Bows and Arrows...UpDate 2

Worked on my form today...Though it isn't perfect, at least my head doesn't look like it is about to fall off!! 

Bows and Arrows...UpDate

I got about 24 shots in today before the rain hit... I was working on fixing my form and, though I still have a ways to go, I had one pretty good grouping (minus that rogue arrow towards the bottom). I should also note that I shot a pine cone - which I totally meant to do! 

Bows and Arrows....Yes, Really.

As if mountain biking, and well just walking was not dangerous enough for me I purchased a Bow. Being more for the challenge, I purchased a Recurve bow while everyone else got compound bows. I consider them cheaters as they are hitting marks on the blocks we got and I am hitting the block most of the time but also trying to hide arrows in piles of dirt somewhere behind the blocks. However, it is awesome and with practice and time I shall be a mark hitter as well! This will be a topic I update often, I am assuming. 

The Bruise is actually from the day before when I was at the shop...First shot with this bow and I got my arm...haha...Had to happen...

Gun Show - First Time

I attended my first gun show this weekend in Angels Camp, Ca at the fairgrounds. It was small but still interesting. I found that I was drawn to the older more historic pieces, photos, clothing, etc. I also liked some of the shot guns. There were quite a few that were so pretty I couldn’t imagine anyone actually using them. I am not personally into guns but I do find them interesting to look at. 

Ugly Sweater and Gag Gift Party

I entertained my first Ugly Sweater Party with Gag Gifts! Not a wild night of shananagins, it was fun and everyone seemed to enjoy the ugly sweaters as well as the gag gifts, darts, and card games. Yay for new and fun experiences! 

P.S. - That is tinsel armpit hair I am showing off...!

Darts!!

Darts! A weekend activity for us (Levi, Tyler, Stevie, and me). A game I never even thought of trying until one day I decided that Levi and I needed something to do other than sitting around. And what a great idea! I am no pro – but when I am focused I can actually aim pretty well and kick some major butt!

Pictures to come soon... 

Football???

Football, a sport I have never once watched in my entire life. I joined a football pool where I had to pick which teams I thought would win every week. When the first week came up and I had to pick – I was on the phone with Levi, looking up 50 articles online about teams, and freaking out because I knew nothing. All I “knew” was that teams got three tries to make a touchdown when they had the ball – which I know is not quite how it works. This football Season I watched my first football game – which amazingly enough I got to watch a Raider’s player get SLAMMED in midair, knocked unconscious, and carted off the field! I think I went into shock. But I was able to pick up pretty quickly who the teams were and how they did generally. Out of maybe 20 other people who were in the pool, I battled for 3^rd place all the way til the end and sadly ended up in 4^th (no cash). However, for my first time ever even paying attention to the sport – I consider my placement pretty good. GO Chargers and Ravens!!! 

October 28^th Lathrop Corn Maze. Becoming a tradition, Levi and I took two friends with us to the Lathrop Corn maze. Walked through the three mazes, haunted house, and shot mini pumpkins. Nothing out of the norm until Stevie and I decided to do the Jungle Gym Crazy Zip Line Obstacle Course Thing. There I was agreeing to put on a harness, being attached to the safety line by a similar line and asking the lady “is this safe?” to which she replied “these lines will hold a car no problem.” to which I replied, “sure.” Yet, I walked, and climbed back and forth through the different parts scared, nervous, but determined to make it to the end regardless of the fact that I could technically fall to my death. And of course, at the very end you “walk the plank” which means you step off a board and FALL all the way back down to the ground. I had decided to climb back down, but once at the end I bit the bullet and stepped off only letting out a tiny squeal, kicking my legs, and closing my eyes until I hit the ground, fell, and got back on my feet. I thank Stevie for doing it with me as I always wanted to but needed a friend to accompany me. And, I thank Tyler for videotaping me falling, including the squeal and kicking…

Suzuki Samurai!!

When I was a kid I remember my father buying his Suzuki Samurai. It was the coolest car EVER because he got to drive it out of the show room and down about twenty or thirty steps to the parking lot! I remember at the age of 8 sitting the driver’s seat killing it twenty times before I finally got the clutch to work and speeding off down the road. I remember my dad attempting to drive it up our Crazy driveway in 2-3 feet of snow and having it sideways, backwards, spinning, and everything else before Finally making it to the top. And sadly, I remember the day I gave him the O.K. to sell it as I would not have my driver’s license for a long time and might not want it as my first car. What a mistake! I have wanted one since and have never had an opportunity to purchase one. Except the opportunity did arrive in October of 2012 when I was informed that my DAD’s Suzuki was being put up for sale. Not only did I buy it, but everything worked out so that the day I purchased my father’s Suzuki back was on, what would have been, his birthday. It definitely is Not perfect: a horrid orange color now, barely runs, parts to replace, and it is nowhere near passing smog. But it was my dad’s and now it is mine as it should have been. Not to mention this is the first vehicle I have ever purchased on my own! Two birds with one stone! I am sure I will update this often as work goes into it. 

Mather Airport Air Show!

In September of 2012 I went to an Air Show! Though it was unbelievably HOT, it was also really awesome. My favorite plane was the Mustang – old school, and my favorite part was the main event – Thunderbirds. The precision, focus, skill, and I’m sorry, but guts to do what these pilots are capable of was incredible! I thank my mother and Levi for taking me to my first air show.