down the stairs, bucket of kid
I love our stairs. they sort of hang there. attached on one side only. the translucent wall sections compliment this feature. we intend to cover the treads with cork or anything that is slightly more forgiving than the steel.
this weekend we had three seperate accidents where kids fell on the stairs. shins were busted up. the stairs were not damaged, stairs 3, kids 0.
there is a gap from the edge of the floating tread. we stronly suggest that the kids always use the handrail. the gap is small enough that we are within code requirements, but it's still a bit of hazard for small kids. I will need to start planning a gate as the 4 month old chunk is threatening us with mobility.
people often ask, "if you were to do it all over again, what would you do differently". the one thing that really bugs me are some of the plumbing fixtures. we have on demand water heaters. the master water heater is mounted inside the closet, very near the master bath plumbing. with the mixer handle placed in the center (as seen above) if the water is turned on, the water heater also comes on. so, if you merely want to pre-wet your toothbrush, you can hear the electric fan and the natural gas come on. and they will continue to run for some time after the water is turned off. 
the easy remedy is to just use cold water (center is half cold, half warm). so we often keep the mixer handle off to the cold side. I would rather have something with a seperate knob for hot/cold like we had in our past house
a graduate of the little rocker camp
he entered as a drummer but got moved to guitar.
our regular trip to RBI was put off till next friday. we sat outside and let the kids swim.
a new piece has been added to the AMH art collection. this was donated by utilty company scrap artist, powlcat.
we attended the first austin area 02 owners group meet.
jason's very nice alpina tii.
it should be noted that every 02 that attended had california plates. maybe next month will see a few more local cars?
despite the temps inside the warehouse being around 115, free beer tastes good.
first saturday of the month at independence brewing.
potluck night at the austintreehouse
austintreehouse has a huge amount of glass to capture the view. unfortunately, now that summer is officially HOT, it's also catching some heat. as the sun set, we all found ourselves hiding in nooks and crannies. then, as it slipped behind the hills, the temp instantly plunged back to humane levels.
sunday morning at hippie church (maria's taco Xpress)
harmonica as worship tool.
she was feeling the spirit.
a fresh victim german
yesterday was HOT. the first day this summer where we actually complained about the heat. margaritas help cool the situation.
water slide party at erwinhouse.
they are growing kids in buckets over there. it's a new gardening trend.
with varying degree of success, first word that pops into my brain: pailhead
another installment of silver jews lyrics:
"I believe that stars are the headlights of angels driving from heaven to save us"
"Boy wants a car from his dad, Dad says, First you got to cut that hair. Boy says, Hey dad, Jesus had long hair, Dad says, That's right son, but Jesus walked everywhere."