Friday, November 21, 2008

no shave November (by dave)

Several of us decided to partake in No Shave November.  I went for 10 days and had a nice beard going.
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Of course it was only a matter of time before a.) I got sick of the scratching and b.) Stephanie couldn't stand to kiss me anymore while I had a beard.

So I decided it was time to shave.

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As you can tell Stephanie thougt it would be fun to document the process!  And this is what happened...

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Need I say anymore!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

is it a flower? (by Dave)



Today for lunch I had a Satsuma orange in front of me, having never eaten one before I was curious.  I began to peel it back in my usual methodical way and then sat it down on my desk.  I took one look and saw this.
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It almost looks like a flower doesn it?

Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween

I've got to admit that I really love carving pumkins, which doesn't necessarily mean I love Halloween.  I think I like the idea of getting my creative juices flowing and dreaming up a cool design to carve.  I also like the cool weather that gets me outside to enjoy my pumkin.  I had been urging Stephanie to go get some pumkins with me and we finally went last weekend.  Since it's been rather warm this week we waited until Wednesday to carve them.  I talked her into carving a cat, while I decided I would do a very scary face.  I thought she did a great job, and mine turned out better than I had expected.





Of course both of our pumpkins are now rotted and ready for the trash after the 80 degree weather we've had!

Friday, October 17, 2008

Bedroom upgrade (by Dave)

Last weekend we decided it was time for some new paint in our bedroom.  We also decided that the original trim needed to go as well, so we declared war on our room.  We aren't done with the project yet, but we hope to be this weekend.  Here are some photos of our progress thus far.

here is what we started with

another angle before we start

we moved a lot of the furniture out and removed the trim and covered the walls with primer

now it was time for the paint - we used sycamore green from Restoration Hardware

stephanie hit her groove on the second coat of primer

i get ready to paint the ceiling - it was not fun in case you were wondering!

you can really see the green color in this shot

the walls are all done now and we've put in some floor trim

time to install the new door trim

We'll post some more photos next week and let you see how the trim looks and how my installation of crown molding goes!

Monday, October 13, 2008

Fun with words (by Dave)

I found a very fun website called Wordle the other day and decided to share my thoughts on marriage.  Click the picture to go an create your own wordle.  Just remember that if you want some words bigger than others then you need to type them multiple times.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Birthday fun - Ft. Worth style

I decided a trip to Ft. Worth was in order for Stephanie's birthday, so we headed out last Saturday for the zoo and then onto the symphony at Bass Hall that night. It was lots of fun!


Thursday, September 18, 2008

Stephanie's new digs (by Dave)

This has been a long time coming, but we finally made it up to the Watermark offices this past Saturday to get Stephanie's new office (cubicle) cleaned up and organized.  We spent some time rearranging the furniture and making things more user friendly.

This was my first time to see her new desk as well, so now I can close my eyes and visualize where she's at when I'm thinking of her!

I'm so proud of her and her pursuit of this new job.  It will certainly require a new frame of mind as she won't be doing any accounting, but I am certain she'll do a great job.

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