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Ooo, drywall!

Casey and I went to see our condo this weekend and the drywall is up. It was neat to see our place with walls- now hopefully things will move more quickly, ya know, cabinets and countertops and such. Haha. Anyways, I though I'd share a few pictures- be imaginative, it looks very bare!

The outside.

Casey already arranging furniture. Haha.

Kitchen.

The view from our balcony.

The master bathroom.

Big scary fire heater in the hall... it looks less menacing in pictures.

How They are Hatching

I don't know what the heck happened with my paperwhite project this year, but they simply haven't "hatched" in their usual way! You can see one bulb has shot up and promises to bloom in the next few days. The rest? Maybe they will bloom by New Years!

Big Kitties 2

so, today i went out on a hike in the state forest, cutting through my grandpa's property to get there. i was on a trail going around a hill, when i came upon some ledges. i got the sudden feeling that i shouldn't be where i was, but decided to stay anyways. i walked up around the ledges to see if i could find any tracks, a coyote den, anything. when i came down, i walked back down the trail to where i left it so that my tracks would meet up, and i would know where i was if i were to get turned around and find my tracks. When i did this, i heard the same noise i heard the last time and, hopped down to look at some other ledges. A few minutes late, i looked up in the general direction that i had heard the noise to be sure nothing was coming, when, a good distance away, the Mountain lion crossed a small clearing in the trees. At this point, i decided that was enough and continued down the trail and around the hill back to the house. Needless to say, if i hike in this area again, i will carry more than just a knife on me, and not hike alone.

CHRISTMAS PARTY

so last friday was my christmas party. i had jenn as my date. it was at the fireside inn from 6-11. it was alot of fun. dinner was at 7 and we had prime beef. it was really good then dancing started at 8. i didnt really want to dance but jenn and chris (a girl i work with) pulled me onto the dance floor. we did the chicken dance it was only me jenn chris and monica(another girl i work with) then we just keeped on dancing for 2 hours strait and it was a blast!!! im glad jenn was my date i dont think i would of had as much fun without her!

this is just one of many gunnersmate posters. i think i am going to try to make a tshirt out of it.

the story behind "And then there were two"

When i shot my doe, I kept her bladder and what was left in it. you know cause why spend 12$ to get doe in heat urine when I can get it for free? Anyhoo, i put it in a little baggie then and yesterday when i went out, i put it on the ground and covered it with leaves. i walked my normal loop which takes about a half hour(it's now 4-ish) and decided to stand in my tree stand. i blew my call a few times, and waited. just as i was getting to the point where i was ready to call it a night, do one last little loop, and head in, I heard something moving in the area that i had put the bag. so, i waited and listened. a couple minutes later, I heard more movement, now much closer. i turned to look on the other side of the tree, and there he was, walking down one of the many deer trails. I waited for him to get into a more open area, and shot. He dropped right where he was and was unfortunatly, not quite dead. i walked up on him and saw this (not a very pleasant feeling, in fact, rather upsetting) and snapped his neck, killing him instantly (I'm telling you this for Jenn so she knows that i DO have a soul). i came home, made a couple of calls and then after finding that noody was available to help, went out and got him myself. After some pictures(below), i hung and gutted him. Now I have to go skin and butcher him so that the meat doesn't go bad.
Take Care and Talk to you soon!

Karla's Cottage What I love about my Holiday Home

So, I posted to Karla's Cottage and invited everyone to my blog. Since there are almost 120 posts already, it will be days of visiting for me!

Come over and see. And say something nice. The things I'm trying to hatch need another few days before being exposed online, Jenn. I promise more photos to come!

a little treat....

So, as you may or may not know, The Lakota among other tribes would eat the raw heart of any animal that they killed, in belief that they would then gain the strength of the animal. Knowing this, Brian and I decided to partake in this part of our heritage, and ate a small amount of raw heart.

Brian and I getting ready to eat the heart.

Brian didn't really enjoy it, this amused me.

Okay, so I didn't really enjoy it either.

And then there were two...

Quote by DJ as he entered the house!

Proud Mama moment!

DJ made the best of his landowner tags, and brought home a buck!

With less than an hour of light left, the buck went down right where he was shot. He was near enough to the house that DJ was able to drive the truck out, and bring him in, all alone.

When we counted the intact antler there were no less than 5 points. Assuming the broken antler would have been the same or close to it, the trophy was at least 9 points.

The doe hung high of the ground, but this fella is so long that DJ is concerned about the animals that might be drawn in. We have him pulled all the way up, and you can see his nose is within 2 feet from the ground.

Oh and , No, Jenn, he shot it in the neck. :)