Winter!

Winter!

This weekend, we did our darndest to feel a little wintrous and seasonal around here. Here's the Weekend Roundup.

We went to Balboa Park's December Nights both nights, despite the rain and freezing, frigid 50 degree temperatures. And despite the massive crowds (I think everyone else in San Diego got giddy for wintery weather?), we managed to run into a ton of people we knew. SD is such a weird place sometimes - you have the most random run-ins with people. Such a big small town. Ollie was such a trooper even though he was bundled up beyond belief.

Saturday, we walked up to the North Park Toyland Parade, but it was nonexistent. They didn't even have the street closed down, so we assumed that they pansied out with the rain overnight. It's kind of like how we slow down to 30 mph on the freeway when it starts to sprinkle.

On the same walk, we perused two (very) different craft fairs. The first was in Our Saviors Lutheran Church (that's the grammar on the sign, suggesting that Jesus himself was actually Lutheran all along). It was an eco-friendly gift fair, with a lot of fair trade and political stuff. And! Not one, but two old ladies from our church were there. The second craft fair was in the Bar Pink Elephant on 30th, and was hosted by the swoon-worthy North Park Craft Mafia. !!. Don't you wish you were the witty genius who came up with that? They had skull baby bibs. And it was in a bar! Ollie, our favorite under-21 year old, stayed outside with dad. Unfortunately, Sparrow Baby was woefully unrepresented at both craft fairs. Next year!

We got a Christmas Tree. We had contemplated not getting one what with the almost-crawler and sudden drop in household income, but decided to get a small cheap one anyway.

We started making limoncello tonight, to bottle in pretty little glass stopper bottles for gifts. We got a killer deal on organic meyer lemons today from the handsome citrus farmer's not-so-handsome-but-slap-happy-instead brother, or something. He was like, hollering and wooting today as he announced, no, proclaimed his deals. We're using this recipe without the rosemary, because we liked how they gave us the procrastinator option. Also, the photography is pretty.

Not exactly seasonal, but we finally sold my old car this weekend. Actually, we didn't officially sell it yet, but we found a buyer. That's good enough for me. Farewell, sweet little car! I love you! And hate you!