Omigosh - we are officially BLOGGERS!!!

I'm not sure what qualifications one needs to be considered interesting enough to have their own blog, but we do have a darn cute dog, we live in one of the most happening cities in the country, we brew beer, and we will eventually be doctors - so I'm sure we've got a least a couple of people who may be interested in what we are up to! Since this is our very first blog, it may be rather "blah"... but hopefully I'll get better at this soon.

Today is another brew day. Lately, that's been about every third Sunday. And in between those Sundays, we usually add a new element to the brewing. A few months ago the all grain brewing began. For me that means that we have a giant Coleman cooler that has been converted into a, uh, well, something that serves a very important use but is tricky to hide with a lack of closet space. Last weekend we drove to West Palm Beach to pick up a 32 bottle wine fridge. Brian calls it "The Fermentator". It was the easiest conversion we've had - only had to take out the shelves!! It sits in the kitchen. We're going to use it for fermenting the beer - now we don't need to turn the air conditioning down to 71 degrees for weeks at a time! Today Brian is brewing a clone of Gumball Head. He's thoroughly excited about it. Sometime he may get on here and post his recipes (he just informed me that they are top secret) or some other fascinating details about brewing. He is the brains of the operation. I'm just the pretty face. Haha! I just asked him what that thinger is called. It is a mash tun. I put up a picture of it with the spent barley in there from today's batch.





Today I received my board scores for boards part II. I passed with plenty of room to spare!! I also passed the embedded portion of the test that covers the treatment and management of ocular disease, which means that I won't have to pay to take that portion of the test separately this spring. However, I do have Part III in a few months and the dreaded Florida boards in July. If all goes as planned, I'll have my license and be a practicing doctor of optometry by September.




This week I gave Barley the puppy cut. I think going from frigid Iowa back to warm Miami was a bit much with her and the long hair. We think she might be angry with us. You know how she is with the way she looks. (= We're doggy sitting Chloe (1/2 chihuaua and 1/2 poodle). They're best buddies and have been having a great time together this weekend.

For the record, I tried to get jocelynandbrian.blogspot.com - but that was already taken. (;