A clear view

Last weekend Jim and his dad worked hard to take out our old kitchen window and put in our new window. Actually it didn't really seem that hard, but that is easy for me to say since I didn't really do much :) We wanted a new window because the old window wouldn't open and was pretty dirty looking (no matter how much I cleaned it). Our new window works great and hopefully will save us some money since this one is double paned with the "gas" in the middle. I have to say I'm not really happy with the size. We didn't realize how much of the frame would take up the window. So we actually lost a little bit of glass space with our new window. Oh well, not much I can do about it now since the window was a special order (it was an odd shape). Our next step is to pull down all of the wood and replace it with dry wall (which is the reason the window in the pictures doesn't have a frame around it).

Taking the old window out

Chewie enjoying the open window space

View from inside without the window

The pooh-pa

Check out the ham in the window

The kids resting after a hard day of watching other people work.

Our new window installed. Once we pull down all of that wood, and replace it with dry wall we will frame the window.

Who is the freak in the bag....Oh yeah, it's me

HOLY SHIT

I just found out that there is an extremly HAWT man visiting Austin. Ryan Renolds is in town filming a movie....Ohhhh la la! He is frickin hot! Maybe I'll take a day off tomorrow just to search for him around Austin! LOL

Here is a yummy picture:

Prim and Proper

As I am watching Pride and Prejudice I realize that I don't think I would survive back then. Don't get me wrong, I would survive without electricity and Internet and I think I could run a farm. But I might have some issues without my Starbucks or Nordstroms coffee. I don't think I could handle throwing myself at men hoping for a husband. There are a few parts of the movie where the younger sisters are trying desperately to gain the attention of men with a bunch of woooohoooo's and dropping their hankies in hopes that one of the men will pick it up. Dear lord. I would rather hang out with the cows than go to such trouble. Of course, looking back I suppose my short shorts/skirts would have been my "way" of dropping my hankie to gain attention. HA!!!

Originally I wasn't sure if I would like this movie, but it draws me in every time I see it on TV. I suppose it is the love story about a stubborn woman that interests me :) lol!!!

Screeching Halt

We are having some issues with our electrical outlets in our house. Last night 5 outlets decided to stop working. Jim tried all night to try to figure it out but it still isn't working. Our house is pretty old and we have been trying to skirt the issue of getting our electrical professionally worked on. Damn. I am still hoping that it will be a quick fix because our computers and internet is on those outlets. I am lucky to have a work laptop with an aircard so I can have internet access at home!!!

I have pictures that I want to post, but I'll have to wait until my home computer gets internet.

The flying Poo-pah

While my mom was visiting, I was able to take some pictures of Chewie while he was catching his frisbee. Chewie can really get some air when he is trying to catch the frisbee!! We might have to call him the flying poo-pah! :)

VVVVVVVVRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM

While I was in Indy, I took my car to get fixed. I have had an oil leak for awhile now and have been putting off getting it fixed. I didn't want to have to deal with dropping my car off, have a grease monkey check it out, then call me and tell me that it was going to take hundreds of dollars to get it fixed. My dad told me to contact his mechanic, but he was busy and wouldn't be able to get to my car so he referred me to another company in Austin. I was a little apprehensive because of their name.... Groovy Automotive. Hmmmmmm,,, surely their mechanics aren't running around in tie-dye shirts with flowers in their hair :) So I decided to take my car and I am SOOOOOOOOOO happy that I did. I picked up my car on Saturday and it is driving so much better than it has in years. I spent a little more than I wanted, but they fixed quite a bit. I haven't had work done on the car in years so I figured with 106,000 miles it was time to fix all of the little things.

I am crossing my fingers that my car will survive quite a few more years!!! :)

Back in Indy

Well I'm back in Indianapolis for my second week in training. Ugh. At least this time, it isn't 22 degrees :) Nothing has really happened except I realized that I have been wearing navy colored socks with black pants, oh the horror :) Actually I was a little horrified that I didn't realize it sooner. Damn. Oh well. Hopefully nobody noticed. LOL.


We (the two girls I am in training with) went to downtown Indianapolis last night. It is similar to downtown Austin, with lots of restaurants and bars. We walked around for a bit and then settled on a restaurant. I took some pictures, but I only brought my small camera so the pictures won't be a great quality. Well, that and I took a lot of pictures while in the back seat of the car and only about half came out :)

Training is going well, and is actually going fast. I'm glad it is already Weds, so only two more deays to go!!!! We have another big presentation on Friday, but I'm not going to worry about it.

Well, we are about to leave for dinner, so I should get going.

Saturday Night

This picture is WAY fuzzy, but I kind of like it. It almost looks like an oil painting

The hubby and I headed out on Saturday night for a nice meal and to celebrate St. Patty's day. We went to the Roaring Fork, which was soooo stinkin yummy! We used a gift certificate that Angela gave to us for Christmas, so it was a stinkin yummy dinner for free! Yay!

Downtown was BUSY! This weekend was South By Southwest, which is an intense music festival going on all around Austin, especially downtown Austin. I think it is 4 days and on those 4 days bands start early in the afternoon, then go until the wee hours of the morning. We didn't go to any shows, but I plan on it next year. We'll buy the wrist bands so that we can get into the shows for free. This weekend was also the last weekend of Spring Break and St. Patty's day. What a weekend! We did a little bar hopping, listened to some music, and did a whole lotta people watching! I tried to take some pictures, but it was hard since it was dark out and extremely busy!

At Shakespeare Pub

This bar had a drum band playing, and it sounded so cool. The guy in the picture what wailing on the drum. We stayed and watched for a little bit.

We made sure we were wearing green! Although my green wasn't a true "Irish" green :)

As we were sitting at the bar in Touche's the couple next to us got an interesting looking drink. We found out that they were Irish Car Bombs. Being the adventurous couple that we are, we thought why not and ordered two! Basically, you have a glass half full of Guinness beer, then you drop a shot of Bailey's and and Irish Whiskey into the Guinness, then you drink really fast :) I have to say I was a little worried before we drank them, but they were damn tasty!

Jimmy drinking his shot/drink

And because I am so talented, I even took a self portrait of me taking my shot/drink. The people next to us as well as the bartender were impressed I could drink and take a picture of me all at once. Well, I'm not sure it they were actually impressed or just thought I was weird. Whateva!

Ahhhh, a St. Patty's day kiss!

As we were walking down 6th street, I couldn't believe what I saw... A freakin Eagles TO jersey. Seriously? Didn't he have anything else to wear that night. Sure it has green in it, but a TO jersey. LOSER! :)

Dog and Cat Food Recall!!

Pet food recall has animal owners frantic
Eukanuba, Iams and store brands tied to kidney failure, deaths
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/


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Recall Information 1-866-895-2708
Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
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Award
Best Choice
Big Bet
Big Red
Bloom
Bruiser
Cadillac
Companion
Demoulas Market Basket
Eukanuba
Food Lion
Giant Companion
Great Choice
Hannaford
Hill Country Fare
Hy-Vee
Iams
Key Food
Laura Lynn
Loving Meals
Meijers Main Choice
Mixables
Nutriplan
Nutro Max
Nutro Natural Choice
Nutro
Ol'Roy Canada
Ol'Roy US
Paws
Pet Essentials
Pet Pride - Good n Meaty
Presidents Choice
Price Chopper
Priority
Publix
Roche Bros
Save-A-Lot
Schnucks
Shep Dog
Springsfield Prize
Sprout
Stater Bros
Total Pet, My True Friend
Western Family
White Rose
Winn Dixie
Your Pet

Jim's Birthday Dinner

We had a belated birthday dinner with Jim's family last weekend. He chose to go to Vivo's which is a Mexican food place in East Austin. We really enjoy Vivo's food and we created a few more fans of their food. When I went to the restroom, I came across something that I haven't seen before; the sinks had ice in them, with rose petals laid across. Huh. They get points for being unique, but really, why? I wonder if they keep filling it up as the night goes on, or if it is a one time thing at the beginning of the night. Oh well, ice in the sink or not, I'll keep going back because they have kick ass salsa and food!

Ryan doing a "hookem horns" with olives on his fingers

The cute couple

Still a bit baffled by the ice in the sink... oh well, here is a pic so you can see :)

YYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMM! RaspberryMargarita

Joy to the World....

....Grey's Anatomy is new!!! It was a super pleasant surprise because a lot of shows tonight (well, The Office) are re-runs so I assumed that Grey's would be as well! I am soooo damn happy that it is a new episode. Kind of like the worlds are in-line and were ready to give me a little surprise :) Ahhhhhh, so nice.

I took a different position within my company that will probably keep me pretty busy over the next few months. Hopefully it won't be to bad, but we'll see. I really want to do well, so I might have to put in the extra hours. At least I'll get overtime :)

I have another trip to the terribly exciting Indianapolis (I really hate that you can't hear the sarcasm). I leave in a couple of weeks. I am actually looking forward to hanging out with the two girls I went with, and of course not paying for food for a week, but not looking forward to being away from the hubby and kids for a week. It is a follow up to the training I went to about a month ago. I am supposed to be doing homework for this class, but of course I waited until the last minute :)

Spring is in the air in Austin. Everything is blooming (and it is fucking amazing that my allergies haven't taken over my body yet) and oh so pretty. I'll probably go around town this weekend to take some pictures. And you know that I'll post them! I don't know why but I am surprised that it is spring already. It seems like just a few weeks ago we had a week of freezing weather. I kind of miss it. I like spring, but I know it will soon be unbearable heat that will make my ass sweat when I am sitting on my leather seats in my car. (sorry, that might be too much info) :).

UPDATE: It is now Sunday, and my fucking allergies have taken over my body. Ick.

I have been a bit of a slacker on this blog, and I don't mean to be so I will try harder to keep it up to date with interesting information!!! :)

Family Photos

While my mom and g'pa were in town we took some time before dinner one night to take some pictures! We went to a park close to the house and spent about 25 minutes taking pictures. I would have loved to have more time, but since we were doing it before dinner I didn't want to take to much time. Here are some of the pictures!!

Wednesday Night Softball

I now spend my Weds nights watching Jim play softball with the guys. It is a good time, the weather is nice, and I can catch up some friends while the guys are playing. It would be a lot better if they softball fields were closer (they are about 25 minutes away).

I tried to get some good pictures of the game, but my flash kept bouncing off of the fence, which killed my picture. Here are some of the pictures that kind of came out.....

Mummy and Pop Pop's visit

My mom and grandfather came out to visit over last weekend. We had a wonderful time getting massages (my mom and I), thrift shopping, planting new flowers and plants, and watching old home videos. My mom took our old VHS tapes to Walgreen's to have them transfer the videos to DVD. We laughed soooo hard watching those tapes! I have to say I was quite the shit at an early age! Their 4 day stay went by way to fast!!! It always does. We just need to win the lottery so we can constantly be on vacation!!!

We converted Pop Pop to be a Universit of Texas fan! :)

Grandma and the grandkids playing frisbee

Pop Pop enjoying a brewski while sunning himself on the porch

Mom and Taylor watching TV in mom's "bed"

Waiting for our table at the Outback. Wait a minute.... is that a beer in mom's hand?!?! :)