Blog der Familie Brown

Epic Milestone!

jeremy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:58:20 +0000

I bought my Golf Harlequin in July of 1997, and in the last 13 years, I drove it a whopping total of 66,666 miles. That’s a lot of 6’s. It’s been pretty good to us so far.

Office Flooding

jeremy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:35:31 +0000

Now that we have a thaw, my office is taking on water. Hopefully I get relocated somewhere nice.

Airport soul food

jeremy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:33:10 +0000

Fried chicken, mac & cheese, greens, and corn bread. Yum.

Schneesturm 2

jeremy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:41:59 +0000

It’s February, and like lots of the country, we are getting snow. Light, powdery snow. It’s been slowly snowing since Thursday, but fortunately it’s not been heavy.

None of that is really news, and it’s really no big whoop. The real purpose of this post is to post a new picture of the backyard, because the dog house is almost buried.

Schneesturm

jeremy — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:06:43 +0000

It’s snowing in the Red River Valley again. We have had a spate of good weather lately. Which is good, but what makes it even better is that most of our relatives, who live in warmer climates, have been experiencing cooler temperatures. Ha!

Really the only bummer is that the snow is so thick it has knocked out the satellite tv…

A Cold New Year’s Day

jeremy — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:06:55 +0000

It’s a clear, brilliant and therefore cold New Year’s Day. We’re up to -12°F now. Sometimes when it’s this cold, and the dew point is a little higher, you see the moisture freeze right out of the air, but it’s too dry for that today. Still, the cold has preserved the snow that built up on the roof, and it’s nice and crunchy underfoot.

The cold gave us the perfect excuse to try out our new waffle pancake pan. No longer are we stuck in the awkward situation where we are forced to choose between waffles and pancakes. We can do both at the same time!

Christmas 2009

jeremy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:53:22 +0000

We had a nice, quiet Christmas this year. The 17″ or so of snow helped keep us in and concentrated. It all began with Sofie’s birthday and ended with a Chocolate-Malt Stump de Noël. Yum.

New Fireplace Surround

jeremy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:39:33 +0000

Another long-time resident of our to-do list got checked off!

The previous owners removed the fireplace cover and replaced it with a free-standing screen. This was suboptimal: cold air flowed into the living room, and smoke didn’t exit as readily as you’d want. we picked up a new cover and this is the inaugural fire. It looks cleaner, takes up less space, and when the fire’s more or less done, you can shut the doors, and you don’t end up with all the draft coming in overnight.

The Fireplace

Hawaii

jeremy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:22:43 +0000

Alex and I made it to Hawaii, and I’m finally getting around to posting some pictures. We think it’s probably an awful place for a conference, because most people probably want to enjoy the island(s), rather than the conference. We noticed that people increasingly felt less guilty about not going to the conference. Oh well, it was nice! On Friday, we went in with a fellow CS student and rented a car to tour Oahu.

Tile done!

jeremy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:03:59 +0000

Jobs always end up taking longer than you would have first estimated. I had originally hoped to finish laying tile and grouting during the past week, but that did not happen. Instead, I finished things up this afternoon. I’ll be able to get the toilet out of the bath tub(!?) tomorrow when the grout is sufficiently cured and after I put the trim up. At least the downstairs bathroom is completely done.