Thursday, December 17, 2009

happy holidays!

a picture from a recent fall-time hike we took in the woods

so, friends and family . . . i am headed to the airport in less than an hour to fly home to oregon for the holidays . . . so excited to see all of you!!! if you were wondering what we've been up to since i posted last . . . here's a quick update.

we celebrated halloween by going to our friend's houseparty dressed as 1980's prom king and queen. they had a fireplace so naturally, we took awkward prom photos. AWESOME!

i've decided to try out for the providence roller derby! it's something i've wanted to do for a few years and just never had the guts to try . . . finally i decided, i'm not getting any younger, so i'd better try it now! if i can't do it . . . i'll find out in a hurry. i've been having a blast! it's fun, really hard, very rewarding, challenging and awesome. the sense of camraderie is great! i've never played team sports before, so this has been a trip. and the excercise is super addicting! my new gear is picture below: i also have a pink and black mouth guard. yes. i do.

we've had two snows already this year. both were mild and melted pretty quickly. crossing my fingers for good weather for jon and hudson when they fly to pdx on sunday. no way do i want them going through the 12 hours of yuckie that we had last year in the boston airport due to inclement weather!

i've been crafting up a storm! this seems to happen every year about this time. it helps make a little extra money for christmas travel as well as makes great gifts! i've made a lot of things, but here are some examples of some hand printed cards (From linocut) that i made: so fun! i also started an etsy.com site, but nothing is on it for sale yet - waiting to see what gets given as gifts and what i have left over for the site. hopefully this will encourage me to keep crafting!

hudson has been enjoying the snow, but he doesn't like being cold - some arctic dog, huh? we bought him some new blankets so he can snuggle and keep warm this winter. plus, he's getting older (almost 6!) and his metabolism is slowing down . .. he put on 8 pounds since his last vet visit! time to get him outdoors and hiking in the snow!

also, jon recently passed his french exams (he did his german in a previous year) is about to take his prelims (9 hours of exams) and is just now finishing up all his grading from this semester. he played football and soccer on intramural leagues and has been growing out his beard to epic proportions. we've seen a few concerts (some of our favorite NW bands have recently come through - david bazan, j tillman, dolorean) and had our fair share of adventures. can't wait to tell you more about it in person.

in no way does that sum up everything that we've been doing . . . but it's a start! see you soon!
here's to safe travels,
love,
tabitha (and jon and hudson).