Have you guys noticed that I seem to only be posting on weekends? I’m trying, but still working out the whole job-work life cycle.
I’m totally exhausted of costumes and Halloween and it’s only October 29th. I went to two parties last week, with two totally different costumes. The first was my company’s annual Halloween [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Friend-ish · Giggin'

Our next-door neighbor got a new dog a few weeks ago. Not the ones who have the two dogs already, but the one on the other side. We don’t know this neighbor very well. He’s pretty quiet and when we accidentally throw Lucy’s frisbee over the fence, he’s the roll-his-eyes-and-throw-it-back-over-a-week-later kind of neighbor. Anyway. He [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Home Sweet Home · Lucy Bella

I was driving to work this morning, and decided it was a ‘Beatles: One’ morning. I don’t know why, that hasn’t graced my CD player in… years.
But I was bopping along , and then…
I’ll buy you a diamond ring my friend, if it makes you feel alright,
I’ll get you anything my friend if it makes [...]

Categories: Music to My Ears

I’d like to give a shout out to all my European readers. All two of them.
I found my second one when he emailed me this week from Luxembourg. He found me by searching “getting a job at GSD&M.”
I laughed. My loss, his gain. (or something like that)
Connections like that can be creepy, but after [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Giggin' · Tech-ish

I think I’m finding my rhythm at the new gig. I spent the first two weeks being both wildly eager and terribly bored, with an unfortunate imbalance of clients to ambition. That evened out and I spent the next two weeks in over my head. I know. Be careful what you wish for. I’m still [...]

Categories: Giggin'

When I find things like this, I get that goofy grin.

Categories: Daily Photo · Home Sweet Home · Jef · Nature-ish · Shutterbuggin'

My nickname at the poker table is ‘guppy.’ As in “little fish” or “opposite of shark”. Or “has no idea how to play and ends up taking pictures instead.”

Categories: Daily Photo · Giggin'

I’ve always been backwards w/ the seasonal hairstyles, cutting when everyone else is growing it out for fall. Maybe because I spent summers w/ my dad and he liked it long. Mom liked it short, so that was always on our list of things to do before school started - go shopping for new [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling · The Fam