Thanks, Charles, for forwarding this little giggle along to us. A recent study conducted by Harvard University found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year. Another study by the American Medical Association found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. This means, on average, Americans get about 41 […]
Fireworks Day[1] As always, we are in Paris for L’s grandparents’ birthdays. (His is on the 3rd and her’s is on the 4th). Because Paris has the band concert and fireworks show are on the 3rd, we have one big party with them every year. After a nice dinner, cake & ice cream, and presents, […]
Great (this one’s a) Neice #15 made her “breathe your own air” debut over the weekend. We are so lucky to have all these great kiddos in our life. ok, #16 baby Quail [1] it’s your turn. #17 will be here just a few weeks after that. [1] yes, the bird; some nicknames stick for […]
Tonight’s game of darts was SO MUCH FUN!
Bitstrips is an upcoming comic strip creator that’s made the process of creating a strip pretty darn simple. I’ve come across a handful of services that aim to provide you with a simplified comic strip creation tool, but Bitstrips is the easiest and most social I’ve seen so far. Bitstrips is currently in beta, and was launched […]
We have had to say goodbye today to our middle kitty, Mitad. (This comes just two days after a friend of our’s had to do the same thing.) This is very sudden as E only took her to the vet this morning. It’s also a surprise for both us and the vet as Mitad is […]
As we are post-GAYla without a Fundraising Coordinator, I have had a busy week+. I’ve been running around town with a cab full of baskets and other silent auction goodies delivering them and taking money. Two such deliveries were to occur at ~5pm this evening. In addition, we have a big/looming deadline at work. I […]
“Thanksgiving Football For Aggies And Longhorns The Big 12 Conference and its television partners announced the 2008 Texas A&M vs. Texas football game will be televised by ESPN and the game will be played on Thanksgiving night. This marks the first time for the game to return to Thanksgiving since the 1993 game, which is […]
damn this cold. I started to feel it on Tuesday, but a huge deadline at work (for which I’m the last one to touch the documents) kept me at work until Wednesday at ~3:30. I went home with a fever and chills, got into my warmest pajamas, and crawled into a heavily covered bed. I […]
2007 whew! What a mess (and bless) it all was: AYW started off the year with three weddings in three weeks (one bride fainted during the ceremony and was too sick to stand for photos) and then the always-successful bridal show We had our first garage sale since moving into the house in 2003 and […]