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I woke up but it seemed that Ashes was still sleepy! We made a pallet the night before to watch TV and I guess he slept there all night.


Checked email, pweb, blog, etc.


I broke from the habit of eating breakfast after elementary school and now have a glass of chocolate milk in the morning


Shaved and brushed my teeth


My teeth are cleaned and my face is as smooth as a baby's bottom! Time to shower!


Time to walk the dogs (yes, there are three)


I decide to wash the dishes while listening to Blue October (Best Band Ever!)


Eating lunch at Sicily's with my aunt and uncle who are visiting from out of town


We ran into some good friends of the family while eating


Got to the Kingdom Hall but the Spanish congregation was still there. We were the first ones from the English who arrived


The Kingdom Hall looks so empty in between meetings


Oh, okay, that's much better


After the meetings we visit. Meet my aunt Dena and my aunt Joetta and my uncle Carlos


When I get home I make a sandwich. We're out of mustard. I eat bread and ham


Decide to play Halo 3. I want to beat it again before Halo 3: ODST comes out


My dogs like to sleep in the sun. Guess we keep the house a little cold


Get bored of Halo 3 and decide to read Dune. I'm almost done. It's a GREAT book. Thanks Neo.


Have to get to work to finish some stuff I didn't get to on Friday, Ugh!


But the layout of the office is really nice


And the scenery is real nice, too.


Couldn't get it all in on one shot. Nice field. Thank God for flood plains


Why the European look? Some guy with too much money went to Croatia and fell in love with the architecture and decided to bring it home


Driving down the road


Now we're washing the car. I just love the Honda Element


Now we go to Target...


...to get some groceries. Ten items or less, please!


I guess not all graffiti is bad


We decide to get ice cream


It turned out to be very good


Decided to do some bills


And finished the day watching 1984 before bed.I started it the other day and didn't finish it


Just found a picture of my wife I'd never seen taken about four years back. I liked it so much I posted it.

You're welcome . I just may re-read it myself this summer.

Why the European look? Some guy with too much money went to Croatia and fell in love with the architecture and decided to bring it home

I can see why, especially the columns and arches inside. What is that, some sort of marble? Stone? I think the material would look better if the two colors were closer together or if the darker parts were patterned differently than the vein look.

You're in...Texas? Wherever you are, the architecture fits the scenery, which is important. If you threw that in the middle of a patch of dirt, it'd be a whole other story.

Why the European look? Some guy with too much money went to Croatia and fell in love with the architecture and decided to bring it home

I can see why, especially the columns and arches inside. What is that, some sort of marble? Stone?

I assume you're speaking of the interior of the office. If you are, you're way off. It's Styrofoam. The outside is stone.

Your dogs are so cute!

You're way off. It's Styrofoam.

*sigh* Somehow I'm not surprised. It's still a nice idea and looks nice but that just plain sucks. Do it right or don't do it at all, people.

Very cool. I approve of reading Dune.

That picture of all of your dogs is really cool! I love the way they line up. It really looks like it's the same dog three times..

I can guarantee you they are not the same dog. They are all different (very different!) sizes. The one of the left, Ashes, has diabetes. He needs an insulin shot twice a day. Since he got the diabetes he blew up (gained about ten pounds in two months) and got really, really cranky.

Jackie, the one in the middle, has a messed up spine. He cannot gain weight, no matter how much he eats and that is a lot. P.J., the one on the right, is quiet, reserved, and I think he doesn't quite know where he is some of the time. He's the father of the other two. They are all about eleven years old now.

Holy wow, everyone has the coolest looking locales. I love the shots of the field and your town. Your dogs make me think of those AT&T commercials, too, which is always good for a chuckle.

Darn you, Dune. My friend in the Navy finally just sent me a copy, but it came with a whole box of comic and Pratchett, and, well, I can't read anything else when there's Deadpool/Vimes to be had. So now it sits on my shelf, waiting to be read, and you just reminded me of my guilt. So thanks.

Thanks a lot.

Scenery:Very nice.

About fifteen years ago, McKinney was just another small town and not visually appealing. About 2001, with an influx of new workers in Dallas, the small town of McKinney blew up. From 2001 to 2006, the population grew from about 16,000 to 100,000 and now over 120,000.

McKinney kept up and expanded (it was the fastest growing city in 2006-2008, I think it was those years) and catered mostly to the upper class and upper middle class. With that it also became very visually appealing. The west side of McKinney is very, very beautiful.

But I'll still always love Austin better!

Holy wow, everyone has the coolest looking locales.

I have sadly moved away from a cool looking locale. I now live in a barren pit of concrete and asphalt.