As joyous as the holidays were, now comes the difficult part … putting everything away. It’s not just the Christmas ornaments and menorahs, but the extra large thermal blanket that was a gift from mom and dad, the rolls of paper towels left over from holiday celebrations, and the three really large jars of cashew brittle, pistachios and red licorice that no one ate before or after Thanksgiving dinner — and don’t even mention the fruitcakes.
As another year comes to an end, I once again want to take this opportunity to thank you for reading Inside Spaces each week and for sharing your decorating issues with me. Enriching lives through our home environment is foreign to some, but not to me and not to you, my readers. I know how important it is to have just the right lamp, the perfect color in the floor tile, the most luxurious throw on the sofa and exactly how high to hang those pictures.
There has been some damage to trees in the valley due to snow accumulating on their branches and breaking limbs. Trees that I know of that were damaged include olive, pine, pepper, African sumac, mesquite, ash and Italian cypress. In some cases, the snow did not break limbs but bent them downwards out of their normal shape.
: I’m going to replace my countertop with ceramic tile, so I have removed my old laminate one leaving nothing but the cabinets below. I have done some small floor tiling projects, but never a countertop. I’m going to reuse my drop-in sink and faucet, but how do I go about building the base that the tiles will sit on?
• LAKE MEAD — Stripers are being caught in the Vegas Arm from Crawdad Cove to Government Wash.
Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant will start 2009 a lot lighter in the wallet thanks to a call by much-maligned NFL referee Ed Hochuli — he of the botched call against the San Diego Chargers in Week 2.
Always popular with the betting public, Southern California coach Pete Carroll rarely disappoints. He is hard to beat in bowl games, and he has been especially tough on Big Ten opponents.
As the new year dawns, America’s sportsmen and the wildlife resources we treasure face an uncertain future.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As the clock ticked down, UNLV freshman Oscar Bellfield plotted his attack. He could see the path he had to take to make the biggest shot of his life.
Predicting what each month in 2009 will bring our local sports scene:
RENO — Tyler Hansbrough missed the only shot he took in the first eight minutes against UNR, but he took over after that to help keep top-ranked North Carolina undefeated.
They gathered to say goodbye and good riddance to 2008, to consign a gloomy year to drunken oblivion and stumble into 2009 with hope for better times ahead.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A man who killed his friend when he was high on methamphetamine apologized to the victim’s family during his Wednesday sentencing in Mohave County Superior Court.
A Las Vegas woman has set up a fund to help a man who has been unable to afford a burial for his longtime companion, who was taken off life support at Valley Hospital.