Once in a lifetime.

I have had a hard time getting back into the swing of things. Work was ok this past week, actually had a decent room service shift last night. But it looks like my motorcycling days are pretty much over. We are in day one of a 3 day winter storm warning and the weather for the next ten days looks like highs in the mid 40's. I can ride in that though it is cold, but I have to consider it will be a bit colder on my way home.
So I am back on the bus. Kind of sucks, but at least I don't have to pay for it. And I can read. And maybe write?
Our dog is doing well. His 2nd house training seems to have worked and he hasn't gone in the house in a few weeks now. When I let him out and say the magic words, he seems to go pretty much right away. So that is good. Too bad this happened after he pissed on Katie's cds and the stereo receiver.
I have tried a few bottles of my first beer in a long time. It is a honey spruce lager. I got the recipe from the new complete joy of homebrewing. In the book, it says this is a beer that even your friends who don't like beer will like. Well, I like beer and so far I just don't really care for the flavor. Not to say it is bad, but if it was something I bought I would not get it again.
My next batch is going to be a bitter. That is a low alcohol style of ale popular in England. I like it alot, but it is hard to find it here. I am using a modified recipe out of the same book.
5 lbs dried amber malt extract
1/2 lb crystal malt
1 oz challenger hops (boiling)
1/2 oz cascade hops (finishing)
2 tsp gypsum
english ale yeast
A good thing is that it should only take two weeks (or so) from start to finish! After that I am planning a Belgian style cherry spiced dubbel. I am looking to do something similar to Unibroue's Quelque Chose. I only had that once, but haven't forgotten it.
We had some car troubles on Wednesday. We were in Boulder and stopped at Whole Foods, then the car wouldn't start when we got back in it. It seemed like we weren't getting electrical power. Katie called Dean who was able to give some advice. We were able to diagnose and fix the problem, which was that her battery was 6 years old. We got a new one and were on our way home two hours later than we would have been. But that was better than getting it towed.