we really get to shooting again. Over the winter, we shoot. Our IDPA matches don’t go away and most winters, we get some practice time in, especially since Christmas usually means new guns to play with. However, usually starting in mid-February, we really get cranked up again and this one is no exception. Starting on Saturday, we have our monthly IDPA match (and the weather report thus far is favorable). Then we have a steel challenge match. Then we have a practice weekend. That is followed by a work weekend and IDPA classifier. Then our monthly IDPA match followed the next weekend by a steel challenge match. The first weekend in April is a USPSA match. We finally take a weekend off to get ready for the state IDPA match followed by a quarterly CMP match. Maybe that’s why I like spring so much better than winter, more recoil therapy.
Cricket will be shooting her first classifier in March. She is ready to shoot the state IDPA match. She is excited. Bugaboo wants to start shooting the matches with a .22. I’m not sure we can work that out. Unfortunately, despite her incredible strength, the M&P 9 is still a little much for her. She loves shooting it but I’m not sure she’s ready for all the movement involved in a match. She still needs a lot of work but she’s feeling left out. Thankfully, she will be able to shoot the steel challenge matches with a .22. Also, I’m hoping they’ll be doing the Sporter match with the CMP match in April. She loves that match.
Sunshine, guns and friends. What better way to spend a season!
This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 and is filed under Children, Global Warming, Guns, Weather.
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I’m slowly recovering. It’s been a long week. We all seem out of sorts at home. This weekend should be a bit quieter than the week has been. We need to get ball joints in my truck. That is our main goal. I really need to do some shopping for Cricket and Bugaboo. I’m tired of them wearing out new jeans. I think we need to go somewhere besides Kohls and JCPenneys to get jeans. They look cute and fit well then they blow out the knee in weeks.
This entry was posted on Friday, January 22nd, 2010 and is filed under Chaos, Children.
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Our montly IDPA was yesterday but due to the rain, Cricket and I stayed home. We got all the laundry washed and put away. Later today, we will finish up with what was used over the weekend and start the week fresh. DH did go to the match. Only 17 people showed up. I guess considering the rain, that was a good number. It rained the whole time. I’ve done that before and might do it again in the warm weather but not the cold.
Last night, we played with the electronics kit we got for Christmas. We attempted and succeeded at the second project, a transistor radio. We picked up some station in Spanish. It sounded like it might be from Cuba. We are all learning a lot about electricity and electronics.
We also grilled pork tenderloin. I tried a new rub recipe. It included fresh ground nutmeg, cumin, cinnamon, garlic powder and salt. That’s one of the best pork loins we have done. The cinnamon needs to be cut down a little bit but the meat was so moist and tasty. It hit the spot nicely. Tonight it will be burgers and fries.
This entry was posted on Sunday, January 17th, 2010 and is filed under Children, Cooking, Guns, Weather.
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I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. We had a wonderful holiday with lots of family, food and good cheer. I made out well as did the girls. I got a .22 conversion kit for my AR-15, new coveralls, a new HAM radio for the house along with a cool antenna, warm jammies and slippers and lots more. The girls got cameras and clothes and toys. I love that they still enjoy toys.
Right now, it is back to the grind stone. I’ve barely had time to breathe today we are so busy. I hope to have a range report on my .22 conversion kit soon.
This entry was posted on Monday, December 28th, 2009 and is filed under Chaos, Children.
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We shot our montly IDPA match on Saturday. The day was forecast to be cold, windy and miserable — but no rain. The morning was beautiful. Sunny, light clouds and very little breeze. Despite that, my shooting was awful. I shot DH’s Springfield. I used to like that gun but the last two matches have not been good for me. And I thought it was me, that my shooting for the day was off. I know it was last month. But, as the clouds moved in and the wind picked up, we moved to a tactical rifle match. Now, I have never shot my Bushmaster in a match. I’ve done little more than sight it in. But, I had a fairly good match. I missed a couple of required headshots as the light got bad. I loved shooting the bowling pins once I realized that I was shooting over the top of them. Once I put my sight right even with where they were sitting on the table, they fell — boom, boom, boom. Unfortunately, my scores are probably not going to reflect how well I feel I did because I had a magazine issue on one stage where after about 6 shots, it wouldn’t feed. I should have just dropped it and moved on but I didn’t. 120 seconds for a 50 t0 60 second stage. Then I had those missed required head shots. I had fun though. I’d like a front grip of some sort and to practice more to get used to holding the gun to my shoulder and firing for 2 minutes straight. By then end of the longest stage (our last), my arms felt like jelly.
Cricket shot both matches with us. She used a 10/22 for the tactical rifle stage. She, too, had some magazine issues but with a 4 power scope was putting three holes in the paper you could cover with a pencil eraser. She also did great with the bowling pins, even at the distance they were from her. She had a lot of fun. It is not the most practical gun for that unless we get some higher capacity magazines. 35 rounds isn’t enough and she’s not used to reloading that gun on the clock. She’s used to using that gun for CMP Sporter matches.
We tried to get Bugaboo to shoot with us using the 10/22 but when the weather got so miserable, she decided to stay snug in the clubhouse and read. I can’t blame her there. I was miserable when we got done. I was dressed too warm for the early part of the day and my feet got sweaty. When it turned cold they felt like bricks of ice.
I noticed one thing, a lot of folks needed batteries for the rifle match. I like my peep sights.
This entry was posted on Monday, December 21st, 2009 and is filed under Children, Global Warming, Guns.
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Cricket celebrated a birthday yesterday. DH & I joked with her over the weekend that she should be giving us gifts for putting up with her so long. She’s a great kid. I take her in a couple of hours to get contacts. She’s been in glasses since she was 2 1/2 years old. This is going to be life-changing for her. She is very excited. It is also going to make shooting so much easier. She’ll have the pick of any safety glasses she wants. Right now I am personally enamored with Smith & Wesson Mini-magnums. They fit very well and are very light.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 and is filed under Children.
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Cricket is absolutely glowing. I haven’t seen here this at ease and confident in a long time. She loved camp and is already talking about next year. DH was very impressed with it all. More later. It’s been a long weekend without them. I’ll just say it’s a good things kittens are cute and loving most of the time. Feeding time has been a nightmare.
This entry was posted on Monday, November 9th, 2009 and is filed under Children, Guns.
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Somehow, I really must find a way to slow life down a little. Here is a list of the what we could do this weekend. Most of it we are not.
Halloween Festival at school
CMP match
10th Anniversary celebration for my sister’s science center
HAM test (am going to this)
setting up wireless network at boss’s house
Trick or Treat
shopping for clothes since Cricket and Bugaboo won’t stop growing
And that’s just Saturday. Our monthly USPSA match is Sunday. We are also still bottle feeding kittens. I’m exhausted writing it.
This entry was posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 and is filed under Children, Guns, Life.
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I’m off for the rest of the week. We are going camping again. We are going over to the Atlanta area to shoot the Georgia IDPA State match. I’m excited. But, I’m sick too. I have a cold. So far it’s not a bad cold but it’s there and I feel it. I don’t get sick often. The last time I was really sick was January 2008 with a bad cold. I had a 24 hour cold last winter. I woke up congested and sore throat one morning and it was gone the next. That is typical of my colds, especially if I use Zicam.
It look like the kittens won’t be going with us. I think we’ll be too busy to keep a good eye on them and if I do get sicker, I don’t want to listen to them cry to eat. It’s grating on my nerves now. But, they are so cute. It is very understandable why God made baby creatures so cute. No matter how much they scream, they still melt your heart. I know because Bugaboo screamed non-stop for the first three months of her life. Anyway, my mom is going to care for the three kittens, the two bigger kittens, our two guinea pigs and our dog. Shipmate! It’s no wonder I’m broke. I was at the pet store again yesterday. It is a local place and the same lady always checks me out. This was the third time in 2 weeks I’ve been in. We joked about what my animals are costing me now. I’ve spent $200 over the last two weeks on pets. At least in another week, the kittens can go to cheap formula instead of the expensive newborn stuff.
After we finish the match, we are probably headed to a gun show in Columbus, Georgia. It’s supposed to be good. I’m not sure the point of the side trip. Since I’ve spent so much on pets, I have no money for guns. But, I do need some ghost ring sights for my Mossberg. I can’t find anyone with any in stock.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 and is filed under Camping, Children, Guns, Life, Pets.
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Cricket will be attending the Junior Shooter Camp at the USAMU in November. We are all so excited. She worked for two weeks on her essay. I’m so jealous. The roster of instructors is like the Who’s Who of USPSA/Steel Challenge. Plus, she’ll get to meet kids that actually shoot. DH is going with her. We had a hunting trip planned for that weekend but it’s been postponed.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 and is filed under Children, Guns.
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