This Winter We

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This Winter We
 - careened through the Christmas season
 - spent Christmas Day on a plane (it was great, actually)
 - cried during the Mr Rogers documentary
 - enjoyed two weeks in Arkansas
 - got our fix of cheese dip and Whole Foods
 - finally tired of chili (we ate this every Saturday and Sunday for months)
 - got hooked on steak pies
 - finally went to Crombies for our meat (and they let us use our glass containers! and they're so nice and fun like friends! why didn't we do this sooner?)
 - attended our 2nd annual Burn's Supper
 - (Jill) applied for, was offered, and turned down a job at a local business I love
 - (Jill) went to the dentist (they tell me my teeth are great! they say come back in one year! they charge me £11)
 - cheered on Scotland at our first time at a rugby match
 - went on a Valentine's walk and donut date
 - took more late afternoon walks because the sun stays out later now
 - spent a school break week at home at it was so luxurious
 - (Craig) got accepted into a summer program in Germany
 - schemed up some summer holiday plans
 - doubled down on German language acquisition
 - felt overwhelmed
 - (Jill) attended a ministry conference
 - nearly finished the entire series of Still Game
 - watched plenty of NBA
 - tried more new coffee shops
 - established a fab new Friday routine (cheap food and good beer, basically.)
 - led a worship service together
 - settled in
 - made it through

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