http://www.black-rhombus.org Travis & Rebecca Burrell's little space on the web Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:46:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 10577 So this weekend we got a new puppy!  We went and visited dogs on Saturday, found one we really liked and put in an application and were immediately approved (as long as the home visit and meeting Aiko went ok).  The foster mom brought the pup to visit today, and ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2008/08/31/quinne-our-new-puppy I heard this story on the way home from work today, & could scarcely contain the blood boiling in my veins.  In fact, I just searched for & found it, so I'm just all kinds of pissed off right now. "Calvo said officers entered about 7:30 p.m., first shooting 7-year-old Payton. ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2008/07/31/maybe-they-just-wanted-to-kill-some-dogs Drew just got his pictures from the New Orleans trip posted to Picasa. There are some really good ones in there. And by good I mean embarrassing. To me. Yeah. We've got all of our photos onto the PC, but Rebecca hasn't really been around long enough ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2008/06/04/some-nola-photos We went up to visit Darren, Cara & Aidan in their brand new house, helped with unpacking/new house projects, helped put in a mailbox (Darren didn't know how to work a post-hole digger...seriously), Pete and Sarah were visiting too so we hung out with them, AND we celebrated Darren's 30th ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2008/04/15/a-new-home-a-visit-a-birthday-and-a-hole Despite being the weekend before St. Patty's Day, we were actually very productive. Couch re-upholstery project is nearing completion (stay tuned for a post on that) but the big news is that we finally built fence gates. Mom came down and we knocked it out in 2 days! Check ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2008/03/17/finished-fence-gates 10477I got sick of the goatee again already. I just get to a point where I'd really like it off my face, & I can't think of any better time to go clean shaven than a return to work after an extended illness. Bec gave me the flu ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2008/02/19/mustache-fun 10453 Well, we've moved house, but aren't nearly finished settling in.  We still have a ton of stuff left to unpack, & haven't even begun to hang our art/photos, etc.  We have, however, finished building the fence (finally - thanks to all who helped), & we've finished the TV stand.  The ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2008/02/09/moved-but-not-settled OK, so on my way to work this morning, there was a huge, adolescent (still a bit gray around the edges) mute swan (thanks Tammy) smack in the middle of the road. There were a couple of people there, helping to direct traffic around the poor thing. It ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2007/11/07/the-commute Thanks to all who made it out to the party and thanks to all who helped with setup, stage acquisition, and all ice luge attempts, etc...we hope you had as much fun as we did!  In case you missed it, or can't remember a thing here are some ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2007/10/29/halloween-blow-out-2007 More beers than you can shake a stick at, & the Yard Dogs. What more could you ask for? Not much, I tells ya. Rebecca, Drew, Heather, Kristlyn, Joe & I all hit the Capitol City Carnival over the weekend. It was a blast. I ... http://www.black-rhombus.org/2007/09/25/yard-dogs-road-show-capitol-city-carnival