Lots 'O' Fish

We went to the Aquarium today. The boy had a great time. We saw all kind of swimmy creatures, including a sharks and that beastie in the picture.... No, not that picture! That's Paw Paw! The other beastie! Yeah, that one.

Fun stuff!

Trip Goodness

We took a cable tram over gatlinburg, the wife did some ice skating, and me and my brother and his wife made a bunch of dang meat pies for dinner.

It was busy.
It was fun.
It was just one day.

Today's gonna be another busy one.

The North Carolina Arboretum

On the way to meet the family in Tennessee, we stopped to look at some flowers.

Nice view.

The boy-o

A shot of the boy in a 57 chevy couch. Oh, how classy!

The Treen Ware Family

I started carving treen ware back in April, and this is all the pieces I've carved to date. They are in chronological order, with the uppermost being the oldest. I've posted pics of a few, but in order, they are:

4 and a half inch pear spoon. I carried this one in my haversack and have eaten with it several times.

12 and a half inch cherry spoon. It's my wife's.

14 and a half inch cherry spatula. Also my wife's. They have matching hearts. We cook with them regularly.

11 inch cherry 'no frills' spatula. It was almost perfect from the split off the log. I just rounded the ends and sharpened the 'blade'. It will go to sis-in-law Misty.

13 and a half inch cherry spatula for momma, the best stepmother ever.

12 inch maple spoon. For my grandmother, Mom D. She's the matriarch of the clan.

12 inch maple spoon. Beefier copy of Mom D's. For my sis-in-law Sonja.

12 inch maple spatula. Also for Sonja. The set is a wedding present for her and my brother.

7 inch maple spoon. It is going to replace the pear spoon as my 'kit' spoon. I'll carry it with my reenacting gear from now on.

I guess this concludes this post...

Heh! Hope ya'll enjoy the pic!

1000 rounds of .380

Yeah, I'm kinda a late poster to this contest, but, hey, I loves me some free gun stuff.

The Firearm Blog is hosting a contest to give away 1000 rounds of .380. The Ammo is being provided by Lucky Gunner.

It's good stuff. If you have a blog, get in on it. Win some ammo, maybe.

Slow News Week

Not much has been happening lately. Mainly, the family is gearing up to meet in Tennessee on Saturday. It'll be nice to see all the aunts, uncles, and cousins, but I can't wait to see Dad, Momma, and my brothers.

Dad says he has 26.2 pounds of ammo for me. That's nice.

I'm sure I'll have plenty to blog about next week, and if anything cool happens in the next day or so, I'll let ya'll know.

Sorry it's so slow lately.

accuracy

I took the Titan .25 auto to the range wednesday. 7 yards, off hand, weaver stance, sweat in the eyes, shooting at a hand drawn, 5 inch circle, 7 shots. The hole in the "bullseye" is actually 2 touching bullets. One shot is outside the five inch circle, but the results are pretty good for that little gun, with a sight radius of something right over 2 and a half inches. Used WWB ammo, by the way.

The target is represenitive of every group I shot.

The picture is telling.

The Titan is pretty darn accurate.

Ammo

One of the last three boxes of .25 auto in the entire town. I had to pay an arm and a leg for it, but I'm going to the range tomorrow and want to bring the Titan.

Thoughts on Concealed Carry

I've been carrying all day today, and I've noticed a few things that I'd like to share.

For some reason I had the expectation that I was going to be noticed as having an eeevill handgun on my person. No one noticed. No one questioned. I even got stopped by an Australian tourist and asked for directions.

When I was just going about my day paying bills, running errands, etc, I didn't even notice that I had it in my pocket. It was when I was thinking about it that it felt heavy. That being said, lighter is better. I had to pull up my pants a few times today. I solved that by taking up another notch on my belt, though. Note to self: when carrying, wear belt TIGHT. otherwise, your pants ride down and your underwear stays in place, until you pull up your pants, that is... then you give yourself a wedgie.

It always bothered me that Gander Mountain asks that all firearms be unloaded in their store, but I didn't sweat it before, as I wasn't carrying. I went to Gander Mountain today, and I knew what the big sign in the store said, so I left my gun in the car. As I was leaving I noticed the sign read something to the effect of : All guns must be unloaded and checked at the counter (then in smaller print beneath) except those carrying a concealed weapon in accordance with law and state regulation.

Score one for Gander. I like that they don't wanna take my rights away.


Aside from these observations, I have come to realise that carrying isn't a huge life changer for me; it's just an opportunity for me to further exercise my rights. Nothing to get excited over.

Huh. How'da thunk it?