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Archive for October, 2008

Deep in the Heart of Texas II

Posted: Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 @ 5:40 pm in Family at Large, Homelife | No Comments »

There we were driving through Texas, admiring the scenery and gawking at the huge ranches. Arwen and I talking as much as is possible when one is trying to lip read & the other is trying to interstate drive. Moving right along…
As we approached Dallas Arwen asked about our connections. Hmmm…go through Dallas and somewhere […]

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Posted: Monday, October 27th, 2008 @ 12:18 pm in Homelife | No Comments »

Before beginning this epic some background is in order. My oldest son is a young man who is known on line as Fyah. He is a member of the United States Air Force and graduated from basic training this month. The graduation activities were from the 16th to the 19th at Lackland AFB in San […]

Going, going, gone…

Posted: Sunday, October 26th, 2008 @ 5:33 pm in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

All 1248.
Cooked 1188 and sold the unopened packages at cost.
The extra sodas sold at cost.
The extra buns, opened mustard & ketchup given to the few all day workers.
The extra (opened) coffee & hot chocolate are safely sheltered in my cupboard.
Grease cleaning, sorting & packing, number crunching remain to be done. Must also make notes […]

1248 to go

Posted: Friday, October 24th, 2008 @ 8:16 am in 4H, Homelife | No Comments »

1248 to go.
That’s the number of burger patties our 4H club has to sell at this weekend’s Harvest Festival. We earn a decent profit which lets our club do activities at no cost to the members. Getting voluteers to help is difficult. When it is all finished & the grease is scrubbed off there will be […]

Lessons Learned

Posted: Monday, October 20th, 2008 @ 12:02 pm in Lessons Learned | 1 Comment »

 
Always take your own map.
 
 

Learning Style Test

Posted: Monday, October 13th, 2008 @ 12:34 pm in Oddments, Explainations | 1 Comment »

So while I was there why not take the next test?
Rather strong in that verbal/linguistic area, aren’t I? That and logical was not a surprise. Naturalist was - but maybe not since biology is one of my favorite things.
So family - what do you think - is it accurate?

Personality Test

Posted: Monday, October 13th, 2008 @ 10:42 am in Uncategorized | No Comments »

So Sister S go and see where you end up.
PS: See I can’t help being bossy!

I’m just saying…

Posted: Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 @ 6:56 pm in Rants | 1 Comment »

If the road to hell is paved with good intentions,
Then
“I was only trying to help” must be the guardrails.

Which shooting event?

Posted: Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 @ 9:19 pm in DYI/Homesteading, 4H, Explainations | 4 Comments »

Basic choices:

Shotgun
Rifle
Pistol (including .29 rimfire)
Muzzleloader
Archery Disciplines (using hunting type compound, recurve or long bow)
Optional Compass & Orienteering (optional)

Last year our county quorum court gave a substantial grant to the county 4H to start a Shooting Club. There is a great deal of interest from both kids and parents to start this club. What there […]

Sweet potato gardening experiment

Posted: Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 @ 6:55 pm in DYI/Homesteading, Homelife, Gardening | No Comments »

I have a sweet potato gardening experiment growing on our window sill. I think it might be a success. 
Every year for the past few years I have tried to grow sweet potatoes. The first years I ordered slips from Johnny’s Select Seeds.  Every year it seems nothing went right - the plants were neglected, ignored and […]