OK, here's a quick update. June's alomst done, and I haven't posted in quite a while. In fact, I think the last post was when it was still on Xanga. My beatiful wife switched everything over here to Blogger for me.
Anyhow the Ole Lady an I are going to the J & P Rally in Anamosa, IA. Leaving Friday, and we'll come back Sunday. The kids are going with Grandma to a waterpark hotel, and doing other things. We are going down there with 10 bikes, one of which belongs to my buddy (and my wife's grilfriend) Sam. It'll be good for us to get away and just have some time to ourselves, at least as much that's possible when you're going with 11 people.
I had my last class for the semester last night, so I only have 3 more online tests to take, and then I'm done unitl the end of August. Once we come back on Sunday, I can finally start working on my layout again. It was actually good I didn't start, because it gave me time to realize that I needed to make some changes, and I got a lot of good advice from the guys at nscale.net regarding how I should build it. I can't wait to get started.
The dog's up at Donnybrook Kennel, she's been there coming up on 7 weeks as of this Saturday. She's doing well, and learning a lot. Next week Saturday I'll go up, and I'll even get to run her myslef for the first time. Man I can't wait to get her out when duck season starts in just over 3 months!! I got her a special dog ladder for the boat, so it'll be easy for her to get back in after retrieves. I still have to build by boat blind, but the c*cksuckser at Magna Fabric hasn't written me back about the replacment fabric he was supposed to send. I ordered desert camo, and he sent me army digital. I guess I'll look elsewhere, and just sell the shit he sent me on ebay. I suppose I could place and order, and when I get his invoice point out he was supposed to give me half-off. We'll see.
Been fishing a few times, caught some northern pike and a 15" bass on Caldron Fall in Marinette County over Memorial Day Weekend. We even saw a bear crossing the channel. That was frickin' cool. The little one decided to shout "Hi Bear". I explained it's not a good idea to yell at bears!!! LOL. She like to go fishing with Papa, so hopefully the weekend after J & P we'll head out on Sunday. We also saw a loon in the water behind us. First time I ever saw one in person.
Got tickets for Tool at summerfest on July 4th, and then we're going to see Chevelle on the 6th. The little miss said if she has to go see Tool, then WE have to go see Chevelle. No biggie, I like Chevelle, plus I can pig out on lots of hot greasy high-fat food, yum, yum!!
Talk at ya later.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Update (April)
Had a great time out in Southwestern Wisconsin. I didn't get a turkey, but I did get some fishing in. I caught 8 big bluegill, the biggest was about 8 1/2"!! I cooked them up Thursday night. The best part, though, was that the many hours I spent fishing on Lock and Dam Number 9 were also spent railfanning. Trains went by about every 10-30 minutes. I had a very nice time. Turns out after I left one of the guys that was up there got a 21 pound tom with 7/8" spurs and a 8" beard. Getting ready to head out in a bit to go get my trolling motor and buy a gift for my parents 40th Anniversary. Taking the little one with me, and the two older girls if they care to go. Gotta stop a Cabela's because....well......just becuase it's there.....LOL!!
Holy Snow!! (April)
OK, this'll be a quick one today. Got dumped on with snow today. I am leaving for turkey hunting after work tomorrow, and was debating if I should even bother to go with the 6-10" of snow we are supposed to get. I decided to go ahead and just go, as this will be my 11th year hunting them, and it's supposed to be 50 degrees on Friday. Besides that I can fish on the Mississippi River too. That and I have to drop off the Sponsor Hat and Sponsor Print to Todd Lensing of Flyway Fowling in Ferryville, WI, which is about 8 miles north of where I hunt in Seneca, WI, near Prairie du Chien, WI. He donated a 4 person youth duck hunt for the upcoming duck season to my recent WWA Banquet. Thanks Todd, you're awesome!!!
Anyhow, I have to go home and pack, and then I have my Wisconsin Fisherman's and Hunter's League meeting at Club Paragon. WFHL is a privately owned hunting club I belong to. We have two cabins on 240 acres in the towns of Silver Cliff and Stephenson up in Marinette County, WI about 1/2 hour west of Crivitz, WI.
After lunch tomorrow with Tim and Shawn Cummings of North American Logistics I will be heading out. I'll post again Sunday when I come back, hopefully with pictures of the turkey I shot!!
1st Blog Post (April)
OK, here we go: This is my first post, and my first time ever blogging. A mere few days ago my wife Proverbs 31 Mama sent me her blog. I started reading it, and today I decided to sign her guest book. In order to do so I had to register. I figured as long as I doing that I may as well go ahead and start my own blog. I don't know how long it'll last or if I'll even keep it up or not. I guess we'll see. I have short bursts of obsessive compulsive disorder, and this may be one of those outbreaks! 
A little about myself. I am obviously married to Proverbs 31 Mama and we have 3 beautiful daughters: 17, 13 and 5. We have a black lab and 2 cats, my oldest has 2 guinea pigs and the oldest and youngest each have one beta fish.
Besides my family, I have a few main interests, which will be the focus of my blogs, I think. To me there are only two seasons: hunting season and riding season. Many times they overlap. The time when there's neither going on is tentatively going to be model railroading season.
1. Hunting. Particularily duck and goose hunting, but also deer with bow and gun, turkey, rabbit and whatever else tickles my fancy at any given time during open season. I am a the chairperson for my local chapter of Wisconsin Waterfowl Association. We raise money to restore wetlands here in Wisconsin. I also belong to Ducks Unlimited. I started hunting a number of years after gettng out of the Marine Corps. Up until then I fished quite a bit, but the combination of selling my boat, getting into deer (bow) hunting, and getting my Harley-Davidson Sportster basically prompted me to abandon fishing up until this coming season, which starts May 5th. Because I got hardcore into duck hunting two years ago, I just recently bought a Smokercraft Jon Boat, and will be setting it for duck hunting and fishing. There will be more on this at a later date.
2. Harley-Davidson Sportster. I bought my 2002 1200 Custom Sportster on June 19th, 2003. 6 days after we bought our home. This was right before the 100th Anniversary. I remember during the 90th Anniversry in 1993, I was drinking and bartending, and I had said by the 95th in 1998 I would have one. The 95th came and went, I was still a drunk, and said by the 100th I 'd have one. My last drink was July 10th, my last drug July13th and my first full day of sobriety on July 14th, 1998. One month after the 95th. I connected with my wife on the 18th, and the rest is history. Not quite 5 years later we bought our home and our bike. The 100th was a blast, and since then we've done a lot of riding (we, or I, go to XL-List Rally in KC every year) and my bike has undergone many changes. There will be more on that at a later date.
3. Model railroading. I have taken a fancy to N Scale model railroading. I actually started getting into it back in December of 2002, around christmas time. I worked on it for two weeks during that time, and then it was put off for a long time. When we moved into our house we didn't have room for it, so it sat out in the garage until November of 2006. A few weeks before we were on a local highway, and there was a train going by. I told my 5 y/o that the train was like the ones I had. She said "Papa, you have trains?" That started the old fire again, and shortly therafter there was the Milwaukee Trainfest at State Fair Park. Timing couldn't have been better. We went to that, and I was hooked for good this time. I'll be discussing that in my blog, as you have probably guessed, at a later date.
A little about myself. I am obviously married to Proverbs 31 Mama and we have 3 beautiful daughters: 17, 13 and 5. We have a black lab and 2 cats, my oldest has 2 guinea pigs and the oldest and youngest each have one beta fish.
Besides my family, I have a few main interests, which will be the focus of my blogs, I think. To me there are only two seasons: hunting season and riding season. Many times they overlap. The time when there's neither going on is tentatively going to be model railroading season.
1. Hunting. Particularily duck and goose hunting, but also deer with bow and gun, turkey, rabbit and whatever else tickles my fancy at any given time during open season. I am a the chairperson for my local chapter of Wisconsin Waterfowl Association. We raise money to restore wetlands here in Wisconsin. I also belong to Ducks Unlimited. I started hunting a number of years after gettng out of the Marine Corps. Up until then I fished quite a bit, but the combination of selling my boat, getting into deer (bow) hunting, and getting my Harley-Davidson Sportster basically prompted me to abandon fishing up until this coming season, which starts May 5th. Because I got hardcore into duck hunting two years ago, I just recently bought a Smokercraft Jon Boat, and will be setting it for duck hunting and fishing. There will be more on this at a later date.
2. Harley-Davidson Sportster. I bought my 2002 1200 Custom Sportster on June 19th, 2003. 6 days after we bought our home. This was right before the 100th Anniversary. I remember during the 90th Anniversry in 1993, I was drinking and bartending, and I had said by the 95th in 1998 I would have one. The 95th came and went, I was still a drunk, and said by the 100th I 'd have one. My last drink was July 10th, my last drug July13th and my first full day of sobriety on July 14th, 1998. One month after the 95th. I connected with my wife on the 18th, and the rest is history. Not quite 5 years later we bought our home and our bike. The 100th was a blast, and since then we've done a lot of riding (we, or I, go to XL-List Rally in KC every year) and my bike has undergone many changes. There will be more on that at a later date.
3. Model railroading. I have taken a fancy to N Scale model railroading. I actually started getting into it back in December of 2002, around christmas time. I worked on it for two weeks during that time, and then it was put off for a long time. When we moved into our house we didn't have room for it, so it sat out in the garage until November of 2006. A few weeks before we were on a local highway, and there was a train going by. I told my 5 y/o that the train was like the ones I had. She said "Papa, you have trains?" That started the old fire again, and shortly therafter there was the Milwaukee Trainfest at State Fair Park. Timing couldn't have been better. We went to that, and I was hooked for good this time. I'll be discussing that in my blog, as you have probably guessed, at a later date.
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