I'm In

Not to disappoint I am in and posting my 2 cents for the last week or so.

Starting with opening weekend of the gun deer season. Weather was less than desirable on Saturday with limited to no action...minus Peter (Trigger) Best downing a doe at the crack of 7 Sat. morning, and the classic marksmanship of Trigger again on Sunday afternoon knocking down a 4 pointer. Pictures to follow.

Back to Hartford for the start of the week and then off to Osceola to visit B and T Meyer for the Turkey Day festivities. We left Wednesday night in a white out and arrived in O Town around 11. Family members making the trip this year were April, Layla, Jake and Hudson.

Brian and I hunted most of the time with some deer sightings, but no shooting.

Theresa's family hosted a delicious Thanksgiving Feast so with a break in the hunting action we settled in to watch the Packer game and enjoy a great meal. Thank You Again.

Saturday morning we were set to depart O'Town when Hudson decided that it would be a good idea to down a helping of Rat Poison before we got on the road. What a nightmare. To everyone reading if this ever happens to you this is what you do. First you call Poison control then you feed your animal 3 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide (this will require 2 men in our case B Meyer to hold Hudson's jaws apart and me to shoot the peroxide down his throat with a turkey baster) this will induce vomiting within about 10-15 minutes with light activity. Then a call to the vet for a prescription of vitamin K1 for the dog. Vitamin K1 is the antidote to rat poison in the animal world.

Back to Hartford with the family. Sunday I hung outdoor Christmas lights. Hudson normally my number one helper during such an event was not able to work to his full potential. Hudson was very sick on Sunday. Even though Hudson was not able to help as much as he would have liked we finished the lights just after dark. An aside to this is that we live in a neighborhood that models their holiday displays after the likes of a famous man we all know and love Clark W Griswald Jr. I have never seen anything like it. No exaggeration thousands and thousands of lights plus inflatable snow globes, inflatable reindeer, inflatable Santa's wooden cut outs, and music.

Monday Layla and I took Hudson to the vet. He got some medicines and is back to about 65% today. He is going to make a full recovery I am guessing by the end of the week.

For now that is all. Happy ThanksGiving and a Merry Christmas to all. Tis the Season!

Jake April Layla and Hudson a.k.a Old Iron Guts