Hoerman's House
My life day to day
You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
Glen has been working with both dogs trying to teach them to fetch. Petey, at 14 years of age, is picking it up very quickly. Lucy, she just likes running around like a goofball.
ps…The ringing you hear every once in a while is Lila. She loves to make the sound of a telephone ringing. It is her all time favorite.
pps….The movie on the television is The Mummy. Just in case you were curious.
Gassy Wine
Well, it has been 11 days since we last tested the wine. Yesterday evening it was time to test it again.
It tested well under the percentage it needed to be at, soooo, time to put in the ingredients to help clarify the wine and stir, stir, stir to get the gas out.
Glen didn’t realize how much gas was in the wine which resulted in a panic on our part…..it erupted. When it died down it looked like we had killed someone in our bathroom. It sprayed all over the walls and mirror. Thank God we decided to do this next to the bathtub!
After getting things cleaned up and the head on the wine died down we stirred, and stirred and stirred some more. All the gas has to be removed or the wine won’t clear. No one wants cloudy muddled looking wine.
The wine…..it was very gassy 🙂 Now it must sit for two weeks before we can bottle it.
Ready for the real spring to begin
This is not the bluebird of happiness….he wants warmer weather with no more snow.
Unexpected sighting
Last Friday as I was driving to work I saw two Sandhill Cranes.
(photo courtesy of http://www.lospoblanos.com/)
They were just standing on the side of the roadway. I wanted to get a picture of them so badly and was attempting to pull over. However, I didn’t have the camera with me, just my cell phone. My cell takes good pictures, but I would have been too far away to get a decent shot. I pictured myself, dressed in my uniform, trying to get as close to the birds as I could without spooking them…..and decided it wasn’t worth it. It was the first time, outside of a zoo, that I have seen a crane. Not even sure I have seen one at the zoo. They are really, really tall and magnificent.
I Met The Bloggess
Last night Glen and I, along with Rob and Kate (co-workers/friends), went down to the Plaza for a book signing and reading by Jenny Lawson. Jenny wrote the book “Let’s Pretend this Never Happened” and she writes the blog called thebloggess. Both of which are fantastically funny reads and highly recommended.
(image courtesy of Barnes and Noble)
Me and Glen waiting for our turn to get in line so I can get my book signed.
The event was at the Unity Temple on the Plaza. Jenny managed to get her hands on one of the choir gowns and decided to wear it for her reading. Very spiffy….and funny.
Of course I had to get my picture taken with Jenny…..any true fan would 🙂
Here is Kate getting her book signed. Thank you Bloggess for coming to KC on your book signing tour!!!
