We took the girls to the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, locally known as the Domes.  The weather here has been so cold and gray that it was nice to go there and pretend that we were in some humid paradise. The train displays were set up and whole mini "towns" were woven into the landscape. Plus, I enjoyed

I have resurfaced. The unfortunate tale is that we were robbed several weeks ago and all our technology gadgets as well as my jewelry were taken, hence the lack of blogging.  It was a discouraging incident, but we are thankful that most things that were taken are replaceable.  It did spark a new conversation about what sort of