I thought it would be fun to post some of the bloopers from our our efforts to shoot our Christmas card photo this year. Enjoy! 
Merry Christmas!
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Christmas card blooper reel
I thought it would be fun to post some of the bloopers from our our efforts to shoot our Christmas card photo this year. Enjoy! 
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 24, 2012
Next time I'll connect through Atlanta, thank you very much
I'm not sure why I titled this blog post that way because that's not what I plan on writing about. I guess it just sums up how I feel right now. We're on our way to Raleigh for the holidays and have a 4-ish hour layover at JFK. I know its a stressful time of year and the place is a zoo, but I am just shocked by how unpleasant people are here. And I don't want to generalize that New Yorkers are rude because I know a lot of these people are not New Yorkers. They are people passing through on their way to somewhere else. But sheesh.
Anyways..... its been a crazy few weeks for us. I'll start with a few weeks ago. Upon our return from Thanksgiving we were exhausted. Trying to cram seeing all our friends and fitting in all the family time we could into a little over a week we felt like we needed a vacation from our vacation! Unfortunately, we didn't have time to catch a breathe and plunged right back into our busy lives. Right away, Victor had to go out of town for work. I had our first Book Club meeting which was super fun, but I didn't even get to finish the book! The name of the book we read was "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed. I would not suggest it, but it was one of Amazon.com's best books of the month and was part of Oprah's book club. So you come to your own conclusions about it. But that week was full of meetings and other things and it just flew by! Over the weekend we went and bought our first live Christmas tree together and decided on lights and ornaments (which is actually a big deal when you are really starting to think about how you want to celebrate future holidays together). We've always had a small, apartment-sized, pre-lit fake tree. And even with my family, it had been a while since we had a real tree. I can't get over how good it smells!
The first week of December, thankfully, Victor was back home for the full week. I had a pretty big presentation at work and then jumped full in to year-end planning, so it was a busy week. But we tried to get back into a normal rhythm and catch up on some things. We got the lights on the tree and all the ornaments put up. I also got all the other Christmas decorations put up as well. It's always interesting to me when you move to take what you already have, and the way you've always set it up in your prior home and to allocate and figure out where to put everything in your new situation. Coming up with what needs to be added to what you already have. I don't know, it's almost therapeutic. That week was busy but definitely did not prepare me for the week ahead.
The next week, Victor was out of town again for work. This time he was in Raleigh. With him being out of town I expected to have a quiet week at home and to get a lot of things done around the house in addition to working. On Monday night Victor and I went to see a band called The Shins in Portland and then he left for Raleigh Tuesday morning.
As you probably know, there were some pretty tragic things that happened that week. It kicked off with a shooting at the mall right by our house. In fact, we can see it from our window, and we had been there two or three times over the weekend. Pretty scary stuff.
That week I also went to my first Trail Blazers game and my first event at the Rose Garden. The game was great, and they beat the San Antonio Spurs which was even better.. Unfortunately, they only scored 98 points instead of 100, so I didn't get my free Chalupa voucher, but obviously I'm surviving. Then on Friday was the Newtown shooting and that was about all the excitement I could handle for that week. Thankfully, Victor came home Friday night. Saturday was my work Christmas party, which was a great time! We had a great table for dinner and it was really fun. Plus, it was the first opportunity for Victor to meet a lot of my new co-workers since I started my new job in Oregon.
On Sunday we made our first Thanksgiving dinner. We wanted to try making a turkey and some sides before we had a house full of guests! We did all the shopping and a lot of the prep work on Saturday but Victor actually cooked on Sunday and it was awesome! We learned a lot and now have a few recipes we won't do next year and a few we will definitely repeat!!!
This past week Victor was home, which was great because I was super busy at work. On Tuesday we got our first real snow of the winter. We had about an inch by the time I left for work in the morning and by the end of the day it was a few inches.
On Wednesday I hosted our second Book Club meeting. Since I was too busy to cook, wee bought a bunch off things from New Seasons market (kind of like a Whole Foods or Central Market). The book we read was "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (I suggested it). I enjoyed it a lot, but didn't get the whole way through it until today. It is kind of a slow read but a great book. Book Club Night was really fun, but it was a long day.
I worked long days Thursday, Friday and Saturday to get all my estimates wrapped up and then Sunday morning at 4am we got up to head to the airport. Traveling today will be an all day affair. We had an early flight from Portland to JFK and planned to have a long layover just in case there was any weather issues or delays. So far we are running on time, so we have just been sitting in the Delta club enjoying the quiet and the free drinks and snacks. We both got upgraded to first class for both flights, which makes a huge difference. And believe me, I am thankful for that.
After the past few weeks I am just excited to spend some relaxing time with family... I really need to hit the reset button before tax season hits and it will be here before you know it. If the past two weeks have taught us anything its to reinforce the idea that our time with our family and friends is not infinite and we should cherish every moment and be thankful for what we have. I am a planner. I'm always thinking about the next thing ahead and crossing items off or adding to a grand to-do list. My goal this next week is to relish in the holiday, live in the moment, and enjoy every minute of it. Each day is blessing.
Happy holidays!
tasha
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Anyways..... its been a crazy few weeks for us. I'll start with a few weeks ago. Upon our return from Thanksgiving we were exhausted. Trying to cram seeing all our friends and fitting in all the family time we could into a little over a week we felt like we needed a vacation from our vacation! Unfortunately, we didn't have time to catch a breathe and plunged right back into our busy lives. Right away, Victor had to go out of town for work. I had our first Book Club meeting which was super fun, but I didn't even get to finish the book! The name of the book we read was "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed. I would not suggest it, but it was one of Amazon.com's best books of the month and was part of Oprah's book club. So you come to your own conclusions about it. But that week was full of meetings and other things and it just flew by! Over the weekend we went and bought our first live Christmas tree together and decided on lights and ornaments (which is actually a big deal when you are really starting to think about how you want to celebrate future holidays together). We've always had a small, apartment-sized, pre-lit fake tree. And even with my family, it had been a while since we had a real tree. I can't get over how good it smells!
The first week of December, thankfully, Victor was back home for the full week. I had a pretty big presentation at work and then jumped full in to year-end planning, so it was a busy week. But we tried to get back into a normal rhythm and catch up on some things. We got the lights on the tree and all the ornaments put up. I also got all the other Christmas decorations put up as well. It's always interesting to me when you move to take what you already have, and the way you've always set it up in your prior home and to allocate and figure out where to put everything in your new situation. Coming up with what needs to be added to what you already have. I don't know, it's almost therapeutic. That week was busy but definitely did not prepare me for the week ahead.
The next week, Victor was out of town again for work. This time he was in Raleigh. With him being out of town I expected to have a quiet week at home and to get a lot of things done around the house in addition to working. On Monday night Victor and I went to see a band called The Shins in Portland and then he left for Raleigh Tuesday morning.
As you probably know, there were some pretty tragic things that happened that week. It kicked off with a shooting at the mall right by our house. In fact, we can see it from our window, and we had been there two or three times over the weekend. Pretty scary stuff.
That week I also went to my first Trail Blazers game and my first event at the Rose Garden. The game was great, and they beat the San Antonio Spurs which was even better.. Unfortunately, they only scored 98 points instead of 100, so I didn't get my free Chalupa voucher, but obviously I'm surviving. Then on Friday was the Newtown shooting and that was about all the excitement I could handle for that week. Thankfully, Victor came home Friday night. Saturday was my work Christmas party, which was a great time! We had a great table for dinner and it was really fun. Plus, it was the first opportunity for Victor to meet a lot of my new co-workers since I started my new job in Oregon.
On Sunday we made our first Thanksgiving dinner. We wanted to try making a turkey and some sides before we had a house full of guests! We did all the shopping and a lot of the prep work on Saturday but Victor actually cooked on Sunday and it was awesome! We learned a lot and now have a few recipes we won't do next year and a few we will definitely repeat!!!
This past week Victor was home, which was great because I was super busy at work. On Tuesday we got our first real snow of the winter. We had about an inch by the time I left for work in the morning and by the end of the day it was a few inches.
On Wednesday I hosted our second Book Club meeting. Since I was too busy to cook, wee bought a bunch off things from New Seasons market (kind of like a Whole Foods or Central Market). The book we read was "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (I suggested it). I enjoyed it a lot, but didn't get the whole way through it until today. It is kind of a slow read but a great book. Book Club Night was really fun, but it was a long day.
I worked long days Thursday, Friday and Saturday to get all my estimates wrapped up and then Sunday morning at 4am we got up to head to the airport. Traveling today will be an all day affair. We had an early flight from Portland to JFK and planned to have a long layover just in case there was any weather issues or delays. So far we are running on time, so we have just been sitting in the Delta club enjoying the quiet and the free drinks and snacks. We both got upgraded to first class for both flights, which makes a huge difference. And believe me, I am thankful for that.
After the past few weeks I am just excited to spend some relaxing time with family... I really need to hit the reset button before tax season hits and it will be here before you know it. If the past two weeks have taught us anything its to reinforce the idea that our time with our family and friends is not infinite and we should cherish every moment and be thankful for what we have. I am a planner. I'm always thinking about the next thing ahead and crossing items off or adding to a grand to-do list. My goal this next week is to relish in the holiday, live in the moment, and enjoy every minute of it. Each day is blessing.
Happy holidays!
tasha
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