Sarge Says Happy New Year!

Cheers to many more!

Does he look like my brother?

I can't tell.
You be the judge.

Spot the Red Sox fan

No, this isn't what we all got for Christmas - it was our Thanksgiving tee. And, before you ask, Sarge got a Red Sox Doggy water bowl.

Sorry I didn't get this one up sooner. It makes me smile each time I see it.
(Top: Sarge, Me, ISSB's sister Becky, ISSB's Mother Barbara, Bottom: ISSB, ISSB's brother-in-law Chuck, ISSB's Dad Dana, and ISSB's brother Noel)

Happy Birthday Robin!

This is your day, but we have all the fun! Hey!

PS: Sorry, Sarge is trying to minimize his carbon footprint by reusing birthday signs.

Merry Christmas from Texas!

Austin Botanical Gardens

While Ian's family was in town I took them over to the Zilker Botanical Garden. I had never been. It is a beautiful place with tons of neat paths to go down. I loved the Asian and the rose gardens the best.




Yes, in Austin there are roses blooming in December.
Here are Becky and Chuck in the Prehistoric Garden.
There were many different types of butterflies.
I love the lily pad garden out front.
Over all it was a beautiful day to be walking in the gardens.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Here it comes!
How lovely are the branches!!!! Big thank you to mom and Aunt Susan for sending me the ornaments. I love it. (PS: 16 lbs of ornaments fills a 6' tree!)
You know you're in a Red Sox house when this is ornament chosen as the center focal point for the tree.
The Baums all land tomorrow! And, I am officially on vacation until 2008! Woohoo!

She was a good cat

We are sending love and hugs to Aron and Liz.
RIP Myrna

A pot to piss in: Part 2

I wanted to put this photo up, even though we aren't done yet. I am off to San Francisco for the next 5 days, then Dallas after that. So ISSB is on his own to figure out how this faucet/drain hook-up thing works.

We decided to clean up and call it quits tonight since I still have to pack and we could use some dinner.

Here is the bathroom, it is almost done. Need to hook up water, put in our most beautiful towels, pick up a nice bath rug, hang the toilet paper holder, replace the lights and mirror and put the baskets back on the shelf. Piece of cake. ISSB will do the first part and I will do the rest when I get back from my work tour.

At least at 3:30 in the morning when I want to use the bathroom I don't have to walk across to the neighbor's (like last night)!

PS: ISSB says it feels bigger in there - the jury is still out for me. :)

A pot to piss in

This weekend we tackled the bathroom. I have been waiting for this moment for MONTHS. The old bathroom wasn't that great or that bad when we moved in, but once we used the bathroom as the staging area for all the tools, paint, and grim from all of our other projects, it was really horrible.

The bathroom then:
Putting down the hardy back.
The tiles by the door.
The little natural stones go all the way around and then the big ones are in the middle.
We are in process of putting in the toilet and sink as I type (just letting the paint dry).

Almost all the credit fro the bathroom goes to Catlin who did all the tile work. And ISSB who aided and assisted him.