This week, all the lights went out in my kitchen. (Aside from a solitary mini over the sink.) Graham was sick, it was cold and rainy and I just didn’t have it in me to climb a ladder, take apart the fixture, drag the boy to the store, find the proper bulbs, and do it [...]
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What is it about 1970′s houses? Why did they invent things like galley kitchens and walls-with-no-purpose? There isn’t much we can do about our kitchen, but we did have some funds left over after the porch addition to tear down the “wall” between the dining and living rooms. It was more of a partition than [...]
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I have been talking about doing this for ages. We have a southern facing backyard with no shade. In case you’re not in Texas, this means that we can’t step foot out back for about half the year. (Surface of the sun, remember?) Oh, and we’ve come to realize that the chickens think the world [...]
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eat pancakes Saturday night sleep for 11 hours have husband take kids for a long walk give up on painting project and call the professionals give up on screaming boy’s nap and take kids to the movies stuff scream holes with popcorn actually watch a whole movie with the whole family for the first time [...]
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Late Thursday morning I brought my workout bag and the diaper bag out to the car, which is what I try to do before packing both kids in their seats. Instead I just stared dumbly at the dashboard, part of which was dangling pitifully from its wires, a gaping hole where my stereo had been. [...]
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After four springs living in this house, we finally managed to put up a raised veggie garden bed. I’m not as lazy as that sounds. We first had to salvage this yard, which had been completely torn up from the previous owner’s rottweiler. And Violet is finally at a stage where she won’t pull up [...]
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We’re ready. Well… as ready as we’ll ever be. The house is completely clean, lawn mowed, various infant seats sanitized and set up, diaper station stocked, newborn clothes washed and hospital bags packed. We figure Thursday would be a good day because Rob will have a break in a huge project he’s doing, and the [...]
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Here is the letter I just sent to the Mueller neighborhood redevelopment planners as well as two Austin newspapers. Feel my rage: My family and I have been excitedly awaiting our lottery-based chance to join the new neighborhood at the old airport. The Mueller redevelopment project has purported itself to be “…an attractive option for [...]
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Yes, add machines to the list of things that hate us. My computer has been in the shop for what seems like weeks. An ugly reminder of how much of our lives are tied to this modern convenience. Then our remote control died. It must seem supremely lazy of us to complain about, but consider [...]
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Right now we’re recovering from flood number four. I think I may have drowned some kittens in a previous life and karma is making us pay. For those of you who don’t know, here’s the past flood synopsis: May 2004: It rains 5 inches in 30 minutes. Water backs up from the outside air conditioner, [...]
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