A week-ish in Facebook posts

April 13

~Um.....Miles made burgers for dinner. With chopped up bacon in them. Mucho delish! But.......I think I'm gonna puke noW......

April 14

~Early run with Miles to work off those greasy, heinous, puke-worthy burgers we ate last night!!!! SO not worth it, the way my body feels today. Looking forward to a glorious salad later....

~Ahhhh....blessed, blessed coffee.... Run done, now heading out to retrieve the Great Northern Brewer's Club Brew Russian Imperial Stout that we helped brew. Aged in both brandy and oak barrels...we'll be bringing home 5 gallons!!!!!!!!

April 19

~"I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet." -Nadia Comaneci

April 20

~I'VE GOT WOOD!!!! But the idiots delivered it to the WRONG house... Guess we'll be getting a workout tonight by hauling it all back to our driveway by hand. FINALLY getting the interior wall started! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Delivered to the WRONG fucking property, of course.  Hello? Some ass-hat enjoying 4:20 apparently felt this yet to be poured foundation was ready for framing?!? What did he think this wee pile of INTERIOR wood was going to become?!?!?  Rant over.

~Taste testing the 49er Brown.....Oh, day-um!!! Clean, dry...no overwhelming malt coating the tongue...wonderfully balanced! up next? The Renaissance Trappist Ale! ........

Here's my Chocolate bock .  We finally taste tested it against the Sam Adams version. Mine is better(The lighter colored beer), methinks! Lighter, happier on the tongue, and more of the chocolate and vanilla coming through..without the coated tongue feel. 'Taint a bad beer!

~Oh, LAWS, yes!!!!! Seductive elixer!!! We decided to brew another batch just on the nose alone! haden't even had a sip yet!The Trappist RAWKS!!!! A bit green, but...... A delightful dance of flavors on the tongue....nice loooooooong finish! Some sweet overtones yet dry overall. This stuff is gonna KILL once it ages and mellows. Down into the crawl space with ye, demon drink!!!!!

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Sunday April 23

~Sweet day! Hours of photo editing done...FAST run as the sky was clearing....AND WE GOT THE FRAMING OF OUR INTERIOR WALL ALMOST DONE!!!!!! Finally, PROGRESS on the new addition! We are imbibing in the porter and brown beers Miles unearthed from the bowels of the crawl space. The porter is over 10 years old and the brown, 12!!!! The porter that we HATED 10 years ago has aged AMAZINGLY! Shit is the BAwLS!!!!!

~Blend of reds in the glass....rack-o-lamb on the grill, roasted po-tay-toes Bitches!!!!!!

Monday April 24

~Tacked on a "little extra" to my run today and realized it was about 2 more miles! That makes a 7 miler for me today! Calves are a bit sore...we'll see how they feel in the morn. Mojito chicken tonight!

WHAT ABOUT PROM?!?!?!

I always think about Molly Ringwald screaming at Blane about prom in Pretty In Pink when I hear the word "prom".  Random, I know.
Anyhoo!
Our little girl had her Junior Prom on Saturday: "Silver Screen Sensations".  She and the other student government kids worked tirelessly to make this a fabulous night for the juniors and seniors.  While she was critical of how it went down, the feedback has been great!  Wish I could have seen it for myself-hopefully some photos will be coming in.
Dylan and her friend Katie let me tag along with them to the salon and later to their friends houses to take some prom "group" shots.  It was a lot of fun watching this excited bunch getting ready.  Everyone looked so grown up.....~sniff~....it all goes by SO fast.....it hurts.

Our amazing stylist had the girls looking so classy and gorgeous!  (Well, they already are gorgeous!)

OMG!!!  FINALLY the tallest in the bunch!!!!  ;P

Rant:  HATING on the straight brim hats!!!!!

I LOVE YOU, GIRLIE!!!!!   Silly spirit....

My contribution to the prom's decor:  Two 3x4 ft canvases showcasing the 2 stars of the day

Doh! My Toe!

FEEL:  Methinks I broke my toe.  Right foot, 4th toe, distal phalanx.  It happened when I was overcome by someones over-the-top, Wasillabilly, Snooki style poof hairdo at work.  I walked into a chair.  I also walked into a door jam later in the day while talking to a client.  Weeeeeee!

SMELL:  Candy by Prada.  I think I may have found my new perfume.  I glommed a tester from Nordy's yesterday and spritzed some on this morning.  I'm not into the whole Pink Sugar, sickly sweet cake and icing fragrances, but this is just plain sex on the wrist.  The top notes don't blow my mind but after about a half hour a musky caramel/vanilla/Benzoin comes out...mmmmmm.

TASTE:  Miles and I tested one of my chocolate bocks- BOCKAHOLIC- out on the sunny deck.  It's been in the bottle a month now.  I'm a little bummed at the sparsity of head and the minimal chocolaty-ness I'm tasting.  I was hoping for stronger but am only detecting the vanilla and choc on the finish.  As far as bocks go, it 'taint bad and has a very nice roasted flavor and full mouth feel.  But as a chocolate lovers dream?  Eh.  We'll wait a couple of weeks to compare it to a bottle of the Sam Adams Chocolate Bock.

SEE:  My daughters kibitzing on the deck in blankets and sunglasses.

HEAR:  A friggin awesome live Lynyrd Skynyrd CD......One More From the Road.  I'm a moderate  Lynyrd fan, but goddamn!  This is tight and crankin'!

Miles's 49th!

On St. Patrick's Day.
The usual suspects.
Plenty of food and beer.
And it was GOOD!

Manna from the beer gods!  Made with the spent American Brown Ale grains and yeast from brewing the day before.  Waste not, want not!

Chillin', me and my hunny, on the sun soaked deck before folks arrive

Dylan made....and SO friggin yummy!

Make a wish and..!!!

Beer glasses at the ready!

Happy Birthday my WONDERFUL, silly, sweet, BFF and husband!!!!!
Oh, and F-YOU, Saint Paddy!

One extra day of Spring Break

Spring Eve...
 Willa and I played hooky yesterday.  ;}  I wasn't ready for Spring Break to be over.  And the sun was boomin', so, we went snowshoeing up Bear Pass.  Willa has hiked up there many times, but this was her first snowshoe to the top!  It was quite a challenge for her and I wasn't sure we were going to make it.  Despite the moaning and groaning she was inwardly determined to get herself up there.  And that she did.  We ate our lunches, explored and played around up top for awhile before heading back down.  Down is always the best part because you can slide quite a bit with your snowshoes!  Hearing her laughing and yelling out,"This is the FUNNEST thing I've ever done!" made my heart sing.  I'm so glad and honored that we are able to give her this magic.
WONDERFUL day....

Almost there!

HARDCORE KIDDO!!!!

Made it!  Whew.

So tiny against those mountains!

LOTS of people have been skiing and boarding here.  Tracks everywhere!

Snow angels

Biffed!  Dragon likes it, though!