Yes, we are fine here in Austin. My house is just a few miles from the building though. I had a panic moment when I realized that J was supposed to be in that area shopping but I called and he was still in bed asleep. I'm getting some interesting pictures and stories from a couple of friends who live near there and one girl who works in the next ( Read more... )

I keep staying up late doing nothing despite the fact that I'm exhausted. Any sane person who cant keep their eyes open would go to bed. I'm trying to convince myself to play a quick game of Civilization. It will only take 3 hours. You're not that tired right?

And now for the 3rd? 4th? I think its 3rd year in a row, here are all the books I finished this year!

( The 120 books of 2009 )

I have been shaking for over an hour. In a matter of minutes I have lost over 40 French books to mold. My entire collection, except 2 books on different shelves and one I lent to my sister a while back. Gone. Many old and out of print. Gone ( Read more... )

J is smarter than me ( Read more... )

J doesn't have a normal work schedule and he never will. Its something I hated at first but have grown used to now and even see the good points most of the time. He usually has days off during the week, so he can go run errands that take longer on Saturdays, like basic car maintenance. Usually I have time to myself on my days off to watch movies I ( Read more... )

Just a quick note to let everyone know that my husband is made of awesome and badass. He got into manager training school!!!! Yay!!!

J & I watched Doubt last night, because we wait for almost everything to come out on DVD. If you haven't seen it, and you like really well-written movies, you should go rent it. Its a little slow going for a movie at times- you can tell its adapted from a play in parts. But the characters are so finely crafted and the dialogue carefully constructed ( Read more... )

Seedlings of ideas tonight. You'll have to forgive me if I ramble ( Read more... )

Today's Adventure in the Magical Life of Katya ( Read more... )