http://texasellis.com The home for West Texas Ellis family news, photos, and more. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:30:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [singlepic id=2517 w=320 h=240 float=] http://texasellis.com/2009/08/27/ryans-a-homeowner [singlepic id=2516 w=150 h=240 float=left]I've lost quite a bit of weight lately, simply by eating less, and I've been tracking my calories with The Daily Plate on LiveStrong.com. Beginning on June 18th, I weighed in at a hefty 274 pounds.  By the time August 14th rolled around 57 days later, I ... http://texasellis.com/2009/08/20/im-losing-it [singlepic=2515,200,240,,left]Daniel was born July 29, 2009 at 10:33am. He weighed 9 pounds, 14.3 ounces, and was 20 inches long. Labor and delivery was quite an adventure, but was by far a much better and I dare say easier experience for all of us than were the birthdays of our last two kiddos. [singlepic=2514,200,240,,left]We're ... http://texasellis.com/2009/07/31/daniel-ryan-ellis Here is the text of what I wrote to Texas Senator Robert Duncan today regarding Senate Bill 1164, relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on university campuses: Senator Duncan: I'd like to express my support of SB 1164 concerning the right of persons possessing a concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry ... http://texasellis.com/2009/04/24/i-dabbled-in-politics-today Read this. http://texasellis.com/2008/11/23/even-numbers-are-best [singlepic=2512,320,240,,] http://texasellis.com/2008/11/20/i-swear-were-not-mormons Yep, it's been a while, but here we are again. It may seem odd to some cyber-savvy uber-dorks, but real life does on occasion get in the way of blogging, even on a low-rent blog like this one. We've all been pretty busy as of late - in a good ... http://texasellis.com/2008/04/22/back-again-back-again-jiggity-jig Well I believe I've gotten everything put back together.  Got the memory issues resolved (I think), restored the Photo Albums, and got all the Pages which had inadvertently been converted to Posts converted back to Pages via a little SQL work in phpMyAdmin. If you notice anything that seems a little ... http://texasellis.com/2008/02/16/alls-well But now it seems that in all my fiddling around with this infernal contraption I've managed to wipe out the Photo Albums page.  It's actually still there, but Wordpress doesn't seem to know that yet. Until I get it all sorted out, you can peruse the Photo Albums here. http://texasellis.com/2008/02/15/memory-problems-seem-to-be-fixed Wordpress has been giving me heck with memory errors and whatnot.  I'm working to resolve them. In the meantime, ponder this: http://texasellis.com/2008/02/12/sorry-for-lack-of-updates-lately