Photo from a real estate web site.

Never again do the following: • Watch any Keanu Reeves film (save the first Matrix on rare occasion) • Read any Nicholas Sparks book ever until the end of time. Ever.

I come home, get out of the car, walk towards the back door and hear a small voice from next door say, "Hiiiii!" I know before glancing over that it's one of the little girls who lives there. "HelloOo! How are you?" I say. "GooOood!" "Me, too." As I climb the steps, the height gives me a larger view of their sunroom. I look over and say "Byye!" Wait a ...

In my grand state of Texas, deep in the heart of redness, our republican governor and U.S. representative kept their seats. Not a huge surprise, but I'm completely overjoyed that Nancy Pelosi is now the first-ever female Speaker of the House. Maybe that doesn't mean a lot to you, but the Speaker is third in line to the presidency. A woman! #3 to the President! We're getting closer, ...

Midterms are finally here! It's very possible I might end up being the only one from my place of employment who votes tomorrow, but I know I'm the only one who has looked forward to it for this long. It will be my first time voting in Texas. A place where my vote will probably be more drowned out than it was in Arkansas. That's if "W. Still ...

At work, everyone new has finally started and I'm feeling simulaneously tense and relieved. Tense because I have to keep two other designers busy with work, along with myself and still make sure we're on schedule. Relieved because now I finally don't have to do it all myself. I'm finding there's a fine line of figuring out what someone is capable of doing on their own - correctly, ...

I just realized that the beginning of the last post didn't come out the way I had intended -- The reason we chose not to partake in the Halloween glory had nothing to do with the types of kids who come to our door. (We give candy to all regardless of race, gender, age, and creed - whatever a creed is). It was purely the desire to be ...