A Fun Time was had by ALL!!!

Posted on by March 6, 2013

Attendees AD, Matt and his lovely wife, Christina, Evyl , Jenn and their son, JPG and Holly, LawDog, Chris, Farm Girl, Vine and Phlegmmy who was our gracious hostess with the mostest… There were a couple of others who floated through, and I missed their names and blogs (my apologies). Alan phoned it in, since he was tied up with work, the Nerds (in spirits) were there (and the beer was GREAT)…

People rolled in and out as time permitted, the conversation(s) were varied, the story telling hilarious, and the picture below deserves a ‘little’ more comment than Phlegmmy gave it…


It was TRULY a Squirrel moment…

When you have SEVEN dogs underfoot, in laps, running around outside and they ALL start going nuts, there has to be a reason…
Said squirrel, in fear for it’s life, jumped about 10 feet and disappeared into the eave of the house. That not being a kosher move, suitable weapons were procured; Evyl and LawDog were posted up to take the shot (as you see), Vine was dispatched to light the target, and the rest of us were dispatched into the house to ‘scare’ the squirrel back into the target zone…

Now us ‘short’ people had to make do with finding objects to beat on the ceiling with, Matt on the other hand, was able to just reach up and pound on the ceiling with his fists!!!

Unbeknowst to us, Holly was in the powder room as we started pounding on the ceiling in the adjacent room; when she appeared, there was a ‘bit’ of confusion and words to the effect of WHATINTHEHELLISGOINGONINHERE???

After we told her, she went “Oh, well y’all handle it” and went back to her chair by the fire 🙂

Sadly, the mission was a failure, and said critter never returned to the sight of his indignity…
(note- if something starts smelling in the ceiling, it just might be said critter died of a heart attack with all the pounding)

Evyl had a few of his holsters there, and many ohhs and ahhhs occured over them; and I’m sure a few orders were placed too, I know I’m ordering one!

Guns were fondled, and a “funny” thing was noted (and actually provoked some laughter as we watched others); as people were handed guns, they automatically checked them clear, even if they’d just watched someone check it clear, and if they were going to check the trigger, they checked it again! And not just one or two people, EVERY body, male, female young and old!

THIS is a safe group, because we’re all paranoid; and I’m proud to say I agree with it!

I know others are posting too, but I just want to say I really appreciated the hosting, food, beer, conversation, coffee, and the chance to meet with old and new friends! Happy Birthday LawDog!

Now back to reality… sigh…

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A Fun Time was had by ALL!!! — 10 Comments

  3. NFO: What FUN!

    The internet has given us opportunities to meet people that we probably wouldn’t have had otherwise.

    I belong to a “group” and we meet in person every other year, but in the interim we chat on line and communicate via our board. It’s great fun. I’ve made some good friends through the group.

  5. NFO – as ever, it was an absolute delight to see you again and to hear the dulcet tones of your voice in person. Thanks so much for coming out. I know it was Himself’s favorite birthday ever, and it was all the more special for your presence. Thanks for the gifties, (I used those knives when prepping that macaroni dish Sunday– SUPER sharp!) and please consider this an open invitation to come and visit any time you are free and in our neck of the woods. Hopefully we can squeeze in some range time next time. 🙂

  9. It was lovely to see you again and revel in your captivating stories. Since we’ve been iced in since Monday night, I’ll get those cuff links in the mail to you sometime this week.

    * word verification “comentsp”