Checking In

GM!

I’m still alive! And today is a very special day. It’s our 41st anniversary. The wife usually takes our anniversaries as a day off and our tradition is to go out for breakfast. In the past we’d try to sleep in until the dawgs had enough of it. They’d give us until 7:00 or 8:00 in the morn… and then we’d have Macey and stinky ol’ Mort climb into bed with us and roust us out. The routine would be a dawg patrol and then we’d go out. This morn we were awoken by a pitched dawg fight on the bed between the Niglet and the Beaner. This year we went out for breakfast first and then took the dawgs out. It’s still chilly out so the wife carried the Beaner in her jacket. Hannah snuffled and sniffed in the pooh and yellow snow the same way ol’ Mort did. The geese are back, the magpies are building a nest in a tree down the street and around the corner. It was a great morning to be alive. 

This week will be another bittersweet anniversary as well… our first year without Pop. Dad died hard from dementia. During his final lucid moments he always demanded that mom not worry about him. He wanted to know how his little pup was doing and how us kids were doing. He always expressed his love for us. Maybe he died well in spite of his circumstances? Mom came apart at the seams; she’s bitter and horrible now. I’m going to have to visit and take my shit and abuse, I suppose. Man up, Filthie! You’ll take ya lumps and you’ll like it too! HAR HAR HAR!!! 

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I finally got my diesel heater from Amazon up and working. Now all I gotta do is plumb the ducting into the canopy on the back of my truck. That’s just a matter of some duct tape and some creative African engineering I suppose. I’m going to have to stay in touch with Poli. He had a private range on his homestead that is in the vicinity of my stomping grounds. Last I heard from him, the fields are still under a couple feet of snow. It’s probly going to be another month before I can get in to my preferred private camp spot. If he can get into his property I should be good to go on mine too. 

I hope all of you are doing well and are off to a good spring!

Thanks for stopping by.

Filthie