Anyone for a Dancing Skeleton!

On Sunday Joel got some more permanent ink. Don't mind how creepy he looks in this picture with the moustache, it isn't what he usually looks like, but he is participating in Movember. To raise money and awareness about Mens' health issues. So the creepiness is for a good cause!

Also in the picture you can see Kitty, from Cherry Bomb, the wonderfully talented tattoo artist that took his vague idea and made it into a work of art! Then of course made it permanent! She does some amazing work!!

The final product, although still a bit red and raw! Looks like this, and with Joel's lovely white canvas skin, the colour is nice and vibrant!

For The Love Of Beer!

Recently our house has been turned into "micro-brewery" and nearly every spare inch of extra space has been taken over with beer bottles. In the dining room, in the laundry, in the office there are cartons of beer patiently waiting and developing (as I am told) until they reach their perfect drinking age and quality. Not that I really mind that much, I mean, apart from the outlay costs, this really saves us a lot of money, instead of paying $30-40 per carton, it costs about $20 for a kit and then it makes about 4 cartons or so, there is plenty of beer to go around. Simple math really, how can I complain about that! Of course I have nothing to do with the brewing process, apart from letting it to happen in the kitchen, my husband Joel is the brewer

extraordinaire.

It's great to see him measuring, boiling, record keeping, taking temperatures, not overlooking any details, like he is conducting an experiment. I think it is the scientist part of him that just loves the process, just as much as the drinking of it. We even bought wine barrel planters from friends of ours last week, that Joel was so excited about because it meant that he could grow his own hops! I have a feeling that he is only just starting to get into brewing, there will be a whole lot more to come.

Who is the Angry Little Man?

This is a piece that I was "commissioned" to do for someone, to hang above their desk at work. This someone is none other than my husband Joel. If you know Joel, you might say to yourself, Joel isn't angry, but if you were ever in YWAM when Joel was the office manager when he often got really mad about people not washing dishes, then you would agree. Yes, Joel can in fact be angry. At his work, he proudly dons the title of The Angry Little Man... at home, this name doesn't suit him at all, because he rarely lays the hammer down, maybe because he doesn't want to awaken The Angry Little Woman! haha