Finally playing with my new MacBook Pro!

I spoiled myself with a new early Christmas present: a new MacBook Pro. I decided it was time to upgrade since my old laptop is about 3 or 4 years old and is having a hard time keeping up. I want to do more with the videos I have been recording of BabyBoy, and want to learn iMovie. And now that I have an Intel Mac, I can also use VMWare Fusion and run Windows. I got it on Friday (yes on Black Friday...doing my part for the economy!) but I am just now this evening playing with it and getting things set up and installed the way I like it.

On the road to Grandparents' house

We coincided nap time with travel time on purpose.

The Third Eye

This is part of a mural near my work. The third eye is freaky, but I like it.

Banana Bread

The last few days have been plenty busy here. And we are just starting to gear up for the Thanksgiving holidays. I got the cooking bug this weekend, and one of the things I tried out was this banana bread recipe. I had bought a bunch of bananas a week ago, and then got a stomach bug (daycare is good at providing me with various germs), so I couldn't eat them all. They were getting very ripe, so I had to do something to salvage them. This recipe was so simple that I simply cannot ever waste bananas again! Maybe next time I will add nuts or orange juice like one of the commenters suggested. Sorry I don't have any photos of it. We've already eaten some of it, so I didn't think to take a picture.

Book Review: E is for Evidence

Okay, I'm definitely behind in my book reviews here. I think I finished E is for Evidence when I was on vacation. It was, like, eh, compared to the others, especially since I read it after "G" and "H", which I loved. This is a story where Kinsey is being framed for being in on an industrial arson case's insurance claim. Her second ex-husband shows up in this book to add more to the drama. Kinsey is her typical wise-cracking self, but I felt the resolution of the story was rather bland. Usually, Kinsey is the one to figure it all out. But in the end of this book, Kinsey is told by the villain how it was all laid out, which disappointed me. I rate this book a 7 out of 10. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't my favorite of the series.

Introducing the BabyBoy Fall collection

It finally got cool enough here in Austin to dress BabyBoy in long sleeves and sweaterwear.

The Saxidentals on MySpace (will you be our friend?)

It's nothing too fancy yet, but I started a MySpace page for The Saxidentals. I uploaded some recordings from our November 2 gig at the Congregational Church of Austin. (Thanks Andy for recording us!) Hope you like them. And if you are a member of MySpace, send an add request and we can be friends!