BBQ Fun

This afternoon, I had a good time at the Florida BBQ Association's judging seminar. Although I already was listed as a judge with that BBQ sanctioning body, I took the course for judging today and judged the wings, sauce, and kid-que fun competition this evening at the Georgia State BBQ Contest for FBA. I go back tomorrow morning to see if I will be selected to judge at the state level competition....I think that I will be able to do so. If so, that will meet all of my qualification to be a certified judge for FBA events. If selected, tomorrow we will judge chicken, pork, ribs, and brisket.

New Chicks

I picked up 10 new chicks today at the Feed and Seed....I got 6 barred rock pullets and 10 straight run of black giants.

Yawn

sorry so little has been posted...I am just really tired. This past weekend, I joined Bonnie and Ron at Hard Labor Creek State Park for a relaxed weekend of hiking and campfires. Ron had back surgery last year and this was his first time back camping since then. He had a pretty good time.

Difficult decison....hope I made the right one

A good friend at work has been seeing this girl for the past two or three years and seems very sincere in his wish to marry her. During the last week or two, I have heard from another friend that this girl has not been terribly faithful.

I debated with myself a bunch, and decided to go ahead and tell him.....I was very clear that everything was just what I was told, and not anything that I witnessed myself. I felt like a total heel when I spoke with him about this earlier today. I was bursting his bubble....he seemed to suspect it, but was still crushed. I hated it....but figured that if in the same boat, I would want a friend to tell me.

I kept telling him how much I hoped that I was wrong, and maybe my source misinterpretted the situation. I hope so. Of course, if that is the case, I have caused a ton of stress in his life without much cause and that pretty much sucks. I figure anyway about it, it is sort of a lose-lose situation.

I just hope that he sees that I really tried to think of a better way out of this situation....but I could not.

Good food, good times

Yesterday, I joined some of the GWS crowd for a great lunch. We were supposed to go on a canoe trip on the Towaliga River, but the recent rain has pushed the river up too high...plus it was rainy yesterday....so Kathy invited everyone over to her place for a pot luck lunch. Participants included Kathy, Monnie, Bonnie, Niki, Bud, Robby, Dave, and myself. We enjoyed a ton of tasty foods.

Today, I just don't have the energy to do much at all. I have been considering going and getting a new cat. I have about decided to wait until after my Okefenokee Swamp trip though....as that it is a five day trip and I would hate to be forced to get a cat-sitter while I was gone, especially with a new kitty.

The chickens are doing great. All four are happy and producing eggs left and right. Fortunately, one of my coworkers is always happy to get a free dozen eggs each week. I usually get about 15 to 20 eggs each week from the four hens.


This is my most friendly hen. She always gets excited and runs back and forth whenever she sees me.


These two are the watchdogs. Both always keep an eye out for anything different and will squawk loudly if they see something odd.


You can't see it in this photo because of the milk crate, but this hen has a patch of white feathers right on her head, which looks a bit odd.