2001 – 2008 TiVo died this past weekend. It’s a little difficult to breathe, let alone watch TV. I’ve known TiVo longer than I have known my wife. He was like a member of the family. Like that jolly uncle that gives you bear hugs, movie recommendations and takes out all of the commercials of [...]
I’m tired of people complaining about gas and food prices. There, I said it. How many times in the last couple of weeks have you heard someone, on television, radio or your front porch, start or end a sentence with “…because of the rising cost of gas prices…”? For perspective, some people like to juxtapose [...]
Friday night we and Wells headed north to Gruene Hall to take in one of the last performances of one of our most favorite musicians – Kelly Willis. This may be the last time for a while, as her homepage states: “I am taking a hiatus from live performances for who knows how long. Being [...]
It’s been a while since we’ve had a visit from our old pal Murphy (if it can happen, it will), and why not Fiesta week for a little catchup? Things weren’t all that bad, except Amanda and I playing Hot Potato with a virus that pounds your head, returns your lunch, wrenches your lower back, [...]
I went to the Men’s Breakfast this morning at RCCC (6 am!). The parking lot was packed and it was great to see 45+ guys that woke up early and sacrificed that extra bit of sleep to get together with other men for good community and food. Along with the tacos and coffee Sean Azzaro [...]
Today was my first day without Daniel. Really he’s only gone for three days. But you know, I have seen him at least one minute of every waking hour for the past month since he works from home. And now he isn’t here. We probably needed a break. Is it possible that we could actually [...]
Amanda was flipping through our Now Playing list on our TiVo and in a sarcastic voice said, “‘Yo Gabba Gabba’. ‘The Dave Ramsey Show’. ‘Purple Rain’. What does your TiVo say about you?” It was a funny quip, but the truth is that my TiVo says more about me than just that I am a [...]
Annabelle had a stomach bug on Sunday. She recovered nicely yesterday. Sweet pedialyte will make anyone feel better. She is at least learning how to use her sippy cup all by herself. And then yesterday I got to be the lucky recipient of the bug. It started yesterday afternoon. It felt like I was pregnant [...]
I had a great day yesterday. I had an Austin theme for my birthday. We hit the road and drove straight to Ikea. We really love the randomness of Ikea. We ending up buying a much needed dresser for Ace’s clothes, new art and frame for living room, plastic bins, dish drying rack, magazine rack [...]
Last week was Daniel’s first week as a Work at Home Dad (WAHD). The week went a little more rough than we thought it would. I am not one of those scheduled moms. I enjoy just rolling with the day. This doesn’t help Daniel have any structure to his day. We need some sort of [...]
