Winesday Wednesday 6/10/15

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

Happy Winesday (and beersday and even cocktailsday) Wednesday! Holy cannoli do I need a drink or what. As I type this (Tuesday night) I can’t figure out what I might want to indulge in for the day, but I’m sure I’ll swing by the liquor store while I’m out..even if it’s just to browse!!

This week, I have a pretty neat beer(s) to share with you! They come from Maui Brewing Co. Tyler picked up a 6 pack of the Mana Wheat for us to try a few weeks ago, and it was delicious! Best part- it was made with pineapple juice! Such a nice, light flavor and excellent to drink in the warm weather.

From their website: An unfiltered, freshly handcrafted American-style Wheat infused with Maui Gold Pineapple. Our crisp and refreshing wheat ale is lightly hopped to allow the fruity sweetness of the pineapple to shine. The yeast stays in suspension making the ale traditionally cloudy.

This past weekend, I swung by the liquor store and found another brew from them: the Bikini Blonde Lager. It was pretty light and basic, similar to many other lagers I’ve tried. The cool factor is that it was from Hawaii!

From the website: Our filtered Munich Helles Lager brewed with floral hops and Pilsner and Munich malts. This is the closest thing to an American Lager from Maui Brewing Co., but not skimpy of flavor. Bold, smooth and refreshing!

Want to share what you’re drinking?! Make sure to tag me on social media so I can see!

PS: This is how I am at home when I drink beer (minus the random dudes). What are real clothes when you can lounge around in your pj’s?!!

Weekend Recap

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

Hey friends! This weekend wasn’t really full of events or anything, but I still loved it. (so weird, normally when it’s gorgeous weather I NEED to have plans!)

On Friday, Wes and I walked TWO different malls. An outing for him…racking up fitbit steps for me! For dinner, I picked up some steaks which Tyler cooked on the BBQ along with baked potatoes and garlicky mushrooms. YUM. Then….Wes slept through the night! Tyler and I high fived each other when we woke it. It was glorious.

Saturday, we went to Home Depot, test drove a car, cleaned the patio, mowed the lawn (<—that one was all me), walked the dogs and suffered through about 3 hours of nonstop crying. To clarify, it was Wes doing the crying. He still managed to go down at 11:30 and didn’t get up for the day until 10:30. To clarify, Tyler and I also slept until 10:30. Sure, there are like 4957049 things we could have done, but hot DANG sleep won that battle.

Sunday, we started the day with bacon and eggs. It’s pretty much the best way to start every Sunday in my opinion. I hung out with Wes and did some house stuff & worked out while Tyler played football. We had chicken kebobs on the BBQ for dinner and well….that’s it.

See? Nothing super fancy to report, but it was great weather and we’re all still alive. SUCCESS.

Other random tidbits:

I committed the ultimate party foul the other day: I fed Wes then immediately poured myself a glass of sangria and began making chocolate chip cookies. BUT, the kid did NOT want to sleep so I had to cover the glass with foil and put it back in the fridge. SUPER SAD FACE Y’ALL
On one of our walks, Reggie stuck his head through someone’s fence and didn’t want to continue walking. Since I’m a weirdo and talk to my dogs when were out for walks, I said to him “don’t be such a snoopy dog.’ And then I started laughing out loud because Snoopy is a beagle. Oh my God, how much of a loser am I?
I finished week 3 of T25 Alpha! I’m pretty much back to the intensity I was at pre-pregnancy except for some of the plank work..still building up to that. I’ve also been walking the dogs a bit longer each day (around 3ish miles) and Wes gained even MORE weight so carrying him around still overrides any dumbbell workout I’d typically do. Around 15k steps each day according to my fitbit. Sa-weet.

Hope you had a good weekend!

Winesday Wednesday 6/3/15

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

YASSSS WINE. And all the alcohols.

Seriously, if I wasn’t breastfeeding, I would be doing some serious indulging. You know, to make up for lost time.

But turns out, I love my baby WAY MORE than I love my wine. So that’s good.

Just wanted to check in real quick to A) Let you know that Winesday Wednesday is back, so puh-leeeease send me all your boozy photos. Or tag me in them on social media so I can see them and drool over them (while a baby drools all over me. for different reasons) and B) to share with you my latest fave.

Spirit Hills Honey Winery YeeHaa! Sangria. So basically, it’s sangria made with mead. And it’s SOOOO good. Sweet like sangria, with a smooth honey finish. Mmmm, I could sip on this all day errr-day. I actually bought a bottle of their dandelion wine in August before I found out I was pregnant. Which reminds me, I think it’s still on the wine rack. Must go downstairs and check. Then promptly consume. I will let you know how that goes.

Anyways, so yeah this sangria is thebomb.com and what’s even better is that it’s local to Alberta! I love supporting local and I love supporting local alcohol producers even more. I’m hoping Tyler and I can make it down to their winery sometime soon to check everything out since it’s about an hour south of Calgary.

Speaking of summer drinking (were we speaking of summer drinking? I dunno, but that’s how I’m going to segway into my next drink): Stanley Park Sunsetter Peach Summer Ale.

To my Canadian friends- go buy it. It’s delicious. Even for those of you who aren’t beer people. It’s sweet enough that it’s not beer-y, but not too sweet to detract from the beer. You follow me? Good. Let me know what you think.

K yeah, I need the rain to stop now so that I can go sit on the patio and drink both of these.

To round out this week’s comeback post, I got the following from Michael via instagram:

He said: It’s a chocolate and coffee stout from Michigan aged in oak bourbon barrels for over a year. VERY RARE and VERY GOOD. Chocolate-y and vanilla-y and bourbon-y- just incredible.

Michael, first of all- you had me at chocolate and coffee. Second of all, now that I am also a parent, I can appreciate the toys in the background. 😉

So that’s it for this week! Please tag me in your beer/wine/cocktail photos so that I can share next week!

Weekend Recap

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Jen @nutcaseinpoint

I’m going to type this as quickly as possible because I *think* Wes is on the verge of a scream fest…

So this weekend was pretty fun! On Friday, we went to Costco to stock up on everything and watched The Gambler. Not super exciting, but it was a pretty sweet family outing even if it was only to spend a month’s salary on bulk items.

Saturday morning was pretty lazy around the house, but then we had friends over for dinner! I managed to splurge on a glass of honey sangria too. #winning. Wes was well-behaved the whole night minus one or two screams.

Despite staying up until 1am, we got a decent amount of sleep.

Sunday morning was another lazy morning.

Please excuse my grody face. Just look at the cute baby.

In the afternoon, we headed over to a friend’s house for a BBQ. Wes was PERFECT. He slept the whole time, minus a feed. Actually, I’m pretty sure he slept through that too. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and I think he enjoyed the fresh air for a few hours *noting that for future reference.

When we got home, I walked the dogs and squeezed in a pretty late workout. Since I wasn’t too tired, I stayed up while Wes was in the mamaroo so that I could give him a late night feed before moving him to his crib. Good idea on my part, because he ate pretty fast and was out like a light.

Yesterday (monday) was a great Wes and Me day. He slept while I made muffins and did some chores around the house. When he woke, I figured he might want some more fresh air, so I threw (no I did not actually throw him) in the stroller and went for a 40 minute walk. I was a sweaty beast by the end of it, and he was babbling in his sleep for the last 10 minutes.

The rest of the afternoon he was AWAKE so my focus was on him. Then Tyler came home from work and I took the dogs for a 45 minute walk, we watched this week’s episode of GOT, and I did my workout. HERE’S MY FAVORITE MOMENT YET: Wes went to bed at 11:30, woke up at 4:40 to feed, back to sleep 20 minutes later, and slept until 9am. THAT GAVE ME LIKE 8 HOURS OF SLEEP. Even my fitbit app told me so.

Here’s to hoping this becomes a trend!

Other random tidbits:

I will be temporarily removing green smoothies from my breakfast rotation after witnessing one of Wes’s recent diapers. GROSS. #lookedlikeagreensmoothie
I have completed the 2nd week of T25 Alpha and am on my 3rd! Love that I can do these workouts super quick and still spend time with the boys since Tyler is usually holding Wes on the couch right next to me while I do the DVDs.
They need to cancel The Bachelor/Bachelorette series like NOW. The show is just so damn bad. Yet I watch every season. Barf.

Time to go wash barf and green smoothie poops out of clothes…