War zone.

Early morning recon mission to Galveston.

http://charlesandmarie.com/index.php

Charles & Marie

http://lifehacker.com/399407/how-to-sync-any-desktop-calendar-with-google-calendar

NB: How to Sync Any Desktop Calendar with Google Calendar

First day back after two weeks of vacation followed by an additional week of hurrication. Culture shock expected.

Made it to work in the as-yet-unnamed new car. On time. One piece. Success!!

Doghouse Tavern. Drinking the pain away.

http://twitpic.com/c5a0 I'm so jumping up and down right now.

Stopped disinfecting hurricane fridge to go pick up new car.

Ran through airport Got on early flight. Land in Houston at 430.

Didn't implement "Reverse Bel Air" as such, end result the same.

Flying back to TX tomorrow. Worried about the good Pinot...

Ike update: House is fine, cept no power. No water. Office open Tuesday if it's safe to get there. Don't think I'm going back for a few.

Fleeing another night in Queens for the family house in Philly. No flights into Houston today.

Made it to NYC. not optimistic about getting back to houston any time soon.

Waiting to board the plane in Rome to New York. Anxious about tomorrow's flight from New York to Houston. News of Ike hyperbole?

Threw sleeping bags down on a mountaintop pasture. Woke at sunrise. Now on to the Veneto.

Lunch on the shore of Lago di Bolsena. Watching a little girl feed the ducks.

Wandering aimlessly in Siena. Gorgeous! Waiting for our Enoteca of choice to open for dinner. Italians eat much later than Americans!

Climbed the Duomo in Florence today. On to Siena tomorrow. Birre at the Joshua Tree pub right now. Trust my boyf to find the American bar...

Getting ready to leave Rome I'm the morning. On to Florence.

Getting ready to leave Rome I'm the morning. On to Florence.

At JFK. Onwards!! To Rome!!

More errands: Brother's dry cleaning. Lunch. Apple store. Pharmacy. Post Office.

Arrived JFK. Located baggage. On the train with brother.

My new baby will be waiting for me when I get back from Italy.

http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/features/011/Wanderlust/

Wanderlust.

Clarity: languages of love. Time to heal. Extra-communication.

Shrink wrap.

“Be a woman. It’s powerful business, when done correctly.”

—

Resolved to playing both sides.

At the new sports bar with the COP girls.

Packing for Italy. SO SOON!!

My Mini is En Route!

6pm flight to Houston cancelled. Overbooked 5am flight. Barely made it. Now stuck on toll rd behind nasty accident. All lanes closed.

Getting ready to go backwards the wrong way down an entrance ramp.

I love being the only female in the room.

Headed to IAH to go back to Odessa.

Debating the benefits of a reverse Bel-Air.

Yay Houston traffic! Yay!

finally, a shrink in Houston who does NOT offer a side of Jesus with her therapy.

10 days to Italy and counting. Ack!

http://www.amazon.com/Janes-Love-Minx-Cecil-Castellucci/dp/1401213871/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218820286&sr=1-1

Covetous: Art/Smart Graphic Novels

http://www.olivebarn.com/orb-bird-feeder-yellow.html

For the front porch

After going to an aesthetician as wonderful as Miss Karen for so long, finding a new one to love is so hard!!

The things we do for love...

http://photojojo.com/content/photojojo-original/ultimate-guide-to-road-trip-photography/

Photojojo's guide to road trip photography.

Gym at the main campus.

http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf1/0206_msl_garland.pdf

Clip Art Alphabet

http://www.arusticgarden.com/

Source for antique farm ladders

I just singed a bunch of my hair. Amateur!! I blame the pleasant breeze.

I just singed a bunch of my hair. Amateur!! I blame the pleasant breeze.

At Shay at Krafty's... Yum.

Sleep this weekend, I think.

Excellent spaghetti dinner at Matt's house last night, invite via my Couch Surfer, Brad.

Excellent spaghetti dinner at Matt's house last night, invite via my Couch Surfer, Brad.

http://www.thekitchn.com

Makes me salivate

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=97033

Esty Love

http://www.dwr.com/product/tools/house/kitchen/tiffin-lunch-box-set.do

Grown-Up Lunch Box Idea #2

http://www.wallywine.com/p-29679-wine-skin-leak-proof-traveler-5pack.aspx

Wine Skins

http://www.naturemill.com/index.html

Indoor, Odor-Free Composter

My MINI is being built as we speak! Hooray! Zippy Car!

Dinner? Drinks?

Dinner? Drinks?

Yay!! Hurricane!

We just spent an hour looking at fishes. Now we go look at kitties!!

Whole again.

Going on 22 hours. I'm getting too old for this crap.

Happy Hour hopping.

No more get-ups!!

on my way back to H-town...

Weather went all wizard of Oz on us today. Fouled service loop hose: had to lay down the derrick.

Weather went all wizard of Oz on us today. Fouled service loop hose: had to lay down the derrick.

Odessa.

Odessa.

The countdown has begun!!

Starting the week off right. .

Dolly is making me wet.

yellowfin tuna

PDC bits

Cellulitis.

The bites are infected.  I have cellulitis.  Eww.

I love the smell of white gas in the morning.

Debut fire performance with Zion's Flame at the Continental Club.

80s movie trivia at Sherlock's. We lost bc we didn't know the real names of Chunk & Mouth from "the Goonies".

YPE happy hour at the Texas State Bar.

Happy inside?

I'm testing Yoono !

The Indigo Scotch Lounger in all its glory.

My new chairs. Ok, they&#8217;re not <i>new</i>, but the fabric is. $3.50/yard on sale at Glick. Love!

So fresh and so clean. Yay!

Hooray for summer thunderstorms and scientific wild-ass guesses.

Anyone know which type of primate has the bright behind? Help!

is approving invoices, disapprovingly.

http://tinyurl.com/558tx3 Another reason to love http://consumerist.com

http://tinyurl.com/558tx3 Another reason to love http://consumerist.com

http://brocadedesignetc.blogspot.com/2008/07/illuminated-clothing.html

brocade design etc: illuminated clothing
Possibly the new Playa Couture

2-1/2 miles before dawn. Not so bad, right?

It's good to be back. It's good to be gone.

The past few months have held a lot of new/exciting/life-changing things for me:
-fell in love again
-quit my job in CA
-took my first real vacation--EVER
-moved to Houston

That's it in a nutshell pretty much. My old company has been doing some things both locally and on a corporate level that don't sit right with me, and when I got the offer in Houston for a ridiculously large salary and the exact job I want, I realized it was time to go. Ultimately I want to work out of the country, and all paths abroad in the Oil and Gas industry begin in Houston.

The divorce stuff is becoming more final, and it really was just time to leave Southern California. After being there for 8 years I think I'm ready for something new and different.

Another nice thing: for the same rent that got me 800 square feet in Long Beach (with no parking, no yard, and evil construction crew that drop things on my car from the 15th storey) I have 1900 square feet out here, with off-street parking, a yard, and a front porch.

The downside: the man I've fallen in love with is a Long Beach local, and not able to come to Houston with me--yet. We're scheming to get him out here, and in the mean time trying the distance thing.