Fries with that?

Yup, I got my deer meat back from the butcher, on Tuesday! So, in following my tradition, I had some unfrozen, fresh from the butcher, deer steak! And let me tell you, it was awesome… So I figured I would attach a picture of it, to show you how big the steaks were, and yup, they were that good…

General Update

Yup, life is pretty busy around here right now, and things aren’t looking up yet. Out of this whole next week, Thursday is the most open day I have. Since Christmas life has been a blur of nonstop work, church, chores, school, and hunting. Sleep has been little, and days have been long. Don’t get me wrong, although life has been busy, it hasn’t been without blessings. Yesterday my brother and his family returned from three years of missions work in South Africa. I has been fun getting to talk with them in person once again. This morning, the last day of extended doe season in the Lehigh Valley, I got a deer. A small deer, but a deer none the less. My car has been running well, my family has stayed pretty much healthy, despite all the sicknesses floating around, my lizards Gerard and Julian are both doing well and growing daily, so all in all I have alot to be thankful for. Life has certainly been good, busy, but good.

My Life

Wow, the dust has certainly started to collect here… So before I lose what extremely small readership I have, I shall post. I haven’t been able to come up with anything good to post lately, so I will just tell you what is going on around here. Umm… lets see here, as is a tradition, our churches’ Teen Winter Retreat started yesterday. This was supposed to be my first year without going to camp, but at the last moment, I found out that I wasn’t going to be working today, So I tagged along for part of it anyway. The speaker this year is Bro. Paul Morrison, a missionary to New York that our church supports. He is preaching on the subject of being “Unmoveable” in our standards and conduct, the idea of being steadfast in the faith… Unfortunatley, I have to work tomorow, so I could not stay as long as I would have liked. This Friday my brother and his family will be flying back home from South Africa, so I am pretty excited about seeing them. I am also supposed to be transfering jobs sometime soon… and I will finally be able to save enough money for a trip to Alaska, hopefully… So anyway, no matter how boring this post was, I figured I should post something… Oh, and I am trying to find a theme that I like, so if the site looks different everytime you visit, don’t worry, eventually I will settle on one I like. Night everybody…

Yup, I’m still alive

Yes, yes, I know I haven’t posted in a while, but before you write me off, I am not planning on stopping posting for months again. My sister was gone to Texas for a week, and she is pretty much my only source for a computer, since I am either too lazy or too poor to build my own. Also, I couldn’t come up with anything to post about, so a combination of these two aforementioned events has led to the recent relapse in posting frequency. Hopefully something exciting(or really boring) happens soon so that I will have something to post about.

Winter is Here!

Finally, the season I have been waiting for with bated breath (ok…maybe not) is here! This is the first winter I have had my Nikon D40 DSLR camera… and I am quite excited about it. For those of you who know a little bit about Photography, winter is the perfect lighting season. Most other times of the year sunrise and sunset are the best times to take pictures, but then you have to get up early, and the lighting changes very quickly. I mean, sure, you can use filters and junk, but nothing is quite the same a pure natural lighting. So, now that winter is here, there will be more outside pictures than usual on my blog (hopefully). So here are a few I took today…

The Name Has Been Chosen!

First off, I would like to say thankyou to all of you who voted for a particular name. Nebuchadnezzar was the overwhelming majority pick… BUT it was not chosen sorry everyone. Thanks to Tobi’s suggestion, I came up with a name that was not placed on the list. Tobi suggested that I name the lizard Julius… now while I like this name, it didn’t seem right for this particular lizard (plus it makes me think of fruit juice), but even though I didn’t choose Tobi’s suggestion, it gave me an idea. His suggestion is very similar to a name I have always liked, for some odd reason, and it was the first thing I thought of when I saw the suggestion. So without further ramblings to draw this out any further, go here to see the name…

Name Update

Even though I changed lizards in the middle of this name quest… I still need a name for my Bearded Dragon. So, I think I have narrowed it down to three possible choices…

1. Hidalgo- it is of Spanish origin and means “noble one”

2. Bilbo- umm… originated from a book, no clue what it means

3. Nebuchadnezzar- originated in Babylon, also no clue what it means

So what do you think, do you like one of these choices, hate them all? Think you have a better suggestion? Oh, and Tobi, I liked your choice of “Reilly”, love the name but I got a friend here in Emmaus who has a dog named Reilly… so that one is kinda out. Good choice though… Oh and people, please comment…

That was quick!

Well, the iguana didn’t last so long with me… my impulsive decision came back to haunt me. With more research, came more regret for having been so impulsive. I am now of the state of mind that taking care of an iguana can be related to taking care of a small child. To keep such an iguana would require boatloads (ok maybe not) of greens, veggies, and fruit, as well as an insanley large cage. So, I went with the better choice (thanks to Tobi) and bought a Bearded Dragon from a local breeder. The one I got is a rather inquisitive little fellow. He watches me the most of the time I am in my room, pressing his nose against the glass. When he isn’t watching me, he is chasing crickets, trying to eat the fake plants, or basking happily on his log. He like music, and loves it when people hold him, he tries to find the warmest spot he can, and is content to perch there for long periods of time. I am still undecided on a name, so keep the ideas coming…

The Iguana

Today I decided that I would be impulsive, So I went to the local pet store (aka Petco) to find something on which to spend gobs of money. After several minutes of browsing through aisles of white laboratory rats, $500 birds, and odd looking crabs, I finally decided to go with a lizard of some sort, shape, and color. I took me another several minutes of browsing terraniums, and trying to find one that I liked. Finally I settled on one very special lizard. I bought an Iguana. Supposedly they can reach up to 6 feet in length, but that is supposed to take a couple years to happen… hopefully I am currently without a name for him, and am open to taking suggestions… This ought to be sad, with the very small number of people that read my blog.

My Gecko

Well folks, I figured it was about time I introduced my gecko to you. He is a 6 month old Leopard Gecko. His diet consits of crickets and water. He is a rather sleepy gecko, and does not do much. Yesterday I finally got a picture of him that I liked so here he is.