Yesterday afternoon (after mom’s surprise birthday party), Kayla and I drove down to Austin to participate in Jennifer Ziegler’s Book Release Party. As I mentioned a few days ago, her second book “How NOT to be Popular” has just hit the bookstores. Tonight was her party for the release.
I have to admit, [...]
Entries from January 2008
Jennifer Ziegler’s Book Party
January 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Surprise Birthday For Mom
January 26th, 2008 · No Comments
On Monday, my mom turns a certain milestone age. I’m not going to say what it is, but you might get a few clues from the pictures that I’ll be putting up. Instead of waiting until Monday, some of her friends and my sister conspired to give her a surprise party today.
It took [...]
Tags: Family
A Trip to the Zoo and Mi Tierra
January 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Greetings from the Guentzel Family. We’ve endured a busy holiday weekend and I’m only now getting around to writing anything about it. We’re certainly glad we had today to recuperate.
The biggest event of the weekend was a fun trip to San Antonio to check out a new exhibit at the zoo. For [...]
Tags: Family
Jennifer Ziegler Does It Again
January 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
As previously reported on Guentzel.org, Jennifer Ziegler has been busily scribbling away on her latest work for some time.
She announced on her blog today, the book has just been released:
How NOT to Be Popular (Delacorte, 2008)
Jenny describes it like this:
Sometimes bad is good and good is bad-or so we think. How Not to [...]
Tags: Friends
Holiday Accomplishments
January 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Susan and I head back to work tomorrow after several days off. We recharged batteries, we watched movies and aside from a little illness for me yesterday and today…it was pretty nice.
Normally I would do New Year’s Resolutions (and I still might), but I thought it would be nice to chronicle a few things [...]
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Christmas 2007 Photos Are Up!
January 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Christmas is always a great time of year around our house. Susan and I usually get extended time off from the University, we get Kayla for a good chunk of time, and then there’s all the present opening and Santa spotting.
Too many times, it’s difficult to find time to do the things you need [...]
Happy New Year
January 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had their black-eyed peas and shot their fireworks.
Susan and I had a wonderful night on the town with some old friends (they’re not old, but our friendship is) and celebrated New Year’s in style. The Shoreline Grill was wonderful and the company was even better.
Today, it’s like [...]
Tags: Holiday