The Tennessee Transplants Pt. 1

MOTS

Well, it's been a year and a week since we moved to Jonesborough, TN and I've only had taken the time to write a blog post once. ONCE!  That's pitiful! I actually really miss keeping the blog, and my lack of posting is not an indication that there is nothing going on, Au contraire, mon frere!  It's been the exact opposite!  We are busier and happier and more involved with friends and adventures here in this little bitty town than we have ever been before!  Also, I was suffering (until recently) from a sad case of the Computer Science Professor's Wife having woefully inadequate and antiquated technology.  I have no technical excuse at all now not to get back to the blog!

Let's play a little "Year In Review" shall we?

     August: 

• Moved to historic JBO, TN, population around 5,000 
• Jay began teaching at East Tennessee State University
• We attended the Jonesborough Farmer's Market Farm to Table Dinner and numerous Friday Night Music On the Square (MOTS) and began to go to the Saturday morning Cash Mobs (which paid off BIG TIME in December!)

Farm Dinner

Cash Mob

September:

• Benefit Bocce for Friends of the Library (we made it to the Semi's)
• First close encounter with alpacas on National Alpaca Farm Days and the gateway drug to what has become a near obsession with fiber, and first exposure to spinning and our dear friends Bob and Pam Dunn
• Field trip to Greensboro, NC (and a trip down college memory lane) to buy an Egg Yolk Chicken Coop for our girls, who were pretty ticked off at the lack of swanky digs after we moved.

Pink Pam Spinning

Bocce

Alpaca Farm

Egg Yolk

October:

• Began spinning after very patient Louise from Dry Creek Alpacas loaned me her spare wheel and gave me a spinning lesson
• Bought spinning wheel (named "Eileen") at SAFF
• Enjoyed the National Storytelling Festival as a resident for the first time (SQUEE!)
• Watched our first appalachian autumn descend upon us

Autumn!!

Eileen

Hot Mess Handspun

November:

• The Jonesborough Novelty Band Christmas Carol Jamboree ushered in the season, along with the town tree lighting ceremony.  
• We were most thankful for being here and having been made welcome with our dear friends Terry and Sandy Countermine and Jeff and Peggy Fabozzi on Turkey Day.

JNB Singalong

Tree Lighting

December:

• We hunted down and dragged back our very own Christmas Tree 
• We rode on the Jonesborough Novelty Band (JNB) Float in the town Parade
• We volunteered at the Progressive Dinner "Dessert House"  to benefit The Heritage Alliance
• Saw our first snowfall

JNB Progressive Dinner

Tree Capture

Christmas Parade

Snow on the Deck

January:

• Brought the continuation of Cari's High Fiber Christmas gift - Jay schlepping me all over Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina to yarn and fiber stores
• Meeting and starting a weekly Sit 'n Bitch with my friend and Crochet Goddess Deb Burger at the Jonesborough General Store and Eatery
• Seeing more snow (!!!!)



Jay enjoying Yarn Shop



Skirting class

• Attending my first fiber skirting class at Echoview Fiber Mill and meeting the beautiful, kind and gracious Marcia Kummerle (our goat mama mentor... but I'm getting ahead of myself) 

  

  Snow

   

There you have it.  Quick trip through the first six months here.  I plan on doing the next 6 months, from February to the present, then start doing more focused posts going forward.  Watch this space!!