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‘Tis the season

Holiday party 2

This weekend I celebrated the holidays with my co-workers, first at a Christmas-lights themed holiday party in the office and then at our annual fancy dinner. We had a fantastic time.

My co-workers took the themed office party to the extreme, dressing up in ridiculously over-the-top lighted costumes. Here’s my lame attempt at participation:

Costume 2

I hope you had a great weekend!

Turkey and the Beach: November 2009 in photos

Slideshow

When I went through my photos from last month, I was bummed to realize that I just didn’t take that many. I blame the plague that nearly killed me in the beginning of the month.

Anyway, here’s a slideshow, mostly from Thanksgiving with Tony’s family. Lots of dogs and food and beaches. But who doesn’t love that stuff? (Note: clicking on the image above will take you to Vimeo.com because the slideshow somehow uploaded with a blank screen cap.)

Click here to see the rest of our Thanksgiving pictures.

A relaxing weekend at home

Tony and Howie

Most of this weekend was spent preparing for visitors next week. We cleaned, we shopped, and most importantly, we tried to rest up. It was a pretty uneventful weekend, but I do have some photos of Tony and Howie rough housing and some shots of the trees behind our apartment that have finally changed colors. Fall has arrived. It’s about six weeks later than I’m used to, but it’s just in time for Thanksgiving, so I’ll take it.

Click here for the slideshow.

Too busy for a slideshow this weekend

Karen

Tony

We spent the whole weekend watching independent films at the local annual film festival thanks to some free passes from my employer. We saw six movies in all, and we didn’t get much done other than that.

Because we spent so much time in dark theaters all weekend, we also didn’t have many opportunities for photos. So all I have is a couple pictures of our excitement before the festival started.

Please excuse my bad hair day. As I said, we were in dark theaters. I guess I didn’t think about the fact that I’d end up posting these pictures on my blog.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Baby monster mash

Our trip home to Indiana for Halloween was crazy. There were 15 of us in one house, including five kids under the age of 6 hopped up on too much candy. The weekend also included the following:

  • A trip to Chicago with my dad to see Bob Dylan in concert. (!!!)
  • My mom hit a deer in her brand new car. Everyone was okay. The car and the deer, however, were not.
  • Most of us were infected with the worst virus EVER at some point during the weekend.

Despite all the craziness, it was an unbelievably great time filled with family, laughs, kids, candy, and way too much food. Click the picture below for some photos.

WARNING: This slideshow contains dangerous levels of cute. Proceed with caution.

Eli

Misty mountain hop

This weekend, Tony and I were in Asheville, NC. We took a walk downtown and spent Sunday hiking at Chimney Rock State Park. We finally got to see some of the fall color we’ve been missing, it was breathtaking and absolutely everything we hoped it would be, and I took a ton of pictures.

It’s late, and I’m exhausted, so just click through the photo for more photos, k? :)

Chimney-Rock

It’s my birthday, too, yeah

Record store

On Saturday, I celebrated my 25th birthday. I have one word to describe how I feel after this weekend: lucky.

We took a short trip to the beautiful town of Chapel Hill, NC on Saturday to hunt for used vinyl. I had about $25 to spend as well as a $50 gift card from my co-workers for dinner.

I was nervous to bring Howie along, but last week he had surgery to remove a benign lump from his neck. The surgery was minor and he’s recovering well, but he has staples in his neck from his incision, so we didn’t want to leave him at a boarding facility.

He was thrilled to come along, of course, and it ended up working out wonderfully. All of the record stores that we browsed were happy to allow Howie to come in with us, and we had dinner on the patio at a dog-friendly restaurant. They even brought Howie a dish of ice water.

Having him with us was a little inconvenient at times, but I’m glad I was able to celebrate my birthday with my whole family, including our perfect little dog.

We found 7 albums from our list and stayed within our $25 budget, and the restaurant was so affordable that we were able to order two beers without going over budget. Overall, it was one of the greatest birthdays on record, all thanks to my incredible little family. :)

Click here for more images from our adventure.