Life

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Work and life have been too busy. Lots of home projects, visiting family and friends and just not enough time to do much of anything. Wondering what I should do with Paulsboutique.com… Sell the domain? But I would hate to lose my email address of 15 years. Open for suggestions…
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After a great weekend of family and friends, Miriam and Paul headed back to Maui for their honeymoon. Thanks to everyone who made it to the party and helped us celebrate our marriage. We spent the week snorkeling along the west coast of Maui, relaxing poolside and hiking on Haleakala.
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And a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house came attached! Located in the Sunnyside neighborhood in San Francisco. Close to Bart/Muni/highways and downtown will make our work commutes very easy. There is a decent sized backyard that is fully landscaped. The garage is unfinished, but has enough room for two cars (or one car, two...
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Time flies. Just doesn’t seem to be enough time these days. There was a hiccup with the kegerator – ok I might have broken it while trying to knock some frost off. I was hoping that I could have enjoyed the Pliny clone a little longer, but I was very happy with the results....
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After Thanksgiving clean-up, I picked up a new beer to brew. I picked up the Pliny the Elder – Double IPA kit from more beer on Friday. This aggressively hopped beer made the house smell like a brewery with its 90 minute boil and loads and loads of hops. Hops in the mash. Hops...
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As I finish the first batch of beer, which hasn’t killed anyone, I have two additional batches rolling. The second batch, Lawnmower Ale, was racked to secondary fermentation without any issues, though, the yeast was very active and Kraeusen blew out of the airlock. I have decided to switch to a two-piece airlock that...
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We swam out to the sea turtle cleaning station, and I still don’t know what exactly this means. The tide was starting to come in and it made the swim a little tougher. We swim to the buoy where the cleaning station is supposed to be. After a 30 minute swim, we see nothing....
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After the sunrise trip to the top of the Volcano, we headed back down the long winding road to sea-level. We passed a few groups of bicyclists, who watched the sunrise then use beach cruisers with great brakes to coast 10,000 ft down to sea-level. We had a Jeep. Upon reaching the coast, we...
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Hard to believe that it has been over a week to get the Maui visit up on the site. Needless to say, life since the trip has been crazy with work and lots of planing. Thursday we headed to Maui for a long weekend. After our trip to Iceland and London, we were stuck...
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