Hang Friday night, we headed to Bryan, had dinner with some friends, went out for a drink at a new bar in Northgate[1] and one other drink in a place where we could talk. Then, we headed home and crashed! Tree through Plan D I woke up at 9am and headed outside to start working […]
As of late Thursday night, we have secured a contract on our house! The buyer has a 7-day option period and 15 days to finish securing financing and then we are set to close on August 28th. While we are thrilled, we are also cautious. We both feel a little better, but will be thrilled […]
We (finally!) took another adventure this weekend. E found the town of Kingsland and planned a nice route of driving for us. After a very scenic drive through this edge of Hill Country, we had a GREAT burger at Storm’s in the little lake town of Kingsland. rails to trails near Kingsland LOW Water Next, […]
We have been slow to update and that is mostly because we’ve traveled back to Bryan a LOT. After, getting the apartment, packing, and moving, we also traveled for these reasons: 30 May – a wedding 13 June – a wedding 20 June – to have the carpets cleaned 22 June – to get something […]
We love to “adventure” together. Any time we have to go somewhere new, we make a game of it. Thanks to E, we have always taken the odd routes. Thanks to VZ Navigator (a GPS navigation system built into our Verizon phones), we can wander off any beaten path and still find our way. We […]
Well, today is E’s first day of work. I made us a sausage and eggs breakfast so he could eat well for his first day. It was cool this morning, so we had a lovely breakfast on the balcony. He planned for 45 minutes of driving, but it only took ~20. (yay @bennrosales and @LAR […]
Of course, we think Austin is paradise. It’s why we chose to move there. Thanks to Brock for his cheesburger research and his friend Sandy who keeps it online. Thanks, too, to the guys on the radio this morning for talking about it. Since we are back in Bryan for a couple of days, I […]
Well, we’re here. We are officially residents of Austin, Texas! Friday After a very early client meeting, we went to get the truck. We took our time during the day to load what we’d need and what we could fit into the new place. We had to leave L’s dad’s desk behind (it’s HUGE!), but […]
Thanks to Lani for sending this via Twitter. wow. She’s right. It’s just STAGGERING. OMG have you seen this animated job gain/ job loss map? STAGGERING: http://bit.ly/fSjmE