I was off by a day from Angel’s predicted date for the pups, I thought she marked the 26th, actually she had the 28th marked on the calendar. No matter, on the 27th Tori delivered 7 very healthy pups. Of corse just in time to get me out work for the day. First was delivered at 6:45 am and the 7th around 9 am. Smooth as silk, what a great mom she is. So anyone who’s looking for English Springer Spaniel pups better jump in line, 5 males and 2 females this run. On the cool note, 5 of them are the more rare ‘tri-colored’, black/white/ran or liver/white/tan. I’ll post pics up here tomorrow, they are on Angel’s laptop right now.
If Angel’s half calculation/half guess is right we should be seeing pups any time now, Tori our only female English Springer Spaniel should be ready to pop any time now, Angel worked out her due date and it is today. I’m pretty sure she’s real close, the pups have really been riding low the past couple of days and Tori has been acting very clingy. Wonder if she’ll do the same as last time and wait until I’m heading out the door for work in the morning and decide to pop. Served two good purposes then, I took the day off from work and helped supervise the birthing. Last litter was only eight, after only a single ‘tie’, this time around there were at least 4, so a full litter of a dozen or more is likely. Maybe we’ll again get lucky and see a good percentage of females (the score was 6-2 for females to males, fortunately everyone was looking for females) and a few tri-colors this time around again would be cool too.
Only time will tell now… We are really just hoping for another easy litter on Tori. We are debating on whether or not to have her spayed after this litter, sure seemed like a great idea a while back about setting up a full fledged kennel, now it’s looking like way too much work for Angel to handle all day.
It’s been a very long day, left the house at 4am headed to Jefferson, WI for the spring automotive swap meet, I was hoping to get lucky and find some new injectors for my Cummins Diesel, no such luck. Actually didn’t find much of anything I needed or really had a use for. Too bad I’m not running a small block Chevy anymore or even own anything I would put one in, found everything from blocks to superchargers for them. Nothing for my Willey’s FC-150 either 
, granted I wasn’t really looking that hard for the Willey’s, still need to make sure I can get it tagged before I go dumping too much more time and $$ into it.
Adds up to 200 miles worth of fuel, and about 5 miles of rubber from my boots, and froze my ass off! It stayed around 25 degrees all morning with a fairly stiff 10-15 mph wind. But Mike got all the new body parts to replace all of the tin on the front end and doors for his GMC 1 ton. So it was a well spent day, frozen or not it made for a good time.
Drove back home, just in time to take the girls to town for a little aquarium shopping and goofing off, (tack on another 200 miles) The day is done and I’m toast. Tomorrow it’s to Angel’s moms place to move a couple refrigerators, washing machine, dryer, range and who knows what else hee hee…. Need to make room for all new appliances that are due in Wednesday I think.
Forwarded from WCCA email:
Dear fellow gun owner:
This year’s fight for concealed carry will be every bit as tough as last
year’s. But it’s still winnable.
What would help enormously is if we could raise funds to advertise in newspapers in targeted legislative districts around the state.
To that end, Tim Morton and the Wolf River Artisans’ Guild have generously donated their time and efforts to craft a beautiful package of two custom handguns, a custom knife, custom holsters and a custom presentation case.
You can win this package, and help in our efforts to sway the opinions of citizens in key legislative districts, by entering the raffle being run by the Wolf River Artisans’ Guild.
The Wolf River Artisans’ Guild, just like the Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association, is all-volunteer and non-profit. All profits from the raffle will go toward helping pass the Personal Protection Act.
In-progress photos of the raffle prizes are being updated on the Wolf River Artisans’ Guild site at each step of the process. The link to their website is below, as is a description by Tim Morton of the package.
We’ve all been frustrated by newspaper editorials that distort the facts about concealed carry. With your purchase of even one raffle ticket, we can fight the media on their own turf.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has already fired its opening shot in the concealed carry fight with the usual “blood in the streets” editorial. Isn’t it about time we started preparing ourselves to fire back?
Please consider the purchase of even just one ticket to help in this effort.
Also, please forward this email to every gun owner you know.
And good luck in the raffle!
Thanks,
The Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association
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Fantastic! Now you have an opportunity to help your Wisconsin Concealed Carry Association with a small donation and in the process have a chance to win one of the most wonderful packages you’ll ever see.
Wolf River Artisans’ Guild is putting together a concealed-carry packageespecially for the WCCA. If you open your wallets wide enough, the WCCA will be able to run newspaper ads in support of the Personal Protection Act. That would be terrific - and so is the package!
The package consists of two handguns, a tactical knife, three holsters, a belt and a presentation case for all.
The first handgun is a Springfield Armory “Champion” - a stainless steel .45 semi-auto pistol that is a 1911-A1 with a 4″ barrel. It has already been to the gunsmith for a complete tune-up and trigger brought to 4 lbs. pull. It’s now on its way to the engraver for a tasteful yet bodacious treatment. The
grips will be of silver and fully engraved. The holster will be Haugen’s “Enforcer” in Python.
The second handgun is a Ruger SP101 - a stainless steel compact handful of .357 magnum. It is presently at the engraver’s having a tasteful yet bodacious treatment. The grips are the standard recoil-absorbing rubber;
however, the inlays in the grips will be silver and fully engraved. The
holster will be Haugen’s “Defender” also in Python.
The tactical knife is a button-lock with safety release; AUS8 stainless that has been heat/cryo-treated; satin finished; 8″ overall, 4 1/2″ closed. The knife is being built at Merlin Blades and will then go to the engraver for
the finishing touches (you know… bodacious). Its holster will also be from Haugen and in Python.
All this will be housed in a presentation case in exotic wood with stainless fittings. The lid will lift to expose the handguns and knife in their own leather-lined depressions. The first drawer will house the leather goods,
and the bottom drawer will contain cleaning and polishing gear.
This is a single package and winner takes all. The drawing will be at the Wolf River facilities on Labor Day - Sept. 5, 2005. Tickets are a $20 donation each. Every bit of profit goes directly to the Wisconsin Concealed
Carry Association. All state and federal firearms laws must be adhered to. You need not be present to win. Total package value is $5,500.
All information about the package and ordering can be found on the Wolf River Artisans’ Guild website: http://www.WolfRiverGuild.org
Good luck, and support concealed carry!
