Racquetball!

Ever since I started my job as a b-day party coordinator for the Y, Regan and I have been trying to take full advantage of our free memberships. Last Friday night we attempted to learn to play racquetball. (Regan already knew how to play but he had to teach me the rules and then attempt to play against me.) He's says that while he might be the better player, I am MVP for most improved. Nice, huh?

Anyway, I think I could really get into this, guys. We've played twice so far in five days. Surprisingly, I even work up a sweat (and sadly, my forearm was sore after the first game.) I don't really like to play for points b/c after he's up by like 6 it is not as fun. I think he has caught on to that though and starts to take it easy on me after he proves his skills... probably because he doesn't want me to quit playing. Either that or I really have improved!

Although I am loving racquetball, I wish there was a place for us to play badminton. I think I will always love badminton the most. (Mainly because the birdie doesn't come flying at my head nearly as fast...)

I'll try to remember to take some pictures one of these times... you wouldn't want to miss me in all of my goggle glory!

I can weather this storm...

Yesterday, Regan experienced his first stay-home-from-school (even though there is less than 2 feet of snow) snow day. Fortunately, like most snow days in the East, there wasn't much snow. There really wasn't much of anything besides some slush followed by quite a bit of rain. And the rain wasn't even turned into ice. Imagine our surprise when, after first finding out there was a two hour delay, we realized we had the WHOLE day off!

Even though Regan still had work to do, and a snow day means that I don't get paid... we had a nice day all in all. We took time to apply for some jobs for Regan over the summer and even had a little lunch date, followed by some quick errands (or was it the other way around?) Anyway, it was fun while it lasted (and good for the drought) but I'm not hoping (or wearing my pajamas inside-out) for any more any time soon.

Hope the rest of you have a pleasant long weekend!

PS- Happy Birthday Jessica!!

happy birthday!

You are now looking at the newest addition to the YMCA family. I recently started a five hour a week position as a Birthday Party Coordinator. Biggest perk of the job is that Regan and I both get free memberships to any of the Y's in the metro-triad area... also the main reasoning for applying for the position. (And what better way to start off the new year... besides actually using the memberships to go to the gym, heh.) So far I haven't done much for the job other than watch THE MOST BORING 2 hour training video of my life (I now know MUCH MUCH more than I cared to know about the history of each YMCA in the metro- triad area) but I will be sure to keep you updated on the fun, fabulous parties that I am sure to coordinate.

Sew happy

We are so lucky to have a quilter extrodinare in the family... I realize this especially after my little stint at sewing over the break. Regan's mom crafted this wall hanging for us for our Christmas present.



I think the wall hanging did wonders for our bedroom. It really gives it a more complete look don't you think? It looks SO professional... she has an unparalleled attention for detail (which brings me to the sad reality that I don't and therefore will never become a master seamstress.)

On that note, here is the aforementioned sewing stint: my apron. It started off with me repeatedly telling my mom that we needed to be very precise and then took a turn for the worst. After I un-picked some nasty mistakes (twice, consecutively), I sort of threw in the towel (and threw caution to the wind) as I furiously tried to finish as fast as I could. Despite all that, I think it turned out quite nicely... especially from a distance. heh.




And despite(/because of?) all this Regan does not agree that we should tackle reupholstering our couches. Go figure.

here it comes again...

After a lovely, long hiatus I have been forced back into the real world, and therefore back into the blogosphere. Sorry for the prolonged absence.

We had a really nice vacation... I'm sad to see it go. We spent our break in three states and four cities (a week in UT, and week in VA, a night in DC and another night in Raliegh) and despite starting the whole thing off with a nasty cold I consider it some quality down time that was much needed (more so for Regan than for me).

And now its time to get my nose firmly back to the grindstone. Happy New Year!