Are you ready to see the scariest Easter Bunny Skeleton ever? Last week my friend Nicole came over and played dress up with my skeleton. Yikes!

Vanessa, Chris, Isabel, Sofia and Cael finally made it to San Antonio around 5:00 this morning.. After sleeping for a little while it was time to hit the pool and hang out. The girls love the pool floats… maybe I need to buy more of them. Cael and I floated around for a while. Kelli, [...]

Lily always has her spring break in the beginning of March and my family in Michigan has theirs in the beginning of April. This year for spring break my brother Alex and his family and my sister Vanessa and her family are going to spend it here in San Antonio. Today the first wave of [...]

Do you remember last month when I told you about our new Mexican Lime Tree? If not you can click here to see the day that I bought it. When I bought it I knew exactly where I wanted it planted in our yard. The next time my yard guy came he told me it [...]

This weekend I have a bunch of family traveling from Michigan to come stay with us here in San Antonio. I have spent the last few days preparing our house for the invasion. One of the important things to do is make sure the pool is ready to be swam in. Not only do I [...]

Today I finished reading a book titled Cruising Altitude. It is written by a flight attendant named Heather who tells about her experiences working for an airline. I bought it at the Powell’s in the Portland International Airport last time I was flying so that I would have something to read on the plane. Her [...]

I am always watching for new products and when they come out I am always eager to try them. About a month ago I switched our fabric softener to Ultra Downy Infusions – Citrus Spice. This product does not just smell great it also makes our clothing feel great. I like everything about this product [...]

A few weeks ago I was outside on the back deck and I noticed that the shark thermometer was sitting there. It drives me crazy when Lily moves things around for no apparent reason. The shark thermometer sits in the pool… every day… every night… at all times. There is no other good use for [...]

I didn’t get lost. I didn’t fall off the side of the road. In truth, I’m not sure what happened other than it has been a rough couple weeks. Okay maybe rough is kinda dramatic. In the last three weeks I have been busy doing things. Living life to the fullest… and I have been [...]

I have been in Portland with JP since Sunday afternoon. When he asked me what I plan on doing while I’m here I told him that I just wanted to hang out with him. I had a few really good lazy days. Did I get anything done? Not really.. unless you count cleaning the apartment, [...]

I am a texter. I text on my phone a lot more than I talk on it. I see a text a lot faster than I see an email or hear a voicemail. It is a pretty good way to get a hold of me. I am also usually pretty good at responding to text [...]

We spent the last two days working on our Easter yard decorations and today we finally finished them. If you want to see Day 1 click here. And Day 2 click here. Since it is Saturday morning we had our usual big breakfast. Then we headed out to the garage. Everything was painted and ready [...]

Yesterday we cut the bunnies out, sanded them down a little and put on a coat of white paint. You can click here to see those steps. Today we cut out the eggs. Okay correction… I cut out the eggs. Yes, me. JP had a day trip up to Dallas or a meeting and I [...]

Our skeleton Paddy is very excited about St. Patrick’s Day!

Today Lily, JP and I started a project that involves power tools, wood, and paint. We are making bunnies and eggs for a front yard decoration. I came up with the idea after I saw something similar to what we are making when I was surfing around online a few days ago. After drawing the [...]

Today was my usual travel day. I got on the plane in Portland and headed to Phoenix. The flight time to Phoenix is about two and a half hours. There was a cat on our plane that meowed the ENTIRE time. I am not kidding… meow, meow, meow. I thought I was gonna go crazy! [...]

I saw a couple Grumpy Cat pictures that cracked me up today and I have to share them with you. I like Grumpy Cat so much that I gave him his own category! If you look on the right side of the screen you can see all the postings I have him in so far!

Do you wanna join a band? I saw this sign in downtown Portland today. Thought I would post it just in case. It’s okay if you don’t want to be in a band. I do have this eating disorder that the girl in the picture below has though.

This morning I drove from Portland to Seattle to spend some time with a few people. Check out the awesome car that I drove this week. It is a rental but I really want to own a Ford Mustang. I had lunch at Palomino with one of my favorite ex-coworkers. Will and I realized during [...]

Every time we go to the airport and park in long term parking I see some funny signs. I have been meaning for a long time to snap a picture of them. Well today we got to the airport with a little time to spare so JP and I walked down to the ground level [...]

This afternoon we were out in the yard looking at our citrus trees. We can see lots of new growth on the grapefruit tree and a bit of new growth on the satsuma tree. I have been a bit worried about the satsuma because he hasn’t done anything in a few months. No growth.. no [...]

Every winter we have three plants that we bring in the house for a couple months. This year we didn’t bring them in and it was really hard on them. These plants are usually big and happy… but not lately. I have been putting off trimming them but today I just couldn’t stand looking at [...]

The other day when I was standing in Barnes and Noble I had two different Douglas Coupland books in my hand. I had Player One and The Gum Thief but I couldn’t decide which one to get. Both seemed like they would be a good read but I didn’t want to buy both. So I [...]

We spent the last two days of our California trip on the coast in Santa Monica. JP and I have done a lot of talking about living in California and I would say that after this trip I am 100% on board with our life plan of possibly living here some day. I learned all [...]

We flew into LAX yesterday and then drove to Palm Desert to visit with JP’s parents for a couple days. When we woke up this morning we had breakfast and then set out on a road trip. Our destination was The Salton Sea which is California’s largest lake. You can read more about the lake [...]

I did it again! JP had a late flight into San Antonio and since Lily ditched me for the weekend to go camping with her grandparents I had a chance to wear a costume to the airport when I picked him up. I wonder if this will ever get old to him. Among a ton [...]

It’s Valentine’s Day! Since JP is out of town for work today was not really a romantic day but it was a fun day. I helped plan and host the Valentine’s Day Party at Lily’s school. Selena even joined in on the fun. Then after school we headed down to the San Antonio Stock Show [...]

Back in December I told you guys that we were contacted by Nielsen to do a survey about our television watching. I did the survey back then and evidently they liked our answers because they contacted us again. This time they called and asked me a series of questions. The woman on the phone told [...]

Rose’s are red Violet’s are blue Our Skeleton is gonna make a Valentine out of you!

A while back I told you guys that Barbie Land is in Lily’s room. The problem with all that Barbie stuff is that it tends to get really messy in that room. About a month ago something magical happened. I spent a full day cleaning her room and Barbie Land. I sat in Barbie Land [...]

We had another super warm day today! I have wanted to clean the hot tub for a while now but it is a tough job… and I am a little intimidated by it. I am always a little nervous when I pull up the cover on it because I have seen so many things under [...]

Today here in San Antonio, TX we had summer for a day. I was so excited when I looked at the forecast and saw the high temperature forecasted at 81°. When they say 81° that is the temperature in the shade… which means the temperature in the direct sun is much warmer. It also means [...]

Today was pretty uneventful unless you consider flying an exciting thing. We woke up a little later than usual and I only had one hour to make it all the way from the apartment to the airport then through security and in line to get on the plane. Southwest airlines starts boarding about 30 minutes [...]

Did you know that we do not have a television in our apartment in Portland? I am pretty sure that this is the only place I hang out that doesn’t have one. The best part is that we don’t really need one. It makes us leave the building instead of sitting there mesmerized in front [...]

We have made it a mission to visit all the different neighborhoods in Portland. It is amazing how many places there are to explore outside of downtown. After work today JP and I hopped in the car and headed Northeast-ish to Historic Mississippi Avenue. To learn more about this neighborhood you can click here. I [...]

My friend T.C. snapped this picture of the lighthouse and piers in South Haven, MI today. If you click on the picture you can see the full screen version. I had to shrink it to get it into the post but I plan on printing it and framing it to hang in our house. Thanks [...]

Most people that we know either stayed home or went to someones house to watch the Super Bowl. Since we didn’t have anywhere to go we walked over a The Cheerful Tortoise a few blocks from the apartment. I was sporting my Raven’s pull-over. This is how the San Francisco 49ers fans were. And this [...]

We don’t usually travel to Portland on Saturday’s but Lily has other plans this weekend so we took off a day early. After being on so many airplanes now I kinda wonder what other people do to amuse themselves during the flight. I usually listen to music, read or sleep. If I am able to [...]

Last week I got a message through Facebook from a girl that I didn’t know. She told me that she is friends with a friend of mine and that my name comes up in conversation (I took a deep breath…. yikes!). Then it said that she was putting together a surprise birthday dinner for our [...]

Back on June 1st JP, Lily and I went shopping for lemon and lime trees. They were sold out of those so we ended up with a grapefruit tree and an orange tree. They were in pots for about a month until our yard guy told us they needed to go in the ground. He [...]

A couple of days ago a full glass of red wine was spilled on the carpet in the living room. Yes, I just said a couple of days ago… don’t judge. When it first happened I blotted it up with a towel and promised to take care of it. Well you know how it goes [...]

I was browsing WordPress.org today trying to trouble shoot some picture problems that people have been reporting to me when I ran into a REALLY cool plug-in! If you go to the top of the screen and click on the tab named “Image Wall” it pulls up all the images from my website in a [...]

I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped outside to go grocery shopping this morning. Yes… this is the winter that I know and love! While I was shopping and trying to decide what to make for lunch I walked past the seafood counter. This made me start thinking about shrimp. There are so many things [...]

I had the busiest 8 days last week so today was a day of recovery. No one except my favorite guy at home to talk to me. If I was a cat today I would probably look something like this. Or maybe this. Don’t get me wrong… I love my friends but I do need [...]

Angela and Jackie’s flight back to Florida was today at 4:00 pm so we had to squeeze as much in today as possible. Jackie said when she first got here that she wanted to see the San Antonio Riverwalk so that was our plan. First we went to pick up Molly so that she could [...]

What is the BBQ Cookoff? I took this directly from the website: The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Bar-B-Que Cookoff is an annual event that occurs prior to the start of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. Nearly 300 teams of the world’s best Barbequers compete in this championship event. There is live music throughout the day, [...]

Today a bunch of us got together and headed to the AT&T Center to see the San Antonio Rampage play hockey. This was my first time going and it was surprisingly fun. I thought it was weird that they have the same colors as the San Antonio Spurs until I learned that they are owned [...]

This morning we woke up early and then Molly pick us up for a short road trip. We were headed to go explore the largest known commercial cavern in Texas. I have always thought it was off of I-35 in New Braunfels, TX but after looking it up I figured out that it is actually [...]

I woke up at my usual Portland 4:00 am this morning to catch a 5:55 am flight back to San Antonio. My flight landed around 1:45 pm and I headed home. Lily got off the bus around 2:45 and about 30 minutes last we headed toward the airport to pick up Angela who was landing [...]

Today was kind of a sad day because Stephanie had a train to catch at 2:00 pm. I had a lot of fun with her over the last few days and can barely wait to see her again. Stephanie if you are reading this I want you to know that you are amazing! Our last [...]