Go 'Cuse

It was Nate's 30th birthday on Sunday. We were thinking about going camping for his birthday, but as it always seems to, his birthday fell right in the middle of the NCAA tournament. Nate's beloved Syracuse was playing in it's 2nd round game on Saturday, so going out of town, especially somewhere away from tv, was out of the question. Instead we had a few people over to eat corned beef, drink home brew and watch the Sunday games. Luckily Nate was in a pretty good mood since the Orange won on Saturday.

I made this Otto the Orange banner, which turned out pretty cute, out of felt.

And I came up with a good way to temporarily label growlers with the type of beer they contain. I might need to buy myself a laminator so the tags will stand up a little better to sitting in a cooler.

Keita

We got a new puppy yesterday. She is a labradoodle (or maybe labradoodle mixed with something else) puppy and about 8 weeks old. Her name is Keita after Baye Moussa Keita who is the freshman center for Syracuse. All of our animals have to be named after Syracuse basketball players. Our cats are Harris and Flynn after Paul Harris and Johnny Flynn, both former Syracuse players.

The cats seem to be adjusting ok. Flynn is always a little wary of new things and has been keeping his distance, but Harris seems to be doing good.

She is very sweet and loving and calm most of the time. But when she is in a playfull mood she can be extra silly.