Five things

Here's my five things:

1. Olympic games and Michael Phelps. He's winning every gold medal in sight. Did you hear that he eats 4,000 calorie breakfasts? The local sports morning guys decided to cook up a Michael Phelps breakfast and eat it on the air. It started out with two of them eating it. Then they called in a buddy and then another. Three egg sandwiches, french toast, grits, an omlet, an order pf pancakes... and that's just the stuff I remember. I got to work after listening to this and I was full just having listened to it.

2. Wine making. We have four gallons of wine fermenting right now. Concord grape, chardonnay, peach and raisin. Yes Raisin! It's actually a combo of two pouns of white raisins and 1/2 pound of green grapes. It's an experiment. On the what's new front... I ordered a Barolo wine kit. It's a premium wine from the Piedmont region of Italy. Also a buddy has a small vineyard. He's not sure if he'll make wine this year... the grapes are pretty young. If he does I am hoping to t get in on helping to crush, press and barrel the wine. It would be a first for me- wine from vine to bottle.

3. School days. We it's almost here. BMO starts next Tuesday (aug 18). talk about not getting a summer! It has to do with all the time they lost during the brush fires last fall. Erin starts in mid September. Gary is going to summe classes and will finish up with one class in the fall.

4. Football. Lions and Chargers are coming up... hope springs eternal. We have season tickets to the SDSU Aztecs. Sports Illustrated is picknig them for dead last in the Mountain West conference. MSU Spartans are gonigto be good this year- count on it. 8-4 or 7-5.

5. My Italy trip is less than two weeks away. It should be great!