I haven't been writing much in my blog the past week but I have good excuses, for real. We've been enjoying our week hosting Mainers and hanging with Middletowners. We've ice skated, skateboard shopped, pancaked, locopoped, and Scrabbled. I hope to get some more photos and descriptions posted but if you search around my links, you will likely find others doing a better job posting about the past week. Tomorrow we head to Baltimore for the weekend for a dog reunion!
Since Susie Cupcakes asked, here is a list for y'all:
What I am drinking: Unsweet Tea and water (it is in the 90s here). Oh, and a lot of coffee (going to work meetings also gets me hooked back on the more than 2 cups a day habit since it is sitting out there on those break tables, waiting to be consumed).
What I am watching: We (including the Mainers) are currently (re)addicted to Arrested Development. However, we were stymied in our quest to watch because none of the local VisArts had Disc 2, Season 1 yesterday. We also watched the History Detectives but I got lost somewhere on the Chisom Trail and the first episode of the season couldn't hold my interest.
What I am reading: A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving (passed along to me from a waspy New England friend), Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (a graphic novel memoir-- fascinating and a very quick, engrossing read), and--if you really want to know--The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni (I read this one for my work retreat...you may like it if you like books that have numbers in the title like 7 habits of, 8 ways for, 12 steps to, etc).

Zoe, Isaac, and Liz are in town visiting this week!

I am flying home from a busy week in the 'boken and in a conference hotel north of the the 'boken. Have I mentioned my new job yet? In any case, if this is any sign of things to come, I think I may be traveling a wee bit more this next year. So, right now I am in Newark. My flight home is in the midst of a flight to Cologne, Germany (full of World Cup fans including a scrum of guys kicking a soccer ball around), a flight to Paris, and a flight to Shannon! I am not going to any of those places...

We are back from our long weekend in Asheville! There are some photos up on flickr...more info to come later.

We are in Asheville! We spent our first day wandering around the Blue Ridge Parkway and doing some hiking with Miles. We did some hiking around some waterfalls and then stopped for lunch at the Pisgah Inn (great view, okay food). Our cottage is great (more photos and descriptions to follow) and we just got back from our first venture out to downtown where we ate at the Laughing Seed which was wonderful!

After saying goodbye to everyone (some, twice) Brad and Stef are heading out of town and moving to Baltimore tomorrow. This photo is of Brad at the last tee of the UNC disc golf course. Brad does have two feet but one is in motion...

I am back from Kansas and feeling very tired. I had a fun, leisurely trip with lots of hanging out, pool playing, and dog scratching. I didn't end up taking very many photographs of people on this trip but I did take lots of Za and Squeaker (a couple more are posted on my flickr site). I also brought back a stomach full of Winstead's (grilled cheese on rye with pickles, well done french fries, fried egg sandwich, AND a strawberry malt) which will take more than one round of disc golf to work off.