Paid down bills
Bought a Russian SKS ($150) what a sweet shooting gun, but it only holds 11 rounds
Took oldest son shooting. He’s a good shot with the .22, He practices at home with BB gun
Continued and stopped Krav Maga (Israeli self defense) class, broke my foot in March, strained sciatica nerve in June (still healing). This is the best martial art, take it if you can
Continued walking, Swam laps in pool for a couple of months
Went to state trappers association convention watched fox skinning demo and took trapper education course (received certificate) – learned cool stuff about setting traps and preparing pelts for sale; Bought a cage trap and some older leg hold traps
Built a gambrel arm for my Jeep’s hitch receiver
Took Rain water harvesting class at botanical gardens
Bought two 55 gallon drums for rainwater harvesting (still need some gutters)
Bought a worm farm kit my youngest son and I are going to grow some worms
Filled 3 five-gallon barrels, 1 with rice, 2 with beans
Bought Antiques
1.Cast Iron Skillet (Used on camping trip)
2. Small Scythe
3. Saw Vice
4. Meat Grinder
5. Brush Hook
6. Pike/shovel folding tool
Bought non-genetically modified organisms (non-GMOs) herb and vegetable seeds
Went camping three times
Took boys fishing three times. They both caught fish. Taught my youngest son to catch crawdads
Watched Survivorman and Man vs. Wild on T.V.. Bought Survivorman season 2
Read Books:
1. You Can Go Home Again by Gene Logsdon
2. Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis
3. The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4. Small Unit Leadership by Col. Dandridge M. Malone
5. The Last of the Husbandmen by Gene Logsdon
6. Great Possessions by David Kline
7. Hit by a Farm by Catherine Friend
8. Dirt under my nails by
9. How to Make Your Small Farm Profitable by Ron Macher
10. The Sunrise Lands by S. M. Stirling
11. Living the Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing
12. The City of Ember and The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
13. The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
14 The Contrary Farmer’s Invitation to Gardening by Gene Logsdon
15. You Can Farm by Joel Salatin
Read countless web articles on farming, peak oil, survival and post SHTF fiction
Best new survival site: Survivaltopics.com. Read www.survivalblog.com daily
Plans for 2009
Go to the state trappers association fur sale
Change Jobs and move to Texas
Buy a farm in the country (Then we won’t have to Bug Out)
Buy more dried food for storage
Buy a Big Berky water filter
Buy a grain mill
Plant an orchard, grow a garden, and raise some sheep and chickens
