Author Topic: Life is good (Read 4967908 times)

chamookman · « **Reply #20430 on:** January 22, 2025, 05:36:58 am »

Way KEWL ! Hi Gang * Happy Day -

Bob !

Pappy · « **Reply #20431 on:** January 22, 2025, 08:54:42 am »

This is great!!!!!! glad I kept taking pictures,

I had faith PA was not going away without a fight or forever. I will catch up soon, now to the farm to get ready to make brats this weekend and also got Rocky and some friends coming in from MI. for a day or 2 visit.
Pappy

JW_Halverson · « **Reply #20432 on:** January 22, 2025, 12:55:21 pm »

Man, it's great we got the band back together!

gifford · « **Reply #20433 on:** January 22, 2025, 01:48:22 pm »

Looks like I'll have to grab a hunk of wood, my rasp and settle in for good times again.

Pappy: your thread 'life is good' is the first one I check when I get on line. Been reading since well, seems like since y'all started posting it.

G

WhistlingBadger · « **Reply #20434 on:** January 22, 2025, 09:24:46 pm »

YES! Now my family won't have to listen to my hunting stories and bow-making failures anymore.

...well, not quite as much anyway.

Pappy · « **Reply #20435 on:** January 26, 2025, 07:21:39 pm »

Well we are back!!! Had a busy week at the cabin, it is the time of year after deer season that we make outr year supply of Brats, so spent most of the weekend prepping for that, did manage to get in a little hide work along the way. Been really cold here so about ready to do some ice fishing in my front porch pond.

Started getting ready Thursday for Beau and my Brat making Saturday.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #20436 on:** January 26, 2025, 07:24:36 pm »

Got everything set up and laid out 100 lbs of venison burger I put up during the season and 4 boston butts that I needed to grind. Got 3 hides in the rack got one to go.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #20437 on:** January 26, 2025, 07:28:52 pm »

Would have got the last one done but it froze over night so had to thaw it. Did work on a bow Cody gifted me the stave several years ago at the Classic, got it floor tillered then other things got in my way. My girls just trying to stay warm,

Ha d a good friend make a name plaque for Sally , she will go on our board for members that have passed on, she was very special to the club guys and of course me..

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #20438 on:** January 26, 2025, 07:33:00 pm »

Our special board.

Rocky and his son Brett showed up from MI. They stayed the nigh on the way to the SCI convention in Nashville, I fed them back strap, tatters and beans, great seeing them as always, good friends and really great guys. Our wood pile is getting low so a good friend that is having some logging done brought us a load of butt logs, this won't be enough for the year but it's a start.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #20439 on:** January 26, 2025, 07:34:48 pm »

Big A showed up for some bow work and I got my last hid in the rack after it thawed. So now ready for a week of dry scrapping.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #20440 on:** January 26, 2025, 07:36:22 pm »

A good supper Friday night and then to a full day of brat making.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #20441 on:** January 26, 2025, 07:42:20 pm »

We made 470 brats total , Beau got 350 and we made the rest for me, ran out of gut with 10 lbs of my mix left so I just bagged it in 2 lb bags and will fry it up like burgers. Hope yall had a good one also, missed yall and glad we are back together!! My life doesn't change much but am gald to be able to share just a little part of it with like mined people. Life is Good.

Pappy

bjrogg · « **Reply #20442 on:** January 26, 2025, 08:06:51 pm »

Glad to see it Pappy.

I gotta do some meat processing to. Need to plan ahead so I know when to get everything out of the freezer. The brats look good.

Bjrogg

Pappy · « **Reply #20443 on:** January 26, 2025, 08:23:25 pm »

Ya BJ took a while thawing 100 lbs of meat, I bag it when I grind in 10 lb bags so the thawing is pretty slow.

Pappy

bjrogg · « **Reply #20444 on:** January 26, 2025, 08:40:01 pm »

I do similar. I like to debone a cut my grind meat in to chunks small enough to grind a then vacuum pack it in big bags till season is over. That way I don’t have to cut it frozen and I can run it through my grinder half frozen. It grinds really nice that way.

Bjrogg

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