I’ve only mowed a lawn twice in my life. The first time I was about 14 and living in Wyoming. The lawn at the farm is about 10,000 square feet and we had a riding mower. When I was done my dad said it looked like a drunken sailor mowed it. I never had to [...]

Categories: Home Sweet Home · Jef · The Fam

We’re experiencing some major rain in Texas this summer, evidenced by all the news coverage we’ve been getting (and phone calls from friends asking if we’ve washed away). Austin itself hasn’t been bad in terms of flooding, it’s mostly the surrounding counties, but we’ve still had an insane amount of rain. I’ve never lived somewhere [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Home Sweet Home · Jef · Video

The good news? Jef and I are in Orlando and it’s not raining!
The bad news? My luggage is not. A woman cut in front of me in line to “check one more bag, I’m sorry” and it looks like they processed her bag and then put her routing tags on mine as well. So [...]

Categories: Jef · R-R-Rambling

Did I forget to mention that we decided to adopt Buster? That’s right! He’s an official member of the zoo now.

After going back and forth the entire trial week… yes, then no, then absolutely yes, then definitely no, we finally made a pro/con list. The pro list had everything we wanted in a dog, [...]

Categories: Buster · Home Sweet Home · Jef

Scene: Jef is taking a nap after mowing the lawn, I am getting ready to go downtown.
K: (whispers) Can I take the Digital Rebel?
J: Hmmm… sure….
K: Cool… where is it?
J: On top of the armoire
K: You hid it from me?
J: You always leave the lens cap off
A few minutes later….
K: I’m going to take the [...]

Categories: Jef

This is Buster, the new dog we’re ‘dating.’ He’s a one-year old Papillon-Chihuahua mix. He’s staying at our house for the weekend to see how we all get along and and if want to make it a permanent thing. Jef and I are pretty smitten and Lucy loooooves him, they’ve been playing non-stop since he [...]

Categories: Buster · Home Sweet Home · Jef

San Antonio isn’t Austin, but it has it’s charms.

Categories: Daily Photo · Jef · Shutterbuggin'

K: Oh look, they planted Japanese maples at the new Ikea. Those are so pretty.
J: My parents have one in our yard back home.
K: We have one in our yard in CT too.
J: I like them.
K: We should plant one. I wonder if they’ll grow here.
J: …

Categories: Jef · Lucky I'm Cute · R-R-Rambling