Wildlife Camera

The Wildlife camera has been clicking away in the front yard.............

Way back on Dec 5TH, the camera caught this guy paying us a visit.  As you can see, it was cool that evening at almost 9:00pm…….37 deg. I’ll bet he is looking for a warm bowl of milk.



Then this fellow stopped by around 5:22 am on the 8TH of Dec.  It was freezing that morning. He probably wouldn’t pass up a saucer of warm milk either.




On Dec 17TH it caught Julie, our mail lady,  just as she was leaving. Dale and Julie are great North Ranch neighbors and pick up our mail for us everyday when they go to the Post Office.  It was an enjoyable 65 deg at 1:26 pm. Strange how it gets so cool here in the Winter at night but warms up so nice in the daytime…. makes sleeping real good!



Whoops!!  Then it caught me "moseying" out one morning.....I "mosey" a lot. :-)



We’re really getting the wildlife, aren’t we? Here is Ms. Pat taking some pots and pans out to the motorhome.  Maybe I better move the camera to the backyard….:-)



OK....here it is in the back yard.  First night it catches our friend at 10:00pm . I don’t want to feed them but it's been real dry and I thought a little water wouldn’t hurt.  I think this is a beautiful Cat.



"Blackie" had stopped by a little earlier and had a “sip”.  I don’t see how these feral cats stay alive roaming around the area with all the coyotes, mountain lions and whatever else is out there. They must be "tuff" and smart. I never see these cats anywhere around in the daytime.



It caught a picture of me filling the water pan..



I get lots of Bunny "Wabbits"……….



And "Boids".....lots of "Boids".....(That's cat talk for birds)  :-)



One of the first pictures I got right after I set the camera up in the back yard way back on Nov 25TH was Mr. Coyote.  It was just after midnight and I have never seen him since. The camera must have really scared him off. I keep trying to get him again but no luck yet! We’ll keep on clicking and let you know what else we see out there in the dark of night…

It was a GREAT WEEK!!!!


We are so happy and "honored" to have one of the WORLD'S most well known, famous Bloggers right here in our desert boon docking less than a mile from our doorstep. The BAYFIELD BUNCH is very close.  We are looking forward to getting together with them before they vamoose the area.  Al and Kelly, we can’t wait to meet you guys.  If there is ANYTHING you need, please let us know.

Thanks for stopping by and God Bless you all.

Mike

This Blog is Published every Sunday and Wednesday..

Spring Is About To SPRING!!

OK, I will not bore you with any more reloading, guns, or shooting. (for a while)

I’ll bore you with more pictures of my one and only “Angel Kitty”, Ms. Megabyte. Most of you know the story behind this little gal, as I’ve discussed it a time or two before in my Blog. Here she is patiently waiting for me to complete my breakfast so we can get out on the screened-in porch that she loves so much. She is actually one of the family.  Janna, I don't know how you manage to keep Emmi out of your bed, Ms Megabyte would never stand for that!  :-)  And yes, I do think the "no see ums" can bite dogs....I think they will bite ANYTHING!!


She gets up on my lap and tells me “Hurry up, Pops and get this stupid Blog done so we can go out on the Porch”!


“Pops, help me get out of here.....how did I get all brown like this”?

Can you believe that February is about OVER?  Holy Cow, where does the time go?  It is good to see Spring is coming and it's starting to warm up. Soon we will be wishing for a little cooler weather. By then, it will be time to move to our "cabin" in the Black Hills and it will be cool again. Only about 3 months and we’ll be headed that way but first, we are going to enjoy some of this beautiful Arizona weather.  La fiesta is a big celebration here in the park and that is a sure sign that spring is almost here. Ms. Pat is Co-chair for the La Fiesta Dance and many others are preparing for the big La Fiesta Parade, Games. and Food!!

This is for Bev…….. Bev is one of my followers and left a comment on my Blog last Sunday that touched me. She is a Super Salesperson and is selling La Fiesta pins for the support of the North Ranch La Fiesta Celebration and she is doing a GREAT JOB! At the Sunday night Ice Cream social at the clubhouse, she sold Ms. Pat a pin, which I paid for and told Bev that I couldn’t afford one for myself…….. this is the comment she left on my Blog:


      Mike: Love yours and Miss Pat's blog! Thanks to Jerry Cavanaugh, my hubby also invested in reloading equipment. Does your savings mean you'll be able to purchase a La Fiesta pin? :-) "The Happy Hatter"

  Ha-ha, I got a real laugh out of that comment.  I had no idea she even read the Blog and if you’re a blogger, you know how much the comments mean to us and how we enjoy them. Wow, it means someone actually reads this!!

Well Bev, that is not only super salesmanship, but it won me over.  You bet I’ll buy a pin!  Thank you for reading my blog, and for taking the time to comment.  But more especially, thank you for the time and effort you put into making North Ranch the best place in the world to live. What a wonderful group of neighbors we have.  That is what has kept Ms. Pat and I coming back year after year for over 14 years.  Keep up the good work!!  One day I’m going to get a picture of Bev and her beautiful American Hat and put it right here on the Blog for you all to see why she is the “Happy Hatter”!  I love it!!!

It is a GREAT WEEK !!!!

I want to welcome a couple New Followers that have been around for a while……

KCGAZ
SUZE AIZONA

Thank you all so much for reading the Blog and for your comments. I LOVE them. 

Thanka for stopping by and hope you will come back real soon… 

Meanwhile my Angel Kitty wants some attention……See ya'll later.

Mike

This Blog is Published every Wednesday and Sunday..

Installing the new Bench…

Remember I told you in my last Blog that I had to make room in my shop for the new Work Bench? Well, this is the mess I was talking about.  I had temporarily put my new Dillon 550B Reloader up on this table until I found a workbench.  All this “stuff” had to come out and I needed to get organized! What am I going to do with all this?


OK, I got the bench in the Shop. Now..is it gonna fit?  OH!! MY!!  Where is Ms. Gina…the world's best organizer? That girl is outstanding.... she can do miracles.  She took one look at my shop up in South Dakota and said “Pop’s this place needs some organization”!  I told her that if it was organized I probably wouldn’t be able to find anything!! She told me to just leave her alone in the place for a couple hours and she would "fix" it…. So I was outta there!

A little while later she came and "found" me and said “Come on Pops, I want to show you your shop”. WOW, let me tell you, I was speechless!! It was out of this world what that girl had done in such a short time.  I stood and looked at it all so nicely arranged as she said “See here Pops. all your nails are here, your bolts are here, and paint here, etc.” Gee, now I could actually find stuff!  Yep, I sure need her now.  I miss her in more ways than one. I was so happy on Valentine’s day when she took time out of her busy, busy schedule and made a special call to wish me Happy Valentines day!! Bless her sweet heart....it made my day!


It looks like it may fit.  I’m getting it closer and closer…


There, it's in place and it fits…..


I knew I was going to need lots of light, so I found a light that I liked and installed it on my work table.  This lamp has a lid on top that you flip up and then it’s a Magnifying Glass!! Just the ticket for my eyes that don’t seem to be improving with my age...I need lots of light!


Ha, there it is, all set up, lamp and everything. Ready to make Bullets!

Thanks for all the comments and emails on the Workbench. I forgot to mention that we bought it at, none other than, Harbor Freight.  I am very happy with it, just what the Doctor Ordered!! If any of you decide to get one, let me know and I’ll tell you how and where to get a coupon that will save you a few more bucks.


Jerry had showed me his Dillon Reloader (he has about 4 of them) and told me when I got mine all set up, he would stop by and help me get started. Jerry has been shooting and reloading for about 50 years. He and his wife Caryl are Ms. Pats instructors at her range shooting class. I was very grateful for the help as I had several questions about things I wasn’t sure of. He showed me how to set it properly and he made a couple bullets as I watched.


Then he said “OK. now it's your turn”! Here I go, lets see now, put the bullet right there and then pull the lever……….


Ah Ha, there we go...my first BULLET…my calipers say it is right on!! I made about 10 and took them out to the range the next day and shot them.  They worked GREAT!  So I came home and made 300 more.   See, you can teach an old dog new tricks!! I learned a new TRICK!!

It was a GREAT WEEK!! 

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to everyone for all the help and encouragement. Rod, I sure enjoy the Speer’s Reloading Manual you advised me to get. 

Have a great week everyone and God Bless you all.. as we take time to give thanks to our Father in Heaven for all His Blessing bestowed upon us….

Mike

This Blog is Published every Sunday and Wednesday..

Not Another Project ?

Putting together a Workbench can’t be hard, can it?   Naw, this is gonna be fun!  Ms. Pat found this workbench on the internet and I liked the looks of it. I needed a workbench for my Reloader since the table I was using was too low.  Friday when we were in the Big City, we went to  look at it…….looked great to me.  This should work fine and luckily, it was “on sale”.  The list price was $230.00 and with the sale and a coupon we had, the total ended up being $130.00.   I couldn’t build one for that!!  So we brought it home. WOW, was it ever HEAVY!  The big healthy boys at the store loaded it into my pickup…..(love that Pickup)

Now getting it unloaded when we got home was only the start of the project. Ms. Pat and I slid it out of the truck bed and let one end down, then the other. That wasn’t bad, now it’s unloaded in the middle of the carport... time to open the box! Ms. Pat was busy, so I told her to get on back to her project and I would handle this…


I don’t know how they get so much packed into these boxes.  I had parts and pieces strung all the way around the carport as I checked to make sure all of the parts were there...Hmmm, let’s see now………Uh Oh, you guessed it, Chinese directions.  I should have known.


There were more "dad gum" pieces than you can believe. Here is one I recognize....the TOP!!  Let’s see where is all this other stuff?   What is this it says here? I went in and told Ms. Pat that it says this is a “two person” job. You have to have a companion!! 


Soon we had the ends fastened to the lower shelf with these special “bolts”.  It took us longer to read and understand how to use them than it did to do it! I should have taken Chinese in school……


Even Ms. Pat gets into reading the directions as we attach the base to the top.  This thing is well built and it is heavy….. I told her, let's not get it backwards because I would like to have the drawers in the FRONT!!  


Hey, lookin' good and so far I’m impressed with it. I don’t need this wood vise that comes with it and I may take it off later..


WOW,!!  Now the drawers……4 of them and a "jillion" pieces...NO KIDDING!   Let's see....where are those directions????  Part #16 fastens to #17 and that fastens to #19 after you first insert #23 and, and.......Hey, there is no number on this one....this is confusing!!! 


Finally about got one done...........,I’m the screwer….. 

Ya.... I’m the screwer alright……The "screwer-upper" that is!!  After we got the first one done, it wouldn’t fit and we discovered I had the ends mixed up.   Ms. Pat left me alone for 5 minutes and I screwed it up. :-)  Soooo.....take it apart and start over. Ms. Pat says "stay calm, take a deep breath, we'll get it"..  At least I’m glad we didn’t do them all that way.  It's fun doing this kind of stuff with Ms. Pat, because the more frustrated I get, the more she laughs…then she gets me laughing……Ha ha, it’s a blast.....beats getting all mad and bent out of shape for sure!


Ah Ha, the finished product.  Drawers are on the front and they even WORK. They are felt lined and everything…..I like it.  This should work fine for my Reloading bench.  Now to get it in my shop…..  That’s gonna take some doing, as it’s a MESS!!

It is a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Thanks for stopping by………….

Mike

This Blog is Published every Wednesday and Sunday..

A Full Day at Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Arizona

Yesterday was our big day at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility just North of Phoenix. As I mentioned in my last Blog, we were scheduled to spend a long day at one of the largest dedicated shooting and training facilities in the U.S. Since we were informed they had a campground, we decided it would give us a chance to take the Motorhome for needed exercise and spend the night right at the facility. Friday by 10:00am, we were cruising down the highway on a beautiful day with Ms. Pat in the co-pilot seat and Ms. Megabyte2 curled up in my recliner. It was a wonderful day and a great day to travel. I was just getting warmed up when we arrived at our destination. Wow!!   60 miles and I didn’t want to stop yet. I could have easily have driven 600 miles. :-)


By noon we had arrived at “Shooters Campground”, paid the fee, found our campsite and gotten all settled in. There were only a few other campers here and the campsites were huge with 50 amp Electric and Water hook ups at each site.. This is a BIG PLACE, over 1500 acres.  Aw, some time to sit back and relax a little before our big day tomorrow that starts early, like at 7:00am. NOPE, time to run into the big city and hit Costco, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Sam’s and WalMart, etc. We didn’t even make it home by Happy Hour and man we hit some outrageous traffic……..5:30 before we got back to the Campsite but we had accomplished a lot.

We had all our shopping done and saved us a separate trip.  Now thankfully, we won’t have to come back to this terrible traffic for a while, I hope! We are spoiled, living way out in the quiet country like we do…..that 80mph, 10 lane, bumper to bumper traffic about drives me bonkers…Whew!

With a good night's sleep, we were up and ready to go at 7:00am. There were 40 people signed up for this class and they fill up weeks in advance.. We spent all morning in the classroom learning all types of Arizona laws and procedures, along with safety procedures, safe gun handling, sight alignment and even some gun cleaning tips.  We had a 45 minute break at lunch time and were instructed to show up at the pistol range with 100 rounds of ammunition.


After a couple hours of closely supervised hands on gun handling instructions and several different shooting scenarios at the range, we went straight back to the classroom for more training.  We were both so busy we didn’t have time to get any pictures of us all shooting. The final shoot was for qualification. Ms. Pat shot right ahead of me. I knew she would put the pressure on and she did!  Shot 100% with about a 3” pattern. The instructor was quite impressed and complimented her and told her “Excellent”!  Ugh, now that really put the pressure on me! I told myself I was going to beat her.  Wow, now I can only “tie” her……but could I do that?  She never slacks up……. she is trying to make me nervous and she succeeded.  I was nervous. I tried to calm down, you know, deep breaths and all that.

Now wait a minute, I’ve done this a zillion times.  Why should I be nervous?  I thought..."she has been shooting more than me, my eyes aren’t what they used to be, etc., etc."  Hmmm...excuses, excuses.  :-) Anyhow, I got myself relaxed a little and went up and shot 100%.  Whew.....I must have got lucky, my pattern was even a “little” closer than hers...not much but a little! 

Now the last exercise was the final qualification 22 question TEST.  Oh, I hate tests……..and you had to pass.  Ms. Pat flew through hers and wouldn’t let me see any of her answers.   Darn!.  :-)  A couple of questions were confusing and worded poorly in my opinion.  I knew she would get 100% on this test too, so I had to be careful and bear down.  I finally finished and turned it in to the instructors for grading.  I was getting tired, it had been a long day…….

This is Ken, Head Instructor, and owner of “Gun’s Plus”, a large Gun store in Surprise,AZ. He was very impressed and happy with Ms. Pat and congratulated her in getting 100% on both her qualification shoot and the final test.  Nice job, Girl.  You can bet I am proud of this gal !!


Yep, ole' Ken was even proud of me, as I also managed to get 100% on both.  Whew....that Gal really puts the pressure on me, big time!!   Oh yeah, I forgot to mention they had a drawing and Ms. Pat won a Gun's Plus T-shirt. 

By 5:30 when the class was dismissed, both of us were beat and tired. Sure glad we had our home nearby.  In two minutes, we were home relaxing in our easy chairs.


Soon after we got home, I noticed a few balloons on the horizon just before sundown. There were half a dozen balloons but I could only get these two.

It was a  beautiful Sunset and you can just barely see one of the balloons coming into the picture.  Now I’ll bet those folks in that Balloon have some kind of a view!!


But it doesn’t get much better than this!!!

It was a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Today, we are getting ready to travel the 60 miles back home and unload everything we loaded up, plus the big supply of groceries and necessities we bought in the Big city!! Through all of this, Ms. Megabyte2 just doesn’t know what to think!!  But she is still her lovable cute little self.....continuing to enhance our lives to no end!!

Thanks for stopping by....drop back Wednesday if you can.  Meanwhile God Bless you all!!


Mike

This Blog is Published every Sunday and Wednesday..

Feb 7TH, Is a SPECIAL day!!

Tuesday was most definitely a SPECIAL Day.....just as it has been for the last 26 years on February 7TH.  It was our 26TH Wedding Anniversary. Although the picture above was taken a couple years after we were married, I can remember well the day 26 years ago when we “eloped” and flew to Las Vegas to get married. It sure doesn't seem like it was that many years ago   We flew out of Tallahassee, Florida to Atlanta and then a non-stop flight to Las Vegas. I booked FIRST CLASS and set back enjoying a Champagne breakfast with my Lovely Bride-to-be. It was an exciting time to say the least.

As the Pilot announced that we were passing over Memphis, I noticed a tear in Ms. Pats eyes, but a smile on her face. Being concerned, I ask her what was the matter.  She replied that they were happy tears and that she had never before been West of the Mississippi River. As I leaned over and gave her a kiss on the cheek, I remember saying “You ain’t seen nothing YET” !


It has been a wonderful life and we have enjoyed so many things together. I hope we can both make it another 26 years. Hmm, now my eyes are tearing up.


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My Dillon Reloader came in Monday, so I had a good time putting it together.  I’m happy to say it was made right here in the good ole' USA, and the instructions are in English only!!

Nice, easy to read and understand instructions but lots of little intricate parts.


Here is the completed unit almost all set up, with the exception of the "dies". They forgot one item and I had to call them but they agreed to send me the Bullet Tray.  Just a mere $40.00 item that they overlooked.  :-) It should be here in a week. Meanwhile I’m still reading and studying on how to use this thing.  It's rather complicated, tedious and can be dangerous if not done properly and carefully.  Oh, what I wouldn’t do to have my good buddy JRoger from Florida here to guide me. He has 5 of these loaders and is a true expert in the field.


I’m going to be needing this machine up and running soon. Ms. Pat shot 150 rounds at her match at Wickenburg Gun club yesterday and I shot over 50 rounds myself just practicing.  At that rate, a couple times a week, our ammo is going fast…..

We had an enjoyable Happy Hour Anniversary celebration with our good friends Larry and Geri last night. They are the former owner/operators of Broken Arrow RV Park just 3 miles South of our place in Custer, South Dakota. It is nice to have them here with us for a while.  They are recently retired, full timers and are enjoying life in the South very much…..

It is a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Now as Ms. Pat heads off to her dance class, I will get started on preparing the Motorhome for our short trip over to Ben Avery Shooting Facilities for our gun training.  We have reservations at their campground and the weather looks great so we're looking forward to scratching our "hitch itch" along with some good shooting exercises.

Thanks for stopping by..... hope your having a good week!

Mike

This Blog is Published every Wednesday and Sunday..

The Crystal Ball is Getting Clear, Definitely a Trip in the Near Future!

As usual it was a busy week here in Arizona. Ms. Pat Line Dancing every other morning, then shooting at the Range every day she isn’t dancing, keeps her hopping. I've been studying this "reloading" stuff and keeping Ms. Pat's gun cleaned……..
                                                                                          

Part of my reloading equipment showed up.  The base came in and I temporarily clamped it down on my shop table. I have a nice little workbench spotted that I would like to get for a permanent setup. The remaining parts, including the press itself, will be here tomorrow. So I’ll set it all up and mess with it for a while and try to get familiar with how all this comes together.   I got the lead "projectiles" Thursday but the "primers" and the "powder" are still on order. 



It seems strange that the  PressurePro shelves in my shop are all empty. Before these shelves were full of PP systems that I had ready for shipment, sometimes as much as $20,000.00 worth of inventory. After almost 8 years, it's kinda nice to have that all behind us. Although, don’t get me wrong, PressurePro did well for us and allowed us to have and enjoy a lot of things we probably wouldn’t have been able to do.  I really wasn’t looking for a job when I found PressurePro. I was just looking for a Tire Pressure Monitoring System. All I really wanted to do was monitor my own tires while traveling down the road. That was a constant worry for me, especially when I would see all the damage a blown tire did to RV’s.

I found PressurePro even before they came on the market and we were a part of the Beta Testers of the very first design.  We talked them into making a lot of changes to that first system, but when we finally got the finished product, I was impressed! I told everyone I met in the campgrounds  we went to about the PressurePro system and many of them wanted one.  I would call the Company and get them to ship a system to these people.

Becoming a dealer and selling them was not even in my mind. Then after about my 5TH call to the factory for a system, they asked me why I didn’t become their very first dealer. I wasn’t interested at first but I loved the system and they were so easy to sell, I decided to make a little “pocket money” off the deal. We became PressurePro’s very first traveling RV Dealer.

Bless Ms. Pats heart when one day she saw me struggling with the sales, troubleshooting, sending out quotes, packing up systems and shipping them out along with making out the invoices, she asked me “need some help”? I was buried and struggling, so that was music to my ears.  I’ll bet she may regret she ever made that statement but oh my, was she ever good help. Ms. Pat is one that will jump in and really get involved and do what is necessary to get the job done. That job included keeping me encouraged and solving a lot of problems. We were working it hard back in those days, going to a lot of Rallies and putting on a lot of Seminars.

My son Scott was good with computers and agreed to set us up a website. That was what really set things off.  Sales skyrocketed and it was more and more of a job to keep up. I would always say “Man, I wasn’t looking for a job” and Ms. Pat would say “Me neither”! Ms. Pat was really good at it, she is a born salesperson and we went to the factory twice for training and she became an excellent troubleshooter, with the patience of "Job". But it was a lot of work for her. She would occasionally tell me, "I’m quitting, I thought we retired".  Every time she said that, I would give her a promotion. first to Sales Manager, then to Vice President and then I told her “OK, You are now the President of the Company, you can’t quit!".

So she was President and I was Stock Boy, which was fine with me. :-) I was always great at starting stuff and getting it going, but when it got down to detail, I wanted no part of it.  But again, it was fun and we gave it our best, both of us. Now it is just another chapter of our lives.   One thing for sure when you decide to give it up or as we are calling it "RETIRE", it sure is good to hear something like this from the President and Founder of PressurePro. (see below)

Mike and Pat:
Good to hear from you. The one thing I want from you is an agreement that if you’re close to KC, you’ll come see us and take some time to relax and break bread with us. I appreciate all your efforts on the behalf of PressurePro. You both have been very special to us. I hope you enjoy retirement, as much as you both did, this will be a change for you. If we can ever be of assistance, call on us. You’ll remain one of our favorites and we hope we don’t lose touch with you.
Do well and enjoy life!
Phil 

End of Story!!


Well, the Crystal Ball shows us a clearer picture of our upcoming short trip.  Next Saturday we are planning on a full day of handgun training at the world famous Ben Avery Shooting Facility.  It is over north of Phoenix near I-17, about 60 miles from North Ranch. Since we have to be there at 7:00 am on Saturday morning and they have a campground, we decided to take the motorhome. We will leave here this Friday, so we will be there bright and early and ready to learn. This gun class will consist of several hours of Classroom training on gun safety, Arizona gun laws, etc. and then a few hours on the shooting range. The class will qualify us for an Arizona Concealed Weapon Carry (CCW) permit. We both already have South Dakota CCW's and have had them for years. The permit we have is good for AZ but we thought the extra training would be good and we need to know the laws for this state.  I’m sure it will be well worth the money and we are both looking forward to it.

It was a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Thanks for stopping by. You all be safe and enjoy life..We are off to Church, to give our Father in Heaven our Thanks for his many Blessings!

Mike

This Blog is Published every Sunday and Wednesday..

Some Exciting News!!

Monday morning early, we received a phone call from my son Pat. For some reason, as is common with these cell phones, we didn’t get a ring. We could see, however, that he had called. But he didn’t leave a message.  Uh Oh, I thought to myself, not another emergency call. It was Monday morning early and I wondered, "Has Pat or his family had an emergency?"  I guess I’m kinda paranoid. I just don’t know if I can handle another catastrophe or not. Pat is a Federal Agent and flies all over the country all the time.  That worries me. His son Patrick lives in New York City and that scares me. Just about everything scares me. Anyhow, as soon as Ms. Pat told me of the missed call, I immediately called him back, at the same time wondering if I really wanted to hear what he was going to say.

I could tell he was excited.  He was driving to the airport to catch a flight out for the week. I don’t know if he was so excited he couldn’t talk or the phone kept cutting out, but I couldn’t understand him. I hate cell phones! I can’t hear well on them and between them cutting out, blanking out and the talk overs, they drive me nuts.   I finally heard him scream “Shala is going to have TWINS”!!!  I was so excited, it took my breath away. Wow, that is wonderful and we celebrated together. I knew that they had just announced a short time ago that  she was expecting, That within itself was very exciting for us and especially for her parents Pat and Michelle. This is their FIRST grandchild, something they had been looking forward to for a while. I knew they were extremely happy about that but to find out that it is going to be twin girls was out of this world. 

This is Pat walking Shala down the isle at her wedding in Lincoln, Nebr. back in Aug. of 2010


This is Shala and I dancing at her wedding.   We are so happy for her, she will make a wonderful Momma.

That was the top excitement for the week so far and I’m sure it can’t get any better than that!   Ms. Pat did well at her shoot yesterday at the range, She is getting into some action shooting now and is learning quick. She is shooting up the ammo right and left. I need to get to reloading. I have some reloading equipment picked out and I have been studying like mad trying to get up to speed on it. I had no idea it was so “involved”...Wow, a lot to learn. I sure appreciate everyone's help and support.

Looking into the Crystal Ball, I see a short trip in our Motorhome in the future……. Hummm, wonder what that’s all about? Guess we will just have to wait until the picture is a little clearer. Meanwhile, Ms. Pat heads up to the Club House to Line Dance and I head out to my gun shop to clean guns and do some more studying.

It is a GREAT WEEK!!!!    We continue to be in awe with our Lords wonderful Blessings!

Thanks for stopping by…..

Mike (the excited Great Grandpa)

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