Austin

Joshua on October 5th, 2008

Our cable company (the always infuriating Time Warner Cable) and the owner’s of our local NBC station KXAN (LIN TV) are having a dispute about who should pay for what. Apparently KXAN thinks TWC should pay them for their signal and TWC disagrees.  This is the second time this has happened in the Austin area.  […]

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Amber on September 24th, 2008

Tuesday 9/23 we entered DinoLand… Angela and Wesley Owen picked us up and we went to Zilker Park’s Botanical Garden.  We met Angela’s friend Teri and her two kids, Emma and Maddie.  The boys were very excited, especially Wesley.  Here they are studying their maps, so they would know where to go.  And here is […]

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Joshua on September 19th, 2008

We went to Great Harvest Bread Co.  A national franchise that I’ve heard is pretty good.  All I wanted was some fresh whole wheat flour.  You see, one of their big selling points is that they grind their own wheat everyday in the bakery.  I wanted to start a sourdough starter and fresh whole wheat […]

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Joshua on August 10th, 2008

Here is the breakdown of what it took to go from brown to green in our lawn. Pick Mattock $30 Fertilizer $14 Rake(broke our 10 year old one) $15 Sod (2 pallets) $270 Sod Delivery $65 Drum roller rental(2 days) $25 But then we sold our extra sod and pieces for $50. This was a […]

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