The Peepettes

Heather's department at work had a 'Peep Art' competition,
similar to what the Seattle Times does every year.

Here is what we created.

Introducing ... the Peepettes!

Heather won First Place, and a fabulous trophy:

Vancouver Olympics

We decided we had to go check out Vancouver and the Olympics scene, since it will never get closer than 3 hours away. We weren't able to go to any events, but just being among all the people there was fun. Also, being able to watch the US vs Canada hockey game LIVE was nice...and they were not happy about us beating them.

The Olympic Torch was pretty amazing, you just couldn't get very close to it. There was a tall chain link fence around it.

There was a lot of Street entertainment and Fred got pulled into one of them when the juggler saw me taking this photo high in the air attached to my monopod. The juggler though it would be fun to balance the extended monopod, with camara attached, on his chin and lower himself down to laying on the ground. But, got a crazy pic of Fred holding the juggler.

Downtown, on Robson and Granville St, they had them blocked off and there were people everywhere, dressed in their country's colors and wearing flags.

The city and huge, batman-like spotlights.

BACON

The Super Bowl Party we went to had a Bacon Theme.
Fred's entry into the 'Appetizer' contest was
mini twice-baked potatoes with
a horseradish/cheddar/bacon filling
and a bacon 'nugget' on top.

YUM.

Heather's Film Debut

Check out the video on this page, supporting an Expert Advice article for the Ten Essentials on REI.com:
http://www.rei.com/expertadvice/articles/ten+essentials.html

Heather does #8-Hydration

Polar Bear Plunge 2010, Milwaukee

AIR: 18ºF (wind chill 6ºF) / WATER: 34.7º
January 1, 2010, NOON

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Our first game at Lambeau

Where else does anyone in their right mind leave their house with the car loaded at 7am, open the tailgate in a frozen parking lot at 10am to drink beer and eat chili and sausage, dress in layers and strategically placed hot packs to sit for several hours on metal bleachers in 20º weather?

Our first game at Lambeau was awesome.
Packers 48, Seahawks 10

New Artificial Tree

With limited storage space and the wish to simplify holiday decorating,

we decided to create a flat artificial tree.
2 yards of tan cotton,
1 yard of green fleece,
two 36" dowels
and about 100 green buttons later...

Per tradition, the 'ugly ball' was of course the first to go on the tree

Artificial trees just aren't the same without that fresh pine scent,
so I crocheted an ornament holder for a 'Scentportable' refill from Bath & Body Works. The how-to is on hdwu's blog.