Alighty now, lemme fill ya'll in. I sat up with a case of Bud and got myself at least 7 of those damn yard gnomes!!! I think I best sit out and try to get more of em'!!I must of got the little bugger that has been causing all the hell around here. Its done did been good.

But here I sit once again with a few too.......Not enough Bud in me and ready to start to rambiling about something. But the funny thing is is that I dont know about what. I could sit here and go on about nothing for a couple of moments.But what nothing should I talk about. YA'll know how I feel about the rising gas cost, and lemme tell ya , its not getting any better!! And yet today no one has the brass balls to stand up and say anything. So oh well, right?

I'ma at a loss for words, aint that something.

I bet ya'll thought I was going to be M.I.A. longer than this, welp, to tell ya the truth, I could not get this here box to open up my blog site for a few days. Why the hell not, nothing seems to be right up here on the top of the mountain.

A few notes of the last couple days, Joe Joe and I got to spend a night at camp, no its not all done but its workable. We had hot dogs on hamburger bunns, a good hot fire, and a rain free night. He done did kinda freaked himself out with the night time sounds, but the 4 wheelers cooling done really got to him. It would be so quiet, and then all of the sudden ya would here a ping pang of the motors cooling off. But once in the camper all was good.

The next night we all thought we would get the whole fam out there...even the dogs....NOT GOOD!!

The night started off great. fire, bunks made, no rain, it was all looking good. Then one dog would get them selves all messed up in a tree, then the next one and as you was doing one the other one was doing it all over again. So, now it came the time to go in and "TRY" to go to sleep....HA HA HA HA .... NOT, NOPE, ZIP, ZERO on the sleep part. See, Raven our black lab did not want in that sleeping box one bit. So she would be up and all over the place, and panting so hard that it was rocking the camper. After the feeling of getting sea sick was over, and all seemed to be calming down, she lets out a bark that would curl ya hair!!! That was it, everyone was ready to pack up and head home. Lemme tell ya'll, I never seen 2 dogs, 2 kids and a wife move so quick in my life!

We have even been out one the 4 wheelers alot lately. Joe Joe just wants that thing to be moving all the time, 24/7 if he could. But we do go on a good ride the other day. It was about a good 20 miles, the longest he has been on. And yesterday he got his first true taste of mud and deep water. There is an ol' dirt road up home here that has 5 huge long mud pits on it. Well, being the good guy and having to make sure they was safe I done did run thru first. Lemme say this, it was cold damn deep and smelled like shit!! But the biggest part, it was FUN.

Amy didn't ride on the first time thru, but she didn't have a choice the second time.

So, that's a bit of whats been going on up here on top of the mountain. Yeah I know its not as wild as some of the other days, but its all been good

Until Next Time...

Big Man Out

I done did find this pretty funny and wanted to share it with ya'll. I took the three kids to the local dam and over herd a mom talking to her Friends. By the time she was done I was almost in tears from trying to not laugh out loud and also from thinking of just how true it was!!

When my parents come to visit, as in these holidays, I get flashbacks of childhood. Like when I was a kid, my mother had pat answers and special quips she dished out over and over. One of my least favorites was "Because I said no." I remember thinking what an unfair reply that was to a request.This is my memory of the process:
"Can I spend the night at Vicky's?""No.""Why not?""Because I said no."
Why couldn't she give me a decent reason when turning down my requests? She treats me like a child! She never says that to other adults! Humph!! (sound of feet stomping, door slamming here) I vowed that when I became a parent, I would not repeat the motherizms I grew up with, particularly that one. I would provide reasonable explainations to MY children. Well, I now have children making ridiculous requests and have come to realize that my memory of the discourse between my mother and I was probably not complete. Perhaps it went more like this little chat I recently had with my daughter:
"Can I spend the night at Emily's?"No.""Why not?""Because it's a school night.""But I can go to school with her tomorrow.""No. You'll be up late.""We'll go to bed early.""No. You always stay up late with Emily.""Why not? I promise we'll go to bed early!""No.""Why not?""Because it's a school night.""But what if we promise to go to bed early?""No.""Why not?""BECAUSE I SAID NO!"(sound of feet stomping, door slamming here, punctuated with a loud "It's not fair!" at the end)
Therein lies the Karma of parenthood.

To some of ya'll out there this should sound about right!!!

Big Man Out

Its been an interesting start to the summer up here on this mountain, and thats to say the least. Between everything taking its turn breaking down, its been fun, NOT. But the motor luck is also hitting the in-laws to. They just had to have their car towed. I think the yard Gnomes are coming alive at night and playing against us!!

But now the Kids are home with me and now my days are spent talking to someone that talks back, not just turn their head and look at me in hopes I drop food. And the Big Man here is even babysittin.... Don't laugh..... Stop it .... Yes I can babysit. Actually its not to bad, the little girl is a family Friend, and Jade just loves her to pieces. And on my end, I think she is afraid I might bite or try to eat her if we run outta food or something. When I talk to her , her eyes get huge then she talks to the floor. Most of the time the kids have to tell me what she says cuz I cant hear a single word she says.

And this kid dont eat, or at least around me she dont. I have 2 birds that eat more than I have seen her eat. And if I walk in the room when they are playing, she is done till i walk out.

So I'ma done for now, I'ma gonna go load up the guns and get ready for tonight. I'ma gonna shoot me a yard Gnome!!!

Big Man Out

Here ya'll go. Its almost like a test, so now ya'll be able to tell when someone is really drunk

Drunken Language

Things That Are Difficult To Say When You're Drunk:

1. Innovative

2. Preliminary

3. Proliferation

4. Cinnamon

Things That Are Very Difficult To Say When You're Drunk

:1. Specificity

2. Anti-constitutionalistically

3. Passive-aggressive disorder

4. Transubstantiate

Things That Are Downright Impossible To Say When You're Drunk:

1. Thanks, but I don't want to have sex.

2. Nope, no more booze for me!

3. Sorry, but you're not really my type.

4. Taco Bell? No thanks, I'm not hungry.

5. Good evening, officer. Isn't it lovely out tonight?

6. Oh, I couldn't! No one wants to hear me sing karaoke.

7. I'm not interested in fighting you.

8. Thank you, but I won't make any attempt to dance, I have no coordination. I'd hate to look like a fool!

9. Where is the nearest bathroom? I refuse to piss in this parking lot or on the road side.

10. I must be going home now as I have to work in the morning.

Big Man Out

Just when ya think its all going your way.... WHAMM!!! Something else has to come up from behind ya and kick ya in the ass!!

As some of ya'll may know, Joey got himself a new 4-wheeler, one that is a brand name and one I can find parts for.Done did picked it up Thursday, and we,ve been slinging mud since. My bike seems to be running good besides burning oil, so it all should be good right... ah ...Nope.

Amy this morning was gonna go with some of her Friends and had hopped in that road legal tank of hers' and guess what... can ya hear the music in the back ground...Listen real hard

Dunt Dunt Dunt, Another one bites the dust, and another one down and another one down...Ya'll get the idea.

It done did seem that her tank felt outta place by working and runnin likes its pos' to, so now its on strike, just had it towed outta here this morning. That guy at the garage is starting to like us more than I want him to.

So now, after this here mess gets done, we should be good go for a bit .... Damn well better!!

Big Man Out

A new pastor moved into a town, and he went out one Saturday to visit his parishioners. All went well until he came to one house. It was obvious that someone was home, but no one came to the door even after he had knocked several times. Finally he took out his card, wrote on the back "Revelation 3:20" and stuck it in the door.

The next day, as he was counting the offering, he found his card in the collection plate. Below his message was the notation "Genesis 3:10."

Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

Genesis 3:10 So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."

And they say us here rednecks is stupid...

Big Man Out

Some days I think that there is someone up above having a good laugh at me. The things that seem to happen could not even be written in a good script for a tv show!!

Yesterday, the better half, took the 4-wheeler out to go for a ride around the country side, I watched the kids. About an hour later I get myself a phone call that says HELP, I'm stuck. I'ma thinking to myself that it cant be all that bad. Just go there and give a little shove and she'll be out. HA HA HA....... NOT!!!

Ya'll should of seen the path that she was on... There was NONE. So after a short walk about, she was found up ahead. So on my way to try to be the Prince Charming (more like Shrek), I had seem to find the mud. Oh, not just any mud, shoe eating mud. That slop ate my left shoe right offa my foot. I mean gone, see ya, bye bye!! Now i'ma shoeless on the left side. I try shoving my hand down in the hole to find... well... NOTHING.

What the hell was I gonna do? I said "screw it to myself and kicked the other one off into the weeds. Now I'ma out there trekking in my socks. I can feel everyplace on the bottom of my feet this morning where shit was poking the flats of me feet.

So after walking a bit more up the path that was not there, I find the 4-wheeler. There aint no little shove gonna happen. It done did was buried up to the nose of it and the ass-end was half way gone too. I figured I would start it and try to gas it and shove at the same time. So I walked to the front and ....OH BOY... I was ass deep in the most horrible smelling, gushy, slime, leech infested shit water mud you could find.I have short legs, and I was going down in that stuff faster than I would ever want too.

One part i left out is kinda amazing too. Amys' cousin showed up as I'ma leaving. So I had him, his kid, and my two in the blazer. The kids was smart and stayed in the truck (wish I would of).But the funny thing is, is that here is Amy and myself just covered in the mud from the bad place and he is still clean as he was when he showed up... How the hell does that happen???

But anyways, I send him back to fetch the blazer and to just meet us back at the house, and I would get Amy and the 4-wheeler outta that hole.

Once we are back and trying to clean off, Jade comes up with that cute little grin she does and informs me that she was a bit nervous and PUKED all thru the back of my Blazer. So not only do I stink like POO and Amy along with the bike, now my Blazer has the blasting smell of puke!

So without a dought, the end to my day yesterday was interesting and a tad bit stinky!!!

Until the next time...

Big Man Out

Hi Ya'll out there where ever ya'll might be! I'ma tad bit burnt today, and no, not from the still rising gas prices. We went to a huge tractor show yesterday and the sun found my shoulders and my bald head!! And today was Daddy and boy day. Joe Joe and I went to a car show that really sucked. Hardly no cars??

But the sun burn is what we is gonna yap about today, or should I say the Fake-n-bake. Yes I have done did tried this, and no it did not turn out to good!! See, I'ma just a bit to big to fit in one of those ones that ya'll do. You know the kind ya lay down in. See, my shoulders stick out the sides of 'em. So I have to do the ones that ya stand up in. Now the one I did was owned by a girl that I went to school with and she talked this thing up like it was the best way to get tan fast. So I thought I would hop in it and try it. MISTAKE #1!!!! Now after I was talked into this here hot box, i was told that you want to try and tan evenly all over, in other words, do it nakid...MISTAKE # 2

Now, as ya'll are sitting there giggleing at me cuz ya think ya know what happen, ya'll just wait. See, this was my first time ever in that hot box. And listening to other people talk about it, I thought ya only went in for about 5 minutes or so, but she told me I had a good base going on already and to just go in for 15... Big MISTAKE # 3

So I walked myself in this thing , get nakid, and turn the dail to 15. I figured since I was trying to get an "even" tan, I should lift my arms up to get under them and kinda squat a bit to get the inside of my legs... NOT GOOD!!!

after the first 5 or so, I placed my hands on the back of my head locking my fingers behind it, and still doing a squat. What seemed to be forever the bell finally went off and it was done.

I got my self dressed and walked out feeling pretty good about it. Told the girls thanx and went on my way. But as I walked out that door I could hear some big time snickering. It seems that when you fake-n-bake, and have your hands on your head... ah yeah, ya'll know where I'ma going with this. I had two perfect white hand marks on the back of my head. Ya'll could count all the fingers and tell where my palms where!!!

But now comes the NAKID part. DONT EVER DO THAT GUYS!!!!! I burnt some things that should never see daylight. Ya'll wanna talk about hot dogs and roasted nuts.... OUCH!!

I done did had to walk funny for about three days! My ass will never EVER try anything like that again for as long as I live!

So learn for that huge MISTAKE, and dont try it guys, its not worth it!!!

I'ma gonna go and whine to myself about how my shoulders burn right now and how thankfull I am I was not NAKID!!!

Big Man Out

OK, for once I can report some good news about life up here on the mountain top. I got one of those damn 4-wheelers up and going. Now to wait a week and see what goes wrong with it next. My boys is gonna be one hell of a pain in the ass to do though I think.

And I do hope that the blazer will be done soon. I talked to the guy and he said it was to be done yesterday?? Don't ask, cuz I don't know.A day later and its still not here.

So now I am going to get camp done up. I got the camper moved out to the spot, so now I just have to try to not bust a nut and square it up. That should be about fun. I have a nice stack of wood and a nice size cleared. So all I have to take out now is the fire ring and I'ma gonna be ready. Cold beer, hot dogs, good friends, and long nights. The one funny thing about us mountain top people, is that camp is never too far from home. ours is only about a mile. That way when The better half has to "GO" she can just scoot home. She already said she ain't gonna use no leaves!! That might be a wise choice, poison ivy is not good for the bum!!

So until the next time...

Big Man Out

I am so tired of getting stuck with other peoples JUNK. It never seems to fail. A few years ago I was talked into buying a 4-wheeler that was to be so damn good...HA HA HA. Welp, it sat for a year and a half due to not running. So after a new back axle, rear hub, and bearings, not to forget 375 in part cost, I got it back. It runs for a week, and guess what, now the front ball joint snaps!! So knowing that it's in rough shape I think I best replace all 4 of them, another 100-150 in parts.

Also, a few months back, I had got my boy his first. Just a off brand 250 to learn on. I was told it had low hours and was just like new. To look at it you knew it was taken care of and the gent I got it from was someone ya thought who knew what he was talking about. But Guess what, its another hunk of JUNK. Between a short somewhere in it that keeps draining the battery, and just about 10 minutes ago now the rear is locked up. With it being an off brand china piece of shit, who knows what that is gonna cost me!!

But ya'll really wanna know what the kicker to this whole week has been? Welp, I was in my Blazer running around trying to get some stuff done and in order for this long weekend of non stop bliss, it dies! I am stuck in an area with no cell service, and only able to use a phone to make local calls. Welp where I live at , if you dont call the person next door to ya, its long distance!!, so I had to sit there for 2 and a half hours.

But on a good note, I got to see the new Jones movie!! All day yesterday the kids, and us cleaned up the whole out side and then just had a good night out on the town. So I am glad one thing turned out to be good.

So to ya'll out there, I hope its a good weekend and ya'll are safe about it.

Big Man Out

Lemme tell ya, I just went and filled up a 5 gallon can of gas, man oh man did I get a shock. $22.41, can ya'll believe that. $3.90 a gallon now. I'ma gonna have to sell crack or weed soon to make ends meet soon!

And on the afternoon news, I just heard that a power station had over 6 grand of metal stolen over night. Its getting bad people. YA'll best stand up soon.

Big Man Out

It was to be our first vacation (a real one) in almost 6 years, and do ya know what we had to do?? CANCEL it due to these damn gas prices! Now I am just a bit more pissed off at our lovly goverment who is ramming ya'll and I a new one!

So instead of the family sitting on a beach in the sun, we are now forced to stay on top of the mountain and pretty much do what we always do...Nothing.

So what do ya'll wanna talk about tonight?I got a few Buds in me, and a fresh chaw of Cope and I'ma ready to go.

Wanna talk about music?

How about trucks?

No?

Then lets talk about what the hell is wrong with people.

If you are gonna tell someone that you you are gonna do something for them, I say you best do it for them. Don't let them hanging like two day old laundry on the line!!!

This here might be the beer talking a bit , but I'ma really pissed off at the moment. I spent half the day yesterday and all day today waitin on some one to do something that they said they would do for me and guess what, no show no call nothing. So yeah I'ma PISSED! To say the least. I try my best to stay to my word and if I cant then I do know how to pick up a phone and dial the damn thing.

I just might be a tad bit too old school for alot of ya'll out there but I don't forget where I came from and how I was raised!! It is all about being HUMAN I thought. Maybe not. It seems that most just wanna worry about themselves and screw anyone who gets in the way.

And ya'll wanna know something else that really bugs the shit outta me...Too bad, I'ma gonna tell ya anyways.

Its when you go to buy something off someone and its just a huge slab of JUNK!!! Why is it that people pawn this shit off on others?? HUH??

It just seems I get stuck with the best off it. First a Harley and the not just one but two 4-wheelers!!! One of them is half the reason I am pissed now. I get a phone cal on Friday saying its done and we'll go get it and now 2 days later and a 12 pac later, its still not here!!! And the other part of it is that its one of the 4-wheelers that is gonna cost me $400.00. The other one who knows what the hell its gonna cost. Gotta wait to get one back to send the other one out ya know.

Sorry to vent on ya'll, but I just had to get that shit outta me before I popped!!!

Big Man Out

Hey out there, lets see if I can get under someones skin. I bet ya I can!

Lets start this out by talking about the rising cost of life

How many of you out there can still afford to go to work with the gas prices the way they are?Almost $4.00 a gallon here. But what are our so called leaders doing about it? Welp, from where I sit and The way I see it NOTHING!!

And how about the cost of just going to the store to get some grub? Have ya'll noticed how much it has all gone up? Pretty soon we wont be known as a FAT nation... why.... Cuz we wont be able to afford to eat.

And energy cost? ya'll are going to have to sit in the dark pretty soon. Or go back to useing candles.In 2010, the cap comes off. Do ya'll know what that means? It means about a 50% higher bill that ALL of us are going to have to dish out!!

So pretty soon , the way its going, unless ya'll rae rich and can spend without thinking, we are heading back to the time of shooting and growing food, early to bed and early to rise(sunset and sunrise), and riding a mule to work.

To tell ya'll the truth it just shows how much in a whole, that we as Americans are just stupid. No one will stand together to fight the stronghold that is all working against us. Millions of ya'll just want to stand back and whine and bitch about it all. But what is being done about it? NOT A DAMN THING!!!

Dont just sit on your ass and talk about it. We ALL should be standing together taking a stand on it. We all could go with using less fuel, driving less, shutting off lights, all of the things that fatten up their wallets while ours shrink!!!

Why should we be making all these companys richer by the day!!!???

Come on People, open your eyes and see just what the hell is going on.

Big Man Out

OK... Just in case ya'll forgot who I was, that there is me. I'ma Big Redneck in this here Small World!

I done did been a busy man over the winter and to let ya know the truth I done did forgot about this place. Dont really matter, no one ever looks any ways....HA HA

I gave up the world of trucking with the special People, or should I say they gave up on me, no loss to me. I do miss the people but thats about it. The bosses that are higher up can kiss my fuzzy redneck ass for all I care!!!

Got my self a job plowing the roads this winter, wanna talk about interesting!!! I never knew how bad the roads was till I was the one who had to take care of them!!! Got to work with some really good guys and got to make a couple good friends over the winter.

I think that I'ma gonna try to keep up with this here for a bit. Maybe put a smile or two on the faces that do look this over. I have many a tale to tell, and I do like tellin em.

So until then, and until I can make some shit up

BIG MAN OUT

Sorry about the begining of that last post... It was to say the truth will set you free. I have no clue on how it ended up clear down on the bottom like that. As my luck would have it...... its just another screw up that I seem to be able to do so well.

But I do think I have hit a personal all time low in my lfe. For once I thought I was doing good. Keeping everything in check... guess not. About the only noise I hear is the fan in the tower right now.

Earlier I was able to look across the front hall and see her sleep. I thought of all we have been thru and the stupid things that we put each other thru. Then I thought of the last 11 years. Just like everything eles and everyonr eles... there have been good, bad, rotten and pure bliss. But ya know what..... I wouldnt give it up for nothing. It could all end today and I wouldnt have a bad thing to say about it.

Amy I do try... I try just for you.

Big Man Out

They say the truth will s....... BULLSHIT! Its a sad ass day when one tells it like it is and it still bites you in the butt! I'm no angel, but I do try to keep a straight and narrow line in life. I've been wrong, done wrong and have tried to do my best to make it all right. But some days it seems no matter how or what it is I do......... its never right or good enough.

Maybe thats not the right way to feel or how to act on it, but when you try so hard and then you are doughied... it hurts.

We all do this and it will be done till i am dead and gone. Whats that you ask.... Bring up the past. First thrown at me , then thrown back. Should it be done ... not at all. Cause after you do it and think of how stupid it was, its way too late. The damage is done and soaking in for the next time. But what can you do about it? Really nothing I guess.

So why am I telling this to who ever is out there.... To try to stop you before you do it. or at least make you think before you do it again.

If you and your other half is trying to start over and make things work, put a little trust out there for them before its too late. The pain that is causes is not worth the years of heartache its going to create.

And if you dont think you are going to be able to trust some one again, just come right out and tell them. Dont hide fasle feelings. Dont go looking to find faults. We all know that no one is perfect and we all have things we have done wrong. Starting today I am going to do my best to let the past be the past. There is not one damn thing I can do about it and I sure as hell cant go back in time and change anything. But one thing I have been doing is "trying" to look forward. some days its so easy to do and others I wonder if there will be one.

I guess what it comes down to is true love. If you have it, your going to do great things even after the bumps in the road. If you dont, the ride could be a rocky one.

So if "you" ever read this.... I'm sorry.

I told you the complete truth and was all open and honest. I hid nothing and refuse to since we agreed to work this marriage out.

and for the rest of you... live life to the fullest. Dont let money or other people bring you down. All things come to those who have the time to wait. And trust a little...... its not hard.et you free

Big Man Out

I really dont know if anyone out there was ever readding this so called blog, but I thought I would just start it up again for the hell of it. Well.... ok its just going to be a good place for me to tell my stupid stories and vent out. And do I ever have to start doing that more.
Some things in life I cant do with out just as long as it dont get in the way with a normal life. Like a work spouse...... yes you read that right. No, I dont have one and do not want one. Kinda hard when you drive truck..... unless I can count the high-way. And so far she has been good to me.
Its pretty bad when ......... I'll just let it at that..... Its just bad.
So for those of you that do look in to see if I have ever been back , how are ya?

Hey out there.....

Are ya all still alive???

I am , thought I better let ya all know that...LMAO

Big Man Out