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.

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...

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. 

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.

Kisses in front of the tree, an oldie but a goodie Christmas tradition

A Husband

You guys, Jason is back in NC!

Hooray!

Here we are having an awesome belated anniversary dinner at Lantern:

And here we are getting our couch on:

Life is good.

Coloring Books for Adults

Crayola has come out with a new line of coloring books for adults. I love to color and I want them all!!!!

Book Character Day

AKA: how to let kids wear costumes to school at Halloween without allowing them to dress like scary things...

I'm the very ugly bug!