Bad Blogger

I've been quite the slacker in blogland. Here's the two pictures I have taken since the new year, and it sums up what Eric and I have been doing for the last month. Get up, go to work, come home to eat dinner, and fall asleep on the couch with the dogs.



I've been having a lot of fun coaching. Our girls are 3-? (you lose track of how many you lose, but always know how many you win!) and it has been a great experience. I spend a lot of time at practice and even more traveling to games, watching games, and analyzing games, but because I enjoy it so much it doesn't even feel like work. If I'm given the opportunity to coach them again next year I will. Other than basketball I was able to attend a conference in St. Louis to present a poster of my thesis research. I decided there that I'm going to head back to school, once again, and join my sister as "Professor." I think that being at a University will be so much fun it too won't feel like a job :-) Lastly, I'm enjoying the Wii alot, though Super Mario Galaxy makes me waste perfectly good hours of time! I can see why my middle school students are addicted to video games-they are a lot of fun!

I'm pretty excited about getting my new "baby." Full carbon frame, high end components...Her due date is Feb. 22 (amazingly my birthday!) Here she is...



I've really been into cycling this year, since it is the only intense exercise that doesn't seem to hurt my knees and ankles. You also get to be outside and with the views of the mountains on most of my rides, it is an enjoyable experience. I'm looking forward to riding in the mountains and maybe participating in some century rides with friends.

That's all on this end. Send me an email if you want to come visit!!!

Happy New Year!

There isn't much going on around here, other than lots of snow and VERY cold days. It has been too cold to get out much, even to snowshoe. Not only would we freeze in the -10 degree weather, but the dogs' paws can't really take it. Cache has some cute booties, but we couldn't risk Audrey and Darcy losing a paw to frostbite...

We had a great Christmas but I am starting to feel like an adult. I suppose that's good, since I am 31! Eric and I talk about how much we want to travel and do fun things, so when he received a small bonus for Christmas we thought we would use it this summer to take another trip. Then we looked at our bedroom and realized that we didn't have a bed frame, our wicker "college dorm room" furniture wasn't working anymore, and our mattress was shot. So rather than buy plane tickets to some destination, we made a trip to Fort Collins and bought a new bedroom set to match our only real piece of furniture (a dark merlot finish dresser). Then we stopped in Greeley at a mattress store and purchased a decent mattress. I'm happy, but not quite as excited as I would be if we were planning a trip to Mexico or the West Coast.

The dogs have been the main event this holiday season. Of course we have Darcy, since the Chastains are down south visiting Deborah's family. Darcy really loves it here, and we call it "Camp Parrish." She wrestles with Cache all day and leaves a ton of hair on our carpet and underneath our bed so she will not be forgotten. Ah Darcy...here they are waiting patiently for the command "ok" to go eat.

We hope you are all doing well and again we would like to extend the invitation to anyone who would like to come visit. The snow is as good as it's been in years, so the skiing and snowshoeing are excellent. Just buy a plane ticket, let us know when to pick you up at the airport, and that's it!

-The Parrish Clan, including Audrey, Cache, and Darcy