The In-Laws are in town: Hide the children and circle the wagons!!

Good news first: The batch of beer that we brewed on Thursday night is bubbling away. Definite signs of alcohol being created right in my own kitchen. That's always a good feeling. This one is a "Kolsch" from Germany. Rhymes with Grolsch? Why yes it does. It's bubbling along with the Winter Warmer we brewed earlier in the week. Also sitting on the counter: The pumpkin ale which is so exciting for MT. He gets so darn jumpy just thinking about it.

This morning was spent digging up our perfectly good lawn. It seems mom-in-law brought five hundred assorted plants, shrubs and trees for us to "store" in our lawn. They are moving from DC to NC and figured that their shrubs could winter here in Atlanta.... I guess you can't buy shrubs in NC?? Who knows. All I know is that we have a brand new shrub bed beside the house and a few new pine trees in the back yard. I wonder which ones we'll have to dig up? What madness!!

The rest of the day was spend in typical in-law fashion. Sitting around the house pretending to watch college football, reading the paper, talking about cholesterol levels, growing moss etc. Good times. The small consolation is that we may actually leave the house tomorrow for the highland festival in Stone Mountain. It's always fun to watch sweaty men toss large telephone poles while grunting. It's been so long since I saw a caber.

Needless to say, no biking this weekend. This is more of an anarobic workout. Hand to mouth, ass to couch, hand to mouth. It's like the John Belushi workout, start your day with little chocolate donuts!

Tonight: A trip to the Opera to see La Traviata. It should be great fun, the seats are in the 9th row!! I'm looking forward to this one, I like Verdi.