First, I would like to thank everyone for all the wonderful support and comments from my e-mails and blog entry. At this point there is not much news on the baby front – right now I am trying to get everything done that I can before I get too big to crawl around my workshop.

As you can see from the photos, we are in the midst of the kitchen remodel, and due to the film festival we have not been eating at home too much (not too bad when your kitchen is a 6-foot table). Its a good thing that all of the Alamo venues serve food or we would be starving our way through SXSW. Dave has dedicated the most time to movies (see reviews below), but I have not done too badly this year. There have been years past when I had to opt out almost entirely, but I have managed to squeeze in a few at nights this past week. Maybe someday I can take a week off too.

My greatest responsibility at this point is to get the cabinetry done in time to be installed in the kitchen. The uppers are done and ready for a final coat of paint, but the base cabinets need a little more work. Slowly, we will get there. The most complicated thing with the kitchen remodel at the moment is the fact that the house is out of square in some places, as it is with most older homes, so making sure the cabinets will line up and the flooring is level is the biggest obstacle.

However, one fortunate side effect of all this is that we had to get off our buts and get rid of some furniture. Both Dave and I had our respective rocker/recliners that were purchased by our parents the year of our birth (1971 for those who don’t know) and after 35+ years they were getting a little rough around the edges. It has been long past time we finally got rid of them, but laziness and the expense of new furniture have prevented us so far. But, we needed room in the living room to store all the boxes of stuff and the appliances we are keeping, so they finally had to go. Goodbye old companions! – we will probably never see your like again.