Ugh... I'm still looking for employment and it's friggin tough as sh!t out there (at least for my field).  I have some good prospects coming up (One interview in particular) next week so I'm trying to brush up on some guidelines.  Working in the house while my wife is working is tough to say the least, so I moved my "office" out to the fossil shed since I have internet out there.

Well. It's too easy to get sidetracked out there.  Instead of doing what I intended to do, I ended up moving and organizing my fossils while labeling them.   Ugh.  I might have to move my work office back inside, but I love the view!



 

Some more updates.  I didn't finish getting the "Mood Lighting" up, but I better organized and labeled my fossils as well as getting some LED mood lighting under some shelves!

You truly are the 6-million dollar man, Steve Austin.... Except you can't jump from building to building!  lol

Heal up Boss!  The bat fight is 3 months away!

 Well, it was time for a Total Knee Replacement so I went in on Dec. 3rd and got busy


The food of choice was a plate of Fries and a Diet Coke but they only had Shasta   (NASTY)



Had to stay overnight cause Vitals crashed a bit so I came home on Thursday.





Can only lay around so long so yesterday was time to conquer the stairs



The walker is getting old and cant wait to 86 that thing, in the meantime I Pimped it out with a cup/rod holder 



PT 3 times a week and living on Oxy, oh boy ! I see the Surgeon on the 16th and then hopefully get the green light to drive (no Oxy )   

I keep mix and matching my brine recipes for the trout and salmon and found a good one.  Unfortunately, I never write it down so always forget the amounts I added.

One thing is for certain, the trout and salmon are better when brined for 24 hours over just short brines or just marinading.



Another thing I'm working on is getting it off the smoker at the perfect time.  I realized the color and char was the key to identifying when it's done and not by time or temp.



A little Honey Mustard dressing on a fresh salad and some smoked goodness make for a healthy dinner!

With Homa and I no longer working together, I definitely don't get my fill of Persian foods.  Homa would make some incredible BBQ dishes and something I've never really tried cooking before.

My family is not down with much middle eastern food, but she does like Gyros.  I figured I would buy some ground lamb and make some Kofta Kebabs.

I didn't have all of the appropriate spices, but many of them and tried to mimic what I learned from Homa.

I didn't use a charcoal grill... but it works in a pinch.



While it didn't meet up with Homa's standards, the family loved it.  I think if I had some Naan bread, it might have made it better, but the pita worked.  I also needed some ground sumac which would have really made it better, but ceste' la vie.

I have been eyeballing float tubes or a small kayak for The Sierras. Did The Bad Pig Build Out last month so that would also go well with a Pontoon

I'd like time and opportunities to fish.
Maybe a "fishing day pass" from my wife.

- Keith

Looking forward to some new stories.  It gets lonely on here.... lol

Sounds like a fun day! Wish we would get more runs of big bonito around here. That deep water mako is a trip. You're giving the forum its quota of grinners this year though!

I have a couple shore pounding ideas for this week, so I'll throw you a bone and spin a few yarns here soon.