I'm obsessed. My favorite part of the day is when, on my way back to the office after lunch, I pass the newspaper stand and pick up the Nashville City Paper. After reading the Headlines and skimming Entertainment, I quickly flip to the Etceteras section for the Comics & Puzzles. And there, glowing before my very little eyes is Sudoku! Whenever I have down time throughout the day, I get to working the puzzle. Sometimes they're easy, other times I get stumped and peek at the answers (c'mon!). Though I would only consider myself a "white belt" by Sudoku standards, I so enjoy it. Try it once and you'll be hooked (http://games.latimes.com/). You've been forewarned!
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Sudoku
I'm obsessed. My favorite part of the day is when, on my way back to the office after lunch, I pass the newspaper stand and pick up the Nashville City Paper. After reading the Headlines and skimming Entertainment, I quickly flip to the Etceteras section for the Comics & Puzzles. And there, glowing before my very little eyes is Sudoku! Whenever I have down time throughout the day, I get to working the puzzle. Sometimes they're easy, other times I get stumped and peek at the answers (c'mon!). Though I would only consider myself a "white belt" by Sudoku standards, I so enjoy it. Try it once and you'll be hooked (http://games.latimes.com/). You've been forewarned!
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Surprise!
This is what I saw when I awoke today...lovely snow! Shot is taken from our living room looking out. The rest are of the exterior of our house covered in the beautiful white blanket.
Monday, February 13, 2006
New Mexico Reviewed
So I'm back from my weekend trip to Albuquerque, where I totally fell in love with the New Mexican landscape, culture, feel, you name it. I spent 3 days with sweet Aria, her husband James, who is one of the coolest guys ever, their cuttie-patuttie-eat-those-little-rubbery-ears little girl Sasha & dearest Samantha and Tony Schmitz.
Aria, Sasha and Samantha took Tony and I on the longest Tramway in the world which ascends to over 10,000 feet! For those who don't know the concept of the tramway, it's basically a little box you stand in that's balanced on a couple of cables a few thousand feet in the air! I'm totally not kidding! Highly terrifying but so thrilling at the same time. I loved it! At the top of the mountain, after smiling through grinding teeth and clenching the inside bar of that tiny tramway box, I was completely struck with the most amazing above view ever, overlooking all of Albuquerque and other cities and mountains in the distance. And though the winds gusted and the temperatures neared the single digits, it was splendid!
We also got to go to the Seals & Seals concert that was awesome. Several Bahá'ís from Albuquerque and surrounding areas traveled to see them play too, like our dear old friends from Costa Rica, Violeta and Phillip Mirkovich. Following the concert, which little Sasha soundly slept through (she's the cutest!), we took many pictures together.
On Sunday, my last day in NM, Violeta & Fipo prepared a delicious Tico breakfast for us. Afterwards, Aria, James and Sasha took me to the Jemez Mountains, where James had been just a day earlier on a class trip. Let me tell you, James, the soon-to-be geologist, knows his rocks and I was stunned and impressed to learn all the history of that region. Thanks for the incredible tour guys!
In all, there are no words to thank these dear friends for such a lovely experience. I can only say that I miss you dearly and love you so much! You have to come to Nashville now, so I can return the great favor! Check out these pictures of darling, sweet, beautiful Sasha.
Aria, Sasha and Samantha took Tony and I on the longest Tramway in the world which ascends to over 10,000 feet! For those who don't know the concept of the tramway, it's basically a little box you stand in that's balanced on a couple of cables a few thousand feet in the air! I'm totally not kidding! Highly terrifying but so thrilling at the same time. I loved it! At the top of the mountain, after smiling through grinding teeth and clenching the inside bar of that tiny tramway box, I was completely struck with the most amazing above view ever, overlooking all of Albuquerque and other cities and mountains in the distance. And though the winds gusted and the temperatures neared the single digits, it was splendid! 
We also got to go to the Seals & Seals concert that was awesome. Several Bahá'ís from Albuquerque and surrounding areas traveled to see them play too, like our dear old friends from Costa Rica, Violeta and Phillip Mirkovich. Following the concert, which little Sasha soundly slept through (she's the cutest!), we took many pictures together.
On Sunday, my last day in NM, Violeta & Fipo prepared a delicious Tico breakfast for us. Afterwards, Aria, James and Sasha took me to the Jemez Mountains, where James had been just a day earlier on a class trip. Let me tell you, James, the soon-to-be geologist, knows his rocks and I was stunned and impressed to learn all the history of that region. Thanks for the incredible tour guys!
In all, there are no words to thank these dear friends for such a lovely experience. I can only say that I miss you dearly and love you so much! You have to come to Nashville now, so I can return the great favor! Check out these pictures of darling, sweet, beautiful Sasha.
Friday, February 10, 2006
New Mexico!
The much awaited day has arrived! I'm finally making my way to New Mexico. My dearest friends, Aria, James, Samantha and smallest but not least, little niece Sasha Layli, await.
I had a dream about meeting my buddies in Albuquerque last night. In the dream, we were at this very and I mean very rocky beach surfing (I know, totally strange). It must have something to do with the memories I have of Samantha and I joining the Costa Rican Women's Surf Team some years back. Segun nosotros, we were going to become world class surfers back then. We would've settled for just balancing on that darn board and duck diving! This little surf group took us on a couple of memorable trips throughout the beaches of Costa Rica.
Also in the dream, I sat watching in awe as my dear friend Aria attended to her daughter! In the dream I was mesmerized that she actually had a baby. Somehow I think this will be the theme of my trip...sitting in awe and watching them together. James was there too and played guitar for us. I'm so anxious to see if Albuquerque looks anything like it does in my dreams! My flight leaves at 1:30pm today...
****Going to definitely catch the Seals & Seals concert there on Saturday night! I'll post all the pics when I get back. Toodles****
I had a dream about meeting my buddies in Albuquerque last night. In the dream, we were at this very and I mean very rocky beach surfing (I know, totally strange). It must have something to do with the memories I have of Samantha and I joining the Costa Rican Women's Surf Team some years back. Segun nosotros, we were going to become world class surfers back then. We would've settled for just balancing on that darn board and duck diving! This little surf group took us on a couple of memorable trips throughout the beaches of Costa Rica.
Also in the dream, I sat watching in awe as my dear friend Aria attended to her daughter! In the dream I was mesmerized that she actually had a baby. Somehow I think this will be the theme of my trip...sitting in awe and watching them together. James was there too and played guitar for us. I'm so anxious to see if Albuquerque looks anything like it does in my dreams! My flight leaves at 1:30pm today...
****Going to definitely catch the Seals & Seals concert there on Saturday night! I'll post all the pics when I get back. Toodles****
Monday, February 06, 2006
Sneak Peak
Here's one of the Seals & Seals t-shirts I've been working on. It's not quite finished, but thought I'd share the progress so far. I'm excited about seeing their show this weekend in New Mexico!
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