Mowvember

Whatever you call it - Mowvember, No-Shave-November, Mustache Mowvember - there is no bigger fan than Stacy. She looks forward to it each year, and especially relishes the pictures on our anniversary each year, which falls right at the end of a nice long month of facial-hair cultivation (me, not her).

Stacy in Hong Kong at the end of October, eagerly anticipating the glorious facial hair November would bring.

Here we go again Stace. Your wait is over.

Ham

I'll be honest, 'ham' sounds so much better. It just does.

The Tradition Continues

No, this post isn't about my Fall Facial Hair, though that post is soon in coming. It's about a Christmas ornament.

Every year since we got married, Stacy and I have bought a Christmas tree ornament to represent that year, and it's become one of our favorite family traditions. This week, Stacy finally found the Asia O'Hare's 2013 Christmas Ornament:

Is Stacy pregnant, you might ask? No, definitely not. Are these little versions of traditional Himalayan boots adorable? Absolutely.

Just to reiterate: Tradition. Adorable boots. No baby.

October Has Been a Good Month...

For pictures of me with my (super hot) wife.

On the set of a TV show we were asked to be extras in.

Picnic. Cows.

Canadian Thanksgiving. Or Columbus Day, as it is more properly known.

She's hot and she's mine. Sorry I'm not sorry.

Magical Meat Fest

Despite being well into the semester, our school thought it might be nice to stage an "Opening Ceremony" (6 weeks after school started). One of our classmates gave a speech in 3 languages (very impressive - but not the best part of the event)

and then...

We went to a buffet that had all-you-can-eat steak tips and lamb chops. Oh my.

Pictured above is my second plate of steak. I made 4 more trips for steak, until they ran out, and then switched to lamb chops. I think I finished with 6 lamb chops under my belt.

In case you didn't know the O'Hare motto, it's "Eat through the pain."

Represent

A week ago, I was asked to represent the school, along with a handful of students, at a banquet being held by the city government. Perfect chance to strut the new bow tie my mom bought for me this summer.

Southern Swag. Thanks Mom!

So Much More Than Shoes

So, yesterday I announced that we didn't have anything exciting going on in our lives. Boy was I wrong.

My dad mailed us a package with some things we had ordered for ourselves and had delivered to my folks' house, including a pair of shoes I'd ordered for this winter.

When I opened up the package, lo and behold, my shoes were there - filled with quite the surprise:

Now, if you don't know, I love Atomic Fireballs. So much so that I think I have cracked both of my back bottom molars on Fireballs in the past year. No worry, science is making great advances these days, I'm sure they'll come up with a solution.

Now I'm stocked for at least another 6 months of dental destroying delight.

News Flash: Week of October 13

Literally nothing exciting is happening in our lives this week. Nothing.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving

Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. Happy Thanksgiving, Canada.

Y'all know what I'm talking about.

September in Review

Here's a video compiled from last month's events...or anytime I remembered to bring a camera. Footage includes a trip to a village, Bathing Festival (where all the locals go to the river to bathe or wash their clothes), ultimate frisbee, frisbee golf, soccer, and other random clips. 

A lot of jumpy video this time. Just close your eyes, and the spinning should stop.