my words: subtle, firm, boring

my words: notsweet, dark, fruity

my words: smokey, dense

We started with the wine, and I love the label.  This was a gift from a friend of ours that I got to see for the first time in a while.  I hate being so busy.

I liked it more than sweetie, it's a little bit more acidic than I'm used to and sweetie said it was more 'alcoholy.'  I'm not sure if I agree with that.

My words: Dark, acidic, big, fragrant

Sweetie's words:  Strong, chocolate, bitter

 It's certainly not my favorite wine ever, but I enjoyed it.  (Well, I am enjoying it.  Still on my first glass.)

 This cheese had kind of a Monterrey jack consistency.  It was slightly sharp and I liked it but it was a bit unremarkable.  No nibbly bits to speak of

My words:  soft, swiss-like (though sharper), boring

Sweetie's words: creamy, Cheese doodle

Gabriella Bella Campagna Cheese (Truffle)

This cheese was coated in truffle oil, and the oil tasted ah-may-zang.  It was earthy and delicious like you would expect from a cheese coated in truffle oil, though it was just a marinade.  No truffles inside, sadly.

My words: Earthy, decadent, mozzarella-y

Sweetie's words: Olive Oil, mushroom, tangy

 Wensleydale Creamery-- Festive Warmer -- Red Leicester Cheese with Sweet Red Onion Chutney

My Words: BBQ, Sweet, Onionbits

Sweetie's Words: Sweet, Loose

 Yancey's Fancy -- New York's Artisan Cheese-- Horseradish and Smoked Bacon Aged Cheddar


My Words: Antisubtle HeatyHot GoodlySalty

Sweetie's Words: Soft AllHorseadish

New Bridge Aged 2 years Cheddar Vermont Extra Sharp


My Words: Sharp Dense Traditional

Sweetie's Words: Sharp

San Sebastian -- Vinters Red


My Words: Yuck Sweet Yuck

Sweetie's Words: Over sweetened kool-aid

We bought it mostly because it was made in FL.  I decided to try to cook with it.  What a waste of $10.  We pulled in an emergency sub.

Snap Dragon California Red 2009

My Words: Fruity, sweeter

Sweetie's Words:

Wine and cheese

So today for wine and cheese night Steve and I had the Dark Horse Cabernet Sauvignon with two cheeses: a welsh cheddar called Collier's and a Dutch goat cheese called Cablanca.  I decided that Sweetie and I should pick three words for each to describe them, and this is what we came up with.  I think it's clear I don't follow rules well.

My words:
Wine-- Fruity, earthy, chocolatey, superhero  (Similar to the sam adams' special edition chocolate cherry bock)

Cablanca--buttery, mildly goaty, corningware (This refers to the rind

Collier's--tangy, smooth, meltier cheddar, sweaty, (3 out of 10 in the nibly bits department)

Sweetie's words
Wine-- cool (i.e. not warm), mild, cherry
Collier's -- slightly bumpy, mild, bitumonous
Cablanca-- soft and creamy, square pupiled

If you think 'corningware' was an odd choice, you should take a peek at the rind.  The rind peeled off really easy, though and both cheeses were really good.  I wish we could get smaller portions like when we went to Giant Eagle Market District, though.  There isn't even a Whole Foods in town.  So lame.

I wanted to document the color of the wine, too.  It was a nice dark red.

30 day pushup challenge.

I'm going to start Fit Sugar's 30 day push up challenge.  I was considering starting on a day other than day

one, but some of the push ups she lists are no joke.

The challenge goes through 5 different push ups.  The standard push up, single leg push up (both sides),  a push up into side plank (both sides count as one rep, here) and a diamond hand position push up (pictured on the right).  By the end of the month I'm supposed to be able to do 10 each.  I think I can do it if I can stay motivated.

I'm not staying on track with my running like I'd like and I'm eating way too much old Halloween candy.  I thought something new would be helpful.  Thoughts?


EDIT: I'm on Day 4! I made it through a rest day and actually continued.  I'm doing them all on my knees, I'm weaker than I'd expected.  Still, I'm getting them done, which makes me happy!