Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[OneFineAcre]

The general consensus is that the new rule was proposed and pushed thru by the big high $$$ hunting clubs, pandering to city folks in search of a wall hanger.

Since white tail spend their life on a fairly limited area seems odd that the clubs would have cared what other people did on their property

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Dang, why couldn't you have moved a little further south? Ribeye sounds really good right now! Ya'll have a good time and eat one for me! (medium rare, please)

 

[goatgurl]

ok, officially jealous. good food, good friends, life is good. youall have fun.

 

[babsbag]

No one ever comes to CA Well, that isn't entirely true...ragdollcatlady lives about 6 hours from me.

Enjoy the company and the steak and give mine to Mel.

 

[Mini Horses]

Way too far to make it there tonight.....maybe another time. Enjoy! Share some pics and we can all feel a little closer -- I'll pretend to smell the steaks. I like garlic on mine.

 

[Bruce]

You need to get out the torch to replace a faucet?? How the heck old is it? I can't remember seeing a faucet that was soldered into the piping.

 

[Devonviolet]

Well, we are back home. We had a great time!

The steak was delicious and Bay's hashbrown casserole was yummy as well. We brought a tossed salad & homemade Ranch Dressing, which everyone seemed to like. However, I didn't get to finish my meal.

I have a bad tendency to get food caught in my esophagus, and wouldn't you know that it would happen today. I will spare all the gory details. But, suffice it to say it wouldn't go down, so I couldnt finish my delicious steak! Although, I did get to take a doggy bag home, so will still get to enjoy the rest of my meal . . . only later.

Mel was his charming self! He is such a sweetie. Every time I see him, I am amazed at how big he is! He came up to me for some cuddles & scritches and when he sat down, his head came up to my waist!

Good food, good fellowship! A great time for all!

 

[Baymule]

We're back home, got the animals fed, put the chickens up, started a load of clothes in the washer, kicked back in our recliners with full bellies. @Latestarter can sure cook a delicious steak! My husband raved about the steaks all the way home. He is picky about steak, and said those were the best and cooked to perfection! We had a great time, good food, good company and a good dog! We love Mel! He is HUGE and I think he is all heart, what a love bug! He made the rounds getting love from all of us, he sure is a sweetie.

Joe showed us around his place, I now have serious pasture envy. Big beautiful trees spreading their branches for shade, lots of grass for future livestock, a really nice place. And he has a storm shelter. I really have tornado shelter envy now! Out buildings that will sure be useful, although one has Leaning Tower of Pisa syndrome. That will be an interesting one to fix, for sure!

While Joe showed us around, a big platter of rib eyes was on the kitchen counter. The weather was cool and crisp, all the windows were open and the door to the back yard was open, so Mel could come and go as he pleased. @Devonviolet and her husband came in while we were walking about and spied the platter of steaks. Now for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of meeting Mel, he can walk up to the kitchen counter and lay his massive head on it. He didn't even touch those steaks! What a good boy!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Sounds like ya'll had a great day!

 

[Latestarter]

So there ya have it @Southernbychoice Not ALL LGDs can't be trusted around counter foods eyewitness account presented! Picture a big old platter with 7 - 3/4-1 lb seasoned rib eyes sitting right there on the counter, and Mel is great! Truthfully I forgot I had them sitting up there within easy reach for him had he wanted them, when I took Bay and her hubby on the tour. Mel was more interested in standing at the backyard fence watching us and wishing he could be out there trying to tackle us. Give him running room and he's like a guided missile running out and then back and grazing you as he passes.

@frustratedearthmother you would have been most welcome to come up and join in the meal, and @goatgurl you could have come down from arklahoma and joined in as well! I did (try to) throw out an open invite to any who wanted to come. In my mind, I was thinking the more the merrier! I had the steaks and grill space! Maybe next time I hope?!

@Bruce the valves for the kitchen sink are very old, probably original, and though the hot one was removed and soldered back on to add a new piece of pipe (and 3/8" braided water line) & on/off valve for the dishwasher, the one for the cold water has never been touched. It has a 3/8" copper pipe that "T"s off the 1/2" pipe and leads up to the cold water attachment behind the sink. They then put in one of those "tap in" valves for the refer water feed on that 3/8" pipe to the faucet. I intend to heat and remove the old valve and cut out the 3/8" cold water feeder pipe and replace it with 2 new valves; one with an on/off for the refer and another with a 3/8" fitting to use braided line to the faucet. In addition, the hand sprayer isn't even hooked up on this faucet... no idea what that's all about. There WILL be an operational one on the replacement.

@babsbag your new faucet and sprayer as well as sink and tile look awesome! I don't "mind" doing plumbing, but know how and would rather do it myself and save hundreds of dollars over paying a plummer to do it. That extends only so far as the drain as I have no desire to work on the "downstream" end of the plumbing, especially where black water is concerned. Oh, and no need to worry... Mel had lots of high quality protein and fat this evening I took all the scraps and mixed with a little hot water then mixed that with his dry food. He promptly finished all of it! He won't be hungry again for a little bit He's actually sleeping like a (snoring) rock, right over ---> there

Not sure what happened with @Ferguson K She and her DH were supposed to be coming but weren't able to make it. Haven't heard from them but hope it was nothing serious. As reported, the visit was great! No need to repeat what the others have already posted. I will be having grilled rib eyes over the next couple of days as they've already been defrosted... can't freeze them again. Not going to complain too much about that though. My favorite piece of meat!

Next time I do this I hope some other folks can make it, even if they are a little further away. Y'all know who you are!