The loft is being shown right now and our renter has a tiny, cute, but, oh-so-vicious guard-dog named Pinchi. He is a Dachshund that likes to make a lot of noise when people come in so, in an effort to make the place more appealing we take Pinchi for a walk when people are touring. [...]
No school Friday – because this is what we woke up to!!! The day made me remember just how much I absolutely detest the cold. Listening: Beach Fossils
…means getting a video game about your sport. Texas is included with 6 skaters two of whom still skate with the league now – Lucille Brawl and Bloody Mary. Pretty darn exciting. Listening: Wild Nothing
I made it!!!!!!!!! More details Monday! That’s all for tonight. Thank you. Listening: The Black Keys (my magical meditation music for the past 9 weeks)
AN UPDATE: 1. Finances – we have been scrambling to take on and get out as much work as we can as we find ourselves taking on another mortgage (losing a renter and putting your rental property on the market means an immediate loss of income and triple-gain of stress). However, we have faith that [...]
We’re selling the loft. For those of you who got to visit us when we lived there you will know how sad this is going to be. But, the time has come – a time of back-taxes and credit card debt. Luckily we are feeling good about our chances to sell what has been our rental property [...]
What does a girl do with her son when daddy is away at a nerd film festival all weekend? What the hell – let’s go try on cowboy boots. We’ve only lived in ATX for five years – if they find out that our kid and his mom doesn’t own a pair – we might [...]
MARC: “Do you even remember how to put this thing on? OK, zip it up dude.” As they bike away to school on the first cool morning in what feels like forever. HARRISON (yelling back to Marc while they ride): “This feels good on my back!” “I’m wearing a sweatshirt! This feels niiiiice!” HARRISON to [...]
Our good friends the Nesbitts had a party for James, who turned three. Harrison helped them celebrate with blow-up light sabers – that other kids were HITTING EACH OTHER WITH! Cars and bikes that you CAN RIDE IN THE STREET! JUICE! And a TRAMPOLINE!!! Harrison was pretty much in heaven. The talented Bonnie Berry took [...]
Tryouts were last night. And I made it… into a pool of girls, of whom 10 will be cut in about 6 weeks. With any luck I will be drafted and will join the ranks of these amazing women, on one of the 4 pro-derby teams in Austin, TX. When I got H this morning [...]
