Hello Again

Hey, long time no blog, eh? Well, here's a fresh installment of my ramblings. First things, I participated in the 6th Annual Hudson Pump & Run. My goal (for 5K) was 23m18s, and I got it done in 22m51s. Whoo hoo! I also did seven reps benching my body weight (135lbs) so that subtracted 1m45s from my time leaving me at a final time of 21m06s (a mere six seconds behind Adam who, incidentally, did not do any pumping. Way to go Adam!).
In other news, Miles started swimming lessons last week. He's not exactly a fish, but what do you expect when both Beth and I have to hold our noses to go under water. He is getting better about the water, but tomorrow is his last day of lessons so I guess we'll have to make the most of it.
Also, I drank the first of my homebrews last Friday! It turned out pretty well, even beth liked it. Now I'll have to get started on another batch so I have some variety, and then another batch, and another...
Here's some pics of Miles after he got into Mom's lipstick:


Scotty B

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Happy Friday All!

I ran in a five mile race on Tuesday the 4th! It was my first race ever and I think it went pretty well. I got there a bit early (only a few other folks were there and one of them was working at the event) so I waited around for everybody else to show up. The event was a 5k or 5 mile, and some friends and I did the 5 mile. Adam even pushed his daughter Becca in a stroller the whole way (awesome). Results came out yesterday and I came in 39th (out of 46) with a time of 50:45. Although the five of us finished at essentially the same time, they took my tag first, so I was placed ahead of the rest of my group in the finish list (yeah, take that). I'm sure they don't mind however, as they each recently ran either a marathon or half marathon.
After the race, we all went to mickey d's and engorged ourselves with some healthy (right) breakfast food. Following breakfast, Beth, Miles and I were going to go to the Fourth of July parade, but we opted instead to go back home and take a nap.
During the race, we had noticed that the Uptown (in CC) was reopened, so today I went out to lunch there with some of my old CCC buddies. It's always good to see them. Especially Jeff, to whom I now owe two lunches (Thanks Jeff!) due to the credit card machine being out of service.
Tomorrow I look forward to bottling my beer (whoo hoo)! My pal Chaddy (an experienced homebrewer) is going to be in town (from Nebraska, :S) this weekend and said he'd help me (his going rate is beer). Dave said he'd come over and help also, so I should be good to go! I've got two cases of regular size bottles and two 32 oz bottles, so I think I have enough (lets see, 12x48 = 576+64 = 640 oz vs. 5 gal = 640 oz, whew!). Take out the samples I've taken for specific gravity readings and I should be fine.
After the bottling, I only have to wait two more weeks to try it (so much waiting)! I was, however, informed that:

"...the beer will continue to improve for next few weeks to months, depending on the style. For brown ale, similar like the one you brewed, I usually find that they improve for at least 3 months. After that, they're somewhat at their best, but some recipes will continue to improve for another 3 months."

Man, thats a lot more waiting! Oh well, I guess its plenty of time to get started on the next batch :)

Scotty B

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval." - George Santayana