Root Beer Festival / B-Day

We had a great Root Beer Festival / Spencer's B-Day Party (and our friend Kallie's B- Day) this past week. There are just so many Root Beer's around, so in order to know which one is truly the best we had a root beer taste off! Spencer and Jethro combed the valley for every brand of Root Beer we could find, we then made a spread sheet of all the qualities a root beer can have, and got started.

Spencer and Jethro preparing themselves for the taste off.

Here are the individual results (thank you Robyn!!):

Shasta: too watery, smells tempting, hint of smokey, not enough fizz, chemical/manufactured taste good value @ 99 cents for 3 liters.

Barq's: Fine odor, licorice tasting, oooh, peppery, too coke-like, has a bite, candy-like

A&W: Odorfree, high fizzability, light caramel color, smooth taste, boldness, light burpablilty

Howie's: salty, medicine-like, not that good, very bad after taste, party killer

Albertson's: came off the bark of a tree, supper fizzy in a bad way, earthy taste, tonic water, level 3 & 4 burpability

Teddy's: first problem, it was cream soda, not rootbeer, whoa sprinkler when opens, sweet maple syrup, butterscotchy

Sprecher: Burning dust taste, moth balls, yuckStewarts: smoked, foamy, smells good, bad after taste, causes dry mouth

Henry W's (5 votes): Foamy x 400%, smooth, foamstache, great rootbeer float taste, causes baby burps and a 5 second burp, stays up as late as you want it to, good companion

IBC(4 votes): Homemade taste, summer of 95', flavor too strong, strong after taste, nose tickler, caused light burps, good foamage

Brick Oven: metal garbage can, way too sweet, syrupy, no fiz, heavy, Chinese root beer

We even held a blind taste test to identify the root beer 6 out of 7 guessed right. (I was the one who guessed wrong!)

When the root beer induced coma's kicked in, we broke out the donuts. I did make a cake, decorated it and everything and our handicapped dog (see previous post) ate the cake I baked for him!!! Stupid Charlie! Here are some pics...(Thanks again Robyn!!)

This is my favorite boy in the world (besides Spencer)

CHARLIE

Has anyone out there seen a study or any facts about the possibility of dogs being handicapped? We have the worlds cutest dog, but sometimes I truly think there is something that is not quite right with him. He gave me a good scare this morning, this is what I woke up to:

A Quick Poll

Which of these options is most conducive to a happy life.

1. Beautiful, silky, luxurious, hairy locks?

2. An indifference to hygiene?

3. Taut, firm buttocks?

4. A trusty steed?

5. A "get out of leprosy free card."

6. A hose that spews forth delicious ranch dressing?

7. Leather pants?

8. Orange creamies?

9. Formal dress sweats?

10. Genteel conversation with Sir Robert Gilroy?

It's too tough to call for me

Valentine's Day aka Male Pressure Day

This will be our 3rd Valentine's together. Odd, that this is the only Holiday that I can think of that shares it's name with a massacre. Or is it? To men all over this great earth it feels like a massacre is about to happen. I don't understand romantic. I try, and usually fail. So what I do is I shoot for "cute." As in "bless him he tried and failed, but it was so cute." Failure can be an option. Our first Valentine's together I got us locked in my dad's law firm building, set off the alarm, cut myself and bled all over, ruined my Mom and Dad's Valentine's by making them come and save us, who also had to ruin his secratary's (she had to come and unlock us so we could leave), and humiliated myself infront of Erin. Obviously the food got cold and becuase I tried to make it great, Erin could dub that it was so "cute" that I tried. So this year I'll once again shoot for romantic and end up at "cute." I can live with that.

Things that I've learned over the years about Valentine's Day.

1. Beef jerky is the male equivelent of roses.

2. I think that the male equivelent holiday is the fourth of July. Instead of romance and flowers we get explosions, bright lights and lots of BBQed meat.

3. Erin is a sport for putting up w/ my attempts.

4. I can't rhyme anything with "purdy" except "curdy" and "turdy" neither of which belong in a romantic poem.

5. Cupid's stupid. I work at a hospital and anyone who is that old and in still in diapers well that's not romantic, even if he does have a baby face.

6. Valentine's makes single, lonely people cry. (I've been there)

7. It's the one day that I use cologne and deodorant at the same time!

8. This is really hard. I Don't know if I'll reach my goal of 10. I guess I haven't really learned that much about V-day.

9. Charlie Brown sold out when he made "Happy Valentine's Charlie Brown." He never even kissed Peppermint Patty. I never thought that I would say this but, "You are a block-head Charlie Brown."

10. Last year I ate all the chocolates that I was supposed to give Erin. Sorry.

ps: Does it mean anything that the heart always has an arrow through it? Seems more deathy than lovey

COOKIE LUST

The definition, which I'm sure you are all wondering, of cookie lust is: The lusting after of cookies. My male co-worker and I have come up with an analogy, or idea, to help women better understand men. This should be a universal idea, since practically everyone loves and can understand cookies. I haven't looked to see if cookie lust is in wikepedia, but I'm pretty sure it is not since it is a revolutionary idea. I shall explain further.You see, cookies are divine, aahhh mmmm (I can just picture the warm cookie being ripped in two, slowly, as the chocolate chips are melting and practically dripping off the cookie on those Pillsbury commercials) The warm chocolate morsels, the warm soft cookie, and the smooth ice cold milk that washes it down! My favorite cookies are chocolate chip, and most of them I taste are just sensational! There are a few cookies you taste and think, "WHAT! THIS IS A DISGRACE TO DEFINITION OF COOKIE!" after immediately spitting it out. But whenever I think of a cookie, (a good warm, soft one) I just have to have one! In fact, I want one right now! Whenever I think about a delectable cookie, Its usually all I can do not to drop whatever I'm doing, and get one! One could just go as far as to say that I have cookie lust! I mean think about it...good cookies always brighten a day, make your owies better, and are a delightful treat for anyone who partake. The world would be a darker place without the presence of good cookies.Well, although these feelings are hitting a little closer to home than you might want them to, the main point here is: how women feel about cookies, is how men feel about women! Men experience COOKIE LUST! Good women are divine, delectable, and the world would be a darker place without good women, and whenever men think about good women, they just want one! HA! And sometimes they come across a woman that looks divine, and find out that she is a disgrace to the meaning of women! But good Women always brighten a day, make your owies better, and are a delightful treat to anyone who comes in contact with them. Fortunately, the men I know have a lot more restraint with women than I do with Cookies! But it sure helps me understand them a LOT better, because now I know how hard it must be to practice restraint when coming across a good woman. pure brilliance! Well ladies, I'm hoping that this analogy helps you understand your man a bit better. And next time you sit down to enjoy a delectable darn good looking cookie, just remember to tell your man you love him, and appreciate all he does for you!