We will not be doing this to our house this year. Our holiday decorations will be minimal. But this is supremely cool.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Tidbits
We've been busy, but we always seem to be busy...so in my ongoing effort to increase the frequency of blog updates, here are some random tidbits on us.
Last night Josh and I went to the gym. I definitely felt a moment of shame when our favorite staff member said: "Hi! How's it going? Its been awhile". We have been doing a lot of exercising outside the gym, but he was right, it had been quite awhile.
I've been doing a lot of A.M. running. I am not, nor have I ever been, a runner. But, it feels great, and Leonard and I have been training together. He is turning out to be a fantastic motivator!
The water at my office is awful, even with a Brita filter. Since we moved into the current office, I have been carting in my own water from home. About a month ago I launched a campaign with my boss for a water cooler, it was successful, and it has been wonderful. Today, the water cooler is empty, I'm surprised at how much of a damper this has put on my day. The water truck comes back tomorrow; give thanks for the small things!
On Friday we went to Wicked at the Paramount with Josh's sister and her boyfriend. We both loved it. I have seen Cats and Phantom of the Opera, but it was Josh's first musical. It was a production in the best sense of the word. The costumes, the lighting, the set design, the characters, it was all fantastic. There is nothing quite like hearing someone belt out a song in that kind of environment. If you get the chance to see it, I highly recommend going.
Call me crazy, but I love the rain. The weather has been terrible here, and I couldn't be happier with it!
Josh has been working on a garage reorganization. Right now, the garage is in disarray because he had to take everything down to build new shelving. It really is amazing how much space all that stuff takes up when its not organized! It may take a little while, but like all of his projects, it will look fantastic when he is finished.
Ski season at Crystal opens this weekend. I think we may skip it and wait for the snow to fill in. Greenwater Skis does a phenomenal job with our ski repair, but I'd rather avoid the scratches this early in the season!
Last night Josh and I went to the gym. I definitely felt a moment of shame when our favorite staff member said: "Hi! How's it going? Its been awhile". We have been doing a lot of exercising outside the gym, but he was right, it had been quite awhile.
I've been doing a lot of A.M. running. I am not, nor have I ever been, a runner. But, it feels great, and Leonard and I have been training together. He is turning out to be a fantastic motivator!
The water at my office is awful, even with a Brita filter. Since we moved into the current office, I have been carting in my own water from home. About a month ago I launched a campaign with my boss for a water cooler, it was successful, and it has been wonderful. Today, the water cooler is empty, I'm surprised at how much of a damper this has put on my day. The water truck comes back tomorrow; give thanks for the small things!
On Friday we went to Wicked at the Paramount with Josh's sister and her boyfriend. We both loved it. I have seen Cats and Phantom of the Opera, but it was Josh's first musical. It was a production in the best sense of the word. The costumes, the lighting, the set design, the characters, it was all fantastic. There is nothing quite like hearing someone belt out a song in that kind of environment. If you get the chance to see it, I highly recommend going.
Call me crazy, but I love the rain. The weather has been terrible here, and I couldn't be happier with it!
Josh has been working on a garage reorganization. Right now, the garage is in disarray because he had to take everything down to build new shelving. It really is amazing how much space all that stuff takes up when its not organized! It may take a little while, but like all of his projects, it will look fantastic when he is finished.
Ski season at Crystal opens this weekend. I think we may skip it and wait for the snow to fill in. Greenwater Skis does a phenomenal job with our ski repair, but I'd rather avoid the scratches this early in the season!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Firefly
I follow an amazing Tumblr by Jesse Lonergan called Dancer a Day. Monday through Friday he posts a drawing of a character dancing. It's silly, it almost always nerdy, and it's completely awesome. It gives me a smile and it makes me question my geek-cred when I don't recognize the character.
Dude. If this doesn't make you smile, somebody must have peed on your rug.
Or this? I mean....come on!
Its fantastic and I highly recommend checking it out.
A couple months ago Josh and I gave up on watching the newest version of Battlestar Gallactica. A very generous friend from book club loaned me her blu-ray discs of the entire show (for longer than I want to admit), and Josh and I tried but just couldn't finish it. Every time we started to like a character something terrible happened to them, and not in the Game of Thrones way, more like in the way of the show Lost, where it just opens up 8 more story lines none of which I have the energy to follow because I want to know WHERE THE POLAR BEAR CAME FROM???
Sorry... Anyway, we gave up and I felt the need to redeem the sci-fi genre to Josh.
I turned to Firefly. A coworker of mine told me about this show several years ago and I've loved it ever since. Josh was fully on board and he enjoyed it just as much as I did. I picked up the TV series from the library on a Friday, we watched the entire thing by the next Thursday, and I bought Serenity the following Friday. We both love the show, and I think we will be purchasing the DVD set soon :)
The timing just happened to coincide with Jesse Lonergan asking for requests on his Dancer A Day tumblr. Being in a Firefly state of mind, I requested: The Crew of Firefly.
Today this was the post:
The crew of Firefly for Kristina!
I love the Internet. Thanks Jesse!
Dude. If this doesn't make you smile, somebody must have peed on your rug.
Or this? I mean....come on!
Its fantastic and I highly recommend checking it out.
A couple months ago Josh and I gave up on watching the newest version of Battlestar Gallactica. A very generous friend from book club loaned me her blu-ray discs of the entire show (for longer than I want to admit), and Josh and I tried but just couldn't finish it. Every time we started to like a character something terrible happened to them, and not in the Game of Thrones way, more like in the way of the show Lost, where it just opens up 8 more story lines none of which I have the energy to follow because I want to know WHERE THE POLAR BEAR CAME FROM???
Sorry... Anyway, we gave up and I felt the need to redeem the sci-fi genre to Josh.
I turned to Firefly. A coworker of mine told me about this show several years ago and I've loved it ever since. Josh was fully on board and he enjoyed it just as much as I did. I picked up the TV series from the library on a Friday, we watched the entire thing by the next Thursday, and I bought Serenity the following Friday. We both love the show, and I think we will be purchasing the DVD set soon :)
The timing just happened to coincide with Jesse Lonergan asking for requests on his Dancer A Day tumblr. Being in a Firefly state of mind, I requested: The Crew of Firefly.
Today this was the post:
The crew of Firefly for Kristina!
I love the Internet. Thanks Jesse!
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