Oy, that was a bit of a dry stint. I'm really busy right now trying to catch up on school, working on starting up my honors project for graduation, and trying to make sure I can fit in all my classes by December. Then I have those kids and that amazing fiance, and a wedding in less than 6 weeks. Oh boy.

Aaron and I took the weekend off from stress and spent Saturday touring four local wineries from the Iowa Wine Trail. We hit up Tabor Winery first, followed by Park Farm, Daly, and Sutliff. (We absolutely love Sutliff's hard cider. So much so that we have a case of it in the basement.)

Tabor was my favorite winery with the nicest people and the most down-to-earth yet beautiful facilities. Sutliff was of course my favorite cider-making-place with also very nice people. I think I'll be frequenting product from those two places quite often. Paul, from Tabor, informed me that if I come out for some of their activities, or just to visit, I can take as many pictures of the grape vines and grounds as I want. Unfortunately, I'd forgotten my camera at home that day.

I don't think I've really talked about this before, but I put my foot in my mouth a lot. Really, I do. Things come out of my mouth before my brain has a second to catch up. It's a horrendous embarassing disease.

Background: One of the men at Tabor Wineries was showing Aaron their bottling facilities. We were talking about speaking German because one of the labels on the machine was in German. The man then asked us if we went to Iowa State, since Aaron had an Iowa State shirt on.

Jen: Aaron went to Iowa State, but I am going to the University of Iowa with an end goal of social work.
Man: (Asked something, I don't remember what.)
Jen: Oh no, Aaron does the sciences. I do the people.
Jen, blinking rapidly and thinking, "Oh shit."
Jen: I mean, I don't do people... Oh hell.
Man: I think you need more wine!

Yeeeaaah....

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