why ESPN is going DOWN

So ESPN hosts a fantasy football league deal-e-o on their website. No problemo, have used this tool last year, no problems, no harm, no foul.

Tonight was my leagues draft. 5 FRIGGIN HOURS TO DO A DRAFT. Connection problems, server problems, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.

Note to ESPN- spend a little less bandwith and server space on Ad's and spend a little more time on your database organization, and maybe you would have gotten more people next year.

2006 Season- I am going to NFL.Com. I will gladly give them my money. ESPN blows.
And to think these motheryou-know-whatters have the rights and priveledges to MNF. Its a crime against football lovers everywhere.

Down with ESPN. Down I say.

Despite the fact that its 100 degrees outside...

FALL IS ALMOST HERE!!!
Its football season. First college games are on SATURDAY. My Fantasy Football league draft is tonight. I am ready to make cupcakes for my friends next week. I pretend that I will be able to wear cool weather clothes very soon.

Instead, its hotter than hell. But FOOTBALL is almost here!!!

Putting things into perspective really damn quick

found out about 20 minutes ago that one of my girlfriends mom's lost her house yesterday in Mississippi. Gone. Wiped away. Another girlfriends house is gone in New Orleans. Really makes you want to just be thankful for the day that you had and the good things in your life.

Not sure yet what we can do to help, but I do know that here in Austin, people are opening up their houses to refugees. Holy crap, in this day and age, we have refugees. Its unthinkable.

Like I said, puts things into perspective really damn fast doesnt it?

greetings from the EST

yep folks, I am now a multi-state blogger. I am currently in Maryland, poised and ready to go give a kick ass presentation. Thought I would stop by for a second and say HOWDY!!!

Had delicious dinner last night with my girlfriends- food was plentiful, good conversation abundant. It was AWESOME.

Woke up this morning, ready to go, and hopefully will do a good job. For once, this isnt just about me or my career, its about 4 other people on my team too. Whoa.

Anyways, I am off, presentation ready, and elbows ready to go :)

I had to, sorry Kim!

my weekend... or rather whats left of it

*im not complaining, really*

its been a busy weekend. through my own creation, but still a really busy weekend.
Didnt leave work last night till 8ish. Went to dinner with some friends. Got home late.
This morning at the gym at 6am. At office at 7:45-2pm. Had a flat tire. Changed it. (oh yes, it was 114 degrees today), and then decided that i needed to go out on the boat. really needed to go out. it was great. two hours out there- just skiing and talking with some of my closest friends. quiet and peaceful on the water. back to the marina, dumped the boat off, decide to wait till next weekend to clean it up, and then head to Super Target. (for the second time today)- get home, water my plants, and do four loads of laundry. pack my bag, go over my presentation one more time, and voila... its time to go to bed!

Tomorrow morning- fly to DC, dinner with the girls and then Monday is the meeting. Oy vey.

so very sleepy

but i wanted to say HOWDY.

worked a bajillion hours today. seriously, you can count them. getting ready for the DC trip. kind of nervous about this presentation, but I think I will be prepared. its only my career after all :)


have i mentioned that its 100 million degrees in austin. seriously wicked hot. i am so close to moving to alaska its not even funny. its so hot that i sweat walking to my mail box at night.

its just that hot.

there are worse things.

like snow.

i have to remind myself that.

oh yes, interesting conversation tonight at drinks. someone asked me why i am not dating anyone right now. i didnt know the right way to answer that question. how weird is that.

should i say that i dont know?
should i say that the last guy i dated just "didnt work out?"
should i say that the guy i dated in febuary is joining the SEMINARY. Yep folks, a guy that i dated is becoming a priest. now thats a dating resume builder.
should i say that another guy that i dated is living in TOKYO?

i am dating poison. clearly, i am taking myself off the market and starting over.

so, those are my random thoughts for the night.

she works hard for the money...

so hard for it honey...

I am really enjoying the work I am doing right now. Its good to be focused on something. Back to business and better than I have been in a WHILE!

Life keeps tossing me interesting curve balls- got a new one thrown at me this week- trying to figure out the best way to swing at it. Going to be doing some investigative research this weekend, and will have more to report next week.

On a happy note- I get to see some of my GIRLFRIENDS on Sunday! Heading to D.C. and going to have dinner with Koo Koo, Divine and Kimmy D. I know that some of you are just too jealous for words. I am jealous of my own self. Check out their links on the side of my blogs. They are just the coolest chicks in puppet land.

Its weird to be at a lull with CASA. Now that our summer fund raiser is complete, I feel like I should be doing something for it-weird- bitching one week because I was so busy, sad because its over. I will never be satisfied.

The other bright shiney spot is that its almost football season again. Fantasy football draft is this week, and the fun is about to begin.

Overall, life is pretty damn good.

i never said i was cool

one of my favorite movies is on tv right now.
yep, one of my all time favorite movies. i have probably seen this movie at least 20 times.
Royal Tennenbaums? Nope.
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind? Nope.
When Harry Met Sally? Nope
Billy Madison- Yeah baby. Adam Sandler at his finest.

This asinine movie makes me laugh till my belly hurts.

every freaking year, every freaking summer.

I get "allergies". Allergies that turn into a cold like thing. Allergies that dive straight into my lungs.

EVERY YEAR. Went to my doctor this morning, and sure enough, I have the start of another damn Upper Respitory. Yes mother, I know what that means. All the Marlboro Lights in the past coming back to kick me in the butt. Yeah, yeah, yeah. BUT IT HURTS LIKE HELL.

So, I go to Walgreen's again- this time for more damn antibiotics, more inhalers.

This sucks. The fat kid and I are together again for a while. I swear its the recirculated air in my office. This is the third straight year that this has happened. This is my third summer in this building. Coincidence? I think so.

yeah, yeah yeah.

so, my favorite friend, who shall remain nameless reminded me of a few of the reasons why i left michigan.

1. i hate snow.
2. i hate driving in snow.
3. i hate looking at michigan, specifically metro detroit in january once the snow gets dirty.
4. i can only deal with my parents in 2 day increments, and then i go screaming back to the airport.
5. i hate snow.
6. i hate wearing snow boots.
7. i hate the salt that goes on the roads to combat the salt and ice.

gee, thanks for ruining my perfectly good melancholy homesickness.

there is a blog out there....

that makes me so homesick. i am too lazy to look for the link, but the woman that writes it lives in Metro Detroit- the burbs to be exact. She talks about home, and I yearn for home. Maybe I have had a rough summer, maybe the heat is melting my brain, but maybe 5 years in Texas is enough. Maybe I need to go back. I have been tossing around this idea for a while. I keep mentioning it to my mom, she isnt quite sure what to think. I mention it to my friends, they think its just heat stroke. I miss Michigan. I miss knowing that Fall is coming in a month. I miss seasons. I miss Coney Islands. I miss walking around downtown Birmingham. I miss going to hockey games at the Joe. Shit, I even miss traffic on 75. The downside, I would be within striking distance of my family. They wouldnt come over that much would they?
I hear jobs are few and far between up there. I think this is something I really need to investigate. I want fall. I want seasons. I want to go to the Henry Ford in the fall. I want to see the Rockettes downtown at Christmas time. I want to see the Nutcracker at the Fox. I want to be able to go to my moms house for chicken dinner once in a while.

the fat kid continues to dance

on my chest, and now above my right eye. What was originally allergies, I think has morphed into something more Evil.

I have a cough syrup with Codeine in it. Makes me feel kind of weird.
Also got something that resembles a horsepill in the form of an antibiotic. I HATE antibiotics.

Anyways, the fat kid and I are going back to work. Excuse us while we hack up a lung.

Austin Music Network..

Screw MTV, Screw VH1- For the past so many years, Austin has had this AWESOME music network on Time Warner Cable. As of September this year- its going to kick the bucket.

Check out this link- http://www.austinmusicnetwork.org/

Please check it out.. if you actually like watching videos, and not Brittney Spears pathetic existance!!

again with my iPod on random...

i just heard this song by the Beach Boys "God only Knows"


I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without youI
f you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me?
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Well life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me?
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you


Just remembering what it felft to be in that place. Its been a while.

building on yesterdays post about yardwork..

and my yearning desire to never do it again, I decided to take matters into my own hands and try to figure out what to do about my situation.

1. I could either suck it up and pay Yard Boy his money- well worth it, I now realize after 4 hours of back breaking sweating work

or 2- go to online dating and find my self a man who lists "yard work as a hobby"

Would you believe there arent as many men out there that list "toiling in the back yard with a beer on one hand and a weed eater in the other" as one of his favorite things to do? I know my dad liked to do yard work. He still does. He hops on the riding mower, takes a cigar and a beer, and just mows, and mows and drinks. Am I from a freakishly foreign family? Hell, I know a ton of guys growing up that did landscaping for their summer jobs- surely they must be of dateable or marriagable age by now.

Think I am going to go get gussied up and head to the Depot and see what I can find in the Home and Garden Center.

there is a fat kid

that has taken up permenant residence on my chest. for the past week, i have been dealing with some crap-tastic allergies. after lawn-a-palooza yesterday, i think i might have pushed myself over the edge. seriously. i am no longer able to breathe like a normal human being. i wheeze. i cough. i hack. i feel like there is a 500lb weight on my chest.

i went to walgreens last night to self medicate. in addition to the NyQuil, and other delicious colored pills that I bought, I managed to buy new shampoo, two new brushes, a magnifying mirror, and lotion. Drugs stores will be the bane of my existance when i am old. you will see that older chubby lady just strolling down the aisles throwing random crap in her cart- oh yes, that will be me. I admit it, I love the fact that I can buy tampons, a Texas Hold-em poker kit, and propane all the same place.

I'm off to go weed my yard. Bless my lungs.

progress is awesome...

so many of my friends are doing awesome things right now! changing jobs, getting married, having babies, starting new businesses, moving into new homes. i am in awe of the strength and the diversity of the group of friends that i have. not to sound cheesey, but i am really proud of some of my girlfriends...
good luck to Koo starting her new job/career on monday- i know you will kick ass and take names.
good luck to KD starting a whole new adventure in real estate.
good luck to LMG- for making it safely into your second trimester- can we PLEASE go shopping now?
there are many more- good luck to all of you!!!

i hereby relinquish all rights to calling myself

a progressive woman. screw this shit. there are certain things that guys should JUST DO. like cutting the lawn in august at noon in texas. been cutting my lawn for an hour now. according to ABC Pest and Lawn, I have 8200 sq feet of grass on my property. I am half way through mowing. I am going to die of heat exhaustion or throw myself under the mower. Until today, I had a yard boy. He was cute. Yard boy raised his prices.I am under tight budget restrictions. Yard Boy had to go. This is one of the saddest days of my life. Here I am sweating like a whore in church on redemption day, and there my yard boy is cutting Thom and Annes yard across the street. I want to cry. In fact, I think under all this sweat, I might be crying.

Men should take out the trash.
Men should cut the yard.

I will happily walk around barefoot, pregnant and do my man's biding if I never have to do this crap again.

Holy shit, break time is over, I need to go sweat again. Pray for my sweating soul.

jingle bells, ipods, and vodka

thats what happens when you get home from a pre-season football game party on a friday night after working 60 plus hours, a long happy hour, and your iPod on random. im sitting on my couch right now, blogging, listening to Issac Hayes singing Jingle Bells and drinking a delish Vodka drink. Its 11:49 pm people. This has been one long ass week.

Aretha is now on my iPod- singing Respect. I feel the urge to sing. My exhaustion is luckily holding me back. Remind me to tell you my story about Miss Franklin and canned ham some day.

Good night dear internet. Yes, I did blog this. Are you still reading?

and tv just got a little bit better

right now. football. NE Patriots and New Orleans.

FOOTBALL BABY!!!!

THANK JESUS THERE IS A REASON TO LIVE AGAIN

everyone else is doing it...

10 Random Things About Me:
i love purses
i collect dishes
pedicures make me happy
i volunteer for CASA
I am trying to figure out what church to join
I own a gas grill
West Wing is my favorite show
Summer is too long
Trashy romance novels make me happy
steak is good

9 Places I've Visited:
Toronto, Ontario
NYC
Las Vegas
Mackinac Island
Key West
Louisville, KY
Chicago
Atlanta, GA
Florida
8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die:
Have a family
Get Married
Build a Home
Meet my soulmate
Go on a cruise
Be a foster mom
be 100% debt free
knit a sweater
7 Ways To Win My Heart:
make me laugh
smell good
Cook
Take the trash out
Love football
Be good with kids
Hold my hand in public
6 Things I Believe In:
God
Family
Love
Starting over
Forgivness
Success
5 Things I'm Afraid Of:
Thunderstorms
Total darkness
Being single forever
Bridges
Going through airport security
4 Of My Favorite Items In My Bedroom:
My bed
My books
My computer
My pillows
3 Things I Do Everyday:
Work
Check My Email
Call My Mom
2 Things I'm Not Trying To Do Right Now:
Think about work
Snack

SUCCESS

I MADE IT HOME BY 5:57.
HOLY CRAP.
I might be able to have a little bit of a life today. Laundry, cooking and gardening have never looked soo good to me in such a good time.

Seattles Best MY ASS

Deviated from the Plan this morning. Couldn't get out of my neighborhood quickly, so I decided to go to the Seattle's Best on the backside of my subdivision. Now, I have never been there before. There is a reason for it. IT FREAKEN SUCKED. Seriously sucked monkey balls. I walked in, and they were playing Barry Manilow- (I apologize to all of you Fanilows out there, but it is NOT what I want to hear at 7:45am), and then the workers are FREAKING IDIOTS. I accidentally ordered a Venti- come on, its not like it was the first time it has ever happened, and they made FUN of me. The coffee wasnt as good, the service was crappy, and I am NEVER going back. I pledge my allegiance to the Best Coffee in the World- Starbucks.

the plan

work a almost normal day today- under 11 hours.
see my friends who I havent seen in AGES!
work in my GARDEN which is currently looking like a jungle


the method:
hit starbucks
crank out at work
skip lunch
be out of the office by six....

will update all later

adios mi amours

15 hours was long enough

to be away from my home today. seriously. i leave so early, and get home so late. i remember the days when i had these hours, and the fun part would be I would come home stinking drunk after partying all night. now I just work really long hours. really, really long hours.
i used to love talking to people. now i love silence.
i used to love my friends. now i just hang out at home on my couch.
there is a boat on Lake Travis that is BEGGING to be used this weekend. We are all so tired from work, that its probably going to have to wait another week or two. remember how I said good things are happening? well, they are still happening at work, but MAN OH FREAKIN MAN, its emotionally draining.
my house doesnt even feel like home anymore. its weird, i come home, i get a glass of water, i sit on my couch, log onto my laptop, read the blogs for a bit, and then go to bed. the next morning, i wake up, do something that seems exercise-a-cle, shower and then start my day all over again. The guest bedroom is the place where laundry goes to die. Things are seperated into dry cleaning, whites and darks. My house isnt even messy. I'm not here long enough to screw anything up.
I need a vacation at home.

But, its almost 11pm, i need to go to bed, so i can start this whole damn thing over again.

by the by, dear internet, i wish i could talk to you more. and some of you more than others.

The Castle

The house of books!

The Colonial House

Windows of Hope

The Prarie School House!

The first of my Casa's for CASA pictures- this was the Gingerbread House- every little girl in Austin wanted it!

breathing a big ole sigh of relief...

for oh so many reasons.
but here they are.
1. CASA is over. We did it. We raised the MOFO money. THE HOUSES WERE A TOTAL SUCCESS. http://www.casatravis.org/casas_2005_pics.htm I am soooo proud of this function. Seriously proud.
2. My little work family is still together. Not going to go into big details, but thanks to our management team, they worked some major miracles, and we are all still here. Not quite the same, but much better in the long run. Serious changes have been made. But we are all still here, working together. I am so thrilled I can barely see straight.
3. Tonight I sleep. I can not wait, but I get to sleep, sleep Sleep!!!!!

Pineapple Punch...

Scrum-deli-umptious!!! (alcohol of your choice to be added of COURSE)

INGREDIENTS:
2 (46 fluid ounce) cans pineapple juice
1 liter lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
1 (4 ounce) package sweetened raspberry-flavored drink mix powder
DIRECTIONS:
In a large punch bowl combine pineapple juice, sprite and drink mix. Stir, and serve over ice.

yummy tuna salad recipe...

INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup Asian fish sauce
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons honey
2 1/4 pounds fresh tuna steaks, cubed
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
4 fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 bunch green onion, finely chopped
1 small fresh red chile pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
1/2 cup fresh basil
DIRECTIONS:
In a small bowl, mix together fish sauce, lime juice, and honey. Place tuna in a large, plastic, resealable bag, and pour fish sauce mixture over the tuna. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a wok over high heat. When the oil is very hot, almost smoking, place 1/2 tuna in pan; cook and stir for 1 minute, or until desired doneness. Transfer cooked fish to a large bowl. Repeat with remaining oil and tuna.
Toss warm fish with tomatoes, green onion, red chile pepper, cilantro, and basil. Serve.

oh blog how i miss you so

but i am to freaking busy to share anything.
this week has been less than fun. but its friday.
next week has to be better.

it's the little things...

food cooking in the oven.
West Wing Marathon on the TV
My house is mine.

Bliss I tell ya, bliss.

Turkey Lasagne..by the Barefoot Contessa

go to www.Foodnetwork.com and Check out "Barefoot Contessa" and check out some of her recipes- they are wonderful. I made this one this weekend...

Turkey Lasagne..
2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup chopped yellow onion (1 onion) 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 1/2 pounds sweet Italian turkey sausage, casings removed 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes in tomato puree 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, divided 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1/2 pound lasagna noodles 15 ounces ricotta cheese 3 to 4 ounces creamy goat cheese, crumbled 1 cup grated Parmesan, plus 1/4 cup for sprinkling 1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten 1 pound fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Heat the olive oil in a large (10 to 12-inch) skillet. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes over medium-low heat, until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the sausage and cook over medium-low heat, breaking it up with a fork, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until no longer pink. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, 2 tablespoons of the parsley, the basil, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat, for 15 to 20 minutes, until thickened.
Meanwhile, fill a large bowl with the hottest tap water. Add the noodles and allow them to sit in the water for 20 minutes. Drain.
In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, goat cheese, 1 cup of Parmesan, the egg, the remaining 2 tablespoons of parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Set aside.
Ladle 1/3 of the sauce into a 9 by 12 by 2-inch rectangular baking dish, spreading the sauce over the bottom of the dish. Then add the layers as follows: half the pasta, half the mozzarella, half the ricotta, and one third of the sauce. Add the rest of the pasta, mozzarella, ricotta, and finally, sauce. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup of Parmesan. Bake for 30 minutes, until the sauce is bubbling.

1:05 am Sunday Morning on 8/7/2005

Hey y'all. Have spent the entire day at the mall working the fund raiser- total sucess financially, and emotionally. So cool having the kids come up and pick "their" play houses. Was amazing to have my friends come out and help volunteer shifts. All and all a total success. But yet, I sit here tonight at my house, and the only person I have to celebrate this with is some random strangers on the internet. Not quite sure how I feel about that. All day long, I watched as families walked by, as couples stopped to talk about volunteer opportunities, and I was able to tamper down any kind of feelings. Until now. I went to drinks with some friends to celebrate our sucessful day-financially it was a coup, but driving home, I realized I have no one to talk to about this, no one to really talk to about what I have been doing, no one to help me get through the next 8 days of this event. I am not really complaining- I love what I am doing, its just weird that it hit me like this. It would be nice to have someone out there with me- someone that would be there getting into this like I am. Someday.
I look back at my last dating debachle and am trying to figure out what went wrong this time. Was it really a lack of time, or a lack of interest? Was it both? Guess I will never really know.

Oh well, I need to get to bed, so I can do this all over again tomorrow. Every $1,000 dollars we raise provides enough money to train an advocate, and we signed up two new advocates today. Every advocate that we train can help another kid in Travis County. This is my way of trying to build back good karma. One last fund raising plug- if you want to donate go to www.casatravis.org - they do amazing things there.

Good night,

-K

Happy Saturday..

the craziness continues...

Casa's for CASA in full swing- headed to the mall in an hour or so. Had to do some laundry on the fly this morning, quick grocery shopping and realized that I was in public without brushing my hair or putting make-up on. Nice.
Ran back home, took a shower and now ready for the day.
Promise to upload pictures soon for Casa's-

More later.

Martha Needs a Facelift.

and quick.
I want to figure out a place that I can manage demographics, still have control over content and look, not pay a fortune on a monthly basis, and still have it look COOL. Any suggestions?

I am feeling a change in the air. I have been talking to a few people about making some changes.. I just don't have the time to devote. I know what I want to keep - comments for now, stat tracker (i'm nosy- i like to know who comes on my site), i would like the Google functionality to actually work, I would like to try the Technorati linking feature.. but, I want to be able to move content, and have it look good, unlike the ugly POS that it currently is stylin. Martha isnt summer stylin, she looks rode hard and put away wet.

i knew i was getting older

According to this http://www.blogthings.com/whatagequiz/ I am 35

who the hell is that

in my mirror? when i woke up this morning I did not recognize the old bitch in the mirror. seriously. she looks old. she reminds me of my grandma. this is bullshit. i am 28 and suddenly i look old.

im going to go soak my face in ice water, and see if i can schedule botox, or a facelift, or something. or maybe i should just go back to bed.

I know you are, but what am I?

Yep, in a moment of utter maturity, i slung those words out to one of my co-chairs tonight as we were crawling on the mall floors taping down extension cords. I do believe my friend Danielle, who shall forever be known as "Bitchy Grouchy" (but I love her), called me a Cranky Ho Bag. Its possible that it is true, but did she have to say it when my ass was sticking in the air and I couldnt defend myself properly? As I have been talking about for days now, we have been preparing for Casa's for CASA. The playhouses are moved in. The volunteers are 99.5% scheduled for 14 days at 2 malls. Now all we need to do is raise $60,000. Holy FUCK. Yep, I just said the F-word. The enormity of the whole thing kind of came crashing down on us tonight as we were doing some hard core manual labor. We have been so busy preparing for this, that we forgot that we need to raise a crapload of money. I am pretty sure that we can do it. It just freaks me out, as I have NEVER been a part of anything like this before. Ever. So, as we are all starting to feel the burn and get nervous, we start doing what any rational adult does- we start calling each other really stupid names. Yep, Ho Bag, Gouchy Bitchy and my favorite- Buttmunch (that one was coming from the girl that works at the legislature). Aren't we just really doing our parents proud right now?
So anyways, the event has begun. It looks good, now we just need to put the money where we have been running our mouths at. Otherwise, we need to answer to the Board of Directors. And I don't think we can call them Buttmunches. At least to their faces.

Overwhelmed..but in a good way.

Wow, I can't believe y'all noticed I havent been posting much lately. Honestly- life has just been insane. We have been getting ready for Casa's for CASA and I have been spending all my free minutes on that. Blogging has taken a back seat to real life-imagine that! The emails asking if I was ok have just been wonderful. I didn't realized that I had so many people reading me on a daily basis. Work continues to be, well work, and everything else is chugging along. My yard is over grown, and my plants desperataly need to be weeded. I need a week to catch up with my life. But- I am not complaining- the things that have been keeping me busy have been good. I checked my STAT Counter today, and cracked up with how many of you come back here on a daily basis... Its cool to see my friends visiting my house!

Anyways- I will be posting pictures of all the playhouses in the next day or two- once we get everything settled at the malls, you can get a better picture for what we are working on!

I can NOT believe its August already- Back to School stuff is everywhere in Austin- it feels like it was just the beginning of summer 6 minutes ago, and now Target is lined with crayons, folders and notebooks. I think I might buy myself a new pack of Crayola 64's just to feel cool!

Hope everyone is having a great week.

the playhouses...

I have been working on the CASA fund raiser for months now. It feels like years, but its really only been a few months. Last night I went and saw one of the houses that is being raffled off- this one is AWESOME! I am trying to figure out a way to win this one myself and have it in my own back yard.

Anyways-- this is the project that I have been working on. More pictures to come as the week progresses.