Two Years of Married Life

My mom RETIRED on Friday - how incredible is that?! We also celebrated her birthday, and took off to Foxwoods for the day on Saturday. I had never been there, but aside from the smoke, it was pretty cool to check out! I doubled my $5 bill twice but left with nothing. CONGRATS MOM!!

We are off to Freeport, ME, for a little anniversary of our own this weekend. Two years since we asked our closest friends and family to stand outside in the Vermont snow with us! No real reason for picking Freeport - we toyed with the thought of skiing, and Gary's never been to the Freeport LLBean (a must!) - but I just love the Maine coast. We found a cute B&B for one night. And just our luck! There will be a team of women scrapbooking there all weekend too! Ha ha ha...

Gary and his mom have been busy with rennovations on the house in Rhode Island. It has been great to hear about it and see some transition photos. He hasn't gotten too much further on the boat, but the barn has a stereo system and he just bottled his third batch of homebrew beer last night!

One of my many resolutions - and my co-workers have joined me on this one - is to have Pad Thai only once a month. I'm excited to report that a week from today is the day! Happy Birthday to Jess! Oh my gosh I can't wait.... ha ha!

Also, to take a moment in other special birthdays... Carrie and Steve had their little boy Ethan on January 8th! He's adorable, and they are adorable as a family. Happy birthday to Heather this Saturday as well! - glad we could send you some snow in time to remind you of New England in Arizona.

Happy end to January everyone!

65 Degrees in January

Yeah. Wherever you are, you know it's true... It was a day of t-shirts and ice-coffees. Unbelievable.

It's a very beautiful winter of course - who couldn't get used to this? But you're never quite at ease. Mother Nature has fallen off the wagon but you know she could get back on at any minute.

If you want to know who's fault it is, it's all me. It's the new skis, the new ski helmet, the new ski pants I bought for Gary... We've tried desperately to counteract our mistakes by not replacing the necessary part in the snowblower, but so far... nuthin.

Anyway! Long time no write! We took down the tree today, so I thought it was a good time to acknowledge the beautiful holiday season that we had! Hosted another great Thanksgiving here with a houseful, and enjoyed a long Christmas weekend with our neices and the big McClarran family down in Connecticut. We both had that weekend off, during which Gary built a massive boat barn over the new Sea Ox so he can begin restoration for the, uh, winter. I, of course, was pretty darn sick, but I managed to shape up my resolutions ahead of schedule and joined a gym! I love running, but you can only get so excited about the same neighborhood loop and cranberry bogs. I like the weight training and even attended my first two pilates classes yesterday and today! Owie.

Work is insane INSANE for both of us right now, so you might not have heard from us in a bit. We have essentially nothing planned for our upcoming weekends, though, and that feels pretty darn good! Next up is a yurt trip in March; www.otloose.com if you want to check it out or join us!

So, with that little update, I must get back to work on this drizzly Saturday evening. Just wanted to say hi and use you as an excuse to procrastinate. Hope all is well out there, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!