Relaxing weekend.

This weekend has been uneventful. We have been inside ever since Friday evening after work. I did do a little laundry this weekend but other than that all I have accomplished was setting on the couch and napping. Needles has been busy cooking most of the weekend. Saturday we had homemade Chinese for lunch and beef stew for supper. Today we had soup beans and fritter cornbread. Mmmmm. It has been a nice weekend other than it wasn't long enough. Wednesday after work Needles and I are heading South to my parents to visit the weekend. Since I killed out first season we will be spending the four days in Kentucky. The weather isn't looking that great but if we can just have cold without rain or snow. On the Xmas front we have maybe 40% of the shopping done. We are usually done by now with just a few odds and ends to finish up but this year has sneaked up on us. I think the consensus this year is to not put up a tree again this year. I am some what disappointed to not put up a tree but I am sure the day after Xmas I will be glad we didn't. Anyway that is what is going on in this neck of the woods.

Can't Wait.

Were havin it!

I have mulled around an idea for a couple of years now and this year I finally broke down and ordered it. Most holidays with Needles family consist of turkey or ham which is very good and I usually eat myself sick. This year for Xmas I thought I would change things up a bit. I heard about one of "these" a few years back and wondered how one would taste. We even saw a show talking about them and Mike Row did and Dirty Jobs that showed how they are done. Of course by now you know exactly what I am talking about. I am talking about a Turducken. For those of you who are saying WTF right about now it is a boneless chicken stuffed inside a boneless duck stuffed inside a boneless turkey. You can order several varieties of turducken but we decided to get the one stuffed with pork. So in actuality it is a boneless pig stuffed inside a boneless chicken stuffed inside a boneless duck stuffed inside and boneless turkey. I have to say that this food item is a bit expensive but I always wanted to try one and the upcoming holiday provided just the occasion to do so. I ordered it from Cajun Grocer based in Lafayette, Louisiana so I would think they know how to do turducken. You would think that food would be the last thing to think or post about with just recovering from Thanksgiving but you would be wrong. So for Xmas I will be sleeping with visions of turduckens dancing in my head.

Happy Turkey Day!

Just want to say happy turkey day to everyone. Hope everyone gets enough to eat. Zzzzzzzz

Deer Season 2008

I just want to warn anyone that doesn't want to see dead deer or blood stop now. All of these deer are processed and used for food so they do not go to waste.

This weekend started out on a bumpy note. Several of my co workers have been sick the week leading up to deer season so I predicted that I would be sick for the one thing that I have been looking forward to for almost a year. Yep I was right. Wednesday I had a bit of a dry scratchy throat. Thursday I had head congestion and headache. The night before deer season I didn't sleep a wink. I think it was a combination of the excitement, being in a strange bed and the feeling like my head was packed full of concrete. Lets just say the cold made this deer season less enjoyable than usual. Nothing like setting in the cold breathing through your mouth because your nose is so raw that breathing through it feels like breathing acid. Yeah, that's fun. Anyway since I was having so much fun I tried to end the season as quick as I could. The first day I only saw one deer. It was about 200 yards or better away. That evening while in the stand I noticed Needles Uncle "B" get out of his stand and head back to the house. After getting part way back I noticed him stop and wait. I didn't think too much of it but a few minutes later I heard the shot and saw a deer run into the field looking like it had been hit. I got out of my stand to see if "B" might need some help trailing the animal. By the time I got up to the area I heard the finishing shot and walked into the woods to see that "B" had killed a monster 8 point. Its chest measurement was 44" which suggests a live weight of up to 250lbs. This is the second year in a row that "B" has taken a huge buck.

Since "B" was done hunting for the season he offered that I could set in his stand since it is in a more optimal area. I took him up on his offer and the morning of the second day I was able to harvest a nice young doe. She slipped in from my left at about 30 yards and stopped. I hit her a little high so she went farther than I would have liked going about 50 to 60 yards before expiring. She will be nice for the freezer.

The second day was perfect weather for deer movement. After a successful morning hunt I finished breakfast and headed back down around 10am. Around noon I had a small buck wander in about 40 yards away and was smelling where I dragged the doe out of the woods from the morning hunt. I guest he smelled some of my sent because he wheeled around to run and stopped after about 5 yards. I was in the stand and feeling the burn of my sinuses so I thought I would end the season early and add him to the freezer as well. This broken up 3 point only went about 30 yards and was down for the count. He probably was a basket rack 4 or 6 point but you could tell he had been fighting a lot. Both antlers were broken off one just above the brow tine and the other just an inch out of his head. Anyway he will be good in the freezer.
This is the first time I have taken 2 deer in one day and I have to say that I am glad it is over with the way that I have been feeling. I think we are going to visit my parents for the second deer season since I have already taken those days off work. That is if I can get rid of this cold. Maybe next year will be my turn to get the big one. At least I filled Needles mom freezer and probably then some.

Video of my doe harvest.

Can't wait.

Tomorrow after work we are heading South to Needles Mom's and my happy hunting ground. Season starts friday and I am ready to go. I will update Sunday night unless I kill out early. I am going to try to be done the first season so that we can visit my parent the second season. Wish me luck.

Come here deer deer deer.

Weekend Getaway.

This weekend we journeyed South to Cynical and Ragged's place. We rolled in Friday evening around 5:30ish and when we arrived homemade soup was on the menu and for that cold rainy drive, it was just the thing to hit the spot. We were also able to visit with Cynical's sis and niece. It was nice to visit and catch up on life. That evening we turned in rather early at about 11pm. The next day we awoke to coffee, juice, bagels and fresh fruit. After chatting and enjoying each others company it was time to hit a new place in O town for lunch. Cheddars was neat and the food was amazing. You get a lot of food for your money and of course I was up to the task. After the stomach dilation it was time to do a little walking around to ease up the belt line. We ventured to a couple of stores and I was looking for deer slugs for next weekends deer season. I haven't been able to find to ones I used last year and I have checked several places and no luck. We then decided to go home and relax and I found a little nap time. After the nap we got a craving for The Dipper ice cream and then Trivial Pursuit. While Needles and I were victorious Ragged and Cynical were nipping at our heels. I have to give to the win to Needles as my brain had gone on lock down after the ice cream brain freeze. We stayed up late into the night and then gave up for bed. This morning I woke up at my usual time while Needles stayed in bed. After everyone was up and about it was time for b'fast. Turkey beacon, scrambled eggs, juice, coffee, bagels and fresh fruit made for a breakfast that was fit for a king. Needles and I had fuzzy people to attended to so it was time to head home. We loved spending time with Cynical and Ragged but the weekend was all too quick. Thanks again for the coffee and the relaxing weekend.

PS. I did learn this weekend that Howdy Doody came from Doodieville. That's not right.

Away for the weekend.

This weekend we are once again heading south to the promise land. We will be well feed, well converesed, well rested and drink lots of coffee to ward away the cold temps. Oh and we will have fuzzy people to lurve upon since we will not have ours to lurve. I have been looking forward to a weekend away for awhile and to get to spend the time with Cynical and Ragged will make it twice as fun. Cynical and Ragged quit cleaning and let it go. Its only us and we will see you soon.

To all our veterans.

Humerous.

I saw this on CNN ireports as a comment on ireports about Barack Obamas website. I found it humerous so I thought I would share it here.

The election is over, the results are now known.
The will of the people has clearly been shown.
We should show by our thoughts and our words and our deeds.
That unity is just what our country now needs.
Let's all get together... let the bitterness pass.
I'll hug your elephant...you kiss my ass!

No really folks, we need unity and to come together to get this country back on track....snicker.

Sighting In.

This is me sighting in my Mossberg 385 with slug barrel. Federal Vital Shock 3 inch 1 ounce load. The first shot is at 50 yards, the second is at 40 yards and the last is at 30 yards. I strapped the camera on a branch a few feet from the target. The first shot comes at 28 seconds into the video. These shots were taken in the standing position without a rest. I was standing out in the open. The last shot was rushed as it started to sleet and the wind picked up. I wasn't sure how well the camera would tolerate this so I hurried to get done. Also on the last shot you can see the wadding hit the box at the bottom left. The circle around the center dot is about the size of a saucer plate, roughly six inches.

Tis the Season.

Funny.

Feel good feeling.

Last night as I watch MSNBC and watched the polling result rolling in and when Obama slipped closer to 270 I got the feeling of a warm fuzzy blanket being wrapped around my shoulders. Then at just a minute or two before 10 o'clock they announced that Barack Obama would be our 44th president and I was thrilled. This feeling was finally trumped by Baracks speech he gave in Chicago in his opening statement.

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.

We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

Even if you are Republican, if you read the words and understand them you have to say that these words are inspirational in the hope that the United States of America as a whole can move forward to solve the problems that has gotten a grip on this country. If you heard these words regardless of who said them brings about a a feeling of pride in my country. A feeling I haven't felt for a long time.... I hope this feeling doesn't going away.

New website.

Today I voted and built a new website for Ravenwood Hollow which if you didn't already know is our yard haunt for Halloween. It is pretty basic but I hope to add to it some day. If you want to see it visit the link below.

LINK

Halloween Video

Here is a video of a sweep across my front yard during Halloween. The video is darker than what I had hoped but hopefully you can get the layout of the yard. Enjoy.

Today, Rudy, Brando, Needles and I went to see a play at Needles work. She had heard about the tickets on sale a few weeks ago and pounced on some primo sets. We were 5th row from the orchestra pit "DEAD" center. The play as you might be able to tell from the above picture was Clue. A play that has attendee participation. Three people from the audience choose the who, where and with what and then the play gives you clues to check your list for the suspect, room and murder weapon. It was very funny with various lines containing lude and somewhat sexual connotations. It was fun to hear the clues and check off some items and select others that were the suspected item. Let me just say a cross dressing Ms. White made the show and a twister game over a color coded map of the world between Col. Mustard and Mrs. Peacock showed us almost more than what we wanted to see of Mrs. Peacocks girls. In the end there were just a few people in the audience that got the correct answer. I had the murderer but not the weapon or the room. Needles had the weapon but not the murderer or the room. Rudy and Brando had a similar outcome but it was a lot of fun. Before we went to the play we stopped off at a new Mexican place called La Carreta. The food was very good and there was a lot of it. I rarely have to take home a doggie bag but this time I did. Maybe it was the salsa and chips that filled me up. After the play we stopped off at the L'ville Dairy Dee for dessert. By the time we got home around 3:30pm we were well feed and well entertained. It was a great afternoon.

It's all over but the cryin.

Well, another Halloween has come and gone. We had everything up yesterday and we have everything down and put away today. Its a bit of a challenge when you help in decorating 4 or 5 yards. I don't know anymore, I lost count. It think it's actually 6. I was just glad we were able to get it all in one truck load. I think if we had one more thing we wouldn't have been able to make that claim. The list of things that were put in other peoples yard was 33 blow mold items, 7 air blown items and a few odds and ends that was dragged out there during the month of October. This evening I will be parked on the couch, nursing my sore back. I hope everyone had an enjoyable Halloween. No wonder we skip putting up a Xmas tree after all this.