cover boy
when we have guests over for the first time we most often hear "the pictures on the blog don't do your house justice". I don't take it personally as I have never put a great deal of effort into them, I'm too busy with house projects! and kids! and life!
so now I don't have to. the pic above was taken by thomas mcconnell. he has several good pics of our home on his website. his lens angles are wider than mine! (there are two links, the first has a a pic of our kitchen and dining area if you let it scroll, the second screen will have a page where the pic above is found).
THE NEW PHONE BOOK IS HERE, THE NEW PHONE BOOK IS HERE!
OK, so it's not the new phone book. it's the guide book for this years cool house tour.
we are on page 19 (pdf of austin cool house tour guide book 2008 here)
there are a few errors, kat has no "e" in her name, we have no need for a terminex barrier as we have no wood framing, and "west lake hills" is three words, not two. people often get that wrong since the city of west lake hills is in an area commonly referred as, westlake.
I have not yet seen the cover of the guide book, BUT I have heard that I am on it. we're all itchy to get down to central market and ask to see a copy and confirm this rumor. I could very well be a blur and I recall asking thomas if I shouldn't put on a clean shirt etc. my was dirty from cleaning up and working around the house and we don't even own an iron... ironing of shirts is a complete waste of time and resources and a fowl display of vanity. a status symbol that is rarely seen in austin where flip-flops are business casual (says cool house tour cover boy 2008)
edit-I just saw that the cover is the last page of the pdf (page 43) me and my unironed dirty shirt are a bit of a blur