So I’m in Texas… Kerrville Tx…. (yes they have internet here). We are here with Lex’s family visiting her Dad’s parents. It has been a good trip so far. We got up at 5:30 am and drove to Sacramento for our 10am flight… that was delayed for about an hour. I remember 2 things from [...]

Man v. Nature…. in a beauty contest…. you be the judge

Well, like a month ago, I told you all that I had gone caving with Pat and Eric… well I finally got the pictures from Eric… I had to drive 5 hours to get them… and there aren’t many… so enjoy!

Above is Pat in a cave, and below is me (Jamie) in a cave….

There were [...]

Well, it is Tuesday night at 7:09 PM and I am still at work… not really so cool haha, but I guess I’m getting mad overtime, and, right now, I am waiting for a response from a senior economist I am getting paid overtime to blog… so I can’t complain too much, if I work [...]

3… we got three separate and distinct kinds of squash at the Temescal (part of Oakland that we live in) Farmers Market. So now we have an acorn squash, a spaghetti squash, and a butternut squash…
That being said, I’d like to mention that this farmers market is probably the center of the universe as far [...]

Well, on Thursday of this week our lives changed for ever. Lexie, called me at work to tell me that after several weeks of struggling and only intermitent functionality our microwave had stopped working. Thankfully it stopped working right after she had finished heating up her lunch, but when she opened the door, it died. [...]