Beer, Pumpkins and Fall

I just read an article yesterday on MSN News that says two drinks a day may help up “good” cholesterol in the bloodstream and minimize heart attack risks in men. Well I am including this for women too. :P They don’t include women anywhere in this article so I will. Now I at least have a viable medical excuse to have a drink or two at night. LOL I thought I would share this viable medical excuse/reason with the rest of you. I’m sharing the wealth so to speak. I thoroughly enjoyed my two Blue Moon beers last night. Now anybody that reminds me of the calories in those is going to get spammed.

Speaking of Blue Moon beer I have noticed that everyone including the beer companies are getting into the Halloween spirit. When I stopped by the store to grab my six pack the other night they had Blue Moon Pumpkin flavored beer. Now all together…..YUCK! As of the past few months I have become somewhat of a beer conesiouer finally realizing why people like beer so much. I like pale ale’s, dark ale’s, lagers etc. I even like the bitter stuff. But pumpkin flavored beer is pushing that limit for me. It probably doesn’t help that I’m not overly fond of pumpkin flavored anything unless it’s pie.

This time of year puts me in a beer drinking mood. I would love to be spending my days down at the local pub with friends just drinking and talking. It hasn’t been exceptionally cold yet here in Nebraska and we’re actually getting to enjoy a short fall this year. All of the trees have been turning wonderful colors and falling off slowly and the days go by lazily. Reminds me of Winnie the Pooh and makes me want to take naps. Someday I do plan on seeing the New England states during the fall. One of my favorite shows when I was growing up was Newhart. The episodes where he owned that inn up in Vermont. It always seemed so lovely up there.

I finally got all of my Halloween decorations out over the weekend (yes I know I’m switching subjects in a scatter brained manner, but I don’t care :P). My neighbors had to get a good laugh at my expense while I was trying to put up those damned cobwebs on the front of my house. They were made out of different material this year and didn’t work as well as years past. The inside of my house still looks like crap (the Husband still hasn’t gotten very far on the kitchen but then again I haven’t gotten very far on the cleaning and organizing thing either.) but the outside of my house is rather festive for me. My neighbors probably think I’m rather odd though. All summer I had a rose bush, one pot of flowers, and 3 flower beds full of weeds. I had a hell of a time with weeds this year and therefore didn’t get anything planted like I wanted to. I also do not have a green thumb. I probably would if I could remember to water anything. It’s a miracle my animals are alive. But now that growing season is over and the weeds have died off for the year I have flower beds to decorate in and make everything look wonderful. Decorating I can do. Right now I have some hay bales with cobwebs draped over them. Pumpkins sitting on those and a little trick or treat Frankenstein yard ornament put out. I plan on getting one of those gigantic goofy 8 foot tall turkey’s for Thanksgiving and getting light up penguins for Christmas. Granted everything will probably look like the Griswold’s house on National Lampoons Christmas Vacation but hey at least I’m doing something.