Hi ya’ll!  Sorry for being MIA for the last couple of weeks.  My computer decided to bite the dust!  Also, its February and all my teacher friends know that is one of the hardest months of the school year (spring break is too far away)! Needless to say I am pretty pumped that we are headed into March this week.

Anywho, I have been dying to tell you all about the brewery tour my friends and I went on a few weekends ago.   This little brewery adventure came about because we slacked on getting tickets to a beer festival and they sold out.   So my wonderful roomie, Special K, wasn’t going to let that keep us from having a fantastic weekend! She organized a fabulous tour of some of the breweries in the RiNo neighborhood (River North).  The day started out with beautiful weather then turned a little chilly but that did not keep us down!

We started at Mockery Brewing to enjoy our first couple of beers.  I really enjoyed this place!  We sat out of the patio (this was when the day was still warm) and had a great time chirping El Jefe (sorry I’m not sorry)! I had a DU Hast Weiss – Smoked Wheat Ale (Beer score = 16 [guest post from El Jefe explaining this coming soon]).  It was superb!   Mockery Brewing I will be back!

Once we finished up our beers we decided to head to the next Brewery, Black Shirt Brewing Co. Special K told us it was close by…. Let’s just say the walk there included a super creepy factory (“Our friend of a friend who we are now better friends with” [Sorry CPA dude] was convinced we were going to be chopped up into tiny little pieces [slightly dramatic]) and a bird poop bridge.  Like seriously I’m pretty sure that it is where every bird in Denver goes to do their business.  But you will be glad to know that we survived (barely! Ok I’m a little bit of a drama queen [Special K would definitely agree with this]) and we made it to Black Shirt Brewery Co.  This was a cool little place.  At this point in the day the weather started to get a little chilly but the cold can’t stop us!  The girls and I shared a flight of 6 different beers.  We enjoyed them, although I did not pay attention to how I put the flight down so I’m not sure we ever figured out which beers we were actually tasting (oops! My bad!).  There was only one of the 6 that I did not thoroughly enjoy (of course I’m not sure of the name, sorry).

Next on the list was Beryl’s Beer Co. There is some construction in the area so this also ended up being a tricky walk but once again we made it (Special K’s navigation skills = B-, but we still love her!).  The beer I got was amazing!  It was called Jingle Beans.  It is a pear coffee stout.  I am not usually a dark beer lover but I will definitely get this beer again.  We  played horse race (a card game) and even drew a crowd. El Jefe served as the race announcer and he did a fabulous job (there is video evidence and I really want to share but I will refrain because I am a nice girlfriend)!

For our final stop we made our way to C Squared Ciders.  This place is awesome!  They have Mario Cart on an original Nintendo system, life size beer pong (trash cans and kickballs), large connect 4, and a lot more.  I had a ginger cider and it was fabulous!  I wish we would have spent a little more time here but it was late and we were all super tired (plus D.P. Dough was calling our names, and you DO NOT ignore D.P Dough when it is calling your name, you just DON’T DO IT! You hear me Man Bun?! YOU JUST DON’T Ignore D.P. Dough).

If you love craft beers and ciders then you should definitely add Denver to your Bucket List.  There are almost as many breweries as there are dispensaries (not really, but there are a ton of amazing breweries).

*When picking beer do not just go by the name.  I learned this lesson the hard way. You are welcome!*

Hasta Luego Amigos!

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What is your favorite brewery?

Happy Sunday everyone!

I thought it would be fun to share some things that I am currently loving. One thing that will not be making this list is my new deodorant because it absolutely does not work (Sorry to the girls next to me in Barre3 class today)!

* Brewery Tours

Yesterday, my friends and I decided to go on our own little brewery tour.  Big thanks to Special K for organizing the whole adventure! (And I won’t mention that little part where you lead us past a creepy factory and into a bird poop tunnel.)  I will write a full post on this later this week but we went to several different breweries in Denver and had an absolute blast!  One of my favorite parts of Denver is all the craft beer and unique breweries.

* This Kate Spade phone case

All things Kate Spade are my favorite and I really miss living so close to an outlet store.  At least my mom keeps me  updated on my collection! Momma Bear really is the best!

* Surprise V-day packages from the rentals

My mom is the best about sending packages to make me feel like I’m not so far away!  She wraps them up super cute and they always contain the best little surprises.  She also sends my class gifts for all the holidays and special events.  She is pretty much the best! (Rentals stands for parents for those of you didn’t catch that :))

* My new Sewing Machine

Thank you tax refund for letting me treat myself to this beauty!  I have already made an envelope clutch and I have big plans for this bad boy!  I went with the electronic model because that is what I have been learning on.  Also, big shout out to Claudia at Sew You Studio for giving the confidence and skills to try something new!

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What are some things that you are currently loving?  I would love to try some new things out!

Any book suggestions?

There I go carrying on again.  Did you see what I did there? Clever, huh? Well maybe only I think so but that has never stopped me before.

Ok, I apologize, let’s get to this blog business.  I’m new here in case you couldn’t tell.  Starting a blog has been something I have wanted to do for a while and I finally decided to put on my big girl panties (oh, some people think that is a gross word, sorry?) and go for it.  I have wanted to do this for several reasons. One: for FUN! Two: As a way to express myself crazy self. Three: To keep in touch, reconnect, or just plain connect with people. And along the way I hope to become a better writer, photographer, adventurer, and who knows what else!

I think I am committing one of the cardinal sins of blogging by not having a clear plan or path for my blog before I start but what the heck, let’s do this thing!  It’s this new thing I’m trying, I think it’s referred to as going with the flow.  There will definitely be plenty of posting about teaching, my relationship (sorry, El Jefe [translation: The Boss], p.s. this is the nickname he picked for himself, *insert eyeroll*), friends (Oh, hey ya’ll!), fun times, and fitness (let’s be honest probably gonna be more about the fun times).

If you are wondering where my blog name came from (and you haven’t check out my “About Me” page),  it is a combo of my name (you probably got that all by yourself, go you!) and the common phrase “carry on”.  This a phrase with several different meanings depending on how you use it.  It is also something that I feel is super fitting for my life in all meanings of the phrase.  Like right now I am carrying on and on, as in I’m rambling.  I do that a lot.  Sorry in advance (or sorry, I’m not sorry?). Or I carry on to make it through my battle with depression and anxiety.  Or I am carrying on with the fun times (no, dad, you did not read that, I am perfect and I never make poor choices ;)).

Anywhooo, I hope you will join me as I keep on “keri-ing on”.  And maybe even stick around? Come on you know you want too!