Katie and Brandon

Two heads are better than one.

April 4, 2012

When they can agree, that is. We’ve had some home renovation projects going on here for about a month now, and we couldn’t be more over it. Not only has our house not been “put together” for more than three weeks, but all the decisions…and the communicating…and lack of it…oh my. Naturally, Brandon designated me [...]

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Gotta love a good business trip

April 3, 2012

Brandon’s first trip on an airboat. Caught some whoppers on the Gulf. Put some faces with a few longtime business customers. A good trip, indeed.

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Losing my mind. And my flight.

April 2, 2012

I made a visit to Texas a few weeks ago. Where I apparently lost my ever-loving mind. Grandma Mary (Brandon’s grandma) is always telling me, “Just wait until you’re old,” when recounting something silly she has done recently. And I tell her the thought scares me half to death because most of the stories she [...]

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Uncle El’s Seafood

March 30, 2012

Brandon and I spent a few days traveling to Florida to visit a couple of our customers . Overall, it was a nice trip: meeting customers we’ve been doing business with for at least two years, checking out their business, learning about their customers and competitors. But, we did make a wrong turn… Upon arriving [...]

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When an outdoor dog revolts

March 23, 2012

How many stories can we possibly tell about a dog in one week? A lot, it turns out. A whole lot. Especially for the kind of dog owners we are. But Wilbur had made himself the focus of our days lately. Yesterday, we had some construction guys here working on one of the five projects [...]

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One woman + one dog = one three ring circus

March 22, 2012

Of course, I was placed in charge of Wilbur’s veterinary needs after Brandon’s prescription. I reserved the first available appointment with one of the local animal clinics that offers cheap services (because that’s how pets roll around here) and we had it circled on the calendar for the next three days. Since it is a [...]

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Wilbur woes

March 21, 2012

The events below are actually a couple weeks old, but were the sole focus of our lives for nearly a solid week. Which is both pathetic and frustrating. But true. So, we have this hound dog, right. Already mentioned once this week. For the most part, he’s lovable. But we recently experienced the opposite of lovable [...]

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Carjacked

March 20, 2012

Brandon got the surprise of his life yesterday afternoon. Since the big rain/hail storm we got Sunday pretty much wiped out any chance of outdoor work yesterday, he spent nearly all day working in the office. I know, lucky me. He was productive. I was productive in helping him be productive. Not so much at [...]

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Gluttony vs. preparedness

March 19, 2012

I’ve been overcome with an overwhelming sense of the gluttony in my life since the beginning of this year. I’ve made four large drop-offs at donation centers since then, and have a fifth ready to go. This last purge meant that I now have all of my clothing (Big jackets included, which, how many of [...]

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This is going in our record books.

February 23, 2012

I have a few “issues,” as Brandon likes to call them. (Let’s be honest, there are way more than “a few,” but that’s all he’s found so far, so we won’t tell him any different.) Around the house, they are, in no particular order: bed made, dishes done, no shoes at the door. Somehow, these [...]

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