Zurekbrau Blog

Sorry, but this one is a little bit of downer.  Last Friday, a huge tornado hit very close to my hometown.  Henryville IN is only 20 miles up the road for my little town.  A lot of people I know live up that way.  Luckily, no one I know was hurt and my family is […]

I started to write about this subject yesterday, but the guys got me distracted with the Rick and Sascha story.  So here was my original idea for yesterday’s blog. I noticed that Sascha is developing her own ideas about how the household should be run.  Most of these ideas are centered around her.  I wonder […]

Rick has been having some trouble with his wrists for the last couple of weeks.  At night, the pain tends to get unbearable.  I had thought it might be growing pains, but the rest of his joints were fine.  He takes aspirin for the pain when it is bad.  However, Rick inherited an unusual swallowing […]

This is another Sascha story, I promise. Rich likes to watch Nadia G. on the other food channel.  I have a hard time watching all of that going on and listening to the accent.  Last week, Rich was watching Nadia and thought the recipe sounded good.  That’s besides getting his entertainment value from watching Nadia […]

This is not about what the title sounds like.  My friends, Kim and Diane, came up this morning for breakfast and then to bowl a couple of games.  See not Thanksgiving turkeys. Diane has a new goal in her life.  She wants to beat Rich at bowling for at least one game.  Today, she was […]

I noticed on my phone this morning that I had a weather warning.  I opened it to check out what could be causing the red exclamation point.  Wow!  It was going to be a good one.  And we’ve had such a mild winter for Chicago. The report said that from 6:00 pm to 9:00 am […]

Today was a special treat for Sascha.  Rich decided to take her over to Moraine State Park, which is right next to the subdivision and let her pull the scooter.  The trails are pretty nice, but there are a lot of hills.  Rick decided to ride his bike with them.  Following behind would keep him […]

Over the last few days, my left hand has been feeling better and I felt like my grip was much stronger.  I also felt like I might be up to trying to take my dog out scootering myself.  So I worked up my courage and told Rich I was ready for this on Saturday. But […]

As I’ve mentioned, Sascha is a pretty smart dog.  I think it’s the border collie in her.  Rick says Siberian collie.  Anyway, she has figured out how her day is going based on subtle clues around her.  In the morning, she takes note of how I dress to know how her day will go.  If […]

My sister-in-law, Rose, in San Antonio was complaining about being charged extra postage to send small cards in the mail.  I wondered at the time why they were so small and who would she be sending them to.  Now I know. Yesterday, we received this very small card from San Antonio, TX.  I liked the sticker […]