Mom’s birthday is Sunday.   It will be her 90th.  She is doing well, some hearing problems but at 90 I think she is doing great.  Living on her own, in her own apartment.  She has her moments, as we all do.  She enjoys her apartment,  and some time with gossip with the girls.  So we all take these good days, because as with all of us, we don’t know what tomorrow may bring.  Sunday we will celebrate!

Our weather was unbelievable this week.  Very warm, after 42 days below freezing.   Lot’s of snow melted this week.  Our road is going underwater.  All the top frost came out of our gravel driveway, so it’s a sloppy mess.   The sturgeon fisherman are still out on the lakes,  but the holes must be growing larger.  Almost a good thing that tomorrow things start to cool back down again.  We need to slow down the thaw,  as much as I hate the cold.  And I could take a pass on the possible snow storm starting Sunday night.

Music last weekend was great.   I spent a few hours at Kodiak Jacks listening to SNB.   And on Sunday there were great musicians at the fundraiser for Jim Lundstrom.  And a pretty good turn out.  And last night my homebrew club,  the SOB’s, had our annual beer dinner at Stone Cellar Brewpub in Appleton.  They always do a tremendous job for us.  Smoked Corn Jalapeno crab cake with avocado cream, paired with a members rye beer.   Wonderful!  Very moist with a light crab flavor, and a touch of spice.  And the avocado cream was a perfect compliment to the spice.  Then a hopped up gumbo.   Nice and spicy, chicken and sausage, a good tomato base, and some nice spice.  Then the duet entree.  A stone cellar alt braised short rib.   Marinated 3 days with alt beer, and I believe some garlic.  And a morel jus,  one of the members goes morel picking every spring.  And the other half of the duet a black sesame mahi mahi with Jonah crab butter.  A wonderful light flavor.  Served with some alt of course.  And a Chocolate Stout gourmet cupcake for dessert, with a members wonderful smoked coffee stout.   What a night.

So tonight I stuck to some veggies and a Yam.  Back to my diet tonight!  I have not been sticking to it,   but it helps me cleanse some days!  More exercise would help.  I have had trouble getting up early enough to stoke the fire and get a half hour on the treadmill in the morning.  So need to get on an evening routine.  Without Chris here I seem to keep busy each night and not get to bed early.  tonight another example.  So I guess I should stop boring you and get ready for the morning!    Marie continues to improve.  Chris plans to come home next Thursday night.  They will miss each other, and Chris will head back when the next surgery is set.  Which we hope is soon so Marie can put the surgeries behind her.

Take care,  have a great weekend.