It is the year of the ox.

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Thanks Buck For My Mucks!

I have received gift cards for Xmas for the past few years and have found out that I love them. At first I just look at the card and wonder about all the neat things I could buy with them. This year Cynical gave me a Gander Mountain gift card and I was thrill because I knew just what I was going to order. During last deer season my boots of only 3 years split and are no longer water proof so I ordered some Muck Boots for hunting with my gift card. Thanks Buck for the Mucks.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Today I awoke at 6 am to the sound of a Christmas Miracle. It was the alarm the Needles had set to get up and put the Turducken into the oven. By a strange turn of events Needle's Mom thought she set her alarm only to sleep in until close to 7 am. When Needle's Mom "L" awoke with a start that it was to bright to be 6am, She rushed into the kitchen to find the Turducken already in the oven and cooking away nicely. I think I felt Needles crawl back into bed shortly before 7am and we snoozed away until close to 9am. We thought we would give Santa a little more time to deliver our gifts. In short we were tired and wanted to sleep in. When we got up officially we wandered into the kitchen from where the smells of goodness were emanating. In short order there was coffee brewing and baklava in hand for the morning snack. We decided to skip breakfast in order to prepare for the main feast. Before long there was mashed potatoes and green beans, homemade fudge, homemade rolls and squash pie. To drink we had Needles holiday shush drink which is prefect to go with turkey. When it was all said and done we were all bloated with food and drink and sat around the table discussing the important things in life. Also "L" got a nice Xmas surprise but I will let Needles elaborate. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and that they got enough to eat, I know I did.

The top picture is of a fogged up window with kitty paw stretching prints I found. I thought I would write and Holiday message with them.

The second picture is the turducken fresh from the oven.

The third is of the triple bird sliced to reveal the layers. Little did we know the duck and sausage dressing was more to the posterior of the bird. I was very good and the flavor of the duck had a slight liverish almost bratwurst taste. Mmmmm.

Merry Xmas from the ghetto.

Pimpin ant Ezay!

Home Again...

Friday after work Needles and I again made the trip South. That's twice in a month to visit with my family and have our early Christmas. I got a couple of shirts, a pair of lounging pants, gift card. money and coffee. It was a fun time and any time we can spend time around Rudy, Brando and the funky bunch is a good time. Saturday we had our Christmas which entailed eating massive amounts of good food followed by massive amounts of dessert and then on to the opening of presents. After all the presents were opened and the wrapping paper was cleaned up, my mother wanted to know if we wanted to go to M'ville and see a Christmas display at a church. We were just setting around rubbing our engorged bellies so we thought we would go. Piling into two cars and off on the 30 minute drive to the display. When we arrived to the church to our surprise...there wasn't one car in the parking lot. The display was the two weekends before and now over. If you know my Mom at all this is not the first wild goose chase she has set us on and I am sure it won't be the last. We did get to stop off at Sonic and I had a Chilled Mocha Java with a Sonic Boom and Needles the Hot Latte with a Sonic Boom. They were very good and then we were on the road back to the house. This morning we awoke to breakfast and quick visit with the family and on the road back North we went. It as usual was an all too short weekend.

Panormous Shamormous.

I was just watching the Pizza Hut commercial featuring the new Panormous pizza. The commercial showed several people passing the box from person to person with each of them taking a slice a passing it on. I think the idea is to portray a endless supply of pizza coming from this box. Hmmf. I am not impressed. This commercial reminds me of a visit to the promise land where Ragged ordered a pizza for the 3 of us that literally had to be tipped on its side to fit through the door. I think there was a furniture dolly involved but I am not sure, my memory of the whole feast is sketchy. Anyway the pizza was so huge that I ate myself into a coma...... 3 times. You may not think this possible but I think I was suffering from tomato sauce overdose and the symptoms from the cheese is a TMI. The box was used as a fort by several kids down the street until a street gang kicked them out an used it for their crib. As I think back I wish I had another big pizza to overdose on. Ahhh the memories.

PS. The picture above is of a smaller pizza that I found on the interwebs.

PS. jk Ragged the pizza was excellent and we did finish it.....eventually.

Down goes Frazier!

Today after work I thought I would stop at Casey's a full up the gas tank. The weather was nasty and the spitting rain was freezing to my windshield as quick as it was hitting it. I thought with the overhang that by the gas pumps it wouldnt be too bad. Wrong! I stepped out of the Jeep and first my foot slide under the open door and as I tried to gather myself it went from bad to worst. As I grabbed the door handle I spun around and fell with my left foot under the Jeep, my right foot in the Jeep and my left hand on the door handle and my back flat on the ground. When I hit the ground I heard a voice from one of the other vehicles filling up. It was our local sheriff asking if I am alright. I answered "yeah" as I layed there flat on my back. I layed there for about 2 seconds before I decided I needed to get up. I made sure I had both feet on solid ground and finished pumping my gas. I don't know what it is about the people around here but they usually drive like idiots on a good day. You add a little freezing rain and it's like they come out of the wood work to drive on this mess. I had one person tailgating me on my way home while another person pulled right out in front of me and then proceeded to pass the car in front of them. All I can say is if I ever see these people in the ditch...I gonna roll on by.

I'm Famous!

A website has posted my deer hunting video that I placed on youtube about 2 weeks ago. The first week it hit the 400 mark and over the last few days the video has hit the 1400 viewers mark. I was wondering why it had so many hits all of a sudden. Tonight while surfin the interwebs I got my answer. They update the video every few days but I think it was neat for them to put it on their homepage even just for a day or two. If you want to goto the website the link is http://www.prairiestateoutdoors.com/index.php.

The picture above is a screen shot of the website. To see it enlarged click on the picture. My video is on the left side of the screen about halfway down the page titled Wayne County first season deer hunting.

Merry Xmas Y'all.

We're in heat!

Or we HAVE heat rather. My friendly neighborhood heating and air guy stopped by this morning and it was a faulty door safty switch. The switch cuts power to the heater when you take the door off the blower to prevent electrical shock. When the blower would kick on the shaking of the door or the air blowing through the area would move the door and trip the switch turning the system off. Just by pass the faulty switch and we are in heat.... Uhhh yeah. The house is a warm 72 degrees and it feels like a sauna a far cry from the 58 degrees of last night. Hope everyone has a warm weekend.

It arrived yesterday.

Yesterday when I arrived home, there was a large package on the front porch. I brought it in and pondered its opening, but first a few picks.

After removing the plastic wrap it found a large block of dry ice. Of course soon after I put a small chunk of the ice into some water in the bathroom sink and watched the fog roll. Back to the package. Inside the styro foam container was a box.

Once I removed the box the contents of the package was confirmed.

At last my 15 pounds of pig, chicken, duck and last but not least turkey goodness. I can't wait until Xmas to enjoy my Southern delicacy. I hope it is everything I have built it up to be in my mind. Float this puppy in some of Linda's dressing and I am sure it will be amazing. Mmmmmmmm.

On another note. This morning when I woke up I noticed it was unusually cold in the house. I didn't think too much of it until I looked at the thermostat. 63 degrees holy ice cycles its cold. I messed with the thermostat a bit but eventually had to go to work. When I got home this evening I noticed the temp was a balmy 58 degrees and I decided to keep my coat on. I again messed around and reset and checked to see if the pilot was still lite. Unfortunately it is more than I can figure out. I will need to call my friendly heater repairman. With electric heaters we are able to make it a little warmer but it is still a bit chilly up in her. Have a nice weekend everyone. Mine is starting out smashingly.

Pick up the Soap Rod.

Back Home

We arrived home around 3pm or so yesterday. We had a good time but even a 4 day weekend is too short. While we were in KY we did a little shopping and I ate like a pig. My mother thought we didn't have enough desserts so she made 3 while we were there. Chocolate no bake cookie, German Chocolate cake and scalloped pineapple. All were very good and I limited myself to only a dozen or so no bakes. It was hard but I do have a small amount of will power. We are now home and have all too easily slipped back into our usual mundane lives. Of the last several weekends we have been gone or busy for most of them. I think we have earned a bit of a rest.

This morning we awoke to a nice glazing of ice over everything. The morning started off with a friend calling and telling me that his car was off in the ditch. Also that his wife had slipped and fell in the driveway going out to her car. I told Needles to stay home a couple hours before heading to work to let the sun melt the ice. I unfortunately had to go into the mess. It was hard even walking out the garage and the roads were slick until I got about a mile from the house. Then it was 35mph all the way to work. When I arrived at work I pulled into the parking lot just in time to see a mini van bounce off another car in the parking lot. I slowly drove down the lot and thought I had better park away from the accident only to apply the brake and slide sideways down the parking lot in the direction of the van. I did come to a stop several feet from the van and I was lined up perfectly for the parking space in front of me so I put forward about 15 feet and say that was good enough. I had to walk in the grass up to my work because the blacktop was like an ice rink. By noon the temps had gotten above 40 so the ice was gone for the drive home. I hope we don't have any more of that. I can handle the snow but I hate the ice.

PS. On the way to work I saw an ambulance in the ditch. Also we had our fair share of injuries in the ER from the ice. Two fractured knees and a fractured hip on the day. I am sure we will have a few more trickle in over the next few days. Be careful out there boys and girls.

Gone for another weekend.

We are going South for the weekend. We will be leaving tomorrow after work and return Sunday. We are going down to see my parents but wouldn't mind a visit from some family in O'town if they can find the time. You know who you are. If you can't, I understand but it would be nice. Hope everyone has a great weekend.