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Friday, April 8, 2016

Spring Break in Asheville

Last weekend, Jason and I took a little trip to Asheville for Spring Break. I found a cute little "Treefort Cottage" on AirBnB for us to stay in, which boasted itself as a premier "glamping"* option. We had a great little weekend hanging out, drinking beer, drinking coffee, hiking, catching up with friends, and rooting for the Heels from a chain sports bar with 12,000 TVs.

Our Little Treehouse for "glamping"

View from firepit

Jason contemplates a wild turkey

Enjoying the surroundings

The old "over the shoulder" selfie

Sweet Little Cottage

Cheers from Wedge, Brewery

Yummy food and yummy beer from Wicked Weed

One of my favorite activities-fire and beer! I really love to zone out and stare at the fire...

Good Morning from our big bed in a tiny Treehouse Cottage.

Cortado and a book- another favorte activity

Jason on Black Balsam Knob

Ah, so pretty

Waterfalls at Graveyard Fields Loop Trail

Sierra Nevada Brewery, NC style! This place is a MUST!
Here we are with Derek and kids. This place is only 5 minutes from their house.

*A footnote on "glamping"- it's glamour + camping = glamping, and it's a great way to combine some of the great things about camping like fires and outside with some of the great things about staying in a hotel like a bed and warmth. I'm still not sure though if it's just a way to get you to spend tons of money for a granny bed and a port-a-potty. We did love our little tree house though...

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Jugamos al Tenis

That means "We play Tennis", en Espanol!

Every now and then, Jason and I will take up a new hobby together. Last time you might remember it was ukulele, which AHHHHHH we need to play!!! and there have been other things too.

Some things stick, some do not. Sometimes this is because Jason decides to get WAY better at the thing than me. Or sometimes, like with tennis, Jason already is WAY better than me. But we have fun anyway...or at least I do.

Mostly, it's just really fun to get outside and play. And for me playing means, I don't have to care about being good at the thing or being competitive in any way. I can just PLAY.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

To Care or Not to Care?

Caring about sports is a hard thing. It's an emotional roller coaster, really. Why would anyone put themselves through that?

Well, there is something about feeling a sense of community in rooting for one's team. Pride (and joy) in the representation of something that goes beyond just a game with a ball. This year's UNC men's basketball team made me feel that more than any other sports team in my life. Go Heels! You might not have won this one, but you will always be winners to me.

On to the next one...

Monday, April 4, 2016

Blogger gon' blog

Ok, so I didn't blog for about 4 months and yikes! the anxiety of returning to the blog has been more than I can bear. So, here goes...I'm coming back!

In honor of my Heels who play tonight for the NCAA championship.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Christmas Traditions

Christmas traditions new and old are what make Christmas Christmas. Though we tried to mobilize many of our traditions during our Christmases spent in Oregon, I must admit that this year feels more like Christmas than the past few. It feels amazing to be Christmasing in NC, specifically in Carrboro, this year.

Here's a new tradition...walking to get our tree.

A hand delivered tree courtesy of husband

A New and Old tradition- putting this scarf on as many animals and people as possible in myriad funny ways.

Old Tradition- Edie smooches

Old Tradition: decorate the tree with Cold Mountain Winter Ale from Highland Brewery and listen to Sufjan Stevens' Christmas CD. Usually, I decorate and Jason makes peanut gallery comments

Newish tradition: making ornaments out of pictures and random pieces of cardboard. Since our movers lost all of our Christmas ornaments in our move to Oregon 3 years ago, we've had to slowly collect/make new ones.