So last weekend I went up to Austin to see Southern Belle. It was interesting timing, b/c SB took me to the Capitol (where she works, doncha know) to see the late Gov. Ann Richard's casket/memorial ( Read more... )

I bought a bike ( Read more... )

I got my hair cut on Friday. I went to Judy, the person my sister and mother go to. My sister had found her a year or two ago, and she finally got my mother to go. In both cases, their hair has never looked so good. I was already impressed because Judy convinced my mother to do a much more natural-looking, two-toned blond thing. If you'd never ( Read more... )

I promise a more interesting post either later or tomorrow, but I suspect I don't have much time left on Beloved Nephew's nap, and I need to wash my feet and prettify a bit before he wakes up. The washing of the feet is due to the dirt rubbed in from kneeling over to pull various weeds out of the front flower beds ( Read more... )

I walk w/ Beloved Nephew almost every morning. As it gets more reasonable, I'll probably begin afternoon walks as well ( Read more... )

for this announcement ( Read more... )

Too scattered right now. Have had a pleasant but active weekend. Yesterday, went gallivanting in the hill country w/ Mom and Dad--we went up to Boerne and wandered through intensively quaint cuteness all day. Today, Sis and Beloved Nephew plus M&D and I went to the Witte Museum to check out a new exhibit on early south Texas, then had dinner w/ ( Read more... )

Set up my checking and savings accounts yesterday. That was lovely, since it means I was finally able to pay some things today. Whew! I still have had no success selling the van--when my MasterDebit arrives, I'll do an ad in the local alternative weekly as well as the local paper (yes, SA only has one ( Read more... )

But I like the Texas boys. I have gotten more casual male attention in the not-quite two weeks since I moved back than I did for most of the 11 years I lived in Chicago ( Read more... )

Quick post tonight b/c I'm beat, and I need to go to sleep soon so I can be nanny-rific in the a.m ( Read more... )