9/11/01 Never Forget

Once again we have come to the anniversary of the attack on America. I see this date as a day of reverence and remembrance. This year we are seeing an attempt to build a mosque near the sight of ground zero. The Imam that is building this mosque claims it has nothing to do with the attack on 9/11, but will not move it. I believe that the location and the fact they want to dedicate it on the 10th anniversary of the attack is a slap in the face to America and the fallen Americans at ground Zero.
We are asked not to judge all Islamic people by the actions of a few radicals, yet

the Islamic world is threatening all Americans over one radical preacher that wants to burn a Koran in Florida. Our president and 99.9% of all Americans have denounced this action yet the peaceful religion of Islam threatens our people and country. I believe both the Imam and the Preacher have the right to do what they want but, if they were the men of God each claims to be they would do what is right.

We are still the greatest country in the world. Our current administration does not believe in the type of defence that made us the only remaining super power in the world. In the words of Ronald Reagan " Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same."

America is the protector of much of the world and financially support most of it. We are taken for granted mocked for our efforts. I don't care if we are respected out of need or fear but it is time we demand the respect we deserve. I know I am preaching to the choir but every once in a while I need to let it out.

Please take this day to remember all who have sacrificed for out freedom. God bless America and all who protect and defend it.

Still worken around the house

We have finally finished working in the yard for now. Deb has some flowers and plants started.

Here is the upside down tomato planter we got this year. The one I made last year didn't work out so good. This one is going gang busters. Deb Planted some Basile, peppers, oregano and parsley in the top and it is growing like crazy.

We put stone around the fire pit and lawn shed also.

I have also made a new nest for the BIG GREEN EGG. It makes everything easier. and looks cool

I got my outdoor kitchen ready for Pops party.

Who knows where the cutting board came from? It has been waiting for this home for a long time. I got an ATV cover to keep it out of the weather.

See you all next weekend.

Back Home and working hard.

I have been in Vegas for a trade show most of the week. I got home Friday morning about 5:15am. I slept for 3 hours and worked the rest of the day. Had a good trip and got some leads, I hope they turn in to sales.

What you see in the picture above is between 5 and 6 tons of river rock. Looks like allot. We had 17 1/2 tons delivered on Friday. Deb and I spread the other 11 or 12 tons on Saturday.

This is not as easy as it use to be. We started about 8:00am and made good time.

I started taking the wheel barrow to the farthest point first because I knew I would be whooped by the end.

Deb started helping me shovel after the second side of the house. She sould see me waring down. I would roll 5 or 6 loads out and she would spread it out. We started taking a break after every 5 loads or so.

We finished up about 2:00pm and got cleaned up and relaxed for a while. Next weekend we will attack the rest of the rock. Last evening we went over to Dan and LaFay's house for a big celebration. LaFay graduated from Mercer yesterday, They celebrate their 20th anniversary today and Ashley (LaFay's niece that has been living with them for the last 4 years) leaves for the Navy on Thursday.

Well we have been keeping busy what about everyone else. Y'All need to blog.

Keeping busy

I've had a long and full weekend. The state trap shoot was this weekend at South River Gun Club. The club is located 2 miles from our house and even though I did not compete this year we had some friends that did stay with us. Friday Deb and I cooked salmon on the Big Green Egg for out guests. It was great!
Saturday I pressure washed the deck and patio to get ready to seal it in the near future. I then went to the gun club and watched the shoot. That evening our friends Roger and Christie took us out to dinner at Outback. It was good.
this morning (Sunday) I met my buddy John for breakfast and we went to Road Atlanta for the vintage car races. Had a great time and got a bunch of sun. Not bad for a weekend that was supposed to be raining both days.

Been a while.

I know, it has been a couple of weeks since my last blog. I seem to be busy all the time but have nothing to talk about. Last weekend Deb and I went to the Indy car race at Barber Motor Sports park in Birmingham. We along with Dan, Lafaye, Larry and Connie have had this planned since November. I have not been to an Indy Car race in 10 years, so it was a treat for me. The funny thing was I pulled for Marco Andretti (Mario's grandson) because that is the only name I remember.

I have been to the Barber Museum several times but this is the first car race I've seen there. That place is beautiful. You park about 5 miles away and buses take you to the track. They have trams doing constant loops in the track so you can catch a ride anyplace.

On Saturday The GTP (Prototype) cars raced as well as the GT (Mustang, Camaro ect...) With the retro style on the mustangs and camaros it looked like the racing I remember.

Sunday the Indy Light and Indy cars ran. A lot of good racing and good times with good friends.
The green car is Danica Patrick. She did not have a very good day. She didn't even win the ladies division.

On the home front. We finally got electricity run to the garage out back. I now have to move tools and work benches to the back. One thing leads to another. Well that's it for know. See Ya!

I have been looking for something to blog about.

As everyone knows we got snow. So I got out the camera and make a record it. Deb left on Thursday for Canada to babysit for her 2 nephews while Johnny and Laura head to the Caribbean for vacation. I will be heading up next Friday for about 5days. I'm looking forward to it.

I like the way our place looks in the snow. Probably because we don't see it very often. Some of the pic's were from about 5:00pm yesterday and the rest from about 7:00am today.

This tree is the one I show in the fall because it has great color. now it looks cool in the snow.

This is along the side of our yard. It blocks our view of the neighbors house. I was happy to see no broken branches.

Looking up our street you can see a good number of cars have passed last night, and now it is very slick.

That is the fire pit out back. As you can see on the deck we got 3 1/2 to 4 inches.

That is the BGE hard at work. I knew I would be here all day, so yesterday I decided to do a small pork roast. I put it on at 11:00 pm last night and have had it going @250 degrees and plan to keep it going till about 3:00pm. As I sit here looking at my remote wireless digital thermometer the internal temp is 181 Degrees. Anyone that wants to head this way, dinner is at 5:00.

I have to head to Savannah on Sunday. I have meetings Sunday evening and Monday. I will be in Folkston Ga. (A suburb of Jacksonville) on Tuesday then home to get ready for my trip. Got a lot going on but all in all, It is good to be me.

Annual Realfoot Duck Hunt.

This is an unbelievable way to see the sun rise. This was my 6th year to go on this trip to Realfoot between Christmas and new years. My friends, Tommy, Von and Johnny and I took the trip on December 26th and were joined for the 3rd time by Steve. This year we had Chris come over for 2 of out 3 day trip.

The boat ride to the blind is always a treat. the picture above is the trip back in, but you can see how everyone is bundled up. When we head out to the blind it is 5:30 am and about 20%. The boats have no permanent lights on them, not even the green and red markers that are required by law. The guide has a large handheld spotlight that he turns on for about 10 seconds at a time to line up on reflective markers. The lake is only about 6 feet deep and full of stumps. When he is lined up on the markers all lights go out and they floor the gas. You are headed in to total dark at 45 to 5o miles an hour.

Every once in a while the spotlight goes on and the boat turns. the next thing you know you are still at full blast in a narrow channel.It is crazy. As you so deeper in the channel it gets narrow and they slow down.

Once they see trees fallen across the path everyone gets up front so the boat just slides over the blockage.

Realfoot is an eagle sanctuary, and they are every ware. This one was hanging out in a tree next to our blind. At one point we shot a duck and an eagle came down and took it away before we could get it. (Our National Symbol on Welfare)

As I said earlier it was cold. Here is Chris and Steve covered up from the wind.

This is the blind we were in for the first 2 days. The boat goes in a carport like place on the back.

This is where we stand to look and shoot. The black mats behind us hold the heat in the back of the blind.

Here is the back of the blind. See the heater on the wall. The Door leads to the boat port. That is a full size stove in the back. We get 2 meals a day in the blind.

Here is my new screen saver. This is what reminds me of how good life is.

BIG GREEN EGG NEWS.

To day I go for BGE101 cooking class. Last night I did salmon on a cedar plank and it was great.