So Sorry

We know what dedicated readers you all are, and for that, we are truly sorry about the lack of posts lately. Surely you've been going through withdrawal--waking up in the middle of the night wondering what shenanigans we've been up to, being unable to focus on work as you constantly refresh your browser window desperately hoping for an update, etc. Well, the draught is over. It's not so much that we've had a lot going on lately and have to write; it's just that we've been too busy with the mundane trappings of life and work to publish every little detail. We have experienced a bit of excitement lately, however, and need to inform you of some updates from previous posts. As is our "policy," we don't want to exploit our families and friends by posting too much information about them, but we would like to congratulate Jon's youngest sister on her recent nuptials. In addition, we would like to congratulate my younger brother on his fairly recent grocery store "booty"--this time he won a "chiminea." Also, Jon's first batch of homemade beer has been successfully consumed. We had created a plethora of names in case the beer was bad, but fortunately, we didn't need to use any of them. Therefore, we were left without a title for the amber ale. In a stroke of inspiration, however, Jon dubbed it "Purgatory Ale" because it wasn't bad, but it could have been better. Since then, Jon expanded his repertoire by brewing an Irish Ale, aka "Atta Boy Ale" since it exceeded (low) expectations. Due to the nature of blogspot, this post will appear further down the page from our vacation posts, but if you do read chronologically, please stay tuned for accounts from our eastern Washington wine trip and our San Francisco Spring Break getaway.