This site is in a very raw state at the moment, It is under construction, and will be heavily modified in the coming months.
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I will be starting a page with links to the best articles and websites that I find that deal with homesteading. This will cover a number of subjects, like Yurts, Log Cabins, construction, housing and care of animals, etc. Basically anything that we will have to deal with in getting WilderWolf set up the way that we want it. If you have a favorite site that you would like to see listed, post it in the comments and I will add it to the list. I finally started using Twitter. You can follow me here. The Wilderness TW Thinking about things as I am getting ready for bed, I realize just how good my life really is. I am very lucky in lots of ways. Today I turn 55 years old. I am a very lucky man at 55. I have the best wife in the world, my children are doing well, I have 4 adorable grand children, and I have decent health. I have made my share of mistakes in my life, but I have few regrets. I am very excited about the future, the next two years are going to bring big changes to my life, and my good life is only going to get better. This is the first post from my Samsung Galaxy Tab. I am a gadget freak and Tiffany spoiled me with gadgets for my birthday. The Galaxy Tab is an amazing device. We have both wanted one for a long time. It is a 7 inch Android tablet and it does everything that I need a tablet to do. I have been playing with it for two days and still have not learned everything that I can do with it. There are a ton of apps available for it. I am looking forward to learning all the things that I can do with it. I am particularly interested in the survival and preparedness apps, so if you know of any good ones, let me know. She also got me a Haier 7″ TV. It is battery powered with an internal rechargeable battery. It works really well and picked up over 60 channels when I first set it up. I also got some really nice ear buds for listening to my I-pod touch. I don’t remember what brand they are, but they have the full controls on them and are very comfortable. I know that my birthday is not for a few more days, but Tiff usually gives me my presents early. I do the same thing when it is her birthday. In fact she got one of her presents the other day also. A Samsung Galaxy Tab of her own. I will try and do some reviews this week of the apps I have found for the Tab, as well as posting some pics of it and the TV. TW We got back yesterday from Las Vegas and Shot Show 2011. We got there Tuesday afternoon and after a quick check in at the condo we headed straight to the show. It was unbelievable the amount of people that were in attendance, the place was packed. We found the Buck Knives booth and met up with Ron Hood, we had brought a box of Survival Quarterly magazines for him to give out during his stint at their booth. He was demonstrating the new Hoodlum blade and he was a very busy man. We checked out the new outdoor gear by Zippo, some of which we hope to be carrying in the gear shop soon. Wednesday, we headed back to the show and did some walking around just getting a feel for the place. We picked up a few patches from the American Snipers booth, and walked the show just in awe of all the cool stuff. We stopped by the Tops Knives booth and picked up a couple of their Tactical Pens. We checked out the new gear at VooDoo Tactical, SO Tech, and checked out a bunch of others handing out SQ magazines and picking up media kits. On the way back to the condo we stopped by Tommy Bahama’s for dinner. Thursday, we slept in a bit and met Jeff Sandfort of Sawtooth Tactical for lunch. We spent a couple of hours walking around checking out the show and handing out more magazines. Tiff was actually stopped by a guy from the NRA who saw her SQ sweater and requested a copy of the magazine. Because Friday was the last day we were up early and off to the show. Ron was free for most of the day so we spent it walking around with him. We hit up Kel Tec and checked out the new KSG shotgun which is very cool and we will be picking up when it is available. We checked out SOG Knives and picked up a couple of things from them that we want to also put in the Gear Shop. We also picked up some knifes from Tops, and ESEE. We had a great time and are looking forward to next years show which will be held at the same place. If you have never been and have a chance to go I highly recommend it. TW We have decided that we are going to quit smoking on January 24th. Why then and not now? We are going to the The main reason that we are quitting is the expense. Smoking is very expensive. A pack of smokes in California runs about 5 bucks a pack. That is a lot of money, especially times 2 people. We go through at least 2 packs a day between us and I smoke more than Tiffany does. I started thinking about things that I purchase or want to purchase in costs per pack and here are some of the examples I came up with. A new magazine for my Glock = 5.5 packs. A new Glock 19 = 108 packs. An ounce of silver = 5.8 packs. A new I-pad 64gb 3g = 165.8 packs. This is amazing to me. As a prepper I should have known this, but I was completely ignorant of it. I know that the major reason for anyone to quit smoking should be for health reasons, and I understand the health benefits. I know that I will feel better and it could add time to my life. These are great benefits and I will gladly accept them. However, the health benefits are secondary to me. We are saving every penny that we can, and expanding our business as much as we can, in the hope of being able to purchase some land in Tennessee later this year. We are scrimping and saving, denying ourselves almost everything in order to be able to accomplish this. Quitting smoking will enable us to save even more towards this goal, buy some small items that we want, and maybe add a few more ounces of silver to our reserves. TW When my beloved Raiders beat the Seattle Seahawks 33-3 in October. I had a bet with Heavy G. This week I received my winnings. I think I will have it framed. TW
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