and tune the TV to TLC. Penny rests her chin on the seat cushion [...]
startswithanx | January 6, 2010
A couple days before Christmas, Samantha and Miranda and I planned to get together for a little wine-sipping, queso dip-munching and — most importantly — shit-talking. I had what was arguably the worst idea ever about a half-hour prior to that little meeting.
Knowing a rotweiler-lab mix (Dexter) and a pup so tiny you could flatten [...]
startswithanx | January 5, 2010
The trip back to Utah was great for Jake and I, but for our daughter — who has four legs, blond hair and floppy ears — it was a wild, rip-roarin’ time. I guess that’s what happens when you’ve got a new suitor lusting after you with every corner you turn. I mean …. speaking [...]