bierkergaard

Last weekend I drank nary a drop of beer or anything else with alcohol. Of course, I didn't go overboard and dump brew down the sewer or blow up my beloved beer fridge or anything rash like that. I will drink again. Soon. The legendary St. George's Party is Saturday and I plan to imbibe. Can't remember the last time I had drank nothing all weekend long. Sometimes it is a beer or two, but nothing? No recollection of when I did that last. Ever since returning from Asheville, NC, where we vacationed over Christmas, I have been carrying around the "Asheville Ten," an extra ten pounds. I have been cranking up the exercise and cutting back on food. But, beer was still on the menu. I wanted to not drink for the weekend for purification purposes and to fast-track the metabolism. Thus, I abstained for the entire weekend. I wasn't sure I could do it. No proud prognostications and prophecies. On Sunday night, Lina though my resolve had cracked as I reached for the...