I snowboarded, J got hurt, El visited, We all shopped, Sent gifts to the fam, and it Snowed in Portland!
So the blog gets neglected once again. For those of you on the list - I’d said there’d be two more gift posts to come. Weeell, it’s been a bit complicated around here, so - I’ll be finishing up a post in the works combining the two topics since there’s not much time left to ship anyway.
But what’s been happening here in Portland you say? Well the title tells a lot of it. Snowboarded last week and the week before, and oh the pain! First time - took a private lesson from a girl who started the whole thing off with, “I just got some really bad news so, anyway, we’ll start with the basics, this, is a snowboard.” I’d been told by friends not to learn from your boyfriend - you’ll end up hating him when it’s all over. Best advice ever! I nearly cried of frustration several times on the way down the lower bowl with this girl. Left foot was asleep, got stuck in a snow bank once, fell on her board once - it took me about an hour and a half to get to the base. That was the only run I did that day.
So last weekend, J’s sister was in town. We took her out for her first time and she and I both did alright. She was getting pretty good toward the end, I was having wardrobe malfunction issues, and she and J both ate it pretty bad before we left. See his site for more pics and stories.
So what came of that injured boy? Today we found out he fractured his shoulder. No more showing off for you Jacob! As you can see in the pic it snowed yesterday here in Portland - what a treat! We went to Trader Joe’s last night to get some soup and every single person in the checkout lines were gleamining about how excited they were and how beautiful it was. Very fun to experience the snow. A bit fluffier than what we got in Texas. Most of it was gone today, but you could still see some on the sides of the roads.
We’ve finished shopping, wrapped presents, visited the hospital and played in the snow the last few days. Now we’re spending some down time with the laptops open, some hot tea at hand, jazz music playing, yummy candles from Mom burning, viewing pretty gifts under our little tree and some snow out the window, with a fat cat continuously encroaching on my personal space. Ah, the holidays.
Anyway… so that’s me. Now back to fabulous favorite products!
