Little People...Little Tree

Merry Christmas! We went out and found a tiny tree to decorate this year. It's maybe four feet tall, and as you can see we cover it pretty good just sitting in front of it. Oh well, it feels nice to have Christmas in our home. :)

Thanksgiving Weekend

James and I hosted five frens for Thanksgiving dinner, and James did such a good job making the food! I feel bad I didn't take a picture of his turkey before we ate it. I didn't pick up the camera until one couple had already left. Mostly we were lazy all weekend, but managed to take Otis to the bark park once. We watched all three Lord of the Rings movies. I can't wait for our next break in three weeks for Christmas!
Fritz, James, Jo Bo (yes that's a knife...crazy kid), and Sabrina.
The mess after dinner.
Sabrina, Fritz, and James looking at something on the computer...probably this blog! I joke.
James waiting for Otis to swim back to us.
James and Otis watching Lord of the Rings.

Sourdough Pancakes

So Uncle Dave gave us sourdough starter recently, and we were so excited to come home and make a good breakfast. In fact we were so excited, we didn't wait to buy a cast iron frying pan. Instead, I used a big regular non-stick pan, which wasn't good. We had odd-shaped pancakes...
We've since bought that cast iron frying pan.

Celtics and Election Day

I've been waiting patiently all year to see a Celtics game in person, and finally got the chance on November 4...Election Day! James agreed to go to the game, but I said we could leave early to see the results coming in. I guess marriage really means compromising! Haha. We got the best of both worlds because the Celtics, Obama, and Charisse Millett all won. Congrats!
James driving us to the game.
We sat by the championship banners, which is ironic, because I rooted for the Knicks in the 93-94 championship series. All is forgiven because Sam Cassell from that winning Rockets team came to Boston to help the Celtics win last season's championship.
James and I on our way out. We tried to get the court in the background, but that didn't really work.

Nascar race

James and I got to see Uncle Dave and Auntie Annabelle recently for a Nascar race. We had such a good time camping in their motorhome and being with family. Uncle Dave made us sourdough pancakes for breakfast and shared his starter with us, so now we can enjoy yummy Saturday breakfasts. Ayuu can come over anytime for pancakes, Tera and Matt. Anyway, it was so great seeing family, so I highly encourage all of you to visit us if you can.
Racers in the pit waiting to warm up.
Hearing protection and beer is all you need.
Kyle Bush doing his victory spin-out. Everyone booed him all weekend.
Happy campers.

Today was a good day

James here. Well, I guess its my turn - my first offical posting to the chips n pop blog. I voted today....early. I felt good about this. I don't know why, but I felt like i won a prize after I cast my ballot. Maybe its because I feel excited that G.W. is finally leaving office; maybe its because it seems possible that Obama just might pull this off; or maybe its because I got out of work early and got to spend more time with Meryl. Yeah...I think it is a combo of all three. Today's a good day -

Stuff and Apartment Life

We're so excited to have STUFF! Even just the garbage can was exciting for us. I think it was the first thing we both were grateful for. It took us a long time to unpack most things, and we still have things in boxes! It was exciting to open our new appliances and wedding gifts we hadn't seen yet. The first thing we hung on the wall was our very own Gary Eckenweiler print! We're starting to buy furniture and other decorative things and hopefully soon we'll have a meatball dinner for our Houston peeps.
Since I've been home alone with Otis a lot, I get to see what interests him. He likes being the nosy neighbor and watching what's happening outside our apartment. I also have time to watch him sleep...
James unpacking some boxes
Otis watching his squirrel
"Hey. Hey. Hey you...whatchu doing?"
How he fell asleep.
I guess it's too hot for doggie blankets in Houston.