Reubens Ramblings

ropes and fire

2009-01-31T19:49:00.001-08:00

I got to thinking one Sunday morning while the preacher was preaching about the “fiery furnace” . As I do at times, my mind wandered off topic and my mind began to whirl. The preacher, Nathaniel Tucker, had gotten to the place that the 3 Hebrews had their ropes burnt off and that thought could not leave me. I have thought about that for 2 weeks now and I will share with you what will be a sermon eventually.
I am sure you have heard of “baggage”. Everybody seems to have some, and it usually is not the most beneficial thing to have hanging around. People might be facing security issues based on problems from their childhood, or might have strange ways that make no sense. Maybe the person has a tendency to “flip out” when faced with a trying circumstance. Maybe the baggage is just an unhealthy dose of “self”. The kind that makes a person overly boastful or maybe the person that thinks of oneself first before anyone or anything else. The kind that has to be at the center of attention. It usually finds its roots from a security problem and a need to find your place in life. This is a baggage that will hinder you from being what God wants to your fullest potential. With this mentality or any close relative of this mentality present, one will have a tough time making God “first” in ones life. It is hard to unseat yourself when you don’t understand that there is something there holding you down to that pilots chair that could be considered “baggage”. There are other kinds of baggage and I am sure they can hinder a persons success in life and that could include secular success or spiritual success.
With the analogy that the baggage will hinder a person, then you could say that baggage will “bind your hands”. You could also say that it will cover your eyes because until you see how deep seated that baggage is then it will be impossible to truly let God have control making Entire Sanctification an unreachable idea that will soon become a joke. If one cannot see the baggage for what it is an let God have it to, then even salvation will be tough and also might become a joke. I will go with the ropes binding you down.
IF it’s a security issue that is the rope then a person might have a hard time following a career that might be perfect for them. This might be extra hard when it doesn’t seem to be within that persons capabilities. As a personal note, public speaking was unbelievably tough for me at first. It did not seem to me that preaching would be my thing. If we can at least start to get over our insecurities and start working at something, where could we go and where could God take us?
If we don’t see these things for what they are, then we can’t act upon them. If we do not fight against these things, they will then be as ropes binding our hands together behind our backs. The plan of salvation will be as a mockery. Entire Sanctification will become the source for jokes and pointed remarks and possibly an outright attack on God. All things about God might become repulsive as they seem to not work.
These things are ropes that bind us. God does not want us to be bound as He has said that “His yoke is easy and His burden light”. He said that we would have peace that passes all understanding and also that there would be no condemnation in the heart of the saved. You might even insert the verse that mentions that God wouldn’t’ allow us to face a temptation greater than what we can handle, and that He would create an escape.
Going to the other hand, we also know that life is not always a bed of roses. Even when it seems to be rosy, there are also thorns. Sometimes it seems like the bottom has fallen out on life and we are left with nothing. Problems seem to plague us at times, and life is really tough. IT seems like there is no hope. But if we are in those times lets think. I mean think hard about yourself in a way that you never thought about yourself. Analyze your thought processes, actions and reactions. Wonder why you did what you did and why you didn’t do what you didn’t’ do, and why salvation just doesn’t’ seem to work with you. Ask God , even if you can’t pray, why, what and how.
With all that said let me propose to you what I have been thinking about for two weeks. What if God doesn’t allow people to face hardships (note to all, allow not cause) just to help us recognize the ropes that bind us and then to burn them off leaving us free and not even smelling of smoke… Is that not attractive? The King Nebuchadnezzar was so amazed at the miracle that he made a new decree because of it. Maybe we should look at our little “furnaces” as ways to burn off another rope. A way to help us be stronger than we ever were. To recognize who we are to the core. Allow God to work on us in a way that we could never have before

That’s all for now. I want feedback…. Good bad, or indifferent… more and better ideas anything. Thanks , I will step off my soap box haha

the pics

2009-01-26T11:56:00.001-08:00

I thought that the links would work but they didnt' so here thye are in the orde rI had them in that lengthy post.....

PIKE on light line!

2009-01-26T11:23:00.001-08:00

Conesus lake in Western NY is a blue gill heaven. The average person can expect constant action with small blue gills with some keepers thrown in. Many people go there for the pike action though. I usually go there throw in my tipups and then jig for the blue gills. My last trip there was January 24 and I took a friend of mine, Mick Ditko, with me for his first ever ice fishing trip. When we got there, I showed him how to set out the tipups as we set all ten of them. AFter we got them all set up, we settled into the shanty to jig for the panfish.

The action isnt always the greatest at Conesus lake and we fished from 10 am to about noon without a single flag. When Mick decided it was time to take the long walk back to the shore for a bathroom break I joked that I would get a few fish while he was gone. I continued to catch the 'gills while he was gone and would occasionally check the tipups for flags. Not long after he was gone, I checked again. "Is that? something is funny!!! FLAG!" I jumped up laughing at Mick who was 300 yards away almost on shore now! As I walked, maybe I should say ran, to the tipup, which was the second farthest one away that we set, I called Mick on his cell. We shared a short laugh and hung up so I could get there faster.

This lake is pretty clear as the zebra muscles consantl filter out the silt. We were jigging for the gills in 9 feet of water and had our tipups set near us to about 130 yards away in 4 feet of water. Pike like shallow water because they use the "skinny" water to help trap the baitfish. They will use the ice to "herd" the small panfish or minnows into a place easier to snatch. Some of the best pike have been caught in as little as 2 feet of water. With the water so clear, leader material is very important. Steel leaders might be popular because they will not break under the scissor like actions of the pikes teeth, but they are also higly visible in the clear water. I was using a heavy flourocarbon line for leaders on 8 of the 10 tipups. Flourocarbon is manufactured in a different manor as the monofilament line so is less visible and is also more abrasion resisant. I was using 40 lb line with a size 8 treble hook on 8 of my tipups including the one with a flag now up!!!

I finally got ot my "trap", and noticed that the top spindle was not turning. Not a good sign. I waited and waited and sure enough the pike had run out about 20 yards of line and spit the hook, but of course, kept my bait. I reset the tipups and made my way back to my shanty. The gills were still biting at least. Mick finally returned and hadn't missed anything... That is life!

At 3:45 pm, we had to start packing up to leave. I once again joked that it would be awesome if a flag went up before we could get there. We packed up a few tipups and I looked up. FLAG UP!!!!!!!!!! We ran as fast as we could to get there. Adrealine was pumping about as fast as is safely possible. Running across ice while heavily laiden with clothes when your out of shape takes lots of work, and when you add on the excitement of what could be a big fish... well, its called adrenalin! This was one of the "other two" lines that I had rigged up differently.

Even heavy flurocarbon line can be felt along with seen. I was afraid that fish might spit the bait after taking the line otu and that had happened alreayd that day. I had heard long before that light lines work if they are used right. You have to use a small hook, so I found a size 16 treble hook, and I rigged it on 8 lb Trilene xt. The theory is that if the line does not touch the sharp teeth it wont break. I had some success with this rig before and had wanted to try it again. If you let the pike swallow the bait then the line will be in the corner of the fishs mouth where there are no teeth. Also there is a huge chance that the line will slightly wrap itself around their "jaw hinge". [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/reubenpa/pikelip-1.jpg[/IMG] This allows you to carefully work in a big fish without the line touching their sharp teeth. The small hook serves two purposes. First the fish cannot feel it as they take the bait into their mouths or as they swallow it. Second, if you want to release the fish, you can just cut the line as the hook will most liekly just stay in the baitfish and then pass thru the pike without really hooking the fish. This helps the fish to live.

I ran up to my hole and saw the spool spinning like it was trying to burn rubber. That is when I saw that in the ammount of time it took for me to run 75 yards that fish had almsot spooled my tipup. I immediately pulled the trap out of the water and held the line. I had to stop this fish befoe it came to the end of my line. That would mean the line breaking and a disappointing run. I immediately felt a decent fish. I slowly and steadily pulled the fish in. I soon became so easy I wondered if somehow I had lost it. I noticed the line wasnt' coming straight in so it had to still be there. A friend ran up to help. Soon we saw the fish and sure enought he linewas in the corner of the fish's mouth. With the hook so deep in the fishes mouth you don't have to worry aobut it coming unhooked so when the fish takes an especially fat run or when it thrashes it is best to jut drop the line altogether so it can't catch on something. After a nice battle, the 30 inch fish was landed! As usual, I was pumped. Mick was excited as she had never seen such a big fish! The 8-9 lb fish had put up a great fight but had lost to 8 lb line and a dsize 16 treble hook![IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/reubenpa/pikes.jpg[/IMG]

fishing

2009-01-26T11:21:00.000-08:00

I wanted to start something, i'l probably start a new blog with just this type of post but I wanna explain some the ways I catch fish.... Kinda of like a fishing column thing

OH MAN

2009-01-20T15:57:00.000-08:00

SOOOOOO much for posting more often.... Our camera has been on the blink for a long time and now we can't eve use it so we havne't gotten many pics. and not much has happened....... I did end up with 4 deer this year. I got 2 button bucks and a 4 point and a 5 point... yes in NY here thats legal..... The perch have cooperated a few times..

Last weekend was Youth convention. Thankfully that went well.. On wednesday I found out we couldn't use the gym there like normal which threw the activities taht I had planned into a jumble.. I direct the activities there. Saturday nite was a realyl good service.... It was fun... If you wanna see some pictures of it check out other than that not much is happening so thats the end of my very lengthy and informative post hahahahhahah

long time no blog

2008-10-26T17:35:00.000-07:00

Lots have happen since last May when I posted about a big fish that got away . Well first of all youth camp went ok. I was tired and not really into it but God help the activites to go ok, as it was my first year as director. At conference we got a new president. In August we moved to a small apartment in Palmyra. I still work for Propertycare INC based in Fairport. I am a mowing foreman there (woohoo what a title lol) We rent off my fishin/hunting buddy who is also my manager so I spend a lot of time with him.. poor guy..work togethr then hunt and fish together!! He was lucky enough to get his first ever deer on the first day of archery. He got a big 5 point. I hit a 6 point but never found him. Then Monday I got a small button buck. That was my second deer with a bow!! YIIHAAAA It was exciting!!! I have plenty more tags to fill but havne't seen another deer yet... maybe tomorrow!!! well out for now hopefully I will post more often again.

The big one that got away

2008-05-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

Well the day dawned a little earlier than I expected but we got to the lake about 6 am and the sun was just starting to peak over the hills. The surface of the water on Conesus lake was smooth with a lite ripple occasionally. AFter launching the boat my friend Ed First and I made the 4 or so mile trip to the north end to try for the pike and Tiger Muskies there. Nothing. After I got tired of that spot I went toward another spot that I had ehard was good and was trolling thru an area and I noticed my rod was starting to bounce. Usually that means a bite especially when it only goes about 8 feet down and we were in over 20 feet. I was using 8 lb test fishing line with a blue colored Rapala xr 10. I set the hook and cut the motor and started to pull the fish in. IT wanst' fighting very hard but felt heavy.

As I got it closer to the boat it started to shake her head and then with a powerful turn it took off just making my reel scream. It peeled off at least 60 yards of line in the matter of seconds. I was getign worried about having enough line on my reel or that it would rap around a dock taht was about 100 yards away when it stopped and I was able to pull it towards me again.

I lifted the motor out of the water because I was afraid that the line would get caught. I got the fish to right below the boat but could not get it to surface, and as I tried it took off for about another 30 yard dash making my reel sing.

A minute or so later I saw somthign surface and just lay along the water. I quickly realized that this was my pike. I was a little disappointed as it looked about 30 inches or so long and it looked like I snagged it. I continued to reel it in and wehn it go about 8 feet from the baot I realized that it not only was hooked in the mouht but it was also BIG. I saw what was not on the surface. When the fish hit it got the back hook in the corner of her mouth and the front hook was barely in the side of the cheek and since the fish was sooooooo big it looked like I hooked it in the side of the face. I got the fish to the boat and Ed went to net it, but the fish turned a little and wiggled its tail. I loosened my drag again as I knew the fight was not over. As soon as it disappeared my line went slack. THe lure had pulled loose. AARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

I lost a pike that was easily over 40 inches which was my dream fish to put on the wall. It would have won an online tourny I am in I am sure and gotten me the ultra lite line award, and would have been a story to tell for years, but as it is, the story remains one of the Big Fish that Got Away categories.

I did get a 25 inch pike later so I didnt' get skunked.

CARP FEST

2008-05-22T18:40:00.000-07:00

Went fishing this evening and I got a 24.5 inch mirror carp ion 6 lb line and Ryan got a 21 inch common carp on 8 lb line, and the other pic is of a 38 inch mirror carp I got on 6 lb fireline a few weeks ago.

beauty

2008-05-22T15:19:00.000-07:00

well I have not been able to do much with my "new bed" as the plants that I want to put in there are "out of season" and I won't be able to get them until this fall, that is, in the form I want them in. I dont' want to pay the price of the lilies in plant form, I want them in bulb form which means I will have to wait until this fall to get them.
With That said the irises are looking really good. I will have more pics of them soon if I have time, but these irisesare the only plant that is left over from before we got here. They were really small at the time and have been just going crazy. Last year there was about 17 flower stalks and this year I counted 46 and there were more growing after that. Our creeping flocks are still going. Last year they peaked for a week and then died off. THis year we ahd a week of hot weather and now has been cold( we had sleet monday and what I think was snow/ rain yesterday) and I think that that is the reaon that the flocks have been peaked for at least a month!!!!!! Well here are some pics

A new Flower Bed!!!!!

2008-05-12T18:45:00.000-07:00

There is a couple beds that I have been dreaming about for about two years. On the side of the house away from the church, there is a door from the basement. On either side of the door there was some impossible hills. One was a nasty cliff, and the other was an impossible to mow without comercial equipment, or a push mower, which I hate using with a passion. Well I have finaly finished the one side of the door. Well here are some pictures with more to follow as it progresses. I hope to finish the other side this spring.
the back side is now done ( except for some of the plants lol) I planted six blue Festuca grasses along the dry creek bed.

That pics messes with you doesnt' it? :)

GEEEEEEKKKKK

2008-04-28T18:26:00.000-07:00

Are you a geek???? :)

oops

2008-04-28T17:55:00.000-07:00

did it wrong the first time

A Good Time

2008-04-28T17:47:00.000-07:00

well I took the boys to the pier in Canandaigua for a little fishing.. Thye sat in the car for a little bit as it is cold and they fell asleep, and while they slept I got two carp. One was a huge 38 inch 24 inch girth Mirror Carp and the other was a 32.5 inch common carp.

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the last pic was nasty as is obvious. I got both on 6 lb test fireline Crystal the big mirror carp was about 25 lbs and the common was about 15

time flies

2008-04-28T12:31:00.000-07:00

Work has been taking up a lot of my time. I havent' been fishing much. I work at Propertycare INC again and am one of the mowing foremans. That just means that I make a little more money than before and I not have the responsibility to take the fire from the customers and try to get lazy people to work!!!

A guy started working a couple weeks ago that is about as lazy as you can get. He is middle aged and wont' listen to anything. HE is causing a big stink...

The church is going ok except for the fact that attendence is way down right now.

Kids are doing really good..... if you call fighting a lot doing good :)

This weekend we are going to PA to campus days, so are looking forward to that. well Hopefully I will have something to post sooner than this time has been have fun!

One very good "humorist"

2008-03-19T17:36:00.000-07:00

Aaron Wilburn does not call himself a comedian, he calls himself a humorist. ...

Here he is
puttin on the dog

Cat in the Kettle

I've Got the Will

If my nose was running money

Bless His heart

a variety of his craziness.

Songs

2008-03-19T17:22:00.000-07:00

Now that I have figured out how to post videos, the previous song is the Gaither Vocal band singing Alpha and Omega.

Here is Worthy the Lamb.

Why ME Lord

IT IS FINISHED

The King is Coming

LET FREEDOM RING at the whitehouse 9 min clip

These are some really powerful songs.. I disagree with Bill Gaither on a lot of things, but before anyone can pick at this man, you must write songs that are more powerful... Right? Wrong? I dont' know, but I can say that when he wrote those songs he grasped some things about God that were deep and powerful.

some favorite songs

2008-03-19T17:08:00.000-07:00

Time flies

2008-03-18T20:43:00.000-07:00

Well it is almost April again. I try to call my parents with a story every year, but after my first year in college I can't seem to convince my Mom of anything I say on that day. I calle dher up and very urgenly told her I was in the local hospital with a broken leg I thnk it was. Well it was a good thing she was 1.5 hours away or she would have broken that leg when she found out that it was just APRIL FOOLS!!!!! Such a mean son.

I hope to figure out how to get videos on here and will post some that I find that fascinate me. Susie has done it so I just have to have her show me. I kind of feel like typing tonight so am just doing what the title of this blog is, just doing my ramblings.

I don't have a copy of it but in the latest issue of the Pilgrim News there is printed a story that I wrote a couple years ago. I am not sure why I submitted it as I dont' think its very good but I did and they printed it. If anyone has read it, I know its not good but oh well!

Sometimes I wonder why spring takes so long in coming. I must just be impatient because every fall I wonder why winter takes so long, but I want warm weather to come. I want to go back to work. I want to be able to enjoy the growing greenery! OH WELL thats life.....

Next week our family will be making a trip. Monday we are going to Tyrone PA to see my parents. Tuesday we are leaving the boys (OH THAT WILL BE GLORY FOR US GLORY FOR US... well you get the idea) and traveling to Nevada OH. for the annual ministerial convention. On the way out we hope to stop in to visit a lady that we ahve been praying for for about 2 years I think it has been. Thts a story in itself. I for one am looking forward to this convention. Thursday we are heading backa nd stopping in at my sisters place in Warren, OH. Depending on how the boys are holding up, we might stay there the night and drive abck to mom and dads the next day but we wont' know until that evening.

That saturday the Mussers who pastor our Marcy, NY church are going to be stopping in for the night and staying until sudnay afternoon. I am looking forward to that to.

You know what?? July is coming eventually!!! You know waht that means?? YOUTH CAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know I am too old for that stuff BUT I LOVE YC!!! I just had to get a little of that out. I feel better now. The idea of SPRING energizes me, just in case you were wonderign what was up. Well, I need sleep. TEN 4

here!!

2008-02-28T12:14:00.000-08:00

I was on Oneida lake on tuesday in the middle of a snow storm and I happened to get my first walleye thru the ice finally. I was wanting to take the boys out today for an hour or so but with a temp of 2 this morning and mid teens now I figured it wasnt' safe enough.....

maybe sometime I will get stuff of interest on here.. oh well!!!

life

2008-02-17T10:27:00.000-08:00

Well I figured I would post again after a while of not posting. I dont' think I said it already but won't be working for Zeiglers landscaping more anymore. I am a mowing foreman for Propertycare Inc. I have been working some. I have been plowing and salting and stuff so have been doing some work. I got a couple lake trout the other day for the first time with a jigging pole. I got my firs tperch mount back the otehr day to. A friend stuffed it for free so I was happy!! I will post a pic soon.

Politics?

2008-01-28T15:34:00.000-08:00

I am not all that interested in Politics, but occasionaly I do a little research. As I dont' do much I dont' susually say to much about who I support, esp this year when I wasnt' sure if any of them were good. After much research I have finally decided that the man I will pray for and support is Mike Huckabee. Is he perfect? NO But I feel that he is the best man for the job.

He believes in the Bible, is Pro-life, Pro-Family, Pro Gun, and many other good things.

HE is having a hard time right now, but since he won his first election with an average donation of 9 bucks, I feel that if God wants him in office he will get in. As I look at the other candidates, I get concerned. Mitt Romney appears to me as a smooth and crooked politician that will flip flop at anything and not do anything profitable. I dont' know a lot about Mccain, but he appears to be rather on the liberal side. Huckabee is not afraid of disagreemen and appears to be the one candidate that will be conservative because that is what he is, and stay that way based on the fact that he was elected. He sees the need to follow personal principles in a public office because thats who he is and what the people voted for.

GO HUCKABEE

time marches on

2008-01-24T15:28:00.000-08:00

Well we made it thru youth convention. http://phcofny.homestead.com/files/2008_Mid-Winter_Youth_Convention/index.html is the link to the pics of it. It was lots of fun but as always when it involves responsibility I am glad its over. We had about 80 campers there plus lots of clege kids ad adults. The serices had between 140 and 175 people at Pine view church, and over 200 at the Schenectady church.

I also had the opportunity to try "improv" comedy. My Favorite comedians are CPR ever since I heard about them about 2 years ago. Unfortunately,they had already disbanded, but the one member Named Carl, started another group called 321 Improv. I have not had the opportunity to see them in person but I have seen clips of 321 and I ahve a video of CPR and a video of Ken Davis and Friends that include CPR.

Wel Since I saw it I wanted to try it. I showed my friend Justin Musser ad he wanted to try it. I told my friend Steve Mills and he agreed to join us and we tried two games friday nite in the afterglow. We played "Mr Know It all" and "Detective Mystery".. We had a blast.... and amazingly enough the "audience" loved it to.

MEGA perch

2008-01-14T09:11:00.000-08:00

I went to seneca lake with Ed First on saturday. We started fishing about 1 pm and fished away with no bites. I was getting disgusted cause it was the same place I fished 2 days before and got some pigs. Well about 4:45 pm i got a hit. It was a 13 inch perch and was followed with one about 11. Well int he next 45 minutes we landed 18 perch and I also got my largest perch ever. It was 15 and 3/8ths inches long and weighed 1 lb 11 oz on my digital scale.

Headaches hurt

2008-01-02T10:11:00.000-08:00

I have had head aches and stuffed up nose etc for almost 2 weeks now. I don't like it.

Most of the ice is gone now, so looks like I won't be ice fishing for a while now. We got some snow recently so its white outside!! I also started shovelling snow for Propertycare this morning. THe pay is decent but the hours are crazy. I only got about 4 hours in but they were from 2 am to 6 am way too early.....

my head hurts ttyl! :)

winter?

2007-12-15T17:13:00.000-08:00

Well, as an update I sold that junk boat for what I paid for it.

On the 6th of December I went ice fishing for the first time of the winter. That woudl be the earliest I ahve every ice fished. A few days later I went again. THe lake we fished was a lake of really small gills lolol.

Last tuesday we made the trip up to Braddocks bay for the first time for Tyler and I. We got into some pike and perch up there and had fun. Tonite we went to Ditmar for the first time this season. There was 2 inches of black ice and then about a half inch or so of sluch and then about 3/4 inch of frozen sluch on top of that. I got 6 keeper gills and released a few dink gills and perch. Tyler got 2 fish one keeper lol. Poor guy.

Well obviously winter is coming. Since I have been on ice 4 times by the middle of December and we have had a couple sizable snows already and are expecting up to 2 feet tonite and tomorrow. I would say that Winter is here.

As I dont' know what else to say I won't. Reuben

perch and more perch

2007-11-26T19:32:00.000-08:00

My father in law and I went to sodus bay on saturday. What a day. We about froze but we brought home a pike and 101 perch. 100 was out limmit but I miss counted and dind't know until we were home. Monday Tyler and I got 45 perch with 4 of the from 14-14.25 inches long with the largest being 1.49 lbs on the certified scale. WHAT HOGS. well needless to say while they are biting I am gonna fish for them to fill my freezer with them!

wow

2007-11-17T13:55:00.000-08:00

After 12 years of Archery hunting.

It all started at age 13 while I was living in PA. My dad had an old bow around and I got interested in it. Dad borrowed my uncles bow after he had shot his deer, and I had practised most of thesummer on dads junk bow and I scouted the woods apart. I was watching 4 bucks and when first day came around I was excited. I didnt' have a lot of confidence about the morning hunt so when I didnt' see much I wasnt' disscouraged. When the evening came around the 8 point I had been watching came out but in a different place than I had been watching it come. The difference of the rut. As it was too far away, I was just watching it and then it ran, and when I turned around I saw why. There was a black bear abot 40 yds away from me. The next year we moed to Pirrepont Manor NY, and I had a new place to scout. I found deer and was watching them. Over the ext few eyars I missed deer to the point of complete FRUSTRATION. Whiel in college my hunting time was cut to practically nothing so Bow hunting died. In my senior year while I was married I had a little time again. I tried again, and that fall I hit two deer, a nice 8 point and a doe and found neither. That was the worst of them all. I also missed one that year. over the last few eyars I ahve seen very few deer while hunting and if I got a shot I would miss. Therefore last summer I said that I had enough and I wouldnt' waste my money anymore on license as I never get anything. Well after hearing some people talking about archery hunting, I couldnt' take it anymore and I bought my license and got some ultra cheap broadheads. The first time I went out I saw four deer of which two were definately bucks, and I never identified the other two. I missed the one buck, but was just happy to see deer.... 4 deer in 40 minutes?? It had been a long times since I ahve seen deer like that. THe next hunting trip I ran into turkey and my buddy saw a nice 8 point buck. Then nothing. last tuesday I decided to try a new place. By this time getting a deer is minimal in importance to jsut getting out and wearing off the urge. I had bought a climber stand on ebay so I could be above the line of sight and hopefully smell to. I cant sit still so the height and comfort would be a necessary advantage. This area I had seen last year but seen little sign of deer and never saw a deer there. IT looked good and I was curious. I put my stand 20 feet up a tree and got out my cell phone. I played and won a good game of monopoly and then setteld back to enjoy the squirrels. (AT least I was seeing something) I got to thinking, and then praying, " GOD if you could jsut help me see a deer tonight it would make my day". I had gotten settled into my stand at 2:20 pm, and at 4 pm I figured I would call a little so I got out my bleat call. I then herd a noise behind me. I turned around... Nothing. I put the call to my lips and looked again and I say a doe about 30 yds away headed way from me. It was highly thick there so no shot for sure. After a while it turned and came back with 3 more behind it. I couldnt' beleive it. I had 2 tags, both of which bow/mz tags and one is doe only and the other is either sex. It got me all excited just to see deer again. I said THank You Lord I saw four. Lord if its your will I would love to get one tonight. " (not verbatim but the general idea at least lol) About a half hour later I saw a movement in the trail in the field that I was sitting on the edge of. A red fox was coming toward me. I stood and drew but it spotted somthing and took off. A little while later I noticed a squirrel sitting tight to a tree for no apparent reason, then a deer ran across the field.. the otehr way. A minute later I saw some deer moving toward me. There was a decent group of I dont' know how many, I guess about 8. Two entered the woods in front of me. I saw no antlers at all, so must have been either all does or button bucks. Of the two in front of me one was decent the other small. Msut have been momma and yearling. I should have stood and then I would have had a beautiful 15 yd shot at momma. I didnt' and momma saw me. Yearling was about 5 yard from me tree I couldn't see it well as I had to look past my leg to see it. Antoher deer was alerted by the "stompin" (those deer were stompin rompin Romans :) and came over to join in the stompin. Well Momme bumped a branch and it fell making the onlooker and momma to hop out of site, and yearling to start to move a little. I was getting tired of holding my bow in an awkward position and wanted to shoot at something. As the other deer were not paying as clos attention I stood up as yearling slowly walked away. It was about 25 yards away, so about 30 as I was 20 feet up the tree. It had its head behind a tree and rear end toward me... it was facing alomost dead away from me but a little angle. I drew and shot. I couldnt' see where he arrow went and I heard it hit.. I ahve heard many arrows hit leaves and it hit leaves. I settled back and watched deer run. Then they played around just out of sight. They Romped and Stomped like any good Roman. ( a youth camp joke for those that are lost) I couldnt' see them but I could hear them. After it was really dark I got down to retreive my arrow and go home. Deer were about 100 yds away snorting up a storm. Kinda like Romans do when Phillipians try to say they were champs. I had to use my flashlight to get my stand off the tree. I packed everythig up and went to get my arrow. I found the tree I thought and no arrow. I looked and looked and even went back to my tree to make sure but no arrow. I couldn't beleive that at that hieght the arrow would have been buried. I looked for hair and blood and there wasn't any. I decided taht it must have buried itself and decided to go home. Then I thught what if? So I walked out intot he field and into the woods to follow the path where that deer had to have taken. There was a dry creek bed there and it had to have used it. I saw fresh tracks but wasnt' sure if it was from my deer or not. I immediately ran into a branch and said there is no way, I am going home. I shined my light some more and saw a small opening on the other side fo the branches so I investigated. I found another branch blokcing my way and decided to go home.. With a few more flashes of my light I saw a bigger opening on the other side of that branch so I investigated. This opening was about 50 feet long. I shined the light and saw something curious. I hurried up to it.. A DEER LAYING THERE. I immediately felt it.. WARM AND NOT STIFF. I flipped it over and MY ARROW WAS IN IT!!!!!!!!!!! It had run about 50 yds from point of impact. The yearling was a decent sized deer especially for its apparent age. The arrow hit the back end and had penetrated the small plate part of the hip bone, explaining the sound of hitting leaves.. sounded just like it. and it had hit the artery. Stupid shot, VERY, but this time it worked. I was in complete shock. After 12 years of archery hunting I GOT ONE!!!!!!! I kept saying I finaly got one. I have killed 3 other deer but with Rifles in either PA or WV. I started saying Thank you God Thank you God! I finally got one I can't beleive it.. I was having a HARD time not yelling at the top of my lungs but I didnt' wanna scare all the deer out of the county.

On the way home I called everybody I could but I also had a little time to think. I thought that wow, about the time that I had decided to quit hunting I see deer. I thought I had failed.. but was just glad to see deer, I got it. I had decided to quit three times but found it without beleiving I hit it. My reason for hunting had changed. I had been hunting out of desparation and frustration wanting to partially to prove myself but mostly to put meat on the table. This year I have been jsut enjoying the relaxation. And that made me think more..

If we are having trouble spiritually and wanna give up... Keep going. Look at our lives and compare them to the Bible. Sort out the priorities. Go back into the fight with a different perspective and things will happen. If wrong things hamper our walk with God, do as the Bible says, LAY aside every weight, and (I am adding this) run with a new perspective, namely love for God for what He has done, or even will for us. IT took 12 years for me to get a deer with a bow. I missed the mark many times, I hit but not succesfully twice, but finally I got one. If we are missing the mark spiritually. Settle back and be Honest with yourslef and with God. Humble yourself and talk to God. Humble yourself and tlka to someone you trust if that might help.. usually it does. I had to. Lay aside the weight of reputation and "what will people think of me having spiritual troubles" etc and push forward to complete victory. Nothing is enough to keep us from heaven and reputation and pride is a poor excuse for not being victorious. Ok I am done now. thnaks for reading!!!!!

wow

2007-11-06T18:12:00.000-08:00

IT has been a few weeks since I have posted anything.. I missed a spike buck couple weeks ago. I saw 4 deer in 40 minutes and surprised the socks off me. the next time out I saw some turkeys... and that day my friend Dan saw a nice 8 point buck. We both saw a doe tonite but it was in the field when we got there... and ran away of course. Yesterday Tyler and I went perch fishing in sodus bay. We brought home 87 perch and threw back easily 40 some dink perch. I had to "do" a graveside service saturday 1.5 weeks ago. IT was an interesting situation especially for my first one. This thursday I have my first actual funeral. Janice Bonikey passed away and thankfully was a christian. well hopefully I will post more

where does time go

2007-10-18T19:29:00.000-07:00

time is flying and I have little time. things are hectic and tiring. Anyone who can pray for Janice Bonikey, she is having major physical troubles, also my brother in law Jim Pinkerton just had a surgery and isn't doing so great. He needs prayer. I will get back inot posting more and getting pics when I get more time, which should start in a couple weeks, except for our camera is in need of help.. so not sure about that part..... well anyway, bbl

wow

2007-10-11T17:50:00.000-07:00

I have not even had anyone look at my motor that does work, but still have a friends boat and have been out on seneca lake twice this week. both times for about two hours apiece. The pike have been coperating. Monay I got 11 pike that were 21-28 inches long, and lost 4 fish and missed a few others. Tonite I got 7 missed and lost one each, and Dan Kellogg, my friend, got 4 and also mssed and lost one each. My biggest again tonite was about 28 inches... It was a blast.

Tomorrow We are heading to Marcy to the Mussers for a home and Garden Party, and then we are staying there for the weekend fr a good break. We need it.

I am so happy... I think

2007-09-28T15:33:00.000-07:00

I bought a boat today. It is a 15 foot thunderbird 1961.. lol has a 65 Chrysler motor 50 hp. It don't work but it might be fixable. I only paid 75 bucks for it, it was worth a mistake if it was!! lol

man I is!!!!

2007-09-26T18:06:00.002-07:00

Revival was incredible... Work is tiring.. I am gettin older by the day.. I am alsop getting better looking my the day... hehehehehehhe obviously I was really ugly yestereday let alone 25 yr ago. Have any of you know someone as humble as me???? I try to think up the stupidest questions to ask people. Well I need to go to bed, as I have to be at work at 6 tomorrow!!!!!

man

2007-09-26T18:06:00.001-07:00

old camp pics

2007-09-03T18:29:00.001-07:00

The pictures aren't really in a good order but will explain them at least

Steve Lum when he was a lot shorter.... also one of his brothers

AWC singing in an incredible Afterglow at youth camp... all groups sang their funny songs
all the colleges groups together... like a mini mass chior
Jerry (Hayes?) singing a song.. He was an incredible singer that stuttered really bad but sang powerfully.. HE was an incredible guy.. anyone know what his last name is?
The Rev. Jon Roberts heheehehehehe
Anyone Remember Ed? His last name slips my memory also but he was 5 foot nothing he said... His wasit was about 2 feet off the ground and he had a normal sized or large sized head and torso and realyl short arms and legs. He was hilarious......... in many ways and didn't know how to use soap even when he had some?

Kim Deatona nd Alana Macintire duet in afterglow
Phil somebody from GBS in afterglow
Bro Overdorf playing a solo in afterglow
the big wigs.. the then president Paul Case JR and the evangelist Dan Stetler.. anyone know if the girl beside him is the stetler that was at yc this year?
piercing eyes there Roberts

the three stooges. Neil Cooley, Jon Roberts and "Bernie" Green
whole bunch of people at main camp
awc at afterglow
the Pick pockets .. they were hilarious......
Gbs performing at afterglow

old youth convention pics

2007-09-03T18:21:00.000-07:00

We were bad kids that year. There was a door between the rooms so we all ordered pizza and had a party

there I was showing off.. NEVER lol
Mike Fritz sure was popular with the girls :)
Wow didn't know Steph could be so strange :)
what a wacko and embarrassing activity..... each member of the team would run to the bat and put his 4head on the bat and spin around it a few times then try to run back to the line.. haha and the first team to complete it won.. it was nuts
at our party playing Dutch Blitz... I look concentrated

from left the faces are Jeremy Robison, Teresa Elliot, Me, Carla Elliot, and Bethany Harms I can't remember the name of the girl whose face isnt' showing

some old family pics

2007-09-03T17:27:00.001-07:00

Oldest brother Raymond after returning from the Navy I think and was trying to be skinny lol
he was trying to be as skinny as my at 18.. he is 17 years older than me

a pic of Ben... several years ago
Wow John is Ugly
Gramma Neff..(maternal Gramma) somewhere near 97 years old
John and Leanne
Pap (paternal)

pics of Susie taken when we were dating

2007-09-03T15:13:00.001-07:00

us's
My dear petting a deer at a zoo
a flower halo in the gazebo at PBVI

I caught her with him!!!! WHoever he was..... This was probably before we were dating though hehe
horsey ride...
don't look at me in that tone of voice
its bright out here
Why can't I enter the gazebo without my pic taken?????

He just gave me roses!!!!!!!!!!!
lol
this time she is acting up not me hehe
PA Grand Canyon on our honeymoon I think
not agAIN!!!!!!!!!

She was fishing!!!!!!!!!!! HOORAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
wow she looks pretty with roses!!!!!!!!!
OH BABY!!
My desk at PVBI and my pc had a pic of her there and had to take of pic of it lol
This date she got a small small mouth and I thought it was a walleye I think.. I am sure now it wasn't an 'eye, but oh well...

Oh man

2007-09-03T15:10:00.000-07:00

I have found a pile of pics from back at youth camp when I was a camper and some of school, and some of Susie and I while we were dating and some of family etc. As I get them scanned and on the computer I will post them on here. The next couple posts will probably be pictures!

Last sunday both of our parents were here for Lucas' dedication. Dad did the ceremony and then preached afterwards. Its all over now and life is back to "normal". Is there a normal with 2 boys in the house?

I hate that

2007-08-27T14:08:00.000-07:00

Ben, Sharon, Seth Brian and Jenny Zeigler, my brothers family and Ryan and I went out onto honeoye lake on a decent 24 foot pontoon boat last saturday. We got there a little late as in about 8 am. I got a fish within 30 seconds and thought we were gonna KILL them. Well we quit about 3:30 and only had 23 gills and I got one bass and Seth was the lucky one of the day with a 17.5 inch walleye. Unfortunately I did get a pic so will have to see if Seth got one for me. I am not sure when I wll be able to fish again because I am starting back to work tomorrow for Prpertycare. MY work died about 2 months ago and won't pick up until about mid october. So I ned work for 2 months and they need help for the rest of mowing season, so it works great. Propertycare is the crew I have worked the last two summers for so I know a lot of the mowing accounts already, but they have gotten many more so not all.

fishing and camp

2007-08-23T12:45:00.001-07:00

I just got back from fishing on Honeoye lake with Todd, not sure of his last name but he is an ex-cop from Dayton OH I think it was. HE has a nice boat and we hit the waters about 6:00 this morning. His motor had a little problem and our fishing was cut short by it smoking. He had a hard time concentrating on fishing because of the thing over heating and he couldn't figure out why so he only got 3 gills. After the winde blew us out of the good fishing areas we didn't get much but the motor was giving us troubles. I got 3 bass, and Ryan and I together kept 20 gills up to 10 inches long. Then we had to be towed to the launch and that ended the fishing day. I got a pic of Ryan holding up the bigger of the three bass but its not loaded onto the computer yet. I am going abck out there on saturday with my brother and family so hopefully will have lots of pics of good fish!!!!

Church last sunday was really good. We only had 21 people there but God settled in with is wonderful presence. It was great!!! I want more of that!

well I got a pic of the other member of my team at camp that had to leave early. Her name is Danielle.

couple more pics

2007-08-14T14:30:00.001-07:00

from left Alexis Welch, Diane Welch, Jacob Peabody, Shirley Huffman, myself, Nick Palko, Brian Jester, John Wurz, and Danielle Turwilliger wasn't there for the pic, and I hope I got her last name spelled right
wonde y they need 2 hands? Unfortunately I lost

a good pic of me!!!! man aren't I awesome!!!!!

camp is also over

2007-08-13T19:37:00.000-07:00

I have them backwards but oh well.. and unfortunately sometimes after Ryan gets to the camera his fingerprints mess up the lense and its blurry until se it and clean it.. so unfortunately some of these are blurry

a pic that Ryan took of KAren Blowers
Brittany Sickler and her sister Mara wearing the cool shades
a train!
at the park down there .. kids sure like the swings

Ruben Rodriguez I think... might be David.. blurry pic
Rubin and Raymond Rodriguez and Nathan Case being himself there to
Joel Heckmen!!! a caption....... DON'T GIVE THIS TO HER!!!!!!!!!!!
I about cried when I saw that this was blurry but here is our conference vice president with my cool shades on!!!!
some how got it twice for good measure!!!!

Nick Palko on the left and Alexis Welch on the right... both were on my team at YC
Diane Welch (no relation to Alexis) on the left and Shirley Huffman on the right!! also on my team at YC
not their bed but this is where Susie found them here at the house before camp one day.. and man that sentence was not grammatically sound OH WELL!!!!

We finally made it through camp meeting.. With main camp following youth camp I didn't have much energy left at all.

We got home today and I even got a short fishing trip in.. Only got a few small panfish but it was great just to get something after over 2 weeks of no fishing.

I got rid of a big pile o fish at camp as Tanya Sickler and I cooked up enough fish for 119 people!!!! I guesstimate that we fried about 20-25 lbs of meat easily. maybe more I have no idea. Glad to get rid of it and the people loved it.. maybe I will do it every year.. I don't know.. it was a lot of work!!!

I got pics of 4 of my team at youth camp.. when I get more I will post but have to wait until people send them to me.. these 4 were at main camp.. and after that I have a few other pics of camp...

Youth camp

2007-08-03T11:01:00.000-07:00

What a camp. God was there.. I was the captain of the ROMANS... Matt Smart was my co captain. He was very creative unlike me and we had a couple good chears!!!!! The first and best.. one would yell WHO ARE WE??? the team would answer STOPMIN then who are we again we would answer ROMPIN then the ? again and we would yell, ROMANS ROMANS ROMANS HUH!!!!!!!!!! then next was a song that went something like this
Row row Roman Boat streaming out to sea. We will ropm you we will stompin Romans we will be GOOOOOO Romans!!!!!! we had a team that was rather lacking in athletic ability, but we won the championship softball game against Benji Sicklers team, the Hebrews, and they had a good team, I don't know how we did it, but it was great.. I was so proud of my team!!!! As I said , God was there... the services tuesday nd wednesday night were awesome.. God really helped Bro Cassidy to preach and the altar services were great.
I was gonna take my camera to camp and get a pile of pictures for this, but I forgot it so will have to wait for some to email them to me. well I am done for now!!!! be back some other time!!

its been a bit

2007-07-25T19:40:00.000-07:00

well, I have been fishing, and thinking about youth camp, and dealing with some troubles and thinking about youth camp. Last nite my family and I had a little campfire outside and we roasted marshmellows and had fun staring at the fire.. It was so peaceful.

Last week I brought home so many fish that I think I will be taking fish to camp and suplying enough for an evening meal.... I think people might like that, and I would be getting rid of a lot of fish... sounds good to me!!!
tomorrow we are going to PA for a reunion and won't be back until sat nite late then going to camp monday!!!!! gonna be busy!!

fishing trip

2007-07-17T07:32:00.001-07:00

we saw a swan
Lucas actually held a fish... he is particular about his hands being dirty
the only perch
colorful sunny

my only eye!!! 14.5 inches.. have to be 15 in that lake

Susie got the first bass of the day, also her first fish of the day
as I was helping Susie my rod had a bite, I set the hook and handed it to Lucas, he couldn't reel, so Ryan pulled in this little bass and then held it nicely for the pic
Louie pulling in his first fish
its blurry but the fish itself hanging in front of him.....

Well I took the family fishing in a friends boat yesterday morning. I was kinda mean to Susie to. She amazingly agreed to get up at 5 am with me to go to Honeoye fishing for walleyes. Well, I thought I would help her get up at 5. I set the clock 2 hours ahead the night before and hid the face under the guise of maybe it will help me get out of bed. Well, I got out of bed at 5:30 am and got her up, but the clock somehow said 7:30am. :) I told her that I was nice to let her sleep that long... After a little bit she thanked me and I had to confess. She about killed me. heheh

Anyway, we got there and fished, but the fish weren't cooperating, but finally we got some panfish, 62 to be exact. We got several large mouth bass and I got a small smallmouth, as in like 6 inches long. I got a little perch, and two walleyes that were half inch too short. ARGH I hate that.

2007-07-15T18:01:00.000-07:00

kids seem to like ladders!!!!

Dad says I climbed a ladder when I was 2 so they must be like me!!! lol

catfish!!!!!!

2007-07-15T17:14:00.000-07:00

well Paul Phillips and I decided to go to Oneida Lake north of Syracuse. We got there about 7:30 and fished until 5 pm. Paul had a bit that he didn't see but I did.. lol I had a bite and hooked a nice fish but never saw if it was an eye or sheepshead, or cat, or whatever else might be in 30 feet of water. I lost it and was mad. We tried in shallow for bass but couple find any good weeds but I did get my first tiger musky... but I didn't have a camera with me, forgot it. It was only about a foot long anyway!! lol well later on we went out to 45 feet of water and fished into 30 feet and Paul got a 16 inch eye, about 2 pm. Then later I hooked the cat, 29 inches and 12 lbs. It took me 6 minutes with 10 seagar line to land it as it was in 45 FOW when it hit. As I was fighting it Paul got a sheepshead about 20-22 inches, and then later Paul got a 21.5 inch eye. Thats all we got!!!!

smell that?

2007-07-14T19:56:00.000-07:00

LOOK WHAT WAS OUTSIDE our back door last nite about midnite?????? I was charging up my car battery as I had drained it... smart me.... well I walked outside and saw a cat run away so I was watching it as I stepped down onto the cement block u can see at the bottom of the pic, well I turned to look down and there beside me, you can see how far, was a white flag..... needless to say I ran!! FAST!!!!!!! it didn't spray, so I went around to the front of the house and Susie let me in, and I went for my .22 rifle. I loaded it and stepped out onto the back porch. I saw its head sticking out behind the flowers and I used te open sites under my scope and hoped that I was on and pulled the trigger. Well I killed it but it did spray some so it stinks around here right now.. But its not bad... The funny thing is that the fresh spray smelled like Rhubarb to me. I love Rhubarb so strangly enough it smelled good to me.

I got a nice big channel catfish today and will have story and pics soon!!!!!

pics

2007-07-13T11:26:00.001-07:00

A pike at conesus lake.. pushing 30 inches
of course thats where he is
a little snow???? Redfield NY when they got 11 feet in a week

SOMEBODY LOVES ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe even more pics!!!!!

2007-07-13T11:21:00.000-07:00

me with my nieces shades on!!!! ARGH
me and the culprit
the whole family at my grammas funeral
mom dad and my siblings.... from L to R John, Dad,Ben, Me, Mom Regina Pinkerton, and Raymond II
a 33 inch carp from Seneca lake last spring

more pics

2007-07-13T11:16:00.001-07:00

they are good sometimes!!!! our new bathroom!!!! don't need air freshener!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
my little helper with the mulch last spring
31 in pike from conesus lake in April!!!
4 lb bass same place and date

PICTURES OF WHATEVER

2007-07-13T10:53:00.001-07:00

fuzzy pic of the one side of the house
at the park
that chicken was good.... the steaks were clearance from walmart.. never again, they tasted VERY strange.. I ate a bite Susie ate a bite and they were pitched!!!
BEFORE
AFter
one of my jobs

YOUTH GROUP pictures

biulding a retaining wall!!

2007-07-13T10:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.freewebs.com/zeiglerny/

I figured that I would post the link to our family website to..

I went fishing after church wednesday nite With Dan Kellogg at Muar Lake. I got two bites from a snake amd missed both, then got a 2 lb 3 oz large mouth bass right at dark. I had a camera but was too lazy to get a pic of it!! lol naturally right???? Tomorrow morning I am going fishing in Oneida lake if the wind its too bad. That lake can get some nasty waves, so we need to use caution!!! lol Hopefully we will get into some walleyes and bass!!!

The picture is Dan with a 27 inch lake trout from a few weeks ago

Conference is over!!

2007-07-11T20:14:00.000-07:00

After 100 degree temperatures and high humidity, we are still alive after conference. I was on the wonderful board of tellers, so that means I got to read crazy ballots like, "we'll vote til Jesus Comes" and "more watermellon please" etc... actual ballots. Well anyway, one time while I was reading ballots, my little boy walked in and right up front to where I was. George Johnson the webmaster for the conference website took this pic of it captioning it "future teller?" lol At least we had no votes for Rush Limbaugh this year!!!!!!! I was excited to see that there will be a commitee for the possibility of one central camp meeting!!!!!!!!! YIIIIIHHAAAAAA ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!

Also Andrew Manley is the new youth president, I am the vice president, Bill O Connor is the treasurer, and Marianna Sickler is the secretary. This means an almost completely new youth board.

I can't wait for youth camp!! looks like we will have capture the flag this year, and there has been talk about a "talent nite" . I think this year might be kinda fun!!!!!!!

its over!!

2007-07-06T19:37:00.000-07:00

Our Church picnic is over unfortunately. We had 52 people there and we ate, and played volleyball, and ate, and played softball, and ate, and some went for walks to see the scenic views there and we ate. Just in case you haven't noticed we ate a little food while we were there!!! It was really our first church picnic since we ahve moved here and it was a good success!! We have had fall/Christmas get togethers but this was our first "picnic". I thought it was great and hope to have a bigger picnic next year. Hopefully we can get a saturday date and have like an all day get together!!! Phyllis Donovan did a great job planning it but we didn't give her much time, so we settled for a friday night this year!!! Maybe I will be more on my toes next year!!!!!!

Had an interesting phone call last two days. A lady named Janice Bonikey called and is coming to church in a week. She needs prayer as she has cancer, so if you think of her, remember her in prayer!! She was raised in the Russell, NY PHC, and sounds like her dad at 93 still goes there. His name is Emerson Walker, if anyone happens to know him.

what a week!

2007-07-05T19:16:00.000-07:00

This week I worked a whole day, well most of the day. I took a few days off!!!! well I worked around the house. I found out that I know how to install a toilet, as if anyone cares. I am biulding a rock wall behind the house, and am about half way done, and its gonna take a while longer! I am looking forward to the church picnic tomorrow!! I probably should go to bed right now but am listening to an interview with Signature Sound Quartet on the radio so will wait until its over at least LOL. Well I will be back some time!! Reuben

sore muscles.. must mean..

2007-07-01T13:01:00.000-07:00

I have some!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thursday night was another youth group night. man I am sore. starting at 7 pm we played volley ball, then played some round the world ping pong, while some played some foosball. then we played some capture the flagfor a while then got a fire going and roasted, well I roasted marshmellows. only a couple others ate a couple. and two of us roasted a hot dog. I was hungry at midnight?????? what was wrong with me. well at 1:30 we were too tired so three went home and I took the other two home!!! Some left at dark.

Over all i was a blast, and my musclesare still sore and its been almost 3 days. Man I thought I was at least partially in shape. obviously not. At least I didn't try to race anyone except for in capture the flag when I tried to catch a guy.. I am getting to old all I managed to do was get out of breath and my head found a low hanging branch that about knocked me out.

We even had a small training session on playing a comb, and a small competition of seeing how many marshmellows one could have in their outh and still sing Jesus Loves me... it was kinda nasty.

on a side and scary note. Conference is in 8 days. DO I HAVE TO GO MOMMY??????????? oh well.

well I am done for now. Reuben

YIKES

2007-06-26T20:37:00.000-07:00

Well I am really up to date and on the ball. I have been doing as little as possible and sleeping as much as possible. I saw a t-shirt the other day that fits me really well.. It said I don't suffer from laziness I enjoy every minute of it!!!!!! BTW if anyone is actually looking at this and wants to see what I do for a living check out http://www.canandaiguaphc.com/ and http://www.zeiglerslandscaping.com/ thsoe two sites will give you an idea of what I do. Other than that I also fish, but recently not very successfully!!

Conference is coming up soon and I am looking forward to sweating like a horse while sitting on rock hard strips of wod that cut off the circulation in the legs.

before that exciting bit of pain trakes place we will be having another youth group meeting here at our house this thursday. We will play games and maybe eat a little, and you can guarantee that I wouldn't be running any races this time. I did last tiem and 2 out of my 3 opponents beat me.. that means I will stop running races and just stay with talking big and bluffing.. Running is too embarassing.

In a month there is youth camp and I am looking forward to that. I am already talking big about the team I will have and I have no idea what my teams name will be or who will be on it, but I am sure we will be the best!!!! well I have rambled enough for this time.. I will try to keep up with this a little better!!! Reuben out!!!!!! lol

2006-08-20T13:39:00.000-07:00

its been a long time but my time has been very limited. Camps are all over for me for the year and as much as I like them , I am glad because I am very tired, but I did enjoy the break from work, but I had to go back and between that and the garden thre hasn't been much timefor anything. this coming week we have VBS, yard work that has gotten behind, potatoes to dig, beets to can, plus about 45 or more hours of work to do so ARGH when am I gonna sleep and fish.....

2006-07-28T18:47:00.000-07:00

work week over finally and it was a HOT one.... I am going fishing tomorrow morning. then Youth camp monday morning.

2006-07-24T14:50:00.000-07:00

went to my family's reunion ;ast sat, I heard there was 88 people there, all I know is it was boring. It rained and we only got a game each of v- ball and soft ball. People didn't stay long either... I was tired but oh well. I saw all my siblings including John whom I haven't seen in a year and a half!!! next week in YC can't wait

2006-07-18T18:10:00.000-07:00

Its tooo hot. got a hiar cut this afternoon after work and man did the barber cut it short... but I guess I did say short.. I guess I have a buzz now, but oh well it will be a little cooler that is until my scalp burns! I wanna go fishing bye!

another week has past

2006-07-16T09:41:00.000-07:00

Well, sunday morning service is over and it is HOOOTTTT . I was so hot and tired after speaking this morning that I wanted to sleep. thankfully we have some air conditioning in the house now so it keeps the horrible heat out. I had to work yesterday and I got fried. The sun was hot and I was stuck on a Scag wild cat for 5 hours straight after being on a Gravely walk behind (with sulky) for about 45 minutes. we had 2 of our scags break down this week. Conference went well, and I am to be ordained August 12 so we are looking forward to that. I didn't get to fish at all this week, but I got a little work done and pulled and prepped enough beets for Susie to can 21.5 quarts of the red things.

as an ending I wanna post a joke that Susie got online last night....

a preacher that pastored a church of older people announced one day that there would be communion and for communion would be prune juice this time. The church people were horrified and asked why he would entertain such a thought... He answered if the Holy Spirit cna't move them at least the juice will!!!!!!!!!! :)

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2006-07-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

Well, we had a good service this morning. had 35 people there. Got a call this morning from Rev. Norman Blowers. wanted to know if I wanted to be interviewed for ordination! ARGH scary but of course I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our garden is doing great!!!!! either my wife Susie or I or both will post pictures of it soo, as I took some yesterday. I picked mint yesterday for the second time. I got a few plants from my mom last year and only 3 lived but they have really expanded until they cover an area of about 4 X 6 feet and we will probably have enough mint tea to last us until next year and we will get at least one more picking this year!!! I love mint tea especially if we grow it ourselves. Our garden is approximately 105 by 65 feet and is growing nicely.

Susie was ust trying to feed Lucas and the nipple fell out of the botle and soaked her skirt and the baby!!!! had to add that

Tomorrow we are going to Conference where I have to meat the examining board for ordination and we have to vote on officeres.. a few years ago there were people voting for Arnold Swartzenager (sp) always a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well will close for now!