I could sleep for my country.

I'm not one to brag or anything, but this weekend after a crazy sleep deprived week, J and I set off to Edmonton where we helped setup, enjoy (J played a pro set...I'm so proud) and tear down a fantastic dance party in an amazing log cabin lodge and then stayed up all night catching up with friends and in the end: I slept for.....wait for it....19 hours!

Yes folks. A new record.

19 hours. In a row. Straight.

Yes. I could sleep for my country.

And I loved every dozey minute.

I feel totally and utterly refreshed.
Yes, you may bow to my slothliness now. :)

Casa Geo - for all your vegging needs...

Here at Casa Geo, we strive to give that comfortable, relaxed feel of home. We strive to be the place to lounge about and drink champagne and nibble caviar, er, I mean sip beer and coffee and eat muffins, and feel as though it is our place to call home...

We've been up to a lot as of late...with a strange interlude, and I was going to wait for my reno update until all was back in place. I'm now coming to realize that knowing us and our insane lives it will probably be a while until it is all together...so I decided to give you a little pictoral report on the updating of Casa Geo.

First...the summer project of over a week of solid painting (and an unfortunate injury to a blind saleswoman) that turned this into this:
Spiffed up living room/front entrance
Again...ze living room...
And dining area...with a new light fixture. I'm almost more excited about it than anything else about that room reno :)
Here's a close up. Why? It rocks! Here at Casa Geo we will never speak of the old ugly brass glass thing that hung there ever again...

Not too bad eh? The painting turned out well, and the blinds are great...they match the beam perfectly. And then, thanks to my amazing Dad...there are some new friends in the house:
The Dishpig:

And The Twins:


Yes...Geo saw it, and it was good. So, to try and earn my above rewards, today I have done laundry, taken in the recycling, gotten a sexy new haircut, and am now waiting for J to be done work (boo saturday sports mobiles). I've made some experimental cookies (not bad actually), and tonight I am making some homemade pizza with some tasty sauce sent to be by none other than the lovely Baglady. Yes...I opened my front door the other day to find a parcel from Her Bagness (I do mean that in the kindest possible way :) ) In it were some tasty looking home canned goodies. A little gift box of goodies, all for guessing her photo quiz. Lucky me :)
Thanks a million! (Note to all - if you answer a trivia contest for the Baglady, she is DEFINITELY good for it !)

So there you have it.
What I've been up to when sanity allows.
I'm off for some pizza and coffee...bye! :)

Berry Brewin'

Today...as I write this I am making strawberry beer.
FINALLY.
I've been trying to for ages and the combination of laziness and life have kept me from it. I've had the stuff to do it for ages, and today and finally getting to it. I have 4 L pureed frozen strawberries (5 500g bags) that I'm adding to the boiled wort, to pasteurize them, along with some pectic enzyme and the yeast...and hope to have a nice light lager with a strawberry flavour very soon. Currently the house smells like berries.
Yum.
In a week I'll rack it and hopefully in no more than 10 more days bottle the red tasty goodness. Then I must be patient...hopefully in July sometime there will be a tasting...gotta get back to the brewing in the lab...er...kitchen.

But I'm such a frail thing, how ever could I do all that? *blink*

Oh yes, I am mighty mighty
Like a giant Aphrodite
I can lift the heavy boxes with my arms

And I serve my betters better
Than a well trained Irish Setter
and will earn a case of Guinness for my charms...

*whew*
Long day...we're moving labs and stuff...and guess who's getting to do most of it?
I just *love* moving boxes! Wheeee!
Oh.
Yeah.
Personally I think this pay-me-with-Guinness thing is a great idea.
Although I'm enjoying the well defined arm muscles I'm developing this week I still think I should be paid a stipend in *good* beer...or maybe Tim Horton's coffee.
I'm not fussy.

I'm off to have a hot shower and stretch out my muscles...tomorrow is another day at the box mine.

I can haz interweb?

I just set up our wireless internet sandwich, and we're broadcasting live about the place, with passwords and everything!
J is on the web on the laptop while sitting on the couch.
I am on too, at the same time.
Ooh lala!
I feel so posh.
I've wanted wireless net for ages...now we can actually put the computer somewhere else in the house and not just where you can run a cable to it. We've saved up and had it for a bit, but just got around to setting it up.
Squeeeee!