Highlights of the week:

Finally got to use the iron skillet to make a delicious pizza frittata. A little well done, but still delicious.



BEER!

Tasted the first batch of my beer. It actually turned out pretty well. I took a few over to the super bowl party we went to and everyone seemed to enjoy it.


Also went to Whole Foods on Saturday while G was at her training and picked up two new beers. One is the new Ranger IPA from New Belgium brewery (maker of Fat Tire). Pretty delicious I must say. I really enjoy New Belgium's brews and this one doesn't dissapoint. It's a bitter beer and this is right up my alley.



The other is the Mirror Pond Pale Ale from Deschute's brewery in Oregon. My friend Mike at worked talked this up to me. I think my batch was a little flat (or maybe it's because I had one of the IPA's before hand) but it left a little to be desired. It wasn't as flavorful as I was hoping it would be, but I'll give it a second chance to stand on it's own later this week.

Baking!
G made a Pineapple Gooey Butter Cake this weekend. Mom made one when we went to Disney World over Christmas and we couldn't walk past it without taking a bite. G's was delicious as well and we shared some with as many people as possible this weekend so we didn't get stuck with a bunch of leftovers.

Bauer!
The dog was pretty rotten today. He was being a pest during dinner so we put him in his crate. He has a little blanket in there that he likes to push around and somehow he had it on top of him like a real blanket. We tried to get a picture but he got too excited when we got up and pushed it off. We played one of our favorite games, monkey in the middle, with him. Eventually he wound up with the toy. I thought he looked like the jailhouse dog with the keys on Pirates of the Carribean. And I would know, because our boat broke down for 30 minutes in front of that scene.


I'm continuing to run and got up to 6 miles on my long run this weekend. G's pushing through on her dissertation and is waking up at ungodly hours to push it through. We enjoyed a great weekend full of games, pizza at Grimaldi's, football, and the Caps pulling off a great comeback against the evil Penguins (Not to mention a Wake overtime win). We're looking forward to our "chinese new year" party, a chili cookoff, and valentines day this upcoming weekend. Till then - take care!