The Home Stretch

It's Monday, and you know what that means! You don't? Me neither. All I know is that we are officially on the downhill at this point. I have 5 weeks and then I can hang it up this semester. WOW, was that fast or what? I guess I better get cracking on the assignments I need to grade and give to my students!!

Travis and I were busy wrapping up projects this weekend - taxes, working on the door, returning pans to calphalon, taking the Golf to the shop, all the good stuff. We also tried our first batch of homebrew this weekend. Hmmm, looks like we're back to the drawing board. It's OK, but we made a couple of mistakes, but I think we know what to change for the second batch. (For you homebrewers out there, I think our wort was too hot when we pitched the yeast, and I know we didn't get enough "flow through" with the hops. We tried to contain them in a muslin bag and it was too small.)

I am hoping for better results with the next batch - this is definitely a hobby where you learn as you go along, and I am enjoying the Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charles Papazian (the father of homebrew in the US). It's a chance for me to review all my chemistry from college. Who knew? I recommend it for anyone wanting to get into homebrewing - I never had this much fun reading my chemistry books!

So as we cruise along, we're also thinking about when to install our sod, staining the concrete, summer vacation, and all kinds of other distractions. I'll post pictures as we get any of these projects done, but that means developing film, and posting, and sheesh, all that work! ;)

Have a good week, and don't forget that AZ doesn't change with Daylight Savings. We don't need any more sunlight, thanks. So all of you in KS & IL, we're 2 hours behind now. Those of you in Washington, we're the same time zone as you - at least until October!

Best of luck and Cheers!

Jenny