21Feb
The Olympics have been a particularly special thing for the two of us in our married life. Two significant events, over the past 5+ years of marriage, have occurred simultaneously with the Summer Games, forever sealing in our memories a media connection with important life events. The first event was our honeymoon and it was fantastic timing. We had a great routine down that included watching some competitions in the morning, getting out of the condo for the afternoon, and then returning in the evening to see the final broadcasts of the day. The second event was the packing and cleaning of our house in preparation for moving out and leaving the country. In those several solid days of sorting, purging, packing, and cleaning we had the TV on morning to night, hearing if not seeing, all of the action we possibly could. At the end of each night we’d sit down around 11pm in front of the TV, exhausted from the day and try to keep our eyes open so we could see the last bit of daily excitement.
John also has an additional interest in the Olympics as his group at Nike does most of the outfitting for the athletes and teams who wear Nike gear. Most times you see a Swoosh on a speed skating suit or warm-up pants or hat or down jacket, that has come from someone he works with in GPS. Some of the garments are custom fit for the individual and some are your run-of-the-mill S/M/L type of pieces. Needless to say, the GPS group has reason to celebrate all the work they have done when their work for an event like the Olympics is accomplished. This time around, John helped organize a 2010 Winter Olympics party complete with indoor biathlon and Nintendo Wii skiing. John also took on the task of rallying the “athletes” in an opening ceremony of sorts. (See photos below for explanation.)
15Feb
If you have followed our blog for any length of time, you know we are big fans of photography. So much so that upon our return from our world-wide adventuring we began the pursuit of making photography more than just a hobby. Over the past eight months we have developed Photo Macy, our photography business.
We have been itching to share the news with everyone, but it takes longer to get a business off the ground than one might think. We have received fabulous advice from a group of extremely talented area photographers who have been gracious with their knowledge and we continue to take notes from them.
Our interest in photography developed separate from one another in high school–John was one of the staff photographers for the school newspaper’s sport section and Erin got hooked while taking a darkroom photography class. Fast-forward to today… this venture has been an incredible creative outlet for both of us. It has also given us the opportunity to work together–something we were hoping for when we returned from traveling this summer. It’s been a blast so far and we are excited to share the official news with you!
Check out photomacy.com/blog for the kick-off post and follow that up by taking a look at our portfolio at photomacy.com. We have eight months of blogging to catch up on and will be putting those up a few times a week so be sure to check the blog! Share the news with others too!
PS – We still plan to keep this blog for our non-Photo Macy posting =)
13Feb
… thought I had published this on Feb 3, but just today am realizing it never went up …
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I (Erin) have had a distinct desire, ever since childhood, to be different and to stand outfrom others. It is a theme that has run through my life. In middle school I proudly wore a pair of socks with the Fido Dido character on them and the statement, “Normal is Boring” and I think that mantra stuck. My fate was pretty much sealed and that life goal was punctuated with an exclamation point when I married John Macy–a man who keeps me running from normal at a brisk pace.
I have been contemplating what normal looks like for us and it has occurred to me that this is the first week since the week of Christmas that is “normal.” Christmas week brought us, well, Christmas, and a few days off of work. The post-Christmas week brought us stomach bugs and then more days off for the New Year celebration. The first full week of January I started a Mandarin class at PCC and my parents drove into town. Mom & Dad were here the next week making it a little out of the norm and we all headed out for a weekend in Texas which spilled into the following week. John and I spent that week recovering from a 13 hour flight delay and a subsequent head cold for John. Over the next weekend I left for a week of work in Seattle and returned this past Thursday night with a head cold putting me into a few days of resting.
February 1 marked the beginning of a normal week–we’re both healthy, we have the regular weekly stuff on the calendar and most likely it’ll last a week. As much as we try to avoid normal, it’s a relief to have a quiet and fairly un-scheduled week. As normal as we are, the instinct to fight against the flow still runs strong in us both and it’s fun to see the ways it manifests itself in our lives in big ways and small ways.
