Keeping Warm

We've been keeping warm but using a lot of wood .... still cheaper than propane. We've had to learn a new term for the quantity of firewood ..... "rick". In buying wood when we lived in Northern Calif., we always bought wood by the "cord". Nobody does that in these parts :) .... it's by the truckload or "rick". Here's what a delivered $45 "rick" of "seasoned" oak will get you ....


Added to what we already have we should be ok till spring. We have a "stash" in the backyard almost equal to what you see here ...


So Lea is making labels for her beer since she has 1 batch bottled and 2 batches in the fermentation process, it won't be long before she has 3 different brews ... all in brown bottles .... so labels became a necessity. She's sitting here in our "entry way" (the front door hallway that is used for wood storage and an inversion table) putting labels on her "Brown Ale". The paper is made for inkjet printers and has a lightly gummed surface on the back so that they will come off easily (hopefully).


The labels are a nice touch but the beer is the real star! It is soooooooo good! We've been splitting a bottle to drink with our sandwiches at lunch and I can honestly say that this batch of beer is the best I've ever had and I've downed a few "exotic" beers in my life. Oh .... here's a shot of this batches label ...


I watch Millie and Ozzie almost every night cuddle up on the couch together and share a blanket .... I watch as Ozzie goes through this "thing" he does with the blanket in his mouth and I watch as Millie allows her share of the blanket to get pulled away ... I watch this almost every night and last night decided to point my iPhone at them and capture this loving cuteness ....