John Borchardt:  

After teaching 34 yrs. (1 in Hgn. we moved to SA in 1963, 1 in SA, then 29 in Austin & 3 In Buda TX... so of Austin) Linda & I have lived in Burnet TX going on eight yrs. We sold out south Austin nicely & now love our new home and have a special connection to it as a design effort of our own; for the most part. (Now, a little about Linda here; she is a "commander" but very lovable I've found; 53 yrs. of marriage & 2 new houses in our lives together, 2 children [girls] 4 g-children [girls]; no boys, dangit!... no squirrel hunter for me but Linda... she is a good shot; watch'it)! You know, Ms. Adams; HS English, always taught that a specific statement in a story should be backed up with a "fact"; thus, My explanation of Linda as a "commander", and this is a "fact"! I, as a drafting/technology teacher ( taught HS Architecture for some 25 yrs, "amongst" other tech. subjects... taught Austin Community College as well and Pre-engineering at UT- Austin) ...after I had planned/drawn 4 different house plans...2 single and 2-2 story, Linda would not go w/ any of them. So, I said I was going to Home Depo to buy a book of plans and if we could not agree on a basic plan to go with, we would "cannnn" the idea of moving. I got that book and I, secretly, picked out 10 plans I would go with... 9 "closed planning" and one "open planning I thought I could live with (I am not fond of "open planning"). I asked her to pick out 10 as well. Her (?)... "which ones did you pick? I said, "no, No, NO! I'm not playing that game!" Now, how many out of the 20 plans we picked, did "both" of us l...Expand for more