The first face cord load of wood was burned up too fast so we got two face cords this time. Doug and I unloaded and stacked it Saturday. Its a good feeling to know we have plenty of firewood for awhile.

It took us awhile to stack it into piles hopefully we wont need to do it again this winter.

Note: A face cord or rick of wood is four feet high by eight feet long and is as wide as the individual firewood pieces, but averages 16 inches wide. A 16-inch wide face cord is equal to one-third of a full cord.

I took mom to one of her MRI appointments at Summit. I wouldn’t normally post about something like this but while sitting in the waiting room I decided to take a picture to send to some friends and family. I thought the picture of mom turned out really good so here it is.

Mom really likes this butterfly that she ironed on her purple sweater. She wanted me to take a picture of it not really sure why but anyway hehe I did take the pix of it for here so I thought I would share it with all of you.

On our way home mom and I decided to give Mel a call to see if she wanted to meet us uptown for lunch. So we met and took a few more pix. It was a good time and a nice lunch. Taylor was sure full of smiles she was happy she got to sit next to her Grandma. I think we should try to do lunches like this more often.

As most of the loyal readers know Minnie was hit by a car. You can read grandmas update on Minnie here. Minnie Rose. Grandma and I took Mini back to the Madison emergency animal hospital for her check up to see how she was healing after all the surgery. Everything checked out well and Minnie is recovering to the best that could be expected.

While waiting for Minnie to have her exam at the animal hospital Grandma and I found a place to park and look at the lake in Madison. As you can see in the picture above it started to sleet. This was the first time of this winter season that we had sleet.

When I was a child I remember Grandma and Grandpa taking me to a restaurant in Janesville WI called Shakeys. Grandma and I were going to see if they were open and we sadly found that they had gone out of business. So we were forced to find another place to eat on out way home.

Grandma and I found a place in Janesville called Milwaukee Grille it wasn’t busy so we decided to go in and check it out. We both ordered their special Chicken thingy and onion fries. Lunch was very good and more food then either of us could finish.

Jason and I were able to do a little boating and fishing this morning. We started out around 10:00 AM trying to decide if the boat motor would run. I decided to dry pull it and make sure it wasn’t screwed up and it fired off first pull. So we loaded the boat up and connected it to my truck put it in the water and all went great.

We headed upstream so that if the motor decided not to work we could use the current to get us close to the boat launch. I really didn’t want to paddle it back AGAIN ! ! !

We decided to stop at a spot where the surface water was smooth and glass like. Then we dropped anchor and tried to decide what bait to use. I set up my first pole with chicken liver and cast it out. Then I cast for a few mins with a twister but with the current as strong as it was casting was not working well. So I baited that pole up with a worm.

It didn’t take long and both Jason and I had bites. I caught the first fish a good sized catfish you can see it in the first picture kinda. Jason is as good at taking pictures as he is at catching fish. So the pix didn’t turn out the best. hehe.

Then after I knew the liver worked I wanted to try some stinky shrimp that has been sealed up and sitting in the garage for about a week or longer. Wow, was that shrimp rank ! ! ! We both did have bites on the shrimp but i think it was the smaller cats just nibbling or something like that maybe they couldn’t fit their mouths over the shrimp.

When we used worms it seams that the sheep head gobble them up so i prefer to not use worms at all.

After fishing that spot for a couple hours we decided we wanted to try a spot in calmer water near what we call the PIT. On the way to the PIT we headed under the train bridge and we both knew it was shallow but didn’t realize how shallow in some places it was. I was driving and the boat was at a slow almost idol and it jerked up. I knew right away i had hit a rock or the bottom or something so as quick as I could think I tilted the motor up so it was just barley in the water.

Well that didn’t do the trick the damage was already done. We had sheered the sheer pin. Jason has delt with changing the pin in the water multiple times but it was my first time to replace one without dry land under my feet.

We accomplished it ! ! It wasn’t as difficult as it could have been but it still wasn’t all that easy either. So after all that we decided to head back to the boat launch and take the boat out for the day. I think we will try to go again very soon.

I cooked these two rib eye steaks on the grill tonight. They turned out pretty good. I thought they looked pretty good but they tasted even better then they appeared. I could eat steaks like this every day of the week.

Do you remember this day July 15th 1999?

We were celebrating Grandma Faherty’s birthday.  Just you and me. A day I will never forget and a Lucky one at that. You drove us to the casino in your white Firebird T-Top.

You were the first one to hit it lucky that day and on a dollar machine to boot But…….

Then I turned around with a big jackpot on a dollar machine close to you. That wasn’t all…….

Next thing I saw you waving me over and hollering PATSY. I won again…..

I sat down at the machine next to the one you won on and got lucky once again and hit another good spin.

Just two sisters in our bib overhauls having the time of our lives. celebrating grandma’s birthday the way we know she would of wanted us to.

A day full of happiness, good-times, smiles, togetherness, love and lots of luck, kinda fits Grandma Faherty to a Tee, don’t ya think?

Before i go to sleep I thought I would write a little post her. The rain this weekend was kinda a downer I am already missing the Warmer and sunnier days. But hopeful there will still be a few of those coming up soon.

Had a good weekend. If it wasn’t for my teeth hurting i would call it an excellent weekend.

I am looking forward to starting another week. Hopefully this week wont be as painful or stressful as the last week. My teeth still bug me off and on hope that will be over with tomorrow.

I think i am going to watch some TV and lay in bed hopefully get some rest and start tomorrow fresh.