Beach Bon-fire planned at South Mission on the 12th of September!

I posted something about this on Facebook (late June/Early July) about trying to organize a Bon-Fire at South Mission before the end of the summer before my Dad took ill. Well, it is time to start planning on this again. In fact, after my Dad’s funeral talking to Jesse, Lee, Joel, Dan and Deb and Kevin the whole “wouldn’t it be good if we got together on the beach…?” conversation came up! So, in getting with the above mentioned folks it seems that a good day will be Saturday, September 12th, 2009 for a gathering of folks from Kearny/Taft and any invitees at South Mission. Are you from Mission Village? Serra Mesa? You should be there! :)

We will try and get a Fire ring so we can have a fire into the evening. (We may need some wood to be brought!) Bring your own food and drink (I understand Mission has banned alcohol…?) and let’s have some fun!

Time: ? TBD (More info to come, but I know some cannot make it until after 4 pm. My son and I will want to be there earlier in the day though to exhibit our Boogie-boarding prowess! :)

Let me know if you have any questions. If you need my email address, let me know. (I don’t publish it publicly on here…) More details to come!

Daniel's first Football game!

My son Daniel has never played football and before and joined the flag football team with his Jr. High. This was his first game ever and he was playing defensive line and in this play he puts a spin move (practiced in our lliving room last weekend?!) and almost gets a sack! This and one other are on our YouTube site. (Link on this page) He had so much fun! I think he is really hooked on football now.

Here is a video of me shooting at the competition

Once again, it is amazing how easy it is to miss at even close ranges under a competion format. I know for me a lot of this was nerves having only done this one other time. But even some of the good shooters miss occasionally- which gives me hope! On this attached video, I actually miss three targets. (If you watch you will see me shake my head in frustration at one point after my third miss).
The format on this stage was to shoot 10 rounds from the rifle, alternating targets. Then put the rifle down and shoot 5 shots each from both revolvers, again alternating targets. Then load the empty shotgun and knock the 4 targets down. With a double barrel shotgun, that means load both barrels, shoot two targets, unload the spent shells and reload new shells, and shoot the other two targets.
Hope you enjoy this! :)
Oh, and coming soon, a tribute posting that is going to be very sentamental and quite a bit sappy. It will have nothing to do with SASS or any goofy stuff. But the 20th rememberence of my mom's passing is coming up and I will be posting a tribute to her in time to honor her passing in a few weeks...
Talk soon! MM

More CAS action!

Yesterday I competed in my second CAS (Cowboy Action Shooting) event...It was a boatload of fun! (Or maybe a "Stagecoach of fun" is more appropriate...?) My results were horrible, but I still had a great time. I sped up over my first time, but I missed some targets- even at close range! In fact, one of the things I like about thi shooting is that it demonstrates how inneffective I am at shooting when under pressure. I have been shooting for a while and think that I know what I am doing. And while I hope that I never have to use force to protect myself or my family, I calmly think to myself that it wouldn't be a problem to shoot effectively under pressure. But it is AMAZING how bad I start to shoot when the timer buzzes and the pressure of competition comes and the adrenaline starts to flow!

Anyway, we had a great time. My wife Brenda went and took the pictures. One picture is really cool- you can see the ejected brass from the rifle from the previous shot still in the air while I am taking my next shot. And I am one of the slow shooters! LOL

My son Daniel went too, and spent the day collecting brass (the spent brass cases that fall from the guns. Many of us reload the used brass so it is very valuable). At the end of the shoot the "posse" (the shooting group) that my son was picking up brass for took a collection to give to my son and he actually made a few bucks! Great job Daniel! My boy is working! Wahoo! :)

Oh! I got my new "Cowboy pants" and suspenders...how do they look?

Well, thanks for reading and we will talk soon!

MM

More Movie making fun!

For those of you who have been asking about the status of Daniel's movie making endevour...well, we had somewhat of an actor's strike! Actually Daniel and his buddies were so busy on summer vacation that no one really had time to do much. But we are still progressing forward! Special Effects for Daniel's movie project are on YouTube. In fact, if you click on the YouTube profile for "Roadkill07", you will see all of our videos! (Don't worry- there are no road kill pictures or video on there!) While you are on YouTube you can Subscribe to see when we update! And I would like to give a special THANK YOU to Sharilyn, who helped film today for the movie project. YOU ROCK Sharilyn! :) Talk soon!