Randoms for Catching Up

Catch up time! The past few weeks have just flown by. I love the summer time. There is less responsibility and more vacation! Who doesnt love that?

I will do my best to "catch up" in this blog and be quick and sweet about it :D

• Carter- my sweet boy sniffed what we both thought was a patch of grass on one of our walks. It had just stormed so there were lots of little critters out. Well this patch of grass jump up and pinched him. lol. He freaked out and jumped around trying to get it off. I'm not gunna lie, scared me to death because i didnt know what happened! It wasnt until the little crab (yes, crab!) released himself scurried off that I realized what happened. Poor pup. Now he hesitates when we get to that same spot and then darts past it. haha. He also has some major ear wax issues going on. We ended up taking him to the vet because we didnt know what was causing it and thought it could be mites- but nope. Just the good ole' humidity. 

• Desperate Housewives- I am addicted. I was bored one day and found it on Netflix and thought "ah, why not." MISTAKE! I didnt realize all 7 seasons were on Netflix. My life is now over. Nothing productive will happen until it's done. 
• Game of Thrones- John made me take a break in my Desperate Housewives to watch Game of Thrones. So glad I did! I am all caught up and it's REALLY good. I highly recommend it. Apparently, I waste my life on TV. lol
• Brewing- We have finished our next two beers! the nut brown is all done and ready to drink and we also made an apple ale, which still needs carbonate in the bottles for a little bit. Real excited about trying it! next up: Oatmeal Stout and Pumpkin Ale- YUM!

Apple Ale in our new Carboy!

• Professional Staff Training- Was looong. It was for an entire week from 8 or 9 to 5 or later. It also happened to be the week before we left for home. I seriously felt like a crazy person at the end of it. The last day was a ropes course. It included a high ropes obstacle. I am terrified of that type of stuff, but guess who did it?! THIS girl! Alexis- the girl in the pictures doing it with me, and also a new staff member, was an awesome support. If we didnt do it together I am not sure if I would have finished. We were both equally terrified. I got halfway up the wooden pegs and almost started to cry and wanted to quit. But between her and my belay team- I did it! It was seriously probably the scariest thing I have done thus far in my life. I felt so triumphant after it! GO ME! (I'll add pictures when I get them)
• Triceratops and BBQ- John's boss invited us to a food tasting party a few weeks ago. It was kind of far, but totally worth it! There was TONS of free food- sushi, steak, bbq, brisket, drinks, etc. It also happened to be partially in a science museum. This museum had some dinosaur bones!!! I have NEVER seen any. The first one I saw happened to be my favorite dinosaur too! A Triceratops! I was excited :D I would drive another 45 min one way to see that guy again. 

Dinner! The smoker was a bull...

 Me and Triceratops!