Wednesday Woild

Alright, the new fridge came today. KG was busy and the fact that we had to get one out and another in and past the washer and dryer and move food from one to another and then clean the old one while it was empty was all a rather inconvenient agenda. We did it though and mostly put the kitchen back together as well. It’s nice, I guess. KG likes it and that’s what it’s all about. It’s a French Door model with the freezer on the bottom and except that it’s a little narrower than we wanted, it fits nicely. Now we finally have a backup fridge for beers and ice and stuff.
So I had to work from home to be here for it and that’s been pretty pleasant. I got quite a bit done today in spite of the obvious distractions. Tomorrow I go back to the office and Friday I’m off work and off with KG to Daddy O on Long Beach Island at the Jersey Shore to do a little celebrating for my impending birthday. I forget where we saw the hotel but I said that if it weren’t too, what?… snooty (and why would it be in Jersey?), it would be fun to go off season and then KG found some concert tickets in Atlanta City and so we’re making a road trip out of it. I like the beach in winter so it shouldn’t be all that awful, and we get to see Suzanne Vega as well. It ain’t Jamaica but it’s out of town for a couple of days and it should be refreshing.

Besides, it’ll get me away from the fireplace. Seriously though, I gave it another scrubbing and now, after I wash the last of the residual off, it’s going to be ready to seal and finish. Thanks to all who encouraged me to do that again, it looks really good now. I know I owe some pics of it. Maybe I’ll put one out there today.

Next; KG’s mom sent me her annual birthday/Christmas gift certificate for The Territory Ahead and I ordered about 10 things, most of them arrived today and they are so cool that I’m looking forward to my next shower just so that I can put some of them on. Their clothes are nice even if they are made in China (probably in a miserable sweat shop run by evil capitalists.) It’s not very nice to think about. So my idea is to make really nice clothes like TTA, but make them in the US and charge enough for them that the workers can survive and make it a status thing. I’d pay more for domestic clothing if it was as good as TTA’s.
Speaking of manufacturing, I went to the Clipper City Brewing tour last Saturday. It was pretty cool but a local celeb gave the tour instead of the owner so I couldn’t get answers to all of my questions. I’m going to have to go back when the main guy is doing the tour guiding. It was fun though and I had a few nice samples and got to see under the skirts of the brewery.
If I could invent a cheap and reliable bottling system I could make a zillion bucks.