The other night I looked over to the corner of the room and noticed the 1 ton gorilla sitting there. So we both agreed that we better get serious about finding daycare. We'd gotten a list of daycare providers in the Bis-Man area and thanks to the magic of Google Maps we were able to narrow down the list before we even made a call. Just type in an address and if it comes back with some area of town thats less than desirable, cross that one off.
We never got to the point that we needed to make any calls on the list though, because it's not what you know, it's who you know. Sister in law, Trish recommended her baby sitter and that would have worked out perfectly, but she wasn't taking any new kids until August. I was thinking the baby should probably be old enough by the time Katie's time off was up that it could care for itself for 8 or 9 hours a day, but she didn't think so. One of my friends at work though, had daycare right now and gave us that lady's number. Turns out she wasn't available until August either, but she did have helpers come in during the summer so we got in whenever we need to this summer. We'll probably start with part time sometime in July and be full time by the end of it.
On the name front, Katie put me in charge of finding a name, we have the boy one figured out but she kept nixing the girl names because they reminded her of some crazy lady she knew. Evidently she knows a lot of crazy people. My last offer of Gertrude was met with little to no interest so we started writing down names again and finally both of us agreed on ____________. I won't give you the name, but I will give you a hint that it starts with a letter of the alphabet.
On the final front of interest, I've been able to start brewing my home brew beer again. It's something I did at the old house, but the apt. as you know is either penguin cold or surface of the sun hot depending on what part of it you're in. Truly a miracle of science considering there's only about 40 square feet in the whole thing.
After months of placing a small digital thermometer around the house in search of a constant 68-76 degree temp, I finally found one in the closet in the living room. The yeast that I use requires that for proper fermentation and carbonating. Tonight or tomorrow I'll be able to bottle the newest creation - a snappy little Honey Lager. A clean lager with a subtle dryness that finishes smooth. It'll call to mind a warm summer afternoon and pair well with a grilled rib eye or a Minnesota Twins game.
p.s. - don't ask what the girl name is. I ain't tellin!
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So now you are going to have to move the hydroponics out of the closet? Also, the next step is getting "The Dazzle Man" Dan Gladden to endorse it.
Dan and all my good friends down at Gluek Brewing in Cold Spring MN have already endorsed it.
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