I am heading off for what has turned into an annual fishing trip to Flaming gorge (google it). My trailer is hooked up. I have just a few things left to pack and I am ready. Jim (son’s father in law) is bringing his boat and Danny (from church) is coming along. It should be a very good time. The fishing report is good for the gorge and I am hoping to bring back plenty of fish for the smoker. I’ll let you know how it goes and maybe a picture or two.

Food for thought

As we celebrate this Memorial Day weekend we are bombarded with public safety commercials about the stepped up enforcement of the seatbelt laws. Don’t get me wrong I believe seatbelts saves lives and should be used. I am just amazed that law enforcement agencies will pull over citizens for not using a seatbelt and refuse to enforce immigration laws. Which is the greater harm to the country not using the seatbelt or a mass invasion of the United States?

It is done, the bride has gone nuclear. I just have to give her a wide berth for a couple of days plus I get to sleep in the guest room. How much fun is that? We are sure that this is going to help. But we are both a little anxious.

It looks like the majority of the brides health problems may be related to her thyroid. This would include her mini strokes. At least that is what the doctor said this morning. They have decided to “kill” her thyroid. She will take a radioactive pill and in a matter of weeks it will be dead. She will need meds for the rest of her life to take the place of what her thyroid produced. So there we have it, some answers and something we can work with. I thank God that this was all it was. I want to thank you all for your prayers and thoughts.

Headed out for breakfast on mother's day

This is the bride of my buddy and my bride (the one on the right)

This is an old cabin on my buddy's property

This is were I have been for the last eleven days. We had a wonderful vacation. I did not try and post anything from my buddy's computer, he still has dial up. I will post a few more pictures

I am putting some last minute touches on the house cleaning before we leave for vacation. I doubt that I will post anything until I get back. God bless and take care

Our friends have headed back to Mississippi and we had a wonderful time with the visit. I went into the office for only two hours this morning and I will be on leave until the 21st of May. I am looking forward to this trip as much as the bride is.

I ordered a 1000 rounds of Wolf .223 and it should arrive on the 10th. The lady that is dog sitting for us will be here to sign for the package. I am splitting the ammo with friend Nate. He does not have a gun that will fit this ammo but this will give him the incentive to go get one. That is how I got my first 45 ACP. Some guy gave me around 500 rounds of old WWII surplus ammo. I figured if I had the ammo I might as well get the gun that uses it. Anyway that is the rational I used with the bride and it worked.
It has gotten to the point to where she hardly rolls her eyes anymore when I come home with a new gun or a bunch of ammo.

She is feeling a little better, but still gets very tired. She has not had any numbness for over a week now. This can only be a good thing. I think I will go check the mail and take something for a head ache.

The bride was feeling a little poorly this morning. She has come into work for the past two days, and she came in today. I believe that she plans to go home at lunch. She says that she needs to rest, and I agree.

I spent some time on the phone last night talking with the Lockheed rep that works my conference. He was telling me that everything went well. I do appreciate the guys I work with; they really stepped up for me when I left Sunday.

The bride and I have plans to go visit friends in Pennsylvania this coming Wednesday. She stills wants to go. Most of the time when she accompanies me on the trip to PA it is go, go, go. We have been known to run up and down the eastern seaboard. This year she will sit around with Tammy (my buddy’s wife) drink diet coke and eat potatoes chips. My buddy Craig and I will spend most of the time fishing.

We have a close friend that will house and dog sitting for us. The house is no big deal I just don’t want to put the dogs in a kennel. We had gone for 11 years without any kind of pet and I was happy. When it looked like we may end up with the first dog I told the bride it would tie us down or at the least complicate our life. It did not seem to matter and we ended up with Foxy, then we ended up with Dusty. They have tied us down some and have complicated our lives but I would not have it any other way. There is not a day goes by that the dogs do not make me laugh out load. Dogs have to be a blessing from God.