Gee its been awhile...
Laura and I have moved into our new house and have been quite busy painting changing locks and unpacking and nearly spending all of our money. The internet was just turned on today so forgive my long lapse. House photos and other fun stuff to come shortly.
I miss you.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Hows my little Laborer?
woo!what a weekend!
In honor of Labor Day Laura and I headed (even more) south. and what an adventure it was. First off let me say that my impression of the south has been shattered, smashed and slid down into a nice little pile farther south than Kentucky, because Kentucky is the shit. Hills, Horses, Tobacco, Wine, and Whiskey...its really hard to beat. Don't get me wrong I love me my Minnesota but Kentucky has quite a bit to offer, for example look at a map of it and notice the neat little ribbon of National Forest by the name of Daniel Boone, hot.
Well onto what happened (this will probably be long) We headed down to a nice chuck of the Daniel Boone National Forest called the Red River Gorge, and what a beautiful place it was. Cliffs, and stream(s, I assume) and hills and NO MOSQUITOES! But lots of daddy long legs.
Our Adventure began with a Bang by planning on driving down arriving at night hiking into the park setting up our shit and falling asleep. Of course We missed two exits couldn't find the campground and nearly hit a tree down over the road. So we manged to find our way out of the park and sleep in the Stratus. Just as we were falling asleep we get a nice little surprise, "This is the Police!" it was one guy I'm sure his name was Ned and was looking for some people to chat with, we told him our plight made no attempt to be cordial (ok maybe a small one) and fell asleep laughing. Apparently where we chose to park is a hot spot for after hours drinks and shenanigans, not that night luckily.
At the ass crack of dawn i pulled myself out of the trunk and threw my pack there we began our day with a long hike in the warm air around an arch and some other pretty views we camped. A while later on a hike we ran into a guy who really helped me re-appreciate the little things in life by saying Come on! you have to take advantage of a rope tied to a tree. advantage I took, and swung around a bit over some water, I felt sweet.
After an awesome dinner some excellent smores and some more reading we slept.
This is for Scott, nice tunnel eh? 
Sunday We hiked out of the wild to meet our old friend shower and our better friend distillation of sugar into alcohol! We were driving back to Louisville for the night and without much of a plan we decided to take some tours. After getting shot down at 4 different places for being closed on a sunday
(bitches) we ran into someone who pointed us to the Maker's Mark Distillery where we toured and learned and sampled and all sorts of fun things. Did you know that in order for a Burbon to be considered and Straight Bourbon it must be Made in the USA Aged in a Charred White Oak Cask for no less than two years? I didn't before Sunday...there are other rules too, but who cares. I love me some Maker's Mark.
That night we headed into town and ran into an Ironman triathlon, which was pretty cool. (for those who don't know thats a 2+mile swim, 100+ mile bike with a Marathon(26+ miles of running) to top it off) Seeing people come in and finish the race after fourteen hours was incredible, especially while drinking some excellent beer eating gigantic deep fried mushrooms on a warm summer night. We also found a book, by accident but on a similar premise to Geocaching...it was neat, so we grabbed it.
Monday brought us to the Jim Beam Distillery and their scrumptious little bourbon chocolates and more knowledge of bourbon.
We saw some awesome moldy buildings and trees, and even a church nestled in with the Barrel Houses. Turns out Jim Beam is the largest bourbon maker in the World and they have 70 of these gigantic nine story barrel houses around the area...which is crazy. If you happen to be at all a fan of fine Ultra-Premium Whiskeys I would suggest trying Booker's on ice, ohhh so tasty. If you find yourself in Kentucky Head over to the Maker's Mark Distillery for a tour instead of Jim Beam, they actually show you the process and where things take place, it's not much farther out of the way.
After it was all said and done I can say we had quite the grand adventure and plan on going to the Red River Gorge again, more prepared and equipped with a rope and some other key items. Hope life is good with all. Its good here.
In honor of Labor Day Laura and I headed (even more) south. and what an adventure it was. First off let me say that my impression of the south has been shattered, smashed and slid down into a nice little pile farther south than Kentucky, because Kentucky is the shit. Hills, Horses, Tobacco, Wine, and Whiskey...its really hard to beat. Don't get me wrong I love me my Minnesota but Kentucky has quite a bit to offer, for example look at a map of it and notice the neat little ribbon of National Forest by the name of Daniel Boone, hot.
Well onto what happened (this will probably be long) We headed down to a nice chuck of the Daniel Boone National Forest called the Red River Gorge, and what a beautiful place it was. Cliffs, and stream(s, I assume) and hills and NO MOSQUITOES! But lots of daddy long legs.
Our Adventure began with a Bang by planning on driving down arriving at night hiking into the park setting up our shit and falling asleep. Of course We missed two exits couldn't find the campground and nearly hit a tree down over the road. So we manged to find our way out of the park and sleep in the Stratus. Just as we were falling asleep we get a nice little surprise, "This is the Police!" it was one guy I'm sure his name was Ned and was looking for some people to chat with, we told him our plight made no attempt to be cordial (ok maybe a small one) and fell asleep laughing. Apparently where we chose to park is a hot spot for after hours drinks and shenanigans, not that night luckily.
At the ass crack of dawn i pulled myself out of the trunk and threw my pack there we began our day with a long hike in the warm air around an arch and some other pretty views we camped. A while later on a hike we ran into a guy who really helped me re-appreciate the little things in life by saying Come on! you have to take advantage of a rope tied to a tree. advantage I took, and swung around a bit over some water, I felt sweet.
After an awesome dinner some excellent smores and some more reading we slept.
This is for Scott, nice tunnel eh? 
Sunday We hiked out of the wild to meet our old friend shower and our better friend distillation of sugar into alcohol! We were driving back to Louisville for the night and without much of a plan we decided to take some tours. After getting shot down at 4 different places for being closed on a sunday
(bitches) we ran into someone who pointed us to the Maker's Mark Distillery where we toured and learned and sampled and all sorts of fun things. Did you know that in order for a Burbon to be considered and Straight Bourbon it must be Made in the USA Aged in a Charred White Oak Cask for no less than two years? I didn't before Sunday...there are other rules too, but who cares. I love me some Maker's Mark.
That night we headed into town and ran into an Ironman triathlon, which was pretty cool. (for those who don't know thats a 2+mile swim, 100+ mile bike with a Marathon(26+ miles of running) to top it off) Seeing people come in and finish the race after fourteen hours was incredible, especially while drinking some excellent beer eating gigantic deep fried mushrooms on a warm summer night. We also found a book, by accident but on a similar premise to Geocaching...it was neat, so we grabbed it.
Monday brought us to the Jim Beam Distillery and their scrumptious little bourbon chocolates and more knowledge of bourbon.
We saw some awesome moldy buildings and trees, and even a church nestled in with the Barrel Houses. Turns out Jim Beam is the largest bourbon maker in the World and they have 70 of these gigantic nine story barrel houses around the area...which is crazy. If you happen to be at all a fan of fine Ultra-Premium Whiskeys I would suggest trying Booker's on ice, ohhh so tasty. If you find yourself in Kentucky Head over to the Maker's Mark Distillery for a tour instead of Jim Beam, they actually show you the process and where things take place, it's not much farther out of the way.
After it was all said and done I can say we had quite the grand adventure and plan on going to the Red River Gorge again, more prepared and equipped with a rope and some other key items. Hope life is good with all. Its good here.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Hows my little Memory?
At work I'm working on a project related to the video above and while poking around for research I came across this video and it brought back quite a bit of memories of how I felt for the days following it. I couldn't get my eyes off of the TV while a sad nervousness spread over me. Seeing all of the post 9/11 shit come out afterward has really desensitized me from my memories and this video really set me back again... conspiracy or not, this was a tragic event in our lives.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Hows my little adventurer?
I was talking to my pal rich a couple of days ago and realized how out of date I am. So here is the skinny + some photos from the weekend. Laura and I are about 98% sure we have a house purchased! We are awaiting the bank to come up with their shit and insurance and all that other fun stuff. did you know it cost less for me to insure an entire house for 1 year than it is for me to insure my (lame) car for 5 months? Bet you didn't cause I didn't. Fuckin averages are killing me. I got a brewpot for making homebrew beer and other large dishes this weekend so my first batch of beer should be made soonly. Work is going well, Still liking the headmetal business. Faster computers make things go so much nicer.
This weekend Laura and I had a good opportunity for an adventure around the area which was lots of fun. We toured some old cemeteries and saw lots of fun old stuff, the oldest grave we found was a death date of 1812, pretty neat. Either now that we are in the country or that we are looking, there seem to be more dead people around here than (live) other places. We even found some new sheets for our bed to put in our hopefully snappy looking room to be.
John Brown looks like he wants to be buried elsewhere...
Oldest death date found!
These grow on trees, a nut maybe?
HA!
This is an ugly example of broze plate we make at work. I hate those roses and the photo looks like poo (we can also make it look like its printed on paper this must have been a customer's idea.)
I miss you.
This weekend Laura and I had a good opportunity for an adventure around the area which was lots of fun. We toured some old cemeteries and saw lots of fun old stuff, the oldest grave we found was a death date of 1812, pretty neat. Either now that we are in the country or that we are looking, there seem to be more dead people around here than (live) other places. We even found some new sheets for our bed to put in our hopefully snappy looking room to be.
John Brown looks like he wants to be buried elsewhere...
Oldest death date found!
These grow on trees, a nut maybe?
HA!
This is an ugly example of broze plate we make at work. I hate those roses and the photo looks like poo (we can also make it look like its printed on paper this must have been a customer's idea.)I miss you.
Monday, August 04, 2008
Hows my little attack!
Tonight after dinner chip took Laura and I for a walk which was a very wonderful and pleasant adventure. Chip got to get pet by a little stranger boy and we got our restless legs some exercise. We saw a wonderful sunset over a field and some other neat things The highlight of the adventure was little chip's new single striped friend he met. After a quick chase with a very smelly ending. Not good, we hurried home and promply got some tomato juice to dump all over Chip.
Fun Fact:
Tomato juice removes skunk smell from dogs. We dumped a whole bottle on the poor guy but after awhile he realized that he could lick it up and he didn't mind so much. Here are some pretty awesome pictures from the endeavor!
The Pour
Yum!
We decided we should use the whole bottle at this point.
Mom was nice and cleaned us all up. Chip looks happy.
I had fun, its not often there is a good reason to pour tomato juice on something alive.
Fun Fact:
Tomato juice removes skunk smell from dogs. We dumped a whole bottle on the poor guy but after awhile he realized that he could lick it up and he didn't mind so much. Here are some pretty awesome pictures from the endeavor!
The Pour
Yum!
We decided we should use the whole bottle at this point.
Mom was nice and cleaned us all up. Chip looks happy.I had fun, its not often there is a good reason to pour tomato juice on something alive.
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