capcrnch
Well-Known Member
I've been gone a long time! Almost a full year.
Had a lot happen in that year too.
Last year, I was working a ton of hours, so I had no time to brew or do anything else for that matter. It was work, eat dinner, sleep, rinse, repeat.
Last summer, I lost one of my dogs after 13 years of loyalty and great friendship. This was Cali:
Not wanting to leave our 6 year old lab without a friend, we decided to get her a friend: This is Tofu
We got her this little dude. Here he was at 6 weeks old, dumb as a box of rocks, but SO cute. His name? Oberon. aka Obie Very appropriate name for my household.
This was Obie this past April as I redid the floors in my house.
Great supervisor, isn't he?
And Tofu with her new buddy
Then this past winter, I took my wife to a Lions/Jets game (rare that my Jets come to town, so I take advantage of it). She hates football, but I took her at her request. I think she wanted to tailgate more than anything.
When we got inside and took our seats, I was sizing up the crowd of Lions fans, realizing I was the ONLY Jets fan in our section, when my wife hit me with this:
That led to this:
Then on 6/14/2011 at 2:11am, we had a little girl. "Lily Marie"
This was about 5am. That's me working on about 35 hours wide awake.
It was the greatest fathers day ever, as I sat on my couch 6 days later, watching the Masters with my daughter.
I've been a dad for almost 7 weeks now.
We waited 15 years for this gift. While it would have been great 15 years ago, I can't help but thing it was totally worth the wait.
But, now i'm itching to brew again. I think it's because I know i'll have an assistant soon![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Had a lot happen in that year too.
Last year, I was working a ton of hours, so I had no time to brew or do anything else for that matter. It was work, eat dinner, sleep, rinse, repeat.
Last summer, I lost one of my dogs after 13 years of loyalty and great friendship. This was Cali:
![k4y05v.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0a1/0a1ddb12b72fda4d6cffe70b037f1ee6.jpg)
Not wanting to leave our 6 year old lab without a friend, we decided to get her a friend: This is Tofu
![29lzd47.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/156/156706a6ad94059d93cc4553372509ee.jpg)
We got her this little dude. Here he was at 6 weeks old, dumb as a box of rocks, but SO cute. His name? Oberon. aka Obie Very appropriate name for my household.
![kbuo74.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bf1/bf1e554204b4b556475a1af7b20d62bd.jpg)
This was Obie this past April as I redid the floors in my house.
Great supervisor, isn't he?
![29p28ec.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4fc/4fc6c605c4b1831fbae44516eb38b275.jpg)
And Tofu with her new buddy
![20ubc3q.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/59a/59aa16f12dc37fa631f22630c1aa3ee4.jpg)
Then this past winter, I took my wife to a Lions/Jets game (rare that my Jets come to town, so I take advantage of it). She hates football, but I took her at her request. I think she wanted to tailgate more than anything.
When we got inside and took our seats, I was sizing up the crowd of Lions fans, realizing I was the ONLY Jets fan in our section, when my wife hit me with this:
![fcjgn6.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/f15/f1512bd7b8b4bd6bfe375fc308a4c5b9.jpg)
That led to this:
![2vx3tpv.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d01/d01c690a913d8d4681aa810b03d2bdff.jpg)
Then on 6/14/2011 at 2:11am, we had a little girl. "Lily Marie"
This was about 5am. That's me working on about 35 hours wide awake.
![4ue3pe.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c26/c26800f32dfa252e71078985dd10ab5c.jpg)
It was the greatest fathers day ever, as I sat on my couch 6 days later, watching the Masters with my daughter.
![2a607s0.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a04/a0414ba06acccf85477d6016b5d728d5.jpg)
I've been a dad for almost 7 weeks now.
We waited 15 years for this gift. While it would have been great 15 years ago, I can't help but thing it was totally worth the wait.
But, now i'm itching to brew again. I think it's because I know i'll have an assistant soon