A pleasant weekend

A good weekend.

Saturday, after Ben finished Gymnastics, we went to an open house at Taza Chocolate. Very good. Especially the iced hot chocolate made from their Mexican chocolate. I couldn't find the a recipe for the iced version but a version of the hot chocolate is here.

During the day Wendy worked on fixing the chicken tractor. I changed the oil in various contraptions. I borrowed an oil sucker. (Harbor Freight has one here.) I want one for my very own. Oil change for the snow blower from start to finish: 4 minutes. Most of that time was waiting for the new oil to pour into the crankcase. Very, very cool.

Saturday night we attended a play acted out by the children of friends: How to Eat Like a Child. Not bad. Not bad at all. I think Ben had more fun than we did. Here's a video from a different school.

Sunday we went to the Rock and Gem show in Topsfield. I bought more rocks to tumble. When this batch comes through I'll put them up. Many fossils. Not as big as last year's. I think the economy has had an impact.

Then, that night, I racked some beer and monitored the Marechal Foch wine I've been trying to finish. For some reason, it goes for a bit and then stops. I think I started with bad yeast so I put in some new yeast. It's significantly better but not great. Not sure what I'm going to do about it. Maybe add a bunch of vodka, call it a cordial and declare victory. Sort of like Nixon and Viet Nam.

A good weekend.
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