News (you didn't ask for) from the front... :P

Judging by a summary of all those comments, you may want to make sure that house is BIG enough before you buy! 

Beagle
when's the procreation going to start? 

I would normally say pics/vid or it dinnit happen. 

ALL the nurses?    Even the (insert non-gender preference here) ones?

Did they find Jimmy Hoffa? 

rain - went through all that myself...
 
US banks will not use a Canadian credit report.  So everything is hard to come by, credit cards mortgages etc.  Then once you are established everybody wants to give a credit card, 2nd mortgage, home equity, etc.
 
Part of me wishes I had stayed cash only  (of course buying on the inter-webs without a credit card is tough...)
 
JR

Thanks guys and girls. :)
 
Technically, we were ready to become parents all the way back in January, but there were a couple of health related set backs for my wife. I also figured it was worth getting tested earlier than later, so we'd at least have that covered.
 
JR - Exactly. We learned it the hard way when we bought our first car (because, you NEED a car in Vegas). Fortunately this all settled down, and we've traded in the Jeep for a better one w/ much better financing options. And we have great credit now.
 
SpaceAlf - New iMac means I could technically run Windows on Bootcamp on my MacBook, though at this point, I'm not sure why I would, except to re-open a few songs which were saved as Cakewalk Bundle files. Probably not worth it.
 
Sharke - I've been working intensively on my portfolio and have made a few contacts, and that's something I'd like to pursue. Writing for film, tv, circus acts, etc... I'm lucky enough not to be under financial stress for the moment, so I can work on doing something I want to do, even though it takes a bit more time and doesn't pay big bucks immediately. Then there's the live gigs with my wife. And I've been toying with the idea of applying for Cirque myself...
 
But mostly, our life revolves around my wife's career - it always has, and I've always been the "flexible" one, even when it meant leaving a very lucrative job behind to follow her at a time where I was the one w/ the stable income. 
 
Her job is unique and very demanding - there aren't many acrobatic singers out there, and those probably aren't working 10 shows a week AND training every day. So I ended up being the housewife, making sure that she never needed worry about chores or even just prepare a cup of tea. 
 
Since I couldn't legally work, that's how things worked out, me making sure that from the minute she walked in here, she could simply relax. And as we started talking about having a family of our own, it was implicit that I'd be the stay-at-home dad, working little gigs from home here and there.
 
I guess I could have tried and find a way to make a few bucks, but it just wasn't worth it. I prefer to abide to the rules, especially when we can afford to, and since Cirque takes care of everything, I didn't want to mess things up.
 
 
 
YIKES!! Wife just walked in and said - we're off to the Mac Store!! :) :) :) Hope they have one for me there!

Unpacked and in the process of installing Logic 9 and X plus the extra content.
 
The display is quite an upgrade from the previous external monitor I used in terms of picture quality and impressively large for a 21.5. 
 
Having an external keyboard will be super nice. I wasn't so sure about the mouse when I saw it didn't have a scroll-wheel. But then I noticed that it was actually a tactile surface in its own right. :)
 
Furthermore, I just went from 2 USB ports to 4. On my laptop, the ports were allocated to my audio interface and the hub. Now I can discard the hub - external hd, audio interface, midi keyboard are all hooked directly, which mean everything becomes better/faster just with that and since the mouse and keyboard are wireless I have a port left. 
 
The extra bonus is that my MacBook Pro becomes portable again. Not only that, but I can use it as a synth and effect host, and to control my POD HD.
 
Incidentally, I've had the opportunity to help out one of the Apple folks at the store which a customer asking technical questions about Logic and digital audio... Always nice. :)

I wonder which show she is in? Man...10 shows a week sounds like a tough grind, but it's pretty cool!

I'm not sure how much time she is on-stage exactly - she has 4 main numbers on-stage plus voices she's doing from backstage. The time between that is spent running backstage, changing costumes and getting ready for the next number. 2 shows a night, 5 night a week.
 
 
Not including make-up and hair and the daily training.
 
It is a tough gig, very demanding physically, a one of a kind thing even for Cirque.

clintmartin
I wonder which show she is in? Man...10 shows a week sounds like a tough grind, but it's pretty cool!

 
 
Here she is, my pride and joy. That's one of her characters, the spider lady. Belting while spinning upside down 40 ft in the air twice a night for the almost 4 years... 

That's pretty cool Rain, You should be very proud of her success. I asked because I was just in Vegas for the first time in my life last week. I believe you posted some ideas in my vacation thread a couple of weeks ago. We didn't have time to do anything but get to the airport this time, but we'll be back.