First week of school and things were quiet... sort of
Kat and I did see Quiet Company at ACL Live Moody Theater
The guys did put on an energetic show and sounded great. Never miss a chance to see them if you can.
Kat and I closed the evening with dinner at Trace, I had a $25 credit there.
We took the kids to eat tapas at Barlatta. We had so many delicious plates. Including empanadas,
squid ink paella,
pig foot terrine,
lobster and grilled grapefruit salad,
#1 son finds that 9th grade algebra is providing him with more HW than he can do AND go out to dinner. So he did both. He had to skip two grades to get into the class, he's not complaining and we loosened the rules so he could do his HW at the table.
The daughter and I caught Belle and Sebastian at the Austin City Limits Moody Theater.
We had a quick bite at Trace first. Yes, this is like the third time I've been there in one week.
She loves the butcher's burger. She expected to share some of it with me, but then she ate the whole thing. She was happy.
Hey look! it's Stuart. We queued up early for space at the stage.
Stuart invited a bunch of people to dance on the stage, the daughter was not interested. We just watched.
Nice MCM background...
Kat and I went to the antique auction this past weekend. There were three pairs of Italian MCM chairs I was hoping to bring home. Well, I was planning to bid on three lots, hoping to be high bidder for at least one.
I bid up to $800, but they sold for $850. This outcome repeated itself again. I bid up to $800 but somebody else was willing to spend $850 and I showed some restraint. I later did SOME research and found chairs by the same maker/designer going for quite a bit more. Then again, it's not like I have room for more chairs.
I've been working on my back yard project.
I asked two professional landscaping companies to level a section of the back yard. I figured they could bring a small bobcat or a crew of guys to knock it out. Both declined the job... So, I set out to do it myself in tiny bits. I used a shovel and a small cart to slowly move rocks, dirt and debris till the area was level.
Now that it's mostly level, I'm installing quarter inch flat steel to create boundaries for various landscape elements. Sometimes you just have to get dirty and do it yourself.