September 29th, 2009 | by Rusty | published in House
Now that things are cooling off here in Austin, I have started working on the house again. My most recent project has been trying to convert the garage back into the garage. When I bought my house three years ago, the previous owners had turned 3/4 of the garage into a bedroom. I have had [...]
July 8th, 2009 | by Rusty | published in House, Photography, Travel
In just a few short hours, I am headed West to California, Oregeon, Washington and Vancouver. I’ll be travleing for about two weeks with some friends on mine that left Austin by car a few weeks ago. I’m pretty excited about getting out of some of this Texas heat to some cooler tempertaures. I’m a [...]
May 17th, 2009 | by Rusty | published in Austin, House
A cool front came through Austin on Saturday night and it has felt amazing today. So much so that I am headed back out in the yard to get some more yard work done. I’ve been busy around the house replacing windows and doors and trying to get the yard back in shape for the [...]
April 28th, 2009 | by Rusty | published in House, Pool
This past weekend I ended up taking a water sample to my local pool supply store to have the water tested. I have been having issues keeping the pool water blue after a few days of adding cholrine. I had a feeling that something was up since I have been spending more and more money [...]
April 17th, 2009 | by Rusty | published in House, Money
I’m thinking about the painting the outside of my house a new color including the brick. I recently got my roof replaced and pick a somewhat neutral color for the shingles. I had to redo a lot of the trim around the house because it was either rotted out or wasn’t in good shape. I [...]
February 10th, 2009 | by Rusty | published in House, Money
I have finally gotten around to posting photos from the house remodel work that I have been doing. If you can’t tell, I bought a major fixer-upper. I finally broke down and paid for a subscription to flickr so that I could upload more photos and organize photosets. I have avoided it for so long [...]
January 27th, 2009 | by Rusty | published in Email, House, Personal, Work
My friend and former colleague Tim Walker recently posted an article entitled Stop! which talks about how busy we are, how much we try and do, how overwhelmed we make ourselves and the implications that come with that. His post really got me thinking about what all I do to stay busy! What kind of [...]
January 8th, 2009 | by Rusty | published in House, Television
For those of you that have been following me on Twitter, I have recently been asking around about customer experiences with DirectTV. I have been unhappy for a while with Time Warner. Not only because of their horrible customer service and long wait times, but also because most of their HD channels are hit or [...]
November 10th, 2008 | by Rusty | published in House
Now that the weather is a little cooler, I can get back up in the attic during the day without killing myself from heat exhaustion. The past few nights and weekends have involved me laying new layers of insullation and running cable, phone and internet lines to different rooms of the house. Something that I [...]
June 10th, 2008 | by Rusty | published in Austin, House
The other afternoon, I walked out of my house after being home for a few hours to discover a huge limb from the tree in the font yard completely blocking me in my driveway. I am so thankful that the tree didn’t hit my truck. Needless to say, I ended up maneuvering my truck out [...]