Linda do you and Mike make your own wine? If so, thats pretty cool. What is the process? How long does it take?
Well, my DW went back to work today. First time she has gone back to work since Friday. She works in Muskogee. I know my cliqueless neighbors who have been watching the news the past few days have seen the reports of how bad Muskogee got hit. Well, she keeps calling and telling me how BAD it looks there. She said the streets are completely clear, but almost every tree with the exception of Oak trees all have branches broken. She said some places look like a tornado went through because of the trees looking stripped and down. She said they got all ice. She said everything looks crystallized. She said that the power lines that have not been knocked down are hanging about 5 feet off the ground.
I wish I had sent my camera with her this morning.
I should say Mike does
since he retired in July...he has to find things to keep him busy and this is his new adventure. He enjoys reading books about it and doing research online about it. The grape wine he just finished bottling took about 3 months if I remember correctly. You have to transfer it from container to container to filter everything that settles, add different things to make sure the acidity is correct, the alcohol content etc. As long as it tastes good, that's fine w/me
Kenny loves helping him with it. He liked smashing the grapes .
Sounds like your DW's work area is pretty bad. We had a bad ice storm in 04 and it was really bad. I worked in Vermont during an ice storm too
unbelieveable the damage it can do. No one had power in Vermont for a month, but they had the roads clear and generators at the phone co. and the hotel it didn't change our life much. Everyone in town was at our hotel to eat. It was about the only restaurant in town w/power.
Linda- That photo of the wine carboys looks familiar. My husband brews also. In fact, he has about 10 other people brewing as well. We're having a wine tasting at our house in February where everyone brings their wine over and we are going to taste it all. We are also doing a wine exchange so that everyone brings home an extra 2 or 3 bottles. Too bad we don't live closer to each other, we could do a Cliqueless wine tasting!
A wine tasting in Feb. that sounds like a fabulous time! This is Mikes first year doing it by himself. He use to help his dad w/his
A cliquesless wine tasting sounds so awesome. Hmmm
maybe we can bring some on our next meet, if you're able to go. Ahhh sitting on the Disney Wonder w/a nice glass of wine w/our cliqueless crew
That would be awesome if we lived closer!! My HS sweetheart lives in Denver... I got this email a few years ago from an Architecture firm...it was him
Small world!
Oh, I have to tell you guys about this.........
On Monday, I received a phone call from a headhunter. She said that she had a company that was looking for a Lead Analyst for a company here in Tulsa. We talked about everything and decided to go ahead and send the company my resume. I should hear something later this week or early next week.
So, anyway, I decided to do some research about the company what they do, how long they have in business, and so on. I go to their website, and I find some information on their executives. And then I found this nugget. Their Chief Operating Officer who from what I gather would most likely be my boss is Pamela McKissick. And I found this blurb on her background information:
McKissick also has held several positions and was instrumental in developing the successful marketing, promotion and creative for The Walt Disney World. Her titles included vice president of Network Specials and director of Creative Services for Walt Disney World/Epcot Center.
Is that not wild?
If that's not a sign, I don't know what is
Good luck! My boss loves Disney ..must be why we get along so great!
my co-worker leaves for his cruise tomorrow... He loves to torture me. He was on the beach and called me one year..."you hear that....THE OCEAN"
I got back from our cruise a few years ago that was during a hurricane, he put the weather channel pix w/the hurricane on my desktop
..hmmm what should I do to him???? He is going to send me a pix on my phone of the Disney Magic just to torture me!!!
I hope its nothing serious. The dentist I go to is in Florida and I dont want to have to find a new one. I know that sounds silly, but I'm VERY senstive when it comes to dentists because I've had some really bad experiences at differene ones. Its weird because when I chew the pain goes away. 
isn't that you who hates when people pop their gum?)
Also, I was going to WDW in July, but after all the rain we've had in Ohio I have a basement wall that is getting wet. So any money that would have gone for the trip is now going twards a basement waterproofing! 
I sure hope you don't have to do one of those! I completely understand about dentists though. Some are much better than others!
Maybe next year we'll get more. Gives Mike something to do 
They beat the other team by over 20 points. Matt had 12 points!!
