Friday night was another scotch night with Rich and Uncle Chicken (or Tio Pollo, as we are now calling him). This time, there were SIX on tap, which was sort of ridiculous - we were tasting for a good 90 min before we made it to the end and could start the movie... Superman Returns, which was just fantastic. But the star of the evening was a Laphroaig 15, which was good and smoky neat, but add a spash of water, and it opened up into something else entirely - very delicious. We tried the splash of water with our previous favorite - the Lagavulin 16, and it just made it taste weak and watery. So water - use it sparingly. As is our rule, even with 6 bottles on tap, pacing and portions are the watchword - nobody gets loopy, and there's never a hangover...
Yesterday we went to Bella's Birthfamily for a late Xmas - it was a great time as always and we actually got to see her birthfather too, who we haven't seen for a couple of years. Isaac and his little birthcousin (who is 5 days younger) had a lot of fun checking eachother out and squawking... and of course there was food. Bella has learned to be very polite with presents now, and gave a good thank you on each, and was even pretty methodical in opening them.
On the way home, we stopped in to Dad and Karen's place (Grandma and Grandpa, of course), where they had a gift for us - a Blue Meanie rug (from Yellow Submarine), and a pot of ham and bean soup they were willing to share, and a roaring fire too...
Between the birthfamily (two terriers) and Dad's (two cats), I continued my "no allergic reaction" string - though by the end of Dad's I was a little wheezy, but probably more from the fire smoke backing into the house (the fire alarm went off and everything...) So it's really starting to look like the allergies MIGHT be in the past? Who knows.
Today was nothin' but work. WORK. Around the house that is. Around 10 loads of laundry. And LOTS of work on the basement: We're re-orging the whole works, moving the exercise equipment up near our bedroom, and turning half of the basement into a surround sound video "Lair" (no new gear here, just better use of our existing stuff), and a better organized play area for Bella. We're imagining we'll be living in the basement a lot more with two kids now.... Justin was watching the kids while we were hauling and hauling... but it'll be great when it's done. We just need to find someone who can move huge equipment around... time to call the movers.
And now it's off to bed - the morning will come quite soon, and I need to be at the gym by 6 to keep fit!
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