Spring turkey season opens here in Missouri in just about 4 weeks. I’ve got to get out between now and then to dig out my turkey hunting gear and pattern the shotgun. I’ve decided to buy some brown shipping paper and staple it to an old piece of plywood. That should make it pretty easy and inexpensive to help me determine which choke and load to use.
I’m standing here in line at the airport trying to redeem a voucher I received during my last trip to MO. Our closing date is a week away and we’re all getting pretty excited.
Tomorrow the moving company shows up to begin packing our stuff. I’m thankful to not have to do this move on my own! It’s amazing how much “stuff” one collects over the years. We’ve donated a fair amount of stuff to Good Will and filled a few dumpsters with rubbish.
We’ll be sleeping on air mattresses for the remainder of our time in CA and for a time upon arrival. I’m not particularly excited about it but I know the two little ones will think it a great adventure.
Over the weekend I made the trip into LA to take the NRA Basic Pistol Shooting instructor class. It was a long couple of days, but I completed the course with flying colors. I am proud to say I am now an NRA certified instructor for basic pistol shooting!
It has been some time since I last posted to my blog, there just is never enough time in the day. Here is a quick update.
Dee is due to retire from the Navy next month after 20 years as a SeaBee. Her retirement ceremony is the end of this month on the Port Hueneme naval base here in California. As soon as her retirement ceremony is complete we load into the truck and make the drive back to Missouri.
We’re closing on a house we bought there in NW Missouri a few days before her retirement ceremony. Talk about cutting things close! It’s a nice house; I looked for nearly 2 years before finding this one. It’s a ranch style home with a great kitchen and a full basement. It’s located out in the country off of a state highway and sits on about 10 acres of property.
The girls are excited at the prospect, especially Sidney. She has a very strong bond with her grandmother and can’t wait to be near her. Jasmine is looking forward to being able to spend time with horses. Dee is looking into starting her own business once she is there. She is excited and looking forward to what the future may bring.
I finally got around to getting my predator hunting forum moved over to a new domain name. It used to be a site dedicated to predator hunting here in California. Considering I am moving soon I thought I’d move the site to a new domain that was a little broader reaching and not really dedicated to just one State. Thus Predator Wild was born! While it is dedicated to predator hunting it also has forums dedicated to equipment, techniques, firearms, reloading and many others. It also offers a Blog for each of the members and a cool photo gallery.
Dee had duty again today and was going to be gone all day. It was going to be a nice day so I decided to do a little geocaching. After breakfast and getting everyone dressed we loaded up and headed out.
We met up with Jeph and his wife Sara after lunch and grabbed a few caches together. It sure helped having that many more sets of eyes to find those caches!
When we all started to get hot we headed our seperate ways. After a quick errand the girls and I stopped at Dairy Queen for some well deserved ice cream.
At the end of the day we logged 13 found caches with zero did not finds. Undoubtedly this was my personal best day so far. And it make it even better, three of those caches were ones I had failed to find on previous attempts.
The girls are all tired after our busy day. A nice warm bath tonight and they should be ready for bed.
So last night I made my way to the Century 16 and purchased my ticket for the Glenn Beck Common Sense Comedy Tour which was being simulcast from Kansas City. It was an enjoyable show that offered comedy and some interesting history which I honestly didn’t know. Glenn makes an excellent case about the way our political parties and country are going.
The particular theater that I went to didn’t have the full house that other theater go’ers have reported. (But considering I am in CA it wasn’t that big of a surprise!) Still, there were some where between 50-60 other folks there with me.
Glenn is putting on another show Thursday, June 11. You can look for a theater near you that is showing the big Encore show. I bought my picket through Fandango. To find out more about the upcoming show check Glenn’s website. If you didn’t see the first show I urge you to catch the second one!
As my first official post I will make a quick entry about my plans for the evening. I am headed off to the theater to watch the Glenn Beck show he is doing in Kansas City tonight. Since he announced it would be shown in 440 different theaters I was anxious to go see the show.
As soon as I make this post I am off to see the show!!
