Posts Tagged ‘Texas’

That Cold White Stuff

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Surprise! Look what we woke up to this morning…

Snow at our house in Austin, Texas

Snow at our house in Austin, Texas

Snow at our house in Austin, Texas

Snow at our house in Austin, Texas

Yup, that’s snow. In central Texas. I didn’t move to Texas to wake up to snow! It’s not that I’m against snow, in theory. The concept of snow is nice and all, and it is very pretty to look at, but I am not a fan of it when I have to deal with it being outside my door step.

See, where there’s snow, there’s cold. And cold and I have been mortal enemies for my entire life. We’re not about to kiss and make up now, especially now that cold has wedged it’s way under the door and into the house and makes me wear a fleece hat all day. Grrr. It almost makes me miss being pregnant in the 100 degree weather. Almost.

On the positive side, I got to dress Binary Boy in his adorable fleece footie outfit. So, I guess the cold isn’t all that bad. 😉

Binary Boy in fleece footie outfit

Binary Boy in fleece footie outfit

Thinking About Moving

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Texas, with cute animals!Recently, the topic of moving out of state has come up. Why? Well, why not, really? We both love California, but feel drawn to move elsewhere. There is no specific reason really. We just want to move.

Now that we’ve both settled on the idea of moving, we’re trying to decide exactly where to move to. Kevin and I have batted around ideas for where we want to move and have been looking more seriously at Austin, Texas.

Neither Kevin nor I have visited Austin, but from what we’ve read (and we’ve done lots of reading), it seems like a perfect place for us.

Here is where you come in, though. If you know anything about Austin or have any opinions on it, either good or bad, I want to know! Please let me know anything you’ve heard about, read about or know about the city. This is a big decision for us and I want to know we’re weighing all of our options before pulling up roots and relocating.