Oh my god, Arthur over at “Simply Outdoors” blog has sent me on a mission. Could it be an impossible mission? You will have to be the judge of that. My memory is not as good as it use to be but, we will give it a shot and see what happens.

This is the mission:

Think back on the last 15 years of your life. What would you tell someone that you hadn’t seen or talked to for 15 years? How would you sum up your life? You get 10 bullet points. A list of 10 things to summarize about you. At the end of your list, tag 5 more people and send on the love…

Going back 15 years from now would make me 31 years old and it is 1993. I am suddenly feeling a bit old. Bare with me while I shake the old noggin to see what falls out.

• I was working in a machine shop and living in a two bedroom apartment with my wife Heidi and my son Adam. Heidi and I have been married at this point for 8 years and Adam was in 2nd. grade.
• It was my 3rd. year of hunting and I was so hooked that I was in 3 different archery leagues a week and shooting competatively with a archery club called the Black Knights.
• I bought a house, a small cape in a private lake community. Heidi says it is like a campground because during the summer all you hear  is kids playing and parties with the occasional smell of a BBQ grill.
• I spent some time with the local Fire Department and rose to the rank of Captain until I decided it was time to move on.
• 2002 my 2nd. son Tyler was born. He is now 6 years old and will be going into the 1st. grade in September. There is a big span between the two boys I know, let’s call it a “Blessing”
• I know have a very good job as a Custodian for one of Connecticut’s State Universities. I was very lucky to be able to get this job, the benefits alone can’t be beat.
• Sorry to say I lost my Dad two years ago and it has been rather tough but, I am sticking close to my family which fills in the gaps and they have been very supportive.
• I used to just hunt Whitetail Deer but this past year I took up Turkey hunting as well and love it.
• I obviously became a blogger even though I did not know what blogging was little more than a year ago. I am also a moderator on a Connecticut based hunting forum.
• I have been collecting deer antlers for the past 18 years and from time to time think about getting into some sort of antler art as a hobby.

I think that just about does it. This post has defineately given the old memory cells a work out and actually if I think about it was kind of fun. I got a chance to relive some good memories as well as the bad.

I guess according to the rules of the post I have to tag 5 other people so here goes nothing.

1. Kristine at “Hunt Smart Think Safety”
2. Dan at “Moose Dropping”
3. Marshall at “Desert Rat”
4. Norm at “Outdoors with Norm”
5. Steve at “The Shed Antler”

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