Summer Heat and Busy Working

Nothing momentous to report but I thought I should check in with my "well maintained" blog. I have been having a good summer but it has been busy with lots of work. I count that as a blessing, having lots of work, as many that have no work these days.

Thankfully I also love my job so it all works out that I am not able to do much else. Soon things will slow down some and I can get some time off. Go play, have some fun.

For now it is just keep grinding away, get done what I need to, and keep plugging away. Even cooking my own meals has slipped a bit, as I am worn down and tired out during these hot summer days. About the best I can do is to make something before I leave, throwing it all in the crook pot. Websites like this crock pot roast recipe have become my most visited sites!

No license, No problem

The State of Texas has been doing a lot to promote fishing. The first Saturday in June is a free fishing day. No one needs a license to fish that day. But this is only a start. All summer long you can fish for free in the state parks. There are even numerous clinics scheduled to teach people who have never fished before how to begin angling. This is great for Dads that do not know how to fish to begin this sport with their children. You can attend a family fishing day and learn how to learn techniques, regulations and try your hand at catching fish on your own. 

These events hosted 2,300 kids and 1,400 adults last year. Of these folks, 20% of the children had never fished. Another statistic the state liked about the usefulness of the fishing events was that 47% of the adults had not been to the park before. It is believed that getting a local adult to a park produces more visits. 

I think it is great Texas is being proactive in managing their parks and fisheries in this way.

Mucking About

Hey all. Just wanted to jot down a few notes.....

The getting ready for summer season is heating up around here. I am starting to think about camping trips, fishing and more of that "lets get out of the house and go play" stuff. Of course this also brings up all those summer projects too, and damn do they conflict with going to have some fun. Like I have to paint the garage. Fishing or painting....gee, which would I rather be doing? Yeah its a no brainer but stuff has got to get done and I was always taught to pay before you play.

Since I seem to be drifting into ranting, I was needing to vent about the new Wal Mart. They recently built a new one near my house. I can't imagine it was necessary but I am sure they saw the $ and new it could work out. At least for Wal Mart. It is hard to say how much the economy versus the new competition from the big box store is working on things around here, but there sure are a lot of local businesses going belly up lately. I sure am glad I have my job and that it is secure (or at least seems that way!).

Well, time to run and get back to other things. Over and out for now.

and so it begins

Hi. Its me, Loni. Of course no one is listening just yet as I am just getting started. I am not sure yet what will be written about here, other than it is a place for me to write about my life and things I am doing. The title is just a bit of being goofy. I plan on letting er rip on this blog. I don't have much to say on this first post though.....but I will. but I am new to this all so it is hard to say how often I will write, how much I will write when I do get a wild hair to make a new post, etc. We will see.

Bye for now.