Chrissy's Photo A Day

  Eating lunch before he leaves for the ceremony, my boy is about to be a high school graduate.

  Guess who's in town??? Squirt's GRANDPARENTS!!! They came all the way from Wisconsin to celebrate his graduation on Saturday. The...

  Still getting ready to ship stuff to Austin for the conference, I made this demo house today.

Last day of high school EVER for the squirt. He comes home exausted after his last final and retreats to his favorite comfy couch.   Gett...

Sunrise on Fox Island. Absolutely sublime....

The kids got just a "little bit" muddy in the detritus. But not to fear, nice cool brackish Bay Water is very near.

On our way to Fox Island. First sight of my beloved special place since 2001. Ah....

Squirt's graduation announcements ready to mail!

Wanna buy some furniture? We are selling! Lots of it! One year ago today my husband got in the minivan and took off for his summer sabbat...

Spent all day in bed with a migraine, so no photos today. I did manage to do some work on the photo album project and help Aza's boyfrie...

Happy Birthday Dan! Today we worked around the house then went to buy a new DVD player because our last one bit the dust. It was my present...

It seems that we never go to the movies, but tonight we went to see Angels and Demons. It was pretty hokey, but entertaining. I thought it ...

The last time I was home, I decided to take my Nana's old photo albums and restore them. Pages were falling out, pictures were stuck b...

It was so nice of my friends R and M to stop by and bring me flowers on my graduation day. That was Sunday and now it's Wednesday and t...

Back when Jes was a baby and we lived in a little two bedroom apartment, I bought this country cupboard from a yard sale for $175. I really...

I picked all the peonies out front because the monsoon season had them on the ground, poor things. They smell wonderful! The suede paint o...

I graduated today. Here I am with my diploma on the lawn!

Me with my advisor after the hooding ceremony. The chair in which I sat while the hood was placed by my advisor and the dean. Squirt, A...

This dresser belonged to my great great grandfather. I think. That's what my mom said anyways. We got it out of my great grandmother...

Look at what I did with an old cracked up photo/painting of my grandmother? Amazing, hu? It's so much fun and so rewarding to be restor...

Grace Mae Hudgins, born June 8, 1890 in Mathews County, VA was my great grandmother. Today I took an old beat up photo of her and restored ...

We got kicked out of the house this morning for four hours with the dog while a home inspector and the buyers and their real estate agent ...

Went to Lowe's today and got a replacement for this, a new tub stopper, some screening, and other stuff for last minute fixed on our ...

My finger is fine. I guess I'm a wimp. I took off the splint and found the actual knife mark though. Finger is still too swollen to ge...

I slept well with my poor finger all taped up, woke up and got to work caulking the tub that caused the injury. Well, actually I caused ...

Guess what happened? It hurts and it's hard to type.

Igor successfully defended his dissertation today. He did a fantastic job and now we get to call him Dr. Igor. We celebrated this evening...

Some people would say that I should not blog photos of ants. Ants in my house. Ants eating poison in my house. In my house that just s...

We sold our house today. Only 11 days on the market. Happy. I will miss sitting on the front porch in the rain.

Last day of getting ready for this garage sale tomorrow. I hope I make at least $300 for my week's work getting ready for it. Aza came...