Month: March 2009

While all I really wanted to do was lay down and crash in my big ol’ comfy bed, my beautiful young bride wanted desperately to have an adult conversation and get out of the house.  So we loaded up and headed to our favorite haunt, the bookstore.  Bookstore coffee is the most expensive coffee in…

After looking at all of the things that Becky had circled in the brochures, I opted for the ones that were *NOT* on the Texas Tech campus.  My wife would burst into Crimson and Cream flames if I stepped foot on anything Red Raiderish.  The Buddy Holly Center was on the way home.  I got…

Business took me out of town for a couple of days, but I continued with the challenges while I was away.  I went to the lovely town of Lubbock, TX.  Becky, the desk clerk of the Homewood Suites was very helpful in suggesting some sites to sketch while I was there.  Unfortunately, I was only…

Girl2’s skin is extremely pale and translucent.  She gets that from her mother.  My beautiful young bride and I were lounging around one summer night when the moths started dive bombing her.  Her skin was so pale that it was the brightest thing in the moonlight.  Unfortunately, Girl2 also got my allergies.  This time of…

Sometime around 1900,  someone decided to add an upstairs to my house.  The stairwell is not quite 36″ wide.  The upstairs was carved into four bedrooms that were pretty much mirror images of each other.  They added a front porch in the 30’s and extended the front bedroom over the porch.  Sometime after that, someone…