POWERBALL WINNERS BABY!!!!!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

My buddy Elweed was over all day yesterday and he was totally impressed with the gardens (more on that later- remember, he is the one that took 4 hours to plant one tiny phlox).

As we were taste testing our third micro brew DJ mention she was out of Point Amber (also called Kurth Amber) . I said you can only by Point Amber by the case IF you can find it. So she said I should run to the store and get some Hard Mikes Lemonade.

Being a wonderful husband that I am I said right away honey and then she had this far away look in her eyes "PLUS buy five POWERBALL tickets - I have a feeling").

The night went on and Elweed and I played four online poker tournaments (we came in 1st, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd - a good night).

We forgot all about POWERBALL. This morning she mentions the tickets and I log on and look at the numbers!!! I read them off and at the very end the POWERBALL number was #17!! YEA BABY!!!! A WINNER!!! To bad #50 was the ONLY number of the 31 numbers we had - but WE WON $3 - YOWZA!! We are not going to parlay that into something greater.

You might see me driving a brand new KIA soon!!
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I have not even read the comments from yesterday but I hear there is a wood fairy flying around and a mysterious stack of wood has appeared behind Josh and Jenny's house (hope its not poison Oak).
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Gardens - not the best sunlight to take photos of the garden but when my friend Elweed came over he was totally astounded - "Your a Master Gardener" he said. Well - I put flowers in garden and they grow - if that is what it takes - OK.

However - they are doing great. This is the clay garden - what you don't see is the tip of the spear. Where I put in the Coreopsis canal. NEXT year will be better for that section.

Daylillies are getting ready.

I have some of DJ's moms Daylillies planted from the old house. A few years ago DJ's mom passed away and on that day hundreds of daylillies at the old house all bloomed. For me Daylillies have a special place in my heart. I think most are about a week or less away from blooming. They are in the upper right corner.


And the Lasagna Garden - what you don't see is a group of Asters not blooming yet (HOW BIG DO THEY GET!!)

I saw those purple mound asters and picked up three - I figured they would be cute little mounds of purple flowers for the corner. THEY ARE HUGE!! I thought they would be like little basketballs size - but they are above my knee now!!

Also the Black Eye Susan's are a week away.

Remember - this is the last day for JUNG DOLLARS!

We're going to have to buy SOMETHING for $100 to spend out 50 Jung bucks! Then stop at cannery Wine and Spirits. Rumor has it they have Beer making supplies - IT'S BREW DAY!!! (as DJ says - AGAIN?)

What will it be. A Porter? or a American Amber (in honor of DJ's craving for Kurth Amber).

I have SO progressed in my knowledge of beer making - I'm even concerned with the temperature of the fermentation process and have progressed from Kits to recipes and I would have no prob's with doing All Grain brewing.

I'm worried about my first brew though - I was SUCH an novice last Sunday!! What was I thinking when I followed the simple instructions. I even have spread sheets now for proper ingredient timing. More on that in the Homebrew blog (at some point).

OK - things to do - beauty of a day today - get outside and enjoy it!

Cheers
Rod