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Lakes not frozen solid enough yet

Randy — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:34:56 +0000

My friends and I tested the lake yesterday to see if it was frozen enough to put our ice fishing shack out on the ice. We’re looking forward to snowmobiling and ice fishing!

The lake isn’t quite frozen enough yet; we don’t dare drive our trucks out on the ice to place the shack in its customary spot. Oh well. The camp roads are good enough for some snowmobiling though, so we’ll have to keep ourselves happy with snowmobiling for the time being. This is actually a good time for that – the temperatures aren’t too bitter cold yet, so we can have a good time without getting too cold.

Christmas guests

Randy — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:50:47 +0000

My sister arrived today, along with her hubby and kids. I haven’t seen them in a few months, they’ve been so busy moving into their new home that they haven’t had much time to come by and visit. They brought their dog with them, a lovable old keeshond that just loves everyone. They’re planning on spending the night and tomorrow here with me to have an old fashioned family Christmas together. I’m really glad to see them, and glad they came here instead of me going to their place. Their place isn’t set up enough yet to have a family Christmas. It should be fun having them here! They helped me to decorate the tree, and we played Christmas music and drank hot apple cider and hot chocolate while we decorated. We had a great time!

Merry Christmas to all of you!

New camera arrived

Randy — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:11:10 +0000

I was so excited that my new camera arrived only four days after I ordered it! It sure seems complicated, though; it’s going to take a while to read all of the directions and figure out how to use all of the functions. Apparently it can shoot video too! I didn’t realize that when I ordered it! Cool! Another thing I didn’t realize when I ordered it is that it only stores five pictures on whatever storage “device” or “hard drive” is inside, so I have to go buy a storage chip the next time I go into town so I can take more pictures. I love how I can download the pictures immediately onto my computer! This is the first digital camera I’ve ever had, so this is a big deal for me! I think I’m going to have to buy some storage media to keep all of my pictures on, or I will be filling up this computer in no time at all, and that would be a bad thing; slow it right down to the speed of molasses!

New boots

Randy — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:40:00 +0000

Guest post by Sheila Powell

Well I was really thrilled when Janet called me and suggested that we go riding together next weekend at the farm. The only thing about riding with Janet is that she is always trying to get me to learn to jump. Jumping scares me a little bit, and I have no desire to compete with Beezie Madden for any gold medals! I just enjoy a nice walk, trot, or canter. More excitement than that I don’t need! Janet has always been a thrill junkie, and she just can’t even imagine being content to NOT jump. I’m more than happy to provide her with an appreciative audience.

We haven’t had the chance to ride together at all this year, what with all of the health issues that Janet and her family have been going through. Janet told me that she needs to pick up a new pair of durable riding boots this week before we go riding though; the surgery on her foot has made it too hard to get her old boots on. I don’t think that it was the surgery itself; I think that it is because she has been so inactive that she put on a little bit of weight and it has mostly gone to her calves, making her old boots too tight to pull on, even with the boot hooks.

I told her that I’d like to join her at the tack shop to drop off my ariat boot bag for repair. The zipper is broken and I’m tired of fussing with it. Hopefully they can get it fixed for me.

Not that I’d want to adopt them

Randy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:46:41 +0000

I found this video of polar bears playing with huskies quite amazing. Makes me wish that polar bears were domesticated!

Going digital

Randy — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:18:12 +0000

I bought a new digital camera over the Internet today. I’ve had my reservations about buying one over the Internet, afraid that it would be a poor quality. But this particular camera I had been able to see in the store, up close and personal and felt it was a good camera. I would have bought it at the store, but they were sold out and couldn’t tell me when it was coming in again. I waited three weeks for it to come in, and it didn’t so I finally ordered it online. I could have had it shipped to the store for free, but it would have taken three weeks to get it, and having shipped to my house was only $6 and I am supposed to get it within three days. I figured that it was worth the $6 to get it that much earlier. It’s a 10mp 3xzoom and only cost $109! A bargain! I’m really looking forward to getting it and starting to use it!

Halloween

Randy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:54:15 +0000

I spent a couple of hours last night carving pumpkins to give to my customers today. It was so much fun to see their faces when I gave them their own custom carved jack-o-lanterns! I’ve always enjoyed carving pumpkins; that’s something I used to do with my father when I was a little kid. My mother used to always roast the pumpkin seeds, too, which I’ve always enjoyed eating later!

Bought a new windshield

Randy — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:14:02 +0000

The local Harley shop was having a big open house celebration this past weekend, so I decided to go to the event and check it out. There was a live broadcast being done by a local radio station, lots of free food and sodas, and they were having discounts on just about everything in the store. I ended up buying a new detachable windshield for my Harley. I was impressed with how easily it can be installed and removed. I installed it right there at the shop – they let me borrow the tools to do it. It was funny because all I needed was an allen wrench! Anyway, when I drove home I noticed that with the new windshield on the bike, I wasn’t feeling the wind hitting me, so I was driving faster than I thought! It will take a while to adjust to that!

Who DAT????

Randy — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:18:11 +0000

Authored by Rickey Combs

Greetings from the Who Dat Nation! As football season approaches, I can’t help but think about how much fun it will be this season. Last year was the best year for the Saints and a great year for my town of origin, New Orleans. I can’t wait to sport black and gold and support those Saints! To make sure that everything is set and ready to go for our weekly football parties, I went to Directstartv.com to make sure that we had all of the channels and could watch the Saints in HD when they are not playing at home in NOLA! I will be at every home game, even though I have to sit in the rafters! Football season is a time for celebration and unity. I love to entertain for football-watching parties every week. I am getting better at coming up with unique and funky Saints decorations for our football watching parties. All of our friends look forward to when we can watch the Saints and belt “WHO DAT?!” If you have never been to New Orleans when the Saints play, you are missing the party of a lifetime.

Hubs is the best

Randy — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:50:23 +0000

Guest post written by my buddy Aldo Mays

My husband got me www.Direc.tv satellite for our wedding gift and it’s been the best thing ever. After a long hard day at the office I love nothing more than to come on home, open up a great bottle of red wine and chill out in front of an old Clark Gable movie with him on the couch. Even the dog seems to like the relaxing time!

It’s just a great way for me to unwind and not have to think of anything and I know my husband appreciates it more than he lets on. We get all these great movie channels like AMC where they often show old movies during the day and at night and I often have my pick of a lot of the things I’ve been wanting to see at theaters and never got around to. It was the best wedding gift we got, if you ask me, and I say that even knowing we got some 400-thread count sheets from my husband’s mother! That’s a lot to say!