o holy night- an oldie but a goodie

just wanted to share this again for some more laughs. happy holiday season!

anders, jeff and i just returned from our thanksgiving break in minneapolis. we ate a lot, did some christmas decorating, saw a few friends and avoided the mega mall.

Finn

Maggie just took Finn in for his 4 month check up. He's 95% for both length and weight!

Chokecherry Wine

After taking 12 pounds of chokecherries to "Vintner's Cellar" about two months ago, we got a call that our wine was ready to be bottled. Tom and I went in on Friday evening for this new experience.

First Carol washed out the bottles and let them drain. Then Tom filled them from the large bottle called a "carboy". Then Carol put each bottle in a special device that inserted a cork with one easy push of the lever. (Meanwhile, we were tasting the wine, of course, and finding that our chokecherries make pretty nice wine!) The final step was putting a shrink-wrapped seal on each bottle.

The 30 bottles have been stored upright for a few days to let the cords expand. We are working on a label - nothing fancy, just cheaper than paying an extra fee.

We look forward to sharing a glass with family, and we're already thinking that we should do this again next year. Cheers!