Something Out of the Ordinary

It's not quite Groundhog's Day, but I do have a lot or repetition in my life.

Nearly every single morning of my life we begin the day with a walk on the beach - and that is pretty nice.

But, yesterday I entered my Medicare years and I wanted to do something totally out of the ordinary for my birthday.

I read about Brewbakers in the Auto Club Westways magazine and decided a day of brewing beer was  just what I wanted to do on my birthday.

Please forgive a ton of iPhone pics, but I didn't even think about taking a camera.

Kendra and I drove 2 hours to Huntington Beach to meet up with my sister to make beer.

I have never made beer.

I hate beer.

But, I had a blast with my daughter and my sister, who I rarely see because she works in London 3 weeks out of each month.

We made (and ate) pretzels and delicious bread from the grain residue of the beer.

We talked and laughed and worked hard.

It was so much fun to do something out of the ordinary.

Steve couldn't join us for the beer adventure, but he and Lulu were at home getting dinner ready.

After a delicious lobster dinner,  I opened presents.

A shell Christmas tree from my next door neighbor, Judy.

A bright pink jacket from KC to make me more stylish on our morning beach walks.

A polka dot Cath Kidston bag and pen from my sister.

One of my favorite shops is Lewis & Clark in Santa Barbara so I was excited to see this beautiful bag holding Steve's gift.

Inside were two lovely mercury glass candlesticks.

Today was back to normal with laundry and gardening, but the best part of our adventure is that there is still one more part.

In three weeks, Steve and I will drive to Huntington Beach to bottle 3 cases of beer and 2 cases of root beer.

KC and I need to get busy to name both our beer and our root beer and then design the labels.

What have you done out of the ordinary lately?

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