Midsummer

Midsummer
I don’t want to think of this as midsummer, but I’m aware that it will probably snow again in a matter of weeks. I should take a couple months off work and go out in my boat every day. BEER. Our Belgian dubbel is makin’. If you want to be aware just how much yeast farts are a critical part ...

She SPOKE on it.

She SPOKE on it.
Oh god, Vegas and my birthday were great in so many ways. It was a billion degrees, we covered a ton of ground, I did pretty well gambling, and my friends are all awesome. I won’t recap that here because there’s a travel journal to be written, but I will send you to look at my photos on Flickr. This post-vacation ...

It’s never been winter on my birthday before. 1

It's never been winter on my birthday before.
On the way to work this morning, I considered actually crying over the weather, it’s been so terrible lately. We still haven’t had anything really approaching summer, and I’ve been wearing my cold-weather clothes all week. I didn’t think when we booked a trip to Vegas for my birthday that we’d be escaping Minnesota weather in June, but there it ...

101 Things v2 Progress Report: May 2013

101 Things v2 Progress Report: May 2013
Begin Date: April 4, 2013 End Date: December 31, 2015 Items Completed: 8 I finished 6 items in May 2013! #54 Do the MN Aidswalk again #61 Learn to brew beer (We’ve already bottled two batches, and will start another after Vegas.) #70 Put in a perennial garden around the birdbath, in our old firepit (I planted shasta and painted daisies, some ...