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“A Year Two Years of Being a Gin Wife”

I commented to the Gin-Husband today, “Gee your blog is a whole year old!” I thought, ah, I am such a supportive spouse. He will know that I keep a keen eye on his blog! I am interested in his works!

He responds, “It’s…two years old.” <Insert a frowning face>

Damn. Good thing I know, uh….I know how to….dust? Yeah, I kept our apartment free of dust. I’m good for something.

Happy two years of gin drinking and writing.

In the spirit of anniversaries, I’ve compiled a list of new experiences gin, and blogging thusly, has brought to my life. It’s the season of lists, right? Better than a list of resolutions I’m never, ever going to follow. (In fact, as a tangent, I’ve had a standing resolution for about ten years: No New Year’s resolutions. It’s worked out surprisingly well.)

Without further frippery or ostentatious verbosity, I present: A Gin Wife’s Retrospective, What Gin has Taught Me, by Katey, age 28

1. Gin makes your  house smells like pine trees, even in July.

…Pine trees on fire.

2. Space will be lost for my secret stashes of yarn, to be replaced by gin.

3. Easy to enjoy lots of new bar experiences, without guilt, “for the blog”.

4. Lots of new gin purchases, “for the blog”.

5. Lots of new kitchen purchase, “for the blog”?

6. Yarn purchases, ostensibly “for the blog”.  What do you mean, this is a gin blog and my knitting has no home here? I could knit gin, I just don’t want to right now.

7. Pointing out minor typos is met with, “So change it; I thought you were the copy editor.”

8. I guess not all gin tastes like pine trees, either on fire or not. Some, like Bols Genever and that other one are good! Even if somebody insists that Bols Genever is not for gin and tonics. It’s delicious, don’t believe the smack.

9. You have to be a super-secret agent to ship alcohol out of this country. I had no idea it was very much frowned upon. So we can only share our love of American gin with fellow Americans.

10. …Wait a minute, I think it’s a conspiracy! Keep the good gin in and foreign competition down! I know you can ship alcohol to the states. We’re obviously stockpiling all the gins. Right. For science.

So overall, gin is a huge American conspiracy. That’s what I’ve learned, I guess.

Oh, and that tonic water is not soda water. There’s a difference.

Cheers!