Saturday, December 6, 2014

Doing The Secret Santa Thing...

...this year and it is the first time I have ever partaken in it. I think there are eight of us who are joining in for it. We all agreed on a limit of $250 per person's gift but I think that was changed by some tightwad in the group to $200. That is too bad because some of the best gifts on my wish list go for about $300-$3450 (we all agreed that if the gift cost more than the amount we pledged, then the recipient is to pay the remainder of the balance). I also picked out and listed several lower priced items though and to tell the truth it probably would be nicer to get them instead of a single high priced item.

As for my list, here it is:


Glenn’s UPDATED Wish List

Moonshine Cherries (this might be the most fun of all to receive and use)

Gift Card for Zum Stammtisch (a great German restaurant in my old neighborhood)


Case® Christmas 2014 Trapper - Engraved "Holly" Bolsters
http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/products/Case/Case%C2%AE+Christmas+2014+Trapper+-+Engraved+%22Holly%22+Bolsters/CA44776E.html

Cash or American Express Gift card to help me buy this crossbow: SA-Sports Empire Beowulf Crossbow

Cash or American Express gift card toward television plus COSTCO extended warranty. Vizio 32" Class (31.5" Diag.) 1080p Smart LED HDTV M322i-B1

Cash or American Express Gift card Toward SONY R380 HDTV or similar
http://store.sony.com/40-diag-r380b-series-led-hdtv-zid27-KDL40R380B/cat-27-catid-All-Sony-HD-TVs?_t=pfm%3Dshopping_cart%26pfmvalue%3Dtitle

Palmetto State Armory A2 Rifle Lower Build Kit
http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/1616/
The above lower parts kit is an example, has to have an A2 stock.

250 to 500 rounds of this ammo: Fiocchi Shooting Dynamics .45ACP 230gr FMJ 50rds 45A. Needs to be purchased by this Friday for excellent price of $16.49 per box of 50. Expect $15.50 shipping for 250 rounds. http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/12281/category/4413/

I gave my Secret Santa a lot of choices and he or she most certainly could gift me something other than what is on my list but the list will help give an idea of what I would like.

We were supposed to share this info with one another on Thanksgiving but that did not work out, so we did it last weekend at the combined birthday party for my son, daughter and son-in-law. Almost everyone was insisting that their Secret Santa give them cash and that kind of irked my son who was the one who had come up with the idea of doing the whole Secret Santa thing in the first place. That was everyone except for me and my son. I had my list made up in time for Thanksgiving and posted it on my daughter's fridge when we ate dinner there for the holiday. Everyone else, after being excoriated by my son (and reminded by me that if we were all giving each other $200-$250 bucks we may as well just not exchange gifts and keep our money because it would work out the same) finally came up with some ideas for gifts for their wish lists.

I shopped for my recipient's gift today. I cannot say for whom I got the present nor what I got, lest that person see here that I am his or her Secret Santa, but I will say that I bought the gifts today. Well, I bought the Secret Santa gift today and I also added a second one that was not on that person's wish list, just as a bonus over and above what we were supposed to spend. I know am almost certain that he or she will like them.

I also have bought a few other gifts and am probably all done Christmas shopping except for my mandatory Christmas Eve shopping frenzy. It is just not right if I do not shop on Christmas Eve. As for the other gifts I already purchased they include some fine ales and spirits among other things.

All the best,
Glenn B

This Is Gunna Suck...

...the this being if I don't get a chance to go hunting tomorrow and as each hour goes by it looks less and less likely.

Oh well,
GB

Best Selfie Ever And Certainly A Happy Young Woman

Yeah, maybe you have seen it before, at least the short version of it. This one though seems to be the full length version. All I can say about that is that it exhibits a youthful vibrance that probably only rarely has been matched. Man oh man does it look as if she is enjoying herself; must have been a Friday after work or a Saturday morning on a long weekend. 

Not safe for work, not safe for kids (depending on age) or the wife and maybe not safe for your heart if you are an elderly gentleman or have a heart condition as yes - it does contain some semi-nekidness!



My thanks and a hat tip to Herr M.... for that one. I had been looking for the full length version for quite the while.

All the best,
Glenn B

No Hunting Today

Damn, that didn't work out. Here I still am at friggin home far from the hunting grounds. It looks like I'll be leaving later this afternoon or early this evening. Of course, that means I'll only get in one more day or deer and bear hunting tomorrow - the final day for the regular hunting season. Now, if I had a muzzle loader, crossbow or a bow I could have extended that another week. You can bet that a crossbow is on my Christmas wish-list!

All the best,
Glenn B

About To Be Gone Hunting

Am going to had upstate today to get in a day and a half of hunting. Had figured on leaving at about 0300 but was just to darned spent after work yesterday and only woke up around 0530. Still didn't have the energy I needed to get going, so I slept  bit more. I am just not feeling it today though but will get going sooner or later. With luck, I'll drag my arse out the door by about 0900. That should mean I'll be hunting by 1PM at the latest giving me a few hours in the woods. If I don't bag anything this afternoon, it will wind up being an overnighter and I'll have all day tomorrow - the last day of the season - for my hunt.

All the best,
GB