Boat Quay, Singapore - A Couple's Project

In my silence, I've actually been moving forward a bit on this list.  This one was a surprise even to me! I'd been keeping my eye out for large puzzles to tackle, trying to balance price with my interest in keeping it around as a momento.

Imagine my surprise when a puzzle made its way to us via mail order.  Austin picked out a puzzle as a present both to support my list item and to do as an inexpensive and fun activity together.  I think we found another couple hobby by accident! It was so much fun to put together the puzzle that we avoided TV (me) and video games (him) more often than not to put it all together.  We'll definitely be doing this one again....

Our Garden Grows in Brooklyn

A few weeks ago, as Austin and I trekked from home improvement store to home improvement store, it occurred to me that the terrace garden was finally becoming the bigger project that both of us had dreamed of previously.  We had taken the time to draw out plans for potter placement in 2009, but threw things together rather quickly in the past two summers. 


This year, we visited several stores and spent much more time selecting our potters and thinking about the sorts of produce we wanted to consume throughout the summer.  Austin is really the gardener, so he did the heavy lifting in terms of researching the needs of each crop, while I mainly thought with my stomach and made requests for things I'd like to have accessible. 


Because of this team approach that we worked out, we also realized that, for the most part, this has become our collective hobby.  That knocks off both #67 and #89.  I'd thought our hobby would be something with set practice times like tennis or something that we would incorporate into our travels like wine tasting or kayaking.  For now, this works out well and may take us on interesting adventures as we pursue urban gardening and farm-to-table dining throughout the city and beyond.