by admin | Jan 25, 2010 | Bright Lights
January 22, 2010; our first big dust storm of the new year, and it’s a doozy. Mari and I were smart enough to take our three mile walk early this morning because by 9:00 the wind hit, and it was downhill from there. Or should I say ridiculously windy from there....
by admin | Jan 20, 2010 | Bright Lights
We walked into a fast food chain over the weekend to be greeted by a pleasant hello from the young woman behind the counter. I placed my order for a small cheeseburger, mustard and mayonnaise, no ketchup. I knew I was in trouble when she had to ask her supervisor a...
by admin | Jan 13, 2010 | Bright Lights
For eight grueling weeks we braved highway 84, survived one potty training accident, spent a fortune every time we stepped foot into PetsMart, and finished the course with a diploma and a picture (of sorts) and a happy little puppy who now knows how to sit,...
by admin | Jan 8, 2010 | Bright Lights
Okay, this post is just me venting a little bit. In the newspaper it would be called an op-ed piece, so maybe I could get away with calling it that. Probably not. I’m a true Texan schooled in the pleasures of football. My dad was a high school football star....
by admin | Jan 3, 2010 | Bright Lights
I have heard it said that when oil got to $50 a barrel, Texas would just buy Colorado and make it into a state park. Well, $50 a barrel oil has come and gone and we still haven’t bought Colorado, but based on our ski trip experience over New Year’s,...
by admin | Jan 3, 2010 | Bright Lights
My daughter Caroline found a time when we were out of the house and snuck in a huge box, nicely wrapped, and tucked it under the Christmas tree. Well, tucked might be a stretch; it was so big she just sort of set it down beside the tree. She told me I was going to...
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