Lazy day today. After I got everything prepped for fishing, I been sitting in the recliner all day.

Sometimes awake...

Sittin in the garage bare ass neked... watching YouTube and smoking a cigar... it's hot... nasty hot...

Full week ahead. Haven't done one in a month.

Wonder how soft I've become.

Time to give it another go... see what's in the water...

Morning. Sultry out.

hot again today on Ol' Cape Cod...

Double chilli-cheese burger.. fries..

Where has spanky been?....

I heard he bought a gun and was storing it unlocked....you do the math....maybe he joined the gunsrus.com forum and is driving them crazy over there...

If you spend an evening you'll want to stay
Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay

Trying to lose some pounds. Salads with chicken, salads with fish, salads with cheese. Kind of boring, but I have lost 3 pounds in 3 weeks. At this rate I'll be good in about a year. But I don't want to lose weight at a faster pace. I don't want the eventual boomerang effect.

really old guys remember Patti Paige!

Before what???

Went to Brookfield zoo with the family today. Haven't been there since I was a child myself and wife's never been. Good times.

Tomorrow wrapping up paperwork on home equity loan so we can pull the trigger on new septic system. Can't get a hard quote from anybody, and it was pulling frog's teeth to get anybody to even offer up a ballpark/willingness to do the job. Got two places that said similar prices, 20-30k depending on what they find/permitting issues and add 10k if the well needs relocated or county requires locating where I'll need to pump uphill. So, looks like I'm blowing all my equity on literal chit. Can't sell the house without, and we'd like to move so it's gotta be done.

Got my tax bill for the year too. Apparently my home appreciates in value 10-12k/year, and has for the last 8 years I've been here. Started at 1200/yr taxes, now up to 2800/yr. Still not bad, but considering nothing's changed it's pretty ridiculous. Pretty sure nobody's going to pay anything near what the tax man says my house is worth. Last appraisal in 2012 for refinance valued it at 105k, while the taxman is saying nearly double that.

Don't need to rent backhoe, I know a guy. Might happen that way.

Issue is the abundance of protected wetlands surrounding/on my property. Right now I'm pretty much draining sewage directly into one of them. Septic has breeched the surface of the lawn on the low end and drains over the surface. Anything I do will be an improvement over that but the big issue is getting caught...

The fishing today was good. I got delta1 on another yellowtail, and this time it was bigger. I thought Al was gonna run out of energy before the fish did. That fish just kept pulling... but he landed it.

Good morning, y’all

Good morning.

Looking up flights to book for next winter's travels and they're all insanely expensive, like same day flight ticket expensive. 2k to orlando on a Monday for 3 seats.

Gotta find the sweet spot in timing I guess. If not, road trip it is.

Read somewhere that around 40 days out is the sweet-spot. But, for winter travel I would book further out to secure seats. I recently bought a ticket to Tahoe six weeks out and was LUCKY to get a good flight for $615. That, in my opinion, is outrageous. Now, I'd be lucky to get a good flight for $800. I feel your pain...

Actual video evidence of Al's epic battle with a California yellowtail. My buddy Art's camera... he's very enthusiastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwy3IjXrwp0&feature=youtu.be

Congrats Al.. Fine looking Fish..!!

Taco Tuesday...

in the kitchen, attempting to turn the dozens of extra tomatoes from the garden into fresh marinara... listen to some james taylor... life is good...

Al, fantastic job with that fish! I could definitely see Macs getting his 6-pack license and taking guys out on a regular basis... think we'll get a discount?

You crossed the Macon County line..??