What R you doing today?

[Runningwolf]

Thanks everyone. No, they are not bringing any wine, as my wife wants to show ours off and its kind of a "beat the winter doldrums" type of party. They were all asked to bring an h'orderve to share. I bought one of those huge containers of animal crackers for a pallet cleanser. I do not know exactly how many are coming so I chose plastic. I was able to get 40 5 oz plastic glasses for just $9.00 at the party store. No glasses to clean or break. When you guys come over we'll use the real stuff. Nothing to good for my wino friends. Oh yeah, all of my wine is semi dry to sweet. I just started making the reds and when they are ready in 12-18 months, I am assuming our tastes will have changed by then also.

 

[Wade E]

Should be a great time but I dont remember getting an invitation.

 

[Runningwolf]

Dude, for you the door is always open. You might as well pick up Tom on the way down as he is bringing the Pork and Julie bringing ribs. I wonder where we could get some moose. Allie is bringing kangeroo burgers.

 

[St Allie]

Allie is bringing kangeroo burgers.

Uhuh!...well I would if I was living in australia....there's the possibility of me bringing moose of course.....

Allie

grins

 

[mxsteve625]

Just started a Strawberry wine today. Transferred an American Pale ale to secondary.

 

[Wade E]

I dont even rack my beer to carboys anymore. It will be just fine in primary for a few weeks.

 

[ffemt128]

Spent the morning moving snow with a bobcat for the borough. This afternoon will be my daughters 3 year birthday so we are having a party for her.

Oh my son who is leaving for Afghanistan next month came home for the weekend from SC, he had a 96 and wanted to be home. Yeah!!!!!!

May get the bobcat tomorrow and finish clearing our street. Who knows...

 

[Runningwolf]

Doug, enjoy the party today with your family, they grow up very quick as you know. I hope the snow has finally stopped down there for you guys. I never saw anyone so excited about being able to wear jeans to work for a week like Julie. I told her maybe sometime you guys could all make a road trip up here this summer and we could hit Walkers in Dunkirk NY and some wineries.

 

[Julie]

Dude, for you the door is always open. You might as well pick up Tom on the way down as he is bringing the Pork and Julie bringing ribs. I wonder where we could get some moose. Allie is bringing kangeroo burgers.

Well Tom has to also bring buffalo sauce so we can see if he can even come close to making a sauce better than mind.

Uhuh!...well I would if I was living in australia....there's the possibility of me bringing moose of course.....

Allie

grins

I'm for the moose, a moose roast is to die for.

.... I never saw anyone so excited about being able to wear jeans to work for a week like Julie. I told her maybe sometime you guys could all make a road trip up here this summer and we could hit Walkers in Dunkirk NY and some wineries.

Well the only other time that we can wear jeans is when we have to pay for some fundraiser someone in the district is doing. Last week was 4 freebie days

Hey Doug, give a trip north some thought I think we all would have a blast.

 

[Julie]

.....Oh my son who is leaving for Afghanistan next month came home for the weekend from SC, he had a 96 and wanted to be home. Yeah!!!!!!

LOL I think your son got out of the south just in time for this weekend. I talked to my stepson last night and Rock Hill, SC had an inch of snow with more to come.

 

[ffemt128]

.... I never saw anyone so excited about being able to wear jeans to work for a week like Julie. I told her maybe sometime you guys could all make a road trip up here this summer and we could hit Walkers in Dunkirk NY and some wineries.

Hey Doug, give a trip north some thought I think we all would have a blast.

I'd be game for it.

 

[St Allie]

Oh my son who is leaving for Afghanistan next month came home for the weekend from SC, he had a 96 and wanted to be home. Yeah!!!!!!

...

what's a 96?

 

[Tom]

I'm pretty sure its a 96 hour leave

 

[ffemt128]

Yes that is what it is. In the military it's a 96 hour leave (4 day weekend). He was released on Friday and will need to be back probably by noon on Tuesday.

We had a good time with the birthday party yesterday, even the big kids had fun playing with the balloons. After everyone left we had a nice family steak dinner since I'm sure Josh wont be having that anytime soon in Afghanistan.

So Dan, how did the wine tasting party go?

 

[Runningwolf]

Great wine tasting party last night. Most people that came never saw wine being made and were quiet surprised by a actual wine cellar.

Picture of wine table did not come out as well as expected due to the light from outside. I didn't look at the pictures till this morning.

Invited Steve on left (winethief) to the party. This was the first time we met and I am sure we'll be getting together a lot more. It was great meeting him and his wife.

We are actually looking forward to another party this summer and hope to involve some more folks from the forum. Tom, you can always ship your wing sauce..LOL.

 

[Wade E]

Thats a beautiful display on that table! So do you think you might have inspired a few to become wine makers? I myself am dead today. I moved the whole house around yesterday by switching all our rooms around due to size of rooms so te kids now have the bigger rooms. My daughter now has the biggest room at 11 and my son has the 2nd biggest room and they are both upstairs, We now have a tiny room that our stuff barely fits in but we dont spend much time in there anyways "just sleep and, well you know"! My back is really fealing it today cause I had to carry all the furniture up and down the stairs by myself due to my wifes knee still which is really why we've been holding this off for so ,ong but I see now that she'll most likely never be even 75% better from it. Im going to try to get some wine work in today but we'll see!

 

[Runningwolf]

Yes that is what it is. In the military it's a 96 hour leave (4 day weekend). He was released on Friday and will need to be back probably by noon on Tuesday.

We had a good time with the birthday party yesterday, even the big kids had fun playing with the balloons. After everyone left we had a nice family steak dinner since I'm sure Josh wont be having that anytime soon in Afghanistan.

So Dan, how did the wine tasting party go?

Doug, the party went very for going into something with a lot of unknowns. It was the first one we did and it was mostly people my wife works with that I did not know. And then the bonus of meeting Steve (winethief) and his wife. I would not have changed anything as it all went very well.

Glad to hear your's went just as well and you got to spend time with your son. He'll certainly be in our thoughts and prayers.

 

[Runningwolf]

Thats a beautiful display on that table! So do you think you might have inspired a few to become wine makers? I myself am dead today. I moved the whole house around yesterday by switching all our rooms around due to size of rooms so te kids now have the bigger rooms. My daughter now has the biggest room at 11 and my son has the 2nd biggest room and they are both upstairs, We now have a tiny room that our stuff barely fits in but we dont spend much time in there anyways "just sleep and, well you know"! My back is really fealing it today cause I had to carry all the furniture up and down the stairs by myself due to my wifes knee still which is really why we've been holding this off for so ,ong but I see now that she'll most likely never be even 75% better from it. Im going to try to get some wine work in today but we'll see!

Wade funny you mention about potential future wine makers. There were several people that asked a lot of questions and when I showed them just how easy it can be, they were quiet surprised. Little do they realize how clueless I am when it comes to making wine from fresh fruit or grapes and I admit it. I got a steamer last year as a gift, so sometime in the future I will give it a try.
Sorry to hear about wife. I thought by now her knee would have been mostly cured. Is this going to mess up her schooling ( I believe she was going for nursing if I remember right).

 

[Wade E]

That process is now over due to the knee " Lots of money down the drain". She was never able to finish the schooling before her knee was to bad to continue. Dont really know what will come of this, she may end up doing disability.

 

[Tom]

Tom, you can always ship your wing sauce..LOL.

Sure can IF you can send a bottle of... PM me