Spring Like weather
Well, it’s been one heck of a warm week.
At our local watering hole (Bauer’s Dam) they have a contest most every year of who can guess when our lake will open up enough to run a row boat from Bauer’s frontage, to the Islands in the middle of the lake on Lower Buckatabon. I think I guessed April 19th, but I think I chose way too late. With all this crazy warm weather I’m thinking it will be much earlier. Wendy stopped on Wednesday after returning from her trip out of town to put some groceries in her belly and picked another date of March 25. I would of preferred the first week of april, but with with this crazy warm winter, I may just get lucky. Current picture of the ice out to the Island.
Thursday got the call from the Geiss Meat processor in Merrill that my deer meat I had processed was ready for pickup. When they called I asked if they ever did find my back straps that I never received when I picked up my deer cape (head). When I arrived and paid the bill for 7 boxes of meat, she was asking the owner Andy Giess if anything could be done. Andy explained to her over the phone that they were long gone, but to make it right I was allowed to go shopping in the company store for 12 packages of any of there prepackaged beef tenderloins (about 6 lbs) of regular, marinated and pepper. I was impressed that they would go to that extent to satisfy a customer. So off I go to work with all this meat in the truck, I did pack a large cooler but that wasn’t enough for all that meat. It was frozen so I figured it should be good till I got home. But, can’t have all those goodies just sitting in the truck and not taking a package into work to sample if I made the right choice to have the deer processed at Geiss. I grabbed a package of Garlic snack sticks and opened it at my desk to thaw a bit. Within an hour of sitting out, I took one out and bit into it. It was heaven on earth, the flavor was like I’ve never tasted before. I did share with my co-workers and they were equally impressed. When I did get home with all that meat, I loaded up our small deep freezer in the garage and it was filled to the top. I was thinking during deer season of getting a second deer because I had an extra doe tag, glad I didn’t. Thinking I might have to invest in a larger deep freezer. Years ago we had a power outage and I lost most of my deer meat due to power being out for multiple days, I’m thinking with the investment we made last year having the backup generator installed, I wouldn’t have to worry about losing this batch of meat again.
Spent Friday evening with my better half enjoying a steak dinner for her birthday. We like to treat each other with a nice dinner of choice to celebrate making it another year in this crazy world. Bear Trap has always been her go to for an exceptional and consistent steak. I get the garlic infused sirloin steak. Wendy is a very social person and invited some of her closest friends along for the celebration. Great time and conversations to end a crazy work week.
Went to the grocery store on Saturday afternoon to get some snacks for a late day get together for Wendys birthday, we stopped at Mapleview in Conover for a beer. Not knowing that the UTV club was coming by the same time we’d be sitting there, I had to get a video. The place was already packed with their annual ice fishing event. Was told they cook up lunch right on the ice, something they call a surf and turf. Bring anything to grill out. Gonna have to try to remember this event for next year.
A small get together at our house Saturday afternoon to celebrate Wendys birthday. I posted this on Facebook as a surprise birthday get together for her and did I get an earful by many how she could see this as she is on FB too. I’ve always been a fan of how people that do marketing and advertisement do things that don’t make sense, and this is why I did it. People always will always talk about these so called mistakes, I call it cheap advertising that spreads like wild fire. Yes, I do think differently and I’m ok with it. The UTV club did stop by around 7pm and I missed out getting pictures or video of them playing on the ice before they came in. Not sure how the arm wrestling started, but it was fun to watch. I played some pool and teamed up with the neighbor to play a couple games. But the money bets were being placed and you’d think having a pool table in the house I’d be better, but you can’t be good at everything. I donated to the cause again. Buckshots in Eagle River over the holidays let me try their Apple Pie flavored Vodak, I liked it so much they sold me a bottle. I brought that out and we ran out pouring shots (very tasty). The girls having a good time taking selfies. Wendy on the bottom, starting on the left top Lindsey, Jessica and Lindsay.
Till next time...RWM
