Day 4 and I am already scraping the bottom of the barrel

I am currently watching Modern Family.  It is fantastic.  You need to be watching this show.  If you haven't been, don't worry, you can catch up on Hulu, and trust me it will be worth it. You also need to be watching Glee, but the stupid world series is interrupting my tv schedule.  Yeah I said it, I don't give two junks about baseball.  Or any sports for that matter.  So that's my Wednesday tv schedule.  On Thursdays there are also two fantastic new shows - Community and Flashforward.  And I missed V last night, but I might start watching that too.  Thank you tv people for such good new shows this year.

Here is an Olive update.  She is the most adorable tiny kitty in the world.  She went to the vet on Monday and she is all healthy!  And she has started sleeping on my pillow above my head which I love.  She is also getting really playful and crazy.  This morning when I was brushing my teeth in my bath robe she snuck up behind me and jumped and hung from the back of my robe.  Katie doesn't even like animals and she LOVES Olive.

Oh yeah, my sister's name is Katie.  I had previously referred to her as Little Potato but I am tired of using aliases and I can't remember them all and I don't want to come up with news ones. So from here on out I will be revealing the actual names of anyone I mention.  I don't think this will compromise anyone's privacy, but if you prefer a fake name let me know.

I bought some organic wine today.  Is it true that if you drink organic wine that you don't get a hangover because it doesn't have the sulfites that are in regular wine?  I considered drinking the whole bottle in the name of blog research, but I decided potentially showing up to work with a raging hangover was not a great impression for my second week at the new job.  Especially considering during my first week I may have had swine flu and adopted a cat.   I really know how to make a first impression. 

Winery Tour and Oglewood Fish Fry - Video

Last weekend, MarBear and D organized a trip for our friends to do some winery hopping in Geneva, Ohio. The weather couldn't have been better and if you squinted a little, you could almost pretend you were in Napa. Not bad for a short drive east. We hit up four wineries: Old Mill for lunch and sangria, South River for amazing vineyard views, St. Joseph for the Pinot Noir, and Grand River for a full tasting. Afterwards we headed to Gene-O's parents house for the First Annual Oglewood Fish Fry.


My favorite stop was South River. The tasting room is in a century-old church which was dismantled and moved 50 miles to sit atop the vineyard and offer full view of the sprawling vineyard. There is a pavilion where you can bring your own picnic and enjoy drinking wine among the vines. It was truly lovely and I am looking forward to going again.


I am still finishing up the editing on my first Flip video of our trip to DC. But here is my very first posted video of our trip to the wineries! Sorry that some is a little shaky, but I am pretty happy with the video quality (unfortunately, after posting, I realized this video quality does not come through. Also, not sure if you can view in a bigger window. I will work on improving this.) And iMovie is very simple to edit with. Credit for the music is "Ode to a Butterfly" by Nickel Creek. Enjoy!