Category Archives: Just Having Fun

Team Tri

Last Saturday friends Tami, Laura, and I (Erin) competed in the 2010 Albany Aquatics Association Sprint Triathlon as a relay team. I hadn’t known that you could do a triathlon as a team, but as I looked around almost every … Continue reading

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Bellingham

Two weeks ago we packed up and drove north to Bellingham with John’s cousin, Derin, and his wife, Andra, and Jasper, their chocolate lab, to visit John’s Uncle Daryl and Aunt Stacey. Bellingham has been part of our relationship for … Continue reading

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Quiet?

This blog has been rather quiet the past few weeks! A friend pointed this out last weekend mentioning it had been almost a month since we posted. “What?! That can’t be right.” Sure enough, weeks and weeks have passed since … Continue reading

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Taking Advantage

Recently  we have been taking advantage of the opportunities afford us by living in a university town (read, a town that has a university rather than a town with lots of college bars and thousands and thousands of college students … Continue reading

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FDFT

I believe it was our friend Rachel, perhaps in collaboration with others, who coined the acronym “FDFT” which stands for “Friends Doing Fun Things.” If you add a second “T” at the end, which I like to do, you tack … Continue reading

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Hood River, I’m a fan

This weekend John surprised me, kind of. We had set aside this weekend to get away and spend a few days up at Mt. Hood snow-shoeing, snowboarding, and just relaxing. He arranged the accommodation and kept it a secret even … Continue reading

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Olympic Fever

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 … Continue reading

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Normal

… thought I had published this on Feb 3, but just today am realizing it never went up … ——– I (Erin) have had a distinct desire, ever since childhood, to be different and to stand outfrom others. It is … Continue reading

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Fresh Eyes

In some ways this holiday season felt like we were seeing old things with new eyes. Traditions we had taken for granted in the past were exciting again: freshly squeezed OJ Christmas morning, Christmas Eve service and the post-service Shari’s … Continue reading

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Playing Out

After more than five years of dormancy, John “played out” last weekend at the Coffee Cottage in Newberg, Oregon. Invited by friend, skating buddy, and fellow photographer and musician, Joel Bock, John joined in with Joel and Adam Sweeney on … Continue reading

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