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Thanks Creamy, I hadn't actually seen that. Oh dear.
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Oh yeah, it's all I use to bottle now. Sometimes I even pretend I am capping with it. Or sit and watch it in it's immobile state. Glad your wife is getting better.
My favorite part of creamy's video is the gag reflex following the second sip.
I got my orders filled and delivered today. 30 minutes late but it was the best I could do. I was panicking. Culminated in a torrential downfall and barely making it down the driveway to make my delivery. Flooding again and the hole in the driveway opened back up, tried to swallow me and all the berries. Wasn't sure if I was more afraid for my life or the safety of the berries. Sunburnt, cuts and scrapes, the thorns even cutting me straight through my jeans. My helper didn't make it through the week, she was only able to show up every other day to help. And the other people she said she could recruit to help, well, she says they aren't actually cut out for it. Picking a couple pints of berries, or even a gallon is a fun, enjoyable morning. But after the second, third, fourth gallon... it's like real work. But all done for this week, will get back to it Monday. I'm exhausted.
Classic! I'd heard the story but never saw the video before!
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The wife cracked me up!!
Varmintman
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Oh heck man I loved the video Creamy and have to say your wife is first class. And your buddy is a trooper as well hehe
CreamyGoodness
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My wife gives as good as she gets, and I give her a lot of silliness 
. Lucas is knuckles as well. It was a lot of fun to do the video... drinking the mead though... not so much.
. Lucas is knuckles as well. It was a lot of fun to do the video... drinking the mead though... not so much.Varmintman
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LOL I had to go and save my mead I started a few months ago. It is black as sin and the fruit still has not dropped and when I showed my wife the okra video well she was ready to dump it
I love fried okra. Coat it in bread crumbs and fry it with some diced potatoes in some bacon fat served with a big slice of ham.....MMMM heaven
I love fried okra. Coat it in bread crumbs and fry it with some diced potatoes in some bacon fat served with a big slice of ham.....MMMM heaven
My wife gives as good as she gets, and I give her a lot of silliness
As I was watching I kept thinking if you added a little plain gelatin and then put them in the fridge, you could have done an okra mead Jell-O shot party
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As I was watching I kept thinking if you added a little plain gelatin and then put them in the fridge, you could have done an okra mead Jell-O shot party
He's one a them gourmet eaters. He shoulda got him a beef knuckle and made okra mead aspic. Or thrown some beets in there and made beeteefkraloaf. Sorry for the 'I'm on HBT way too much' multithread reference.
I grin every time he says Casa de Creamy. Not sure why. I like the Creamy.
Howdy hey late niters, lovers, dreamers, good deeders, merchants of good cheer. I hope life is bringing you good things, and if not, just walk outside and maybe you will be gifted, as I am tonight, with an ink-black sky studded with diamonds.
For your late night soundtrack, I submit to you 10 minutes of the best documentary I've ever seen. Mark Borchardt (and Mike Shank) are the real deal. I have no idea if you can rent this or stream it on netflix, but if you can't find it let me know. It's called American Movie.
Life is kinda cool sometimes.
here's part 2
For your late night soundtrack, I submit to you 10 minutes of the best documentary I've ever seen. Mark Borchardt (and Mike Shank) are the real deal. I have no idea if you can rent this or stream it on netflix, but if you can't find it let me know. It's called American Movie.
Life is kinda cool sometimes.
here's part 2
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Hi everybody. I got up at 8:30am this morning and didn't stop working on my bathroom until 9:30pm. It comes out to like 11:30 hours of actual work, after deducting time for lunch and a couple breaks. I got the ridiculous floor vent boxed in to a normal size, and all the new drywall hung and taped. I took the pictures before the taping obviously.
Now, I'm going to open a homebrew and chill out for a bit. Then go to sleep.
Now, I'm going to open a homebrew and chill out for a bit. Then go to sleep.
Wow, what a difference. Maybe you'll miss the pink tile?
Although I don't mind having a little pink in my house, that wasn't what I had in mind.
I'm just hoping I can get it all wrapped up before I have to go back to work.
Last day of school for my fourth grader, all A's and B's. It took him a lot of effort. Its hard for me to truly understand his effort as school was always easy for me. I don't think I would have worked as hard as he does if I needed to.
Cranberry wine, and another melatonin. I need to be up early tomorrow, again.Nice progress - definitely earned that home brew!
Does the cranberry wine taste like thanksgiving cranberry? Is it sweet or bitter?
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After a 5 hour nap, hmm, can't sleep. Broke out the premature apple cider to try out another sample. I really like where it's headed. It's strong, to drink it straight you have to sip it in a wine type glass. Well, to me it's very strong.
Hubby is trying to woo me back so bought me a super deluxe nozzle for my garden hose. Said he shopped all over town to get the best one money could buy. He knows I can't stand cheap nozzles always breaking.
A friend of mine sits for an elderly gentlemen. She was venting on the phone, saying how mean he has become as he has become sicker and sicker. Even threatening to bite her when she was trying to feed him, to his snappy comments from innocent questions posed to him, and even putting up his hands and my friend knew that look in his eyes, he wanted to hit her. I couldn't say I understand what it's like, because you just don't tell people that, but did tell her I could sort of understand. We talked about possible options a little, this guy's poor wife, she can't handle him alone. One week she told my friend that she couldn't afford to pay her anymore, so don't come back to work. But then called the very next day and asked her to please come back. The daughter of this lady's husband has paid my friend since.
Oh, so nice to just to be rambling late night. I feel like I had a productive week and it's barely Friday. This weekend, I think I will cover some scars with tattoos. Pretty things that will make the scars not show.
Hubby is trying to woo me back so bought me a super deluxe nozzle for my garden hose. Said he shopped all over town to get the best one money could buy. He knows I can't stand cheap nozzles always breaking.
A friend of mine sits for an elderly gentlemen. She was venting on the phone, saying how mean he has become as he has become sicker and sicker. Even threatening to bite her when she was trying to feed him, to his snappy comments from innocent questions posed to him, and even putting up his hands and my friend knew that look in his eyes, he wanted to hit her. I couldn't say I understand what it's like, because you just don't tell people that, but did tell her I could sort of understand. We talked about possible options a little, this guy's poor wife, she can't handle him alone. One week she told my friend that she couldn't afford to pay her anymore, so don't come back to work. But then called the very next day and asked her to please come back. The daughter of this lady's husband has paid my friend since.
Oh, so nice to just to be rambling late night. I feel like I had a productive week and it's barely Friday. This weekend, I think I will cover some scars with tattoos. Pretty things that will make the scars not show.
bottlebomber
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Okra mead video, always a pleasure. I showed it to the wife and she got a big kick out of it. Which was cool because she usually could care less about my imaginary friends in beer land.
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Pappy, just have one thing to say about all that.
(I'm stretching it, but whatever I write next, imagine Waylon Jennings singing his song, Lukenbock Texas.
I know, Pappy knows this song. Going to post it below for a second. MY, true selfish wishes are you listen to the song and after it's over, check out my words. The song gives an emotion and cadence. I hope my words following are at least 1/10 as good.
Well the only four things in life that make it worth living
Are Brewing, hops, great yeast, and a good chilling
My brew don't need to be named in the stars tonight
I got my rig and it makes me feel alright
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of beer
Let's go to, HomeBrewTown,
Where nobody feels down
No taxes
extraordinare A humble life we'll live there
As family we will surely share
The honest beer brewed there
That's just the first couple, what's it called? Stanzas? Probably won't be anyt more after that.
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Varmintman
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Well I started to look at properties today for the LHBS I am going to open. I am thinking this is a great time to be buying since the first one I looked at had 12,000 square foot in a great location and was only 79,000. It needed some work but overall it would have been pretty good other than it was right next to the train tracks. I want to live in the building while I renovate and I just do not want to deal with the trains late at night.
I really cannot wait to get out of this house. Rocky soil and a little over a acre in lawn to mow just sucks.
I really cannot wait to get out of this house. Rocky soil and a little over a acre in lawn to mow just sucks.
It came out fairly sour. I add a little simple syrup to the glass before I drink it. Then it's really nice. It's more like an extra smooth cranberry juice. It reminds me a little of how red wine ages. It doesn't have that "cooked" flavor.
That's because it's to young. As it ages the apparent alcohol diminishes and the apparent apple flavor increases. If I remember your cider correctly it's dry. So a little simple syrup, or corn syrup, mixed in will help it taste more like apples.
Once it gets to 6-8 months the apparent alcohol will practically disappear. That's when it gets really dangerous.
I hope you find the property that is best for you.
The first mudding has been done in my bathroom for a while now. Just hanging out waiting for it to dry. Waiting for mud and paint to dry is probably going to screw up my time line.
Still to do:
(Friday)
sand drywall mud
mud a second time
prime and paint baseboard
sand drywall mud
mud a third time?
sand drywall mud?
(Saturday)
prime
paint
(Sunday)
install flooring, stick down vinyl tiles
install vanity cabinet
install trim piece behind toilet
install toilet
install vanity top and sink
(Monday)
remove old light fixture
sand/paint around old fixture
install new fixture
install remaining base board
I'm hoping to get the priming done tonight, so I can install the floor tomorrow evening.
The mud finally dried. Got that all sanded and the second coat on where it's needed.
In the mean time, I removed and primed the door to the bathroom. I also removed and cleaned up the hinges. Stripped the paint off of them, went at them with a wire brush and a scrubby pad. Discovered they are rather nice brass hinges. Not that you could tell with all the paint and corrosion on them. Hit them with a little MAF cleaner to get the corrosion out of the joints, and oiled them. I'll re-install them with the door, they should be good for another 20 years at least.
I also painted the baseboard for the room, and installed the new "correct" under sink valves.
I really hope the primer and paint dries much faster tomorrow then the mud did today.
No new pictures today. It looks pretty much the same, only with drywall mud lines.
In the mean time, I removed and primed the door to the bathroom. I also removed and cleaned up the hinges. Stripped the paint off of them, went at them with a wire brush and a scrubby pad. Discovered they are rather nice brass hinges. Not that you could tell with all the paint and corrosion on them. Hit them with a little MAF cleaner to get the corrosion out of the joints, and oiled them. I'll re-install them with the door, they should be good for another 20 years at least.
I also painted the baseboard for the room, and installed the new "correct" under sink valves.
I really hope the primer and paint dries much faster tomorrow then the mud did today.
No new pictures today. It looks pretty much the same, only with drywall mud lines.
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Hey LG! Sounds like some nice progress. One nice thing about having your own home among many,means you can see in it what others might not have. The potential of a home. I bought my place around ten years ago and look back at some of the stuff I've done to it. Not like it's a grandiose palace or anything but I like it. I look at some things I've done here and ask myself, "How did I ever do THAT?"
Enjoy my friend. Making a home yours is just about one of the best things in life. Some may call that selfish and materialistic. I call it being a homeowner. Buying a house isn't cheap, there are a myriad of changes that make it a home. It is a place you will someday possibly raise a family.
Well Done, LG. Well done. Super happy for you!
