We're (Trespassing) Texans

I am ashamed to come back to the blog, three months later... My apologies.

So, we're here!  We are busy learning all about what it means to live in Texas and all of the many, many things that are done differently here because, well, they're Texans.  And they can.  We are considered trespassers on the sacred ground of this fine state by many, but there are some who just see us as those who weren't good enough to be born here but smart enough to find our way to the promised land.  Either way you slice it, we're here!

I am enjoying my job at A&M and am learning something new every day.  That makes it quite nice to go to work and know that I am just a teeny, tiny bit smarter when I leave than when I showed up.  I am well on my way to wrapping up my master's degree and will be graduating in May from UGA.  Woo hoo!  This summer I will most likely continue to work full time and take a small class load.  (My bosses, through some strange miracle, feel that my work is important to the grant, and so I'll keep letting them employ me as long as they want!)

The girls have adjusted nicely to their new schools.  Ashley Kate is sowing her two-year old oats and has been put in the corner a few times for being naughty.  Or maybe a lot more than a few times.  I've quit counting.  Ella likes her new teacher and classmates but is finding that Texas standards aren't the same as those in Georgia (or everywhere else, maybe, because this is Texas and everything.is.different) and she is a bit ahead of the curve.  Good news, mostly, except school is now 'boring.' Oh dear.

David transferred with Lowe's but is religiously searching for something more in line with his interests.  He has recently taken in a colt that needed starting so that has helped his mental state quite a bit!  Actually, it has done us all a bit of good to have a horse around... (At our new home there is a barn and round pen just a stone's throw away, which is really nice.)

I hope to get my rear back in posting gear very soon!  Until then, here is a recent picture of Ashley Kate posing in front of the washing machine.  She's got her milk filled sippy cup, of course, and Buddy, the dog/stuffed animal that gets carried around in a headlock most of the time.  I know this picture isn't the sharpest, or best exposed, but there's a good reason that I'm posting it anyway.  And that good reason is this: Katers isn't the most photogenic girl in the neighborhood at the moment, so we'll take whatever we get that shows her true beautiful little girl self.  Even if it's over exposed and in front of the washing machine!

Until next time, kids, we are,

The People Who Finally Woke Up And Realized That Texas Is The Greatest State In The Union