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Did any of you see the solar eclipse this past weekend?  It happened in Texas just around 5/5:30 on Friday afternoon.  I was on my way home and Jordan had already finished work.  Since he beat me home, he ran into a neighbor who was ready to watch the eclipse (unlike us unprepared people).  This neighbors is a school teacher so she was prepared with special glasses and had timed the eclipse just right.  I hope all of you made it in time to see such an event!  It was very difficult to see unless you had some serious eye protection. Top Left: These are the fancy glasses that our neighbor let Jordan use.  They look a lot like 3D glasses but the affect is more like a welder's mask.  You can see that the sun is setting so it was important to get a glimpse while we could. Top Right : Jordan took a picture of the eclipse while holding the glasses up to the camera lens.  This picture isn't the greatest quality, but it's authentic.  Coo...

Hi Friends!  Like all my other posts, I'm a bit late in sharing our adventures.  Meh...oh well.  So this entry is about the events of last week and last weekend! The week was pretty productive for Jordan and I.  We'd had a lot of projects very close to "done" but they still required last steps to fully finish them.  It was nice to check a couple of those OFF our list!  One of those projects was our laundry room cabinets!  You saw my post about Jordan and Dad installing these a few weeks ago, but Jordan was able to finish the details last week.  I've captured a couple of pictures for ya'll below: Top Left: These are the finished cabinets, wall to wall!  Since the mirror was there, I had to waive to ya'll.  I've had that mirror since I was a child and love it!  Top Right: There was a little gap that needed to be filled in so Jordan trimmed a board and caulked it between the wall and cabinet.  The first attempt failed ...

Hi All!  I have lots of pictures and topics to share with you guys this week.  I'm a full week behind and already have more posts in the queue, so I'd better dive right in! So last week, Jordan and I took a couple days off work to make a long weekend.  Boy, it was an action packed weekend for sure.  We started it off with a trip to the Texas State Fair on Thursday!  Jordan had never been to the fair and I hadn't been in years!  If you live in Texas, this would be a great day trip! The weather was perfect and we spent the whole day exploring!  Above are a few pictures of Big Tex and the prize winning fried meatloaf.  It was one of the first things we tried at the fair and I think it was my favorite! We then did a little wandering around to familiarize ourselves with the fair grounds.  Jordan really wanted some nachos, so we found both the nachos and fried banana pudding!  When you're at the fair it is a requirement to wal...

I have a short mid-week update for you guys!  October has already been full of activity and I'm sure the Fall season will continue in that fashion.  Last Friday night, we had a great dinner out with our friends, Jenn and Jonathan.  We had originally planned to go to a place called, The Grape, but the night before, some storms whipped through our area and The Grape lost electricity!  It was a real bummer because we were looking forward to trying something new, but we still ended up at a yummy restaurant, Babes!  For those of you who haven't heard of Babes , it's a great southern restaurant that cooks food made from scratch.  The menu favorite is their fried chicken, but they have smoked foods, fish and other entrees as well.  The restaurant is family style so you can expect to share entrees and unlimited veggies with your whole party.  Your meal comes with all kinds of veggies (corn, beans, potatoes, etc. etc.), biscuits, and salad. We had a...

This is Jordan on this blog again. I wanted to let a few people know about a struggle I had with my truck hood latch recently. I first must tell you that I have a 2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 manual 6 speed. This truck has over 287,000 miles on it and has given me little to no trouble. I plan on buying another Toyota Tundra in the future. So here's the story of how my hood latch failed. I had been told several times that my battery needed to be replaced, and I milked it for a few months before getting it done. I went to AutoZone because they'll install it for me (not that I can't, but an extra set of eyes on the engine is never a bad thing). The guy at AutoZone asked me how long my battery clamp has been corroded off. I then realized that my battery was simply loose in my truck because the metal was gone to hold it down (80% gone...some of it was still there). I couldn't drive it knowing that a rapid stop could send my battery through my headlight (or at least cause damag...

Happy Autumn to all of you out there!  I've got a mellow post for ya'll today.  It's been a few weeks in between posts because Jordan and I have both been pretty busy with work.  My company just closed our fiscal half so the last several weeks have been a little nutty.  Basically, I've been sucked into the vortex of corporate jargon and worrying about "revenue", "margin, "inco terms", "stock levels", yadda, yadda.  I survived the vortex, but I'm grateful that it is the beginning of October! It has still been pretty warm in Texas so the temperatures don't really reflect the Fall season.  We are expecting a cool front tonight so we might see the 60's soon! Jordan and I did a little yard work/planting around our yard a few weekends ago to get ready for the season. Do you remember the hydrangea plant that I shared with ya'll earlier this summer?  Well, the little plant is barely surviving.  I think the heat was too mu...