From the monthly archives: February 2004
The feeling was mutual. We didn’t want to cook dinner. With our new food envelope stocked with food cash, we had the decision of how to spend the food cash. Taco Bell was our choice for many reasons: cheap, fast, and we hadn’t had it in a year or so… It was like being on [...]
We have put ourselves on a very strict money-diet, or budget, starting this month. We have been on a very loose budget more or less all four years we’ve been married, but this is the tightest we’ve run things. It is also the first time we are trying the cash envelopes for gasoline and groceries. [...]
I’ve been toying with the idea of adding a background pattern for awhile… After much experimentation, I present to you the winner. The name background, afterall is something subtle. BACK, as in not important, away, not immediately in front of you and GROUND as in something you stand on, a foundation, place to grow from. [...]
‘been scanning in more pictures for everybody to look at… I’ve been going through the scrapbook and photo box finding old photos that are web-worthy. I noticed in most of the older ones of me that I’ve always got my hair in a ponytail. Guess that was part of the motivation [...]
I have downloaded “bootleg” copies of the directional buttons for the photo gallery and have been slowly updating the wedding album. The wedding album is slow work due to the hand-scanning and editing process to remove dust particles and make the necessary color adjustments. For the dust [...]
When was the last time you…
1. …went to the doctor?
May 4, 2003
2. …went to the dentist?
November 11, 2003
3. …filled your gas tank?
February 19, 2004
4. …got enough sleep?
last night
5. …backed up your computer?
never… yet
I don’t have any pictures of the snow that hit (we slept in this morning at the hotel) while we were in San Antonio, but Mark has pictures of the snow that hit his neighborhood in North Austin up on his blog…
TMEA was ccc…coooold this year. We didn’t see as [...]
This bigger apartment has taken some getting used to on all our parts. For me, the biggest adjustment is using the front door. We never used our front door in the one-bedroom apartment… partially because the hallway leading to it was so darn narrow and partially because our garage was always so clean and could [...]
Pictures of Wendy’s big day are up! I’m sure that there will also be pictures added at her website as soon as her parents get home!
It was a great day! Beautiful Texas weather! We even got to see Mambo’s brother, Bubba, and a little of his [...]
We have successfully made the move from 1 bedroom to 2 bedroom! Although I had originally wanted to leave the second bedroom empty (to make it easier to welcome an addition when the time comes) we ended up with a much (and I do mean much) smaller garage. Still a one-car garage, but very small [...]
I knew this would happen, but I didn’t want it to. I must take a bloggin’ emailin’ surfin’ break until our internet is connected again over at the new apartment. David and I will miss the connectivity. The next entry I post will be from the bigger apartment. See you then.
It’s a little later in the day, and I found the smartcard cable so I uploaded a picture of Mambo amongst the packing whirlwind:
enjoy!
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