Today was a little weird, although it started normally enough. Like always, we took our sunrise walk with Dawn during the coolest part of th...

A neighbor's house went under the wrecking ball today. This was a nice house with an Austin Stone exterior, three bedrooms, a pool, and ...

Another insanely hot day. This is getting old. At least our sunrise walks are tolerable. It's never really cool though. Even when we lea...

Another Saturday in the books. We see lots more people on our weekend sunrise walks. The park was full of runners this morning. I guess if y...

I got a message from my editor asking if I'd be interested in getting a tour of the ship that will be used to retrieve the Orion astrona...

I'm glad I didn't go to the Falcon Heavy launch. Last night's launch got scrubbed with one minute left on the countdown clock. T...

Instead of incurring new bills with a last minute trip to Florida, I spent the morning paying old bills. There seems to be a relentless push...

Today's big event was giving Dawn a bath. Well, it wasn't a big event for Dawn. She thought we were going in the car for ice cream u...

My request for credentials was approved with less than two days remaining until the EchoStar Jupiter 3 launch. Jeez. This just isn't goi...

Not a bad day, even though everything about it was very predictable. We started out with a nice early walk with Dawn. Why can't the weat...

Today was busy. I surprised myself with how much I got done. I do set the bar pretty low these days though. Maybe I was a bit more energetic...

There's a Falcon Heavy launch next week that I'll almost certainly get credentialed for. I don't think I'm going to go. Hmmm...

Another long, hot day. Getting up early didn't really help that much this morning. The temperature was already too hot long before the s...

I paid for the water heater today. I hope nothing else breaks this summer. I've had enough. The roofing company people called me this mo...

This heat wave is starting to feel a little apocalyptic. There is no end in sight. We got up even earlier this morning so Dawn could have at...

The temperature wasn't bad when we took Dawn on her sunrise walk, but it didn't take long for it to climb to over 105 degrees. When ...

Life is back to normal. Dawn was so happy to take a walk again this moring. She could have taken a walk with me every day last week, but she...