BUCK PARADISE - DAILY JOURNAL

May 05/08 - Hello, Just got off the phone with my good friend Larry Hanshaw. Larry is from Virginia and was up last week on a spring bear hunt with us. It was a tough week as that snow storm really threw everything off. But he held out and was rewarded with a 300 lb black bear on Friday evening. Dave Shave a new client and now friend came from New Jersey to hunt with us and also shot a nice black bear on the same evening as Larry did. Larry's Dad Charlie shot a nice chocolate on the Wednesday night of his hunt. Great little group and we had a good time. Larry just had called and rebooked for next years spring bear hunt as well as Dave Shave. They became friends while they were here and that is the cool thing about hunters and hunting camps. Many life long friends have been made from meeting at a hunting camp. Garet played hockey all weekend in Edmonton. Shelly and I were there to watch his debut in Triple A hockey. His team did not win a game, but Shelly and I were both very proud of him and thought he fit into that caliber of hockey very nicely. We also met some new parents of the other kids on this team and made new friends this weekend as well. This was Garets teams first tournament and for a team that only had been put together 2 weeks before the tournament, we all thought they did really well and will only get better as they go along. Cody Swope, Darin Muzzarelli, Tim Terry and Bob Fiedel all pulled into camp yesterday. All have hunted with us before the exception being Bob. It was good to see them and we had a great time last night with them. I think a Corey and Kevins heads were hurting a little this morning. The bears really seemed to be moving a lot later this week and I exspect that our hunters will do very well this week. I am in my office as hard as it is, trying to catch up on the pile of paper and emails that I am behind on. I know I mention it all the time, but I really would rather be outside.... I better go. Enjoy the joke sent by Johny Sewell.

THE WEDDING TEST

I was a very happy man. My wonderful girlfriend and I had been dating for over a year, and so we decided to get married. There was only one little thing bothering me...It was her beautiful younger sister.

My prospective sister-in-law was twenty-two, wore very tight miniskirts, and generally was bra-less. She would regularly bend down when she was near me, and I always got more than a nice view. It had to be deliberate. Because she never did it when she was near anyone else.

One day her 'little' sister called and asked me to come over to check the wedding invitations. She was alone when I arrived, and she whispered to me that she had feelings and desires for me that she couldn't overcome. She told me that she wanted me just once before I got married and committed my life to her sister.

Well, I was in total shock, and couldn't say a word.   She said, 'I'm going upstairs to my bedroom, and if you want one last wild fling, just come up and get me.'

I was stunned and frozen in shock as I watched her go up the stairs. I stood there for a moment, then turned and made a beeline straight to the front door. I opened the door, and headed straight towards my car.

To my surprise, my entire future family was standing outside, all clapping!  With tears in his eyes, my father-in-law hugged me and said, 'We are very happy that you have passed our little test. We couldn't ask for a better man for our dau ghter. Welcome to the family.  
 
'And the moral of this story is: Always keep your condoms in your car.

April 30/08 - The snow is just about gone..... YEH!!! It rained this morning and this also helped get rid of some of that snow that was left. It will really help in the bush. We have 3 guys up bear hunting with us this week, Larry Hanshaw and his Dad Charlie and Dave Shave. 3 great guys. Charlie is seeing all the bears as he saw 3 last night, one being a nice chocolate that he decided to pass on to see what else may come in. The other two were nice black bears. Larry and Dave have sat the same stand the past 2 nights and have not seen anything. This is wierd as these baits were getting cleaned up before they arrived. We are putting them on different stands tonight. All the guides are here so we are taking good care of our 3 hunters. Next week we have 6 coming in so that is good. I took Garet to ball practise last night. Ian did not go as his mouth was to sore from getting the braces yesterday. Ian ordered a new pipe in for his quad that he saved up his money for. IT IS LOUD!!! Oh well he likes it and I am sure if I was a few years younger I would like it also. Garet has hockey practise tomorrow night and Ian will go to ball practise and then Garet has a hockey tournament in Edmonton this weekend that I plan to attend. So we are all busy. Things are good and slowly getting back to normal here. Went to see Mom last night and she, like all of us, is still pretty sad, but that is very understandable. Well the guys are getting ready to head out to the bush, so I am going to go wish them good luck. Enjoy the photos on the homepage. I will get them up also on the 2008 Spring Bear gallery with some text about them. Take care everyone!
Grant

April 29/08 - Hello, yes I am still alive. Sorry. Have been busy with the guys out in the bush and in the shop the past week. Last night was our first evening of bear hunting. It was a little slow. All the snow that we have is making it tough and I think them old bears are just hanging tight in there dens. Good news is that it is very warm today and the snow is disapearing very fast and water is running. Our second spring..... This will get the bears out moving better and they will be hungry. The boys got some pics on there cameras of us baiting and I will get them from them and post them on the 2008 spring bear gallery. I am having a hard time doing office work these days. I want to be outside more than I want to be sitting at my desk, but it all needs to get done. Only 3 hunters in this week. Hopefully we bring our first bear of the season in this evening. Garet has a hockey tournament in Edmonton this weekend. I am going to go and watch him. Ian is in Edmonton with his Mom right now getting braces. Poor guy. Garet also has ball practise tonight so I am taking him into that. I got a batch of deer jerky in my smoker. I think it is going to be really good. I enjoy making that kind of stuff. Well I better go. I will try to get to all my emails and phone messages this week. Its just to nice outside..... Later all!
Grant

April 23/08 - Goodmorning everyone! The sun is out and that is nice to see. I made it home last night around 6:00 PM. The boys and I had to head out and cut some wood as the pile was empty. I thought we were done burning wood for the season, but I guess not. Suppose to be cool throughout this week and then warming up nicely again next week. I plowed some snow for awhile last night and have more to do today. I am also going to spend some time in my office this morning trying to catch up on emails and phone calls and then to town to do some banking and then outside for some more plowing. Corey and the boys did good yesterday getting some more baits out up at Green Lake. Lots of winching and pulling through the snow they said though. Shelly and Ian are on there way into Lloyd for dental reasons. Garet made the Lloydminster Triple A Border North Stars team. We will be travelling to Edmonton for a tournament here soon and they have one also planned in Brandon, Manitoba. Should be fun. Meet some new people and watch Garet play hockey. Both Ian and Garet are also playing ball as soon as the damn snow goes away. Corey, Kevin, Jason and Sheldon will be back to Paradise Hill tonight and we will be hunting bears down here for a couple of weeks. Should be fun. Take care all! I like this joke. Sent by friend Pat Varga. Grant

         DEER MEAT
       
      A man kills a deer and takes it home to cook for dinner.
       
      Both he and his wife decide that they won't tell the kids what kind of meat it is, but will give them a clue and let them guess.
       
      The kids were eager to know what the meat was on their plates, so they begged their Dad for a clue.
       
      Well, he said,  'It's what mommy calls me sometimes'.
       
      The little girl screams to her brother: 
        
      'Don't eat it,  It's An Asshole'

April 22/08 - Well I am trying to get back to normal. It has been tough. The church was full for Dad's funeral and there were about 100 people that had to stand outside. That just says something about Dad. It was a very sad day and I think about him often during the days since. I am up at Green Lake with my crew getting some bear baits out. It has been snowing the past two days. I thought spring arrived, but I guess not yet. There is some snow up at Green lake, but at home, I guess it is unreal. They have shut the school down the past two days because of it. I am heading back home today as we are out of wood and I need to plow the yard out so that Shelly and the kids can get around. Crazy!!!! Kevin and I set up 3 baits and stands yesterday. 2 were new, so that took a little time to find and set up. We did not get back to the lodge till 9:30 last night, snowing and blowing like crazy. Kevins quad ran out of gas about 6 miles from the lodge. Corey, Kevin, Sheldon and Jason are staying up here today to get some more baits out. I apologize for not getting any baiting pictures on the website yet. My head is just not in it like it usually is, but that is to be exspected I guess. I will try to get motivated more and get some on here. Kevin has a picture of me coming off deep ravine lake yesterday. I fell through right on the shore and had to winch myself out. Really should have not been on the ice at all but oh well we made it. We all feel with this weather that we should be baiting whitetail not bears.... I have 3 hunters coming in on Sunday. Hopefully out of all of our baits going at home we should have a few strong ones going even with all of this snow. Thanks to all that sent flowers and cards to Shelly and I and the boys. Thanks to my good friend Brian Bowers who flew up from Washington to go to the funeral and hang out with me for a couple of days... Thanks Brian. We really appreciate it. I am way behind on emails and phone calls also and I will take a day here soon to try to catch up with all of that. Well I better get going. Have to load up my skid steer, will probably clean up some snow around the lodge here before I load her up. Take care all!
Grant

April 15/08 - Hello friends. The past two days have been the saddest days of my life. Dad past away yesterday around 5:30 PM. All the family was there for him and he died in peace and know is in a happier place. Dad was only 65 years old and much to young to go. He had many fishing and hunting trips and poker games in him yet.....We spent today with Mom, helping getting things ready for Dad's funeral which will be Thursday at 2:00 PM in Paradise Hill. Prayers will be there also Wednesday night at 7:30. I write this as a lot of my local friends read my journal and I wanted them to know when everything is. Mom has received a lot of food, flowers and cards and calls of sympathy and to all we really appreciate it. Dad was a awesome man. We are all going to miss him so much. I am getting emails and calls from my friends in the states that have heard and this also means a lot to me. A lot of my hunters who got to meet Len, will never forget him. I think some of them liked to hang out and hunt with Dad more than anything. They would come to camp, shoot out on the 1st day or two and then ask where Len was.... He made a great impact on all the people he met. He was a very generous person. I have many storys, which I hope to share with you all. Some may be on here, some sitting out in the shop or some on the drive home from a day of hunting. He always enjoyed coming up to the camps and taking the guys fishing, or shooting gophers, hunting geese with them, or even sometimes he would just take them for a drive showing off this part of our wonderful province, which he also loved so much. He enjoyed hosting as much as I do and he was great at it. I am going to miss him a lot, we all will!!! My brother Dean and my sister Lenora also have many great memorys of Dad. He was a great father and if not for him and my Mom, I would not be were I am at today. Dad believed in hard work and a lot of that we did, all of us kids have instilled that in our businesses today and he was very proud of all of us. I appreciate all of your prayers. Be ready when you arrive at camp this year for some storys about my Dad "Smoken Len". We love him a lot and he will be greatly missed. Take care everyone!
Grant  

April 13/08 - Goodmorning from sunny warm Saskatchewan. It is suppose to get to 23 Celcius today, I think that is in the mid 60s in Farenhiet. This should kick the hell out of the little bit of snow that we have left which is good as we will be heading out in the bush this week getting our bear baits out. My truck is back together like it was before it went missing. Took it into Lloyd on Friday to get the phone stuff they stole put back into it. As I was going into Lloyd I took a nice rock to my unrocked window on my truck. Great I thought!!!! Then as I went to pass the guy that gave me the rock the truck makes a POOF noise that scares the hell out of me. I thought I busted out a window on my truck or his. Windows were all good, here a 3 inch air line for the boost on the truck had blown off. No biggy thank goodness, as I was able to fix it myself. Spent the day in Lloyd while they worked on my truck then and picked up tools and stuff that had been taken out of it. Then I hooked up with my buddy Drake Lockhart. He had been picking up meat scraps for me all week and had a nice trailer full to bring home. We got back to Paradise Hill pretty late and then we headed to Meadow Lake to pick up my Prowler UTV side by side. It needed some work and it was finished and I needed it yesterday as Ian wanted to go out riding with some friends. We got around pretty good with all the snow in the bush and had a real good time. Garet tried out for the triple A team in Lloyd. He was pretty nervous his Mom said, but did good. We will hear back today or tomorrow to know if he made it or not. I hope he does.... Today I am going to get things ready and organized as my guides all show up tomorrow. I look forward to seeing them and working with them after a long winter. Shelly and the boys and I will be going in to see Dad this evening. Well thats it for now. Have a great Sunday.
Grant

Reasons not to mess with children:
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".

The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"

The little girl replied, "Then you ask him".



A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.

As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked w hat th e drawing was.

The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."

The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."

Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."



A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and si x year olds.

After explaining the commandment to "honour" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?"

Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, "Thou shall not kill."



One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.

She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"

Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."

The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red in th e face ."

"Yes," the class said.

"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary position the blood doesn't run into my feet?"

A little fellow shouted,
"Cause your feet ain't empty."



The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:

"Take only ONE . God is watching."

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.

A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples." 

April 10/08 - Goodday! I got my truck back. It was messed up inside and most of my belonging are gone. Still will cost me about $1000.00 for insurance deductibles and premium increases. I drove the truck home and it seemed fine. I took it straight to our Ford dealer and they changed all the oils, detailed it and I should have it back tomorrow. Then it is off to Lloyd with it to get all of my phone stuff put back into it. The weather has been beautiful the last few days and it is suppose to get up to +20 Celcius here on the weekend. That should take care of the rest of the snow that we have around, which is good as I have my crew, Corey, Kevin, Jason, Sheldon and Brandon all arriving Monday to start getting ready for bear season. There is no way we could have gotten around in the woods yet with our 4-wheelers as there is still a bit of snow out in the bush yet. My big order of bear bait arrived yesterday. Pretty exspensive, but there is lots and I am sure the bears will love it. There are 48 barrels of cookie dough which should work really good and 10 pallets of fruit candys. I still have some fruit candys and trail mix left from last year so we will use that up first. All of my meat barrels will be full here by tomorrow so that is good also. SO, I have a pile of bait. Lots of grease also. A few more hunters would be great. Going to see Dad again tonight. He is hanging in there and when I went to see him on Wednesday it was the most awalke I have seen him for a long time which was nice as we had a good visit. So we will head there tonight again to see him. Garet trys out for a spring AAA hockey team on Saturday. Ian and I might head up to the bush to see how we can get around. Take care all, I will start taking pictures of bear baiting which is always awesome and post them on our new 2008 Spring Bear Gallery!
Take care!
Grant

The Republican Fisherman

A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.  She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, 'Excuse
me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am.'

The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, 'You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level.  You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.'

She rolled her eyes and said, 'You must be a Republican.'  'I am,' replied the man.  'How did you know?'  'Well,' answered the balloonist, ' every thing you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm  still lost.  Frankly, you've not been much help to me.'

The man smiled and responded, 'You must be a Democrat.'  'I am,' replied the balloonist. 'How did you know?'  'Well,' said the man, 'you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air.  You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault.'

April 05/08 - Received a call this morning from the Edmonton Police and they found my truck..... Which is good, I imagine all my belongings that were inside the truck will be gone, and I hope the f*&^$rs did not smoke in it. I will be making a trip today I think to go get it. I just hope it is as good as I left it and they did not bag it. The cops said the only damage there was that they could see was to the door were they punched out the lock. I cut wood yesterday, did some town things and cleared up a pile of paper that was on my desk. That is all that I know for now. Later!
The ladys will like this joke!

A woman in her fifties is at home, unclothed, happily
jumping on her bed and squealing with delight.

Her husband watches her for a while and asks,
"Do you have any idea how ridiculous you look?   What is the matter with you?"

The woman continues to bounce on the bed and
says, "I don't care what you think.   I just came from having
a mammogram, and the doctor says that not only am
I healthy, but I have the breasts of an 18 year-old."

The husband replies,
"What did he say about your 55-year old ass?"

"Your name never came up," she replied.

April 04/08 - Hello, I should have come on here and played some April fool joke on the 1st, but I just was'nt in the fooling around mood. Have been to see my Dad a couple of times this week. He is not doing well at all and it is hard for me to see him in the condition he is in. I feel so sorry for him. He is not in pain, but cannot eat. He sleeps alot which is good. It is very hard to talk about it and that is all I am going to say about it. SO, here is some pretty crazy shit that has been going on in my life. I go to the NHL game with Barcley last Tuesday Night. Brandon Schreiber is there and meets us at the hotel we were staying at with his sister Andrea and her boyfriend. It was good to see all of them. We had a few drinks and then Brandon dropped Barcley and I off with my truck  at the Rexall center where the game was and he then proceeded on to go have dinner with his sister as we were unable to get him a ticket to the game. Barcley and I went to the game, good thing I only go once a year as the damn drinks and food are pricey... But it was a lot of fun. The oilers lost 3-2 which sucked as they will not even make the playoffs this year. Oh well.... When Brandon was done having dinner with his sister, he took my truck back to the hotel we were staying at and put my keys in Barcleys vehicle. He then headed home back to Pierceland. Barcley and I then caught a cab and went to a casino that was a few blocks away from the hotel we were staying at. We stayed for a little while and either of us were having any luck and so we decided to go back to the hotel. When we got there, Barcley gave me my truck keys and locating it easily from were Brandon had parked it, I hit the lock button to just double check it was locked, which it was. We then went to bed. Woke up early the next morning as I wanted to get back home and go visit Dad again and then go to the hawks game 7  final game. When Barcley and I went outside, he jokingly said that my truck was gone. Well IT WAS!!!! Someone stole my truck.... We looked all around the parking lot and it was no where to be found. So I called the police and my insurance co. to make a report. All of my goose, duck, coyote calls were in there, plus my GPS with all my stand cooridinates on it. SUCKS big time. Shelly had to come all the way from home to come and get me. The insurance company gives two weeks to find it then I guess I can start looking for another truck if they don't find mine. Oh well.... could be worse. So Shelly came and picked me up, we had a good visit on the way home. We then took our boys to the hawks game. We went a hour early and it was a damn good thing. It was a record crowd for that rink, over 1400 people they figured were there, I talked to guys that turned around when they saw the line up to the game. We got good places to watch the game. 1/2 the pot which they do was worth $3800.00 and my good friend Gerry Greves won it which was great. It was a good game and the Hawks pulled it off with a 3-0 win over Edam ending there winning streak of 9 years I believe. It has been a good year for Paradise Hill hockey. Well that is about it. I am been in the office the past couple of days plowing away at the stack of damn paper on my desk, but it is coming along. Still looking for bear hunters...... Take care all!
Grant

Mar.31/08 - Paradise Hill Hawks undefeated in Provincial run. Thats right, the boys did it up good yesterday and beat out Porcupine Plain 14-5 to win the Pee Wee Provincial championship. It was a good game. Our kids were always up on them a few goals. It was pretty close up until the 3rd period and then our guys started to fill the net. It was a good run and the boys should be proud as it has been 40 years since Paradise Hill Pee Wees have won the provincial title with there own local kids like we did this year. After the game the team and parents all came out here to the farm and we had a BBQ and reminiced about the year. It was fun and everyone was gone by Midnight. So today I am heading out to the shop and get it cleaned up. Last day of March. Man time flys. My Dad is in the hospital and I plan on going to see him today also. Barcley Fisher has some oiler tickets for tomorrow night in Edmonton vs Calgary. Should be a good game and I am going to go hook up with Barc and take in my one annual NHL game for the year. Then Wednesday night our Senior Hawks team has tied up the series 3-3 and we play the 7th and final game in Paradise Hill on that night. Should be a good game and I hope they win as Edam has won the league for 9 or 10 years in a row. Time for a change and the Paradise Hill Hawks are the team to do it hopefully. Garet, believe it or not has a skate tonight for a team he hopes to play for next season. It will be a tiered team and I hope he can make it. This is not a tryout, just a skate for the kids to see who all is interested in trying out for the team. Garet is also trying out for a team in Lloyd for spring hockey. I know we dont know when to quit, but he likes it so it is all good. That league will go till June and then we will be done if he makes the team. Well I better get out to that shop and get things cleaned up. Bear baiting to start in a couple of weeks and I am excited to get started. Take care all!
Grant

Guts or Balls...
  
There is a medical  distinction.  We've all heard about people having guts or balls, but do you really know the difference between them? In an effort to keep you informed, the definitions are listed below:
  
GUTS - Is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being met by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to ask:   ''Are you still cleaning, or are you flying somewhere?''
  
BALLS - Is coming home late after a night out with the guys, smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the butt and having the balls to say:  ''You're next, fatty.''
  
I hope this clears up any confusion on the definitions. Medically speaking, there is no difference in the outcome, since both ultimately result in death.

Mar.30/08 - Hello everyone! Brandon here again. I am still up working in NE B.C and am ready to get back home and get out in the bush a bit to hunt some bears. Nothing beats bear season, the start of spring, everything coming to life in the outdoors in Sask! Getten out on the 4 wheelers in some mud feeding them bears and out on the lake doin some fishing! Sounds like Grant will have us all set up with the requried essentials and then some to line up some good bears for you guys.  It has been a busy winter for me, as I have only had about 12 days off since the start of goose season back in August.  Grants boys play hockey again tonight for the provical championship and I hope they win! Wish i could be home to watch them. Well just wanted to say hi to everyone and hope to see you this spring. You guys keep in touch and I'll try to keep the beer cold. Drop me a line if you get a chance. Gusseroo@hotmail.com Take care everybody!

teacher asks her class, 'If there are 5 birds sitting on a fence and you shoot one of them, how many will be left?'

 

RALPHY 'None, they will all fly away with the first gunshot.'

The teacher replies, 'The correct answer is 4, but I like your thinking.'
Then little RALPHY says, 'I have a question for YOU.

There are 3 women sitting on a bench having ice cream:

One is delicately licking the sides of the triple scoop of ice cream .
The second is gobbling down the top and sucking the cone.

The third is biting off the top of the ice cream.
Which one is married?'

The teacher, blushing a great deal, replied, 'Well, I suppose the one that's gobbled down the top and sucked the cone.'

To which Little RALPHY replied, 'The correct answer is 'the one with the wedding ring on,' but I like your thinking.'

Mar.26/08 - Weather is beautiful. I had a break for the last two days getting bear bait in Lloyd which was nice. But tonight I will head back in. The boys had hockey practise last night and are pretty siked about Sundays game. Today, the boys and I are heading out to the shops for more spring cleaning. We are having a windup party here on Sunday, a BBQ and get together after the game for the parents and kids. Hopefully we will be celebrating a Provincial victory. I spent all day in the office yesterday, I must have replyed to about 50 some emails at least and my ear was sore from talking on the phone. On a good note I booked 4 of the Primo's team for a bear hunt this spring. It will be great to have them all come up as they are a great bunch of guys. My sister Lenora and her kids came down and so did Brother Dean and his family for Easter Sunday supper at my Mom and Dads place. Dad is not doing well and it is hard for all of us in the family.... I hope that maybe the doctors can do something for him. Well, as excited as my boys are to get out there and clean shop I better get on them and get some work done. It will be good spending the day with them. Here is a really cool little story. Enjoy!
Grant

Mar.23/08 - We left for Porcupine Plain Friday morning at 11:00 AM. Had a great bus ride, played some poker with the other dads and I did pretty good. We drove for about 4 1/2 hours and then stayed in a town called Melfort for the night. We got the boys a skate in that evening also. Our manager had all the meals lined up and things went smoothly. We got up Saturday morning had a big breakfast with all the kids and hopped back on the bus again at 11:00 and headed to Porcupine Plain. We got there early, so the kids just got there sticks and played outside for a bit to loosen up. Garet (my oldest son) got the 1st goal for us. A great shot from the blue line. Then he also assisted one other goal which again was a shot from him from the blue line and tipped in by one of our other players. Ian also got an assist. We ended up winning the game in there rink 8-4. So we come back to Paradise Hill with a 4 goal lead. We will practise twice throughout the week and should be ready for them. We play at 2:00 PM  and I am planning a BBQ windup party here at the farm after the game and hopefully the win..... The boys are at home all this week for Easter break, so I plan to put them to work out in the shop. It was a fun weekend and Shelly and I really enjoyed ourselves with all the other parents from the team. We got back home last night around midnight. Weather has been beautiful. My freezer here at home is getting full of meat scraps. I am getting excited to get out in the woods, but it will be a few weeks yet before that happens. Our senior team hawks are down 3 games to 1. They need to pick it up if they are going to win there best of 7 games series. They play again in Paradise Hill on Wednesday night. Do or die for them.... Other than that, I will be working on waterfowl hunts and bear hunts this week. Later!!!!
G
Joke of the day sent by Mark Salvatore
Four old-timers were playing their weekly game of golf, and one remarked
how nice it would be to wake up on Christmas morning, roll out of bed
and without an argument, go directly to the golf course, meet his
buddies and play a round. His buddies all chimed in and said, 'Let's do
it! We'll make it a priority, figure out a way and meet here early
Christmas morning.'

Months later, that special morning arrives and there they are on the
golf course.

The first guy says, 'Boy this game cost me a fortune! I bought my wife
such a diamond ring that she can't take her eyes off it.'

Number 2 guy says, 'I spent a ton, too. My wife is at home planning the
cruise I gave her. She was up to her eyeballs in brochures.'

Number 3 guy says 'Well, my wife is at home admiring her new car,
reading
the manual.'

They all turned to the last guy in the group who is staring at them like
they have lost their minds. 'I can't believe you all went to such
expense for this golf game. I woke up, slapped my wife on the butt and
said, 'Well babe, Merry Christmas! It's a great morning for either sex
or golf' and she said, 'Take a sweater.'

Mar.19/08 - Spent the beginning of my morning in my office. Booked some more bear hunts this morning, so that makes me happy. Figured out the bait bill and with fuel and time to get meat scraps and the load of stuff I am getting out of the US, it will be well over 10 K. So I am just telling all you hunters out there that we take our bear baiting very seriously as I believe you need to feed the bears well and feed them good to have great success. So call me and lets book that bear hunt, you won't regret it. Also I have all my guides coming back. I cannot wait to get started and to see them all again. I split wood this morning for the boiler. I don't know if I mentioned it before, but my neighbor Joe Maier built a wood splitter and he lets me use it. He did a great job and it just slices through them big ol logs. Won't have to burn wood much longer, spring is in the air. Went for another load of bear bait yesterday afternoon. Met up with my old school buddy Drake Lockhart in Lloyd and had a good bs session. His kids are done hockey now for this season. My buddy Dean Cunningham also gave me a old freezer he had. I will use this to keep the bear hides frozen instead of having my big walk in on all the time. Well I better go, I have some more running around to do. Senior Hawks game 3 tonight in Paradise Hill. I am going. Take care everyone.
Grant
Joke of the day sent by Brandon Schreiber
HOW DO YOU GET INTO HEAVEN?

Mar.18/08 - Our boys had no hockey this weekend. They practise tonight and Thursday and then on Friday we are off to a town that goes by the name Porcupine Plain. The game is on Saturday, but it is about a 6 hour bus drive, so we are going to stay in a bigger city an hour out of Porcupine Plain.  Get the boys a skate that evening and game time is 2:00 the next day. Then we will come home after that. Should be a fun road trip. Then Porcupine Plain comes down here next Sunday for the final game of the year.... So I hope we can do it. Our Senior Mens team "the hawks" ages 17-32 are in the finals against Edam. The hawks won the first game 5-1. I went to watch the game last night in Edam and Edam was a different team and ended up beating our hawks 6-2. Our team could not keep out of the penalty box. They play Wednesday night again back in the hill. I will be there. Damn good hockey. Weather is beautiful. I have been going to Lloyd every night for meat scraps and I have ordered a semi-load of bait out of the US again. Cookie dough and candy. Should work good. We are going to feed them bears good again. Been working in my office some, out in the shop lots last week and getting it organized. I am looking forward to start baiting which won't be for another month yet. But that gives me time to get lots of bait and things more organized. Well I hope things are going well for everyone. Take care and will be talking to you soon.
Grant
SORRY NO JOKE TODAY!

Mar.13/08 - Hello everyone! Well the boys got there asses handed to them the other night against Edam. 1/2 of our guys were sick including our best player so that sure did not help us out much. We lost 6-1, so we are out of the league playoffs. Sucks because I know we had the team that could beat them. Oh well next year... We are still in the finals against Coronach or Porcupine Plain. They play this weekend and that will decide who we will play.... Just got off the phone with my best cousin Brandon Schreiber. He has been working up in British Columbia all winter. He is ready to get home and do some bear baiting. Speaking of that, I have been making my trip to Lloyd every night for meat scraps.... Getting a good bunch. I have to pay for them know, which sucks. Also I talked with a guy from the US this morning about getting another load of bait from him. I think I am getting a semi load of cookie dough and gummy bear type candys. Should work good. I am going to get a full load for myself and I should be good for this year and part of next I am hoping. It will cost me about $7000.00 for bait this year. Oh well, that is business I guess. Bear bookings are down, but I hope to make enough just to pay my guides, baiting bills, food. We never make much on the bears, just do it for the love of it.... I have also been working out in my shop. The weather is beautiful, snow is going fast. Deer are starting to come out of the woods and are looking great. Hopefully we have a very mild spring and those bucks can start putting some horn on there head. Got to go! G OUT.....
Joke sent by Brandon Schreiber.

A Priest was seated next to a Newfie on a flight to St. John's.
After the plane was airborne, drink orders were taken.
The Newfie asked for a Lambs rum and Pepsi, which was brought and
placed before him.
The flight attendant then asked the priest if he would like a drink.
He replied in disgust..... 'I'd rather be savagely raped by a dozen
whores than let liquor touch my lips.'
The Newfie then handed his drink back to the attendant and said
'Me too, I didn't know we had a choice.'

Mar.09/08 - Boys hammered St.Louis 10-1. We go there today. We have 9 goal lead, so we don't exspect to lose. They are not that good of a team. We will then go on to play either Coronach or Porcupine Plain for the Saskatchewan Pee Wee D division final. Should be fun. We will play Edam again Tuesday. If we beat them, we go back to there rink one more time probably Wednesday or Thursday and if we beat them then, we will go to the league final probably against Maidstone. Would be awesome to go all the way and end up in two finals. Went on a skidoo rally with the boys yesterday up in Goodsoil. Went through some of our new area. I love it. Deer haven!!!!! Should be good. Our Senior mens team the hawks also came back from being down 3 games to 1 and last night being tied 3 games a piece, it was the 7th and deciding game. It was in Neilburg and I found out this morning that the Paradise Hill Hawks won 5-3. So they to will now go into the finals against Edam also. Lots of good hockey in Paradise Hill as most small towns have been long finished. This is good for our rink. Well I better go get ready. Big bus ride to St.Louis. Leaving at noon. Take care all!
Grant

Mar.05/08 - Feeling a lot better today. We lost the game last night 10-8. We were down 4-2 after the 1st period. We had a great 2nd period and were up on the 6-4 going into the 3rd. I think our boys thought they had it made. Garet took a dumb penalty and there were a few others also. It was 8-6 and we tied it up 8-8 with 3 minutes left. Some bad luck came upon us and they scored two goals in the last 3 minutes. Oh well, it is a best of 3 game series we will play them again next Tuesday in our home rink and hopefully take it to them. The boys can concentrate know on there Provincial series against St.Louis. Got some wood cut and stacked yesterday. The boys only have 1/2 a day of school today, so not sure what we will do. Other than that, not a hole bunch going on. Talk to you all later!
G OUT

"Hello?" 

"Hi honey. 
 
This is Daddy.
Is Mommy near the phone?" 
 
 "No Daddy.
She's upstairs in the bedroom
with Uncle Paul." 
 
After a brief pause, 

Daddy says, "But honey,
you haven't got an Uncle Paul."
 

"Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room
with Mommy, right now."
 
 Brief Pause.
 

"Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do.
Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs
and knock on the bedroom door
and shout to Mommy that Daddy's car
just pulled into the driveway."
 
"Okay Daddy, just a minute." 
 
A few minutes later
the little girl comes back to the phone. 

"I did it Daddy." 
 
"And what happened honey?"  

"Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and
ran around screaming. 
 
Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser
and now she isn't moving at all!" 

"Oh my God!!!
What about your Uncle Paul?" 
 
"He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too.
He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window
and into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn't know
that you took out the water last week to clean it.
He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead."
***Long Pause*** 
 
 
***Longer Pause*** 


***Even Longer Pause*** 


Then Daddy says,
"Swimming pool? 


Is this 486-5731?"

Mar.04/08 - I am still sick. I missed out on colds and flus all winter, but I am paying for it with this one. I will suck it up..... I have been spending a lot of time in my office and things are going well. I also smoked a bunch of whitefish and some splakes up yesterday as well. Wish my taste buds would have been working better, but the boys said they tasted great. I froze some of them and will take them out when we have company. We go to Edam tonight for our 1st game with them best of 3 for the semi-finals of our league playoffs. Then on Thursday the team from St.Louis comes to Paradise Hill for our first game against them. It is a 2 game total points series. If we can beat them, we will play in the finals as I mentioned below against Coronach or Porcupine Plain. Getting very excited. We head back to St.Louis on Sunday and have a 7:00 PM game there. I am in charge of getting the bus together. Our Senior Hawks hockey team bought a big bus last year. It is like a grey hound bus. Buck Paradise helped buy it also. There is our logo on the window of the bus and it looks good. Shows the community our support! I just got off the phone with my Mom. Her and Dad took off a few weeks ago. They were in Arizona and Dad went and saw a doctor there. He really could not do anything different for him there that then they were already doing for him here. Mom said, he has been feeling pretty crappy lately and is losing more wieght, she is really worried about him. Really sucks. Not a fun time for our family!!! But keep praying for him and maybe a miracle will happen I hope. I am glad that they are on vacation, I hope that he gets feeling better so he can enjoy it more. He did end up in the hospital in Nevada somewhere. They drained some fluid out of his stomach and he felt better after that. He says he always feels nauseas and does not have a appetite. Wish there was more that could be done.  As crappy as I feel today, I am sure it is nothing compared to what he is going through. I am going to go out and cut some wood. The pile is getting low. Cooled off again up here, nothing extreme, just cool. Suppose to get in the 30s by the weekend so that will be nice. Take care all! Grant

Joke of the day
As a trucker stops for a red light, a blond catches up. She jumps out of
her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door.

The trucker lowers the window, and she says 'Hi, my name is Heather and
you are losing some of your load.' The trucker ignores her and proceeds
down the street. 

When the truck stops for another red light, the girl catches up again.
She jumps out of her car, runs up and knocks on the door. 

Again, the trucker lowers the window. As if they've never spoken, the
blond says brightly, 'Hi my name is Heather, and you are losing some of
your load!'

Shaking his head, the trucker ignores her again and continues down the
street. At the third red light, the same thing happens again.

All out of breath , the blond gets out of her car, runs up, knocks on
the truck door. The trucker lowers the window. Again she says 'Hi, my
name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load.'

When the light turns green the trucker revs up and races to the next
light. When he stops this time, he hurriedly gets out of the truck, and
runs back to the blond. He knocks on her window, and as she lowers it,
he says...



'Hi, my name is Kevin, its winter in "SASKATOON" and I'm driving the
Sanding TRUCK!!!!!!!

Mar.02/08 - I know, I know, it has been a week and I apologize for not being on here all week. WELL GUESS WHAT???? The boys played Edam last night. Game 2 - best of 2 games total points. We beat them in Edam 5-4 like I reported below. 1st period last night. We score the 1st goal. Very crucial... Edam tied it up not long after that. The game was pretty close all the way through, but we always stayed a goal ahead of them, plus we had the 1 goal lead from Game one. Was a great game, but our boys came to play and we beat them 8-4.... So we carry on know to the Northern finals of Provincials. We will be playing a team from the Eastern side of the province, it will be either St.Louis or Naicam. Should be fun to see some other hockey teams. We played Meadow Lake last wednesday night also for league playoffs and beat them 6-2. So know we carry on in the semi-finals also and we come up again against Edam. Best of 3 games. Will probably be playing some of those games this upcoming week. It would be so awesome to beat them out for the league also. Edam was the No.1 team in the league this year. They went to many tournaments and to the best of my knowledge they only lost one game all season. Our Paradise Hill boys have really pulled together and it was great beating them. After the game on Wednesday up at Meadow Lake, my good friend Ron and I went up to Green Lake to give the splakes at Beatty lake a workover. We did good. Also helped Norm with wood and just checked everything over up there. I may have to go back up again this week, as Norm will be needing more wood. It has been very nice weather wise out... This morning however it got cold again. Is suppose to warm back up throughout the week. I hope so, I am tired of winter. Want some spring.... Also, I have a hell of cold, Shelly has one to. I feel like shit, so I am going to take it easy today. I missed the UFC fights last night, so I might try to watch them today. Next week, I will be back in my office, still have some hunts to book up, so I will be working hard on that. Thats all for know folks. Talk to you soon!
Grant

Feb 24/08- YEH!!!!! What a hell of a hockey game it was yesterday.... We were down 4-1 in coming into the 3rd period. Not a lot of Paradise Hill happy campers in the stands. Well the boys kept at it and scored 4-2 and then not that long after that 4-3, they kept digging and you could see that the Edam bench was getting frustrated and tired. We tied the game 4-4 and with about 6 minutes left we took the go ahead goal. We WON 5-4. What a game. We play them again next Saturday in Paradise Hill in our own rink.... We need to tie them or win, as it is a 2 game total points playoff. I sure hope we can win and continue our road to win the provincial Pee Wees D-series. If we do win, we will be doing some major travelling in our great province of Saskatchewan. We are in the D-Series as it depends on how big your town is as to what series you play in. Big centers and citys are in the A, smaller towns B and so on. D is the smallest town and I believe it is towns of 1000 people and under. It would be a great honour for our boys to be the best for there size of town throughout the province of Saskatchewan as there are many teams in that division. After the win, we headed to the assistant coaches place and had a few drinks and a feast of deer sausage. "Good stuff"! Today I continued on our curling bonspiel in St.Walburg. We had a great first game and won. We then had a 2 1/2 hour break. "Bad" No, not really, it was a lot of fun as we just sat at the Curling rink and watched the other games and had some drinks and visited with good friends. Shelly and boys came to watch me today. I think the boys were bored stiff... But they stuck it out. Well in our 2nd game of the day, which was for the B-final, we got our asses kicked..... Really bad!!!!! But we still had a great time, we won 2nd in the B-division getting us in the prices. I let Ian pick my prize out and he picked out a small luggage set. It was a nice prize. It was sure fun getting back into curling as it had been a few years since a have done a bonspiel, but I am going to try to do more of it down the road. The girls were giving me a hard time about my spelling today on here. "Sorry", but not really, I don't think it is that bad. Well here is the Joke of the day and a poem. Thanks Marty and Melissa!
G out!

Joke of the day!
Driving stats, people from Alberta say " o shit " before they hit the ditch, people from Saskachewan say " hold my beer and watch this."

SASKATCHEWAN  POEM

                It's winter in Saskatchewan
                And the gentle breezes blow
                Seventy miles an hour
                At twenty-five below.

                Oh, how I love Saskatchewan
                When the snow's up to your butt
                You take a breath of winter
                And your nose gets frozen shut.

                Yes, the weather here is wonderful
                So I guess I'll hang around
                 I could never leave Saskatchewan 

                      'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!    

Feb.23/08 - Gameday! Game starts at 3:00. Is going to be a battle. I had a real good day yesterday. Spent most of it outside... Then the boys and I went to Paradise Hill (no bleeding people on the streets today) and went to a Bantam hockey game. Garet my oldest boys will be playing Bantam next year. It is ages 14,15. Anyways, the Bantam team lost there provincial game 4-3 against a town called Humboldt. They go back there tomorrow to play and I hope they can beat them. It was a good game. Then I came home and cleaned up and headed for my 9:00 curling game. WE WON! My first win this year. With a win, comes some small celebration (even with losses sometimes) . We finished curling at around 11:30 and then sat at the "smoker" till closing time. Got home, loaded the boiler up full of wood and went to sleep. My wife talked to our coaches wife of the boys hockey team. His name is Neil. I guess Neil is a little nervous and his wife said he did not sleep last night. Us crazy canucks sure take our hockey serious don't we. Saw my guide Sheldon last night also after the curling game. Had a few pops with him and a good visit. Him and one of my other guides Jason which some of you may know are working up in Northern Alberta together. Sounds like they are doing good, but are ready to get back in the bush chasing some bears. I sure hope I get a few more bear bookings. CALL ME PLEASE. It is a great trip a great time and we will work hard for you. It is my favorite time of the year, as I can actually guide and be out in the woods lots. Which I love.. Well I better go have some lunch. Shelly kicked the boys outside to get some fresh air. I may go split some wood with them after lunch and get them loosened up then bribe them with nice things if they play hard and win or threaten them if they lose. I am just kidding. They are good kids and I know they will do there best. Win or lose, still will love them the same and tomorrow is another day. Later all!   Grant 
Joke of the day sent by Mark Salvatore.

Three Rednecks were working up on a cell phone tower:  Cooter, Ronnie and Donnie.

As they start their descent Cooter slips,
Falls off the tower and is killed instantly.

As the ambulance takes the body away,
Ronn ie says, 'Well, damn, someone should go and tell his wife.' 

 Donnie says, 'OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do it.

'Two hours later, he comes back carrying a case of Budweiser.

Ronnie says, 'Where did you get that beer, Donnie?' '

Cooter's wife gave it to me,' Ronnie replies.

'That's unbelievable, you told the lady her husband was dead and she gave you beer?'

Well, not exactly', Donnie says. 'When she answered the door,  I said to her, you must be Cooter's widow'.'

She said, 'You must be mistaken, I'm not a widow.'

Then I said , 'I'll bet you a case of Budweiser you are.'

Rednecks Are Good At Sensitive Shit. 

Feb.22/08 - HI. Yesterday was a good day. Spent some time out in the shop fixing stuff. Ian had screwed up my rewind on my skidoo on Monday, so $230.00 later and about 40 minutes of wrenching we had her back on the snow. He was happy. He likes riding my Rev (the one I take to the mountains). Then I had a few other things to fix up in the shop. One thing was a log loader that my neighbor Milton made. I was going to use it last fall, but I tipped it over and broke some hydraulics off the damn thing. So I got that fixed and tried it out. Man does it work good. I could load a load of wood on a trailer with that thing in no time. Then I went to town to take the boys to hockey practise. After I dropped them off I was going to head home to clean up for my big curling game at 7:00. Well I am driving down main street and there is this guy and a girl (don't have a clue who they were). The guy is kinda kneeling down on the middle of the street and this girl is standing beside him. They hear me coming and get up and go staggering into the grocery store. I go by were this guy was kneeling and there is like two big piles of blood on the street. There was a lot of blood, so I called 911.(First time ever) Anyways they directed me to the cops and I told them the story. Then two people came out of the grocery store and I asked them what the hell happened to that guy???? They said that the guys brother stabbed him. Holy shit hey!!!! So I sat there for a bit and then headed back home. The cops called me on the way home to get more detail of what I saw so I told them. I then came home, showered and went to St.Walburg to go curling... When the rest of the team got there, they said there was a ambulance and cop cars at the grocery store and they did not know what was going on, so I filled them in from what I knew. SO pretty damn exciting for the town of Paradise Hill... Not sure if the guy is okay, never heard anything, so I am sure he is. Crazy!!! Well the weather is beautiful here today, I am going to go outside and do some work. Clean the ashes out of the wood boiler, clean up my shop a bit. I curl again tonight at 9:00 PM. They boys play a BIG hockey game at 3:00 tomorrow. I sure hope they win. GO HAWKS GO!
Grant Out!
Joke of the day sent by one of my goose hunters Bob Jacobson!

Ole and Lena
Ole, out on the golf course, takes a high speed ball
right in the crotch. Writhing in agony, he falls to the ground.
As soon as he could manage, he took himself to the doctor.
He said 'How bad is it doc? . . . I'm going on my honeymoon
next veek and my fiance, Lena , is still a wirgin - in every
vay'. The doctor told him, 'I'll have to put your Willie in a splint to let
it heal and keep it straight. It should be okay next week.
He took four tongue depressors and formed a neat little 4 sided splint, and taped it
all together quite an impressive work of art. Ole mentions none of this to Lena, marries her, and
they go on their honeymoon That night in the motel room, Lena
rips open her blouse to reveal her beautiful untouched breasts. She
said, You're the first vun. No vun has EVER seen deez.'
Ole immediately drops his pants and replies, . Look atdis, ...still
in DA CRATE!

Feb.21/08 - Shellys Birthday yesterday!!! Happy Birthday Dear. And yes I did get her something..... Spent the day in the office again yesterday. Got through a pile of paper work. Also started talking to my waterfowl hunters and putting things together there. Deer bookings are going well. With the new area to book this year I feel we are doing very well. The boys played Meadow Lake last night and beat them easily 11-1. We go back there next Tuesday. If we beat them there, which we should, we will continue on to the semifinals probably vs Edam. We meet Edam this week in our provincial playoff at there Rink this Saturday. I got swindled into going in a curling bonspiel this weekend in neighboring town of St.Walburg. Curling with some good friends, so it should be fun. We don't curl on Saturday so I won't miss the boys hockey game... My neighbor Milton is over and he is building Ian a wall for his bedroom downstairs. Ian is pretty pumped about it. I used to sleep down there and when Shelly and I got married we gutted the hole basement and know we are adding back onto it.... All good things. Well I better run. Might have to head to Green Lake again to plow some more snow and a bit of plowing to do around here. Take care!
Grant

Feb.18/08 - Great game on Saturday. We beat Kerrobert 12-6. It was a very close game all the way through. Our boys walked away with it though with about 10 minutes left in the 3rd period. We all went up to our Managers place "the Kaltenborns" and ordered Pizzas and had a good time celebrating the win. Now we play Meadow Lake in the League Playoffs and Edam in the Provincials next round. If we beat out Meadow Lake guess who we get to play in the next round of Playoffs. Yep Edam. They are a tough team, but I believe our boys can beat them. It will be a hell of a round for playoffs and provincials against them. Hope we get there No..... Anyways the boys have the hole week of school off. We are going to hook up with some friends today at a nearby lake and do a little icefishing and skidooing. The weather is nice, so we are going to take advantage of it. Actually suppose to stay nice all week. I promise sometime this week that I will get very serious about putting my waterfowl hunts together. I have been in my office quite a bit, just going around and around with these last few whitetail hunts to book up. So thanks for being patient with me and I promise that this week all my goose hunters will be getting a call. I have called a few already and slowly am getting it together. Okay enough babbling. Enjoy your day. Give the wife or girlfriend a hug and have a great day. G out!

Feb.16/08  - Hi Ho Hum. What is up? The boys and I went into town this morning for haircuts. Looking all styling now... Warmed up here in Saskatchewan a lot. Actually was raining out yesterday. Makes the highways very hazardous though. I got some more prizes yesterday. Barcley Fishers Dad "Tom" was very generous. Tommy owns Hurricane Industries a oil patch related business. Anyways, Tom gave me 4 tickets to a oiler game coming up in March. Kinda blew me away. I really appreciate it Tom. "THANKYOU" I also got lots of other cool things from other friends and business owners. Some filleting knives, hunting knives, tooks, hoodies, golf bags, hats, jackets so my job is done... Thanks to all that donated to the Paradise Hill Pee Wee Hawks. We very much appreciate it. Game time today is at 3:00 we will head down to the rink around 1:30. I will drive the zambonie, boy am I excited!!! Other than that, still booking hunts and looking outside wanting to be out there enjoying the warm weather. The boys have all of next week off of school, it is suppose to stay warm out so hopefully we can get out and do some snowmobiling and maybe a little icefishing. Got to go eat breakfast. Later and enjoy the joke of the day. Thanks to Lucas. Grant out!

TOUGH OLD COWBOY?

It's the Oatmeal, dude!

A TOUGH OLD COWBOY FROM DILLION, MONTANA, COUNSELED HIS GRANDSON 
THAT IF  HE WANTED TO LIVE A LONG LIFE, THE SECRET WAS TO SPRINKLE A PINCH 
OF GUN  POWDER ON HIS OATMEAL EVERY MORNING.
THE GRANDSON DID THIS RELIGIOUSLY, TO THE AGE OF 103.
WHEN HE DIED, AT THE AGE OF 103, HE LEFT BEHIND,
14 CHILDREN, 30 GRANDCHILDREN, 45 GREAT-GRAND-CHILDREN, 25 
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND A 15 FOOT HOLE WHERE THE CREMATORIUM USED 
TO BE.

Feb.15/08 - Well, hope all you guys out there bought your girl some flowers or chocolates for Valentines day. I am in the good books as I bought Shelly a gift basket that the kinettes were selling in Paradise Hill. Some bath stuff, chocolate, things that girls like. So I am good. Was in Lloyd doing a few things yesterday. I have been put in charge of getting some prizes for our Pee Wees Provincial Hockey game here on Saturday. So I was out seeing some buddys in the oil patch grabbing this and that from them. It takes a lot of socializing to get them door prizes. I am heading back in this afternoon to get a few more. Tomorrow the boys play Kerrobert in game two best of total points in two games. We beat them 6-5 in Kerrobert, so a tie or a win will move us onto the next round. Our boys beat out Turtleford in round one of our league playoffs and will carry on next week via Meadow Lake we are thinking. Shelly made it home safe and sound late Tuesday night. They had to spend a extra night in Hawiaa as the pilot of the plane they were to fly on got sick... So Air Canada put them up for the night. She was pretty tired when she got home but is back to normal know and was working at her job at the Care home yesterday. I was just talking to the insurance man about putting a claim in on my skid steer from when I was swimming with it last spring. It did a fair bit of damage to the motor.... I am stupid!!! Oh well lesson learned and as they say Shit happens. I used it a bit throughout the summer hoping it would clear it self up, but it always smoked a little more than it should, anyways will get her fixed up and I will stay out of the damn lake with it. Hopefully the insurance will cover it or it will cost me a pretty penny to get it fixed. Other than that, just plugging away in my office. I would really like to get out in my shop, but I  have a pile of paper sitting beside me that needs to be looked at. I will start collecting bear bait scraps here soon also. Well I better run. Take care all!
Grant

Feb.10/08 - I fogot my joke this morning. Here is one that I got a good chuckle out of!

I rear-ended a car this morning on the way to work.

I knew right then and there that it was going to be a REALLY bad day.

The driver got out of the other car and wouldn't you know it, he was a dwarf.



He looked up at me and said "I'm NOT f*#%ing happy!"

So I said "Well, which f*#%ing one are you then?" 

And that's how the fight started..... 

Feb.10/08 - Got up this morning. Nice and chilly out. Loaded up the boiler and got a fire going downstairs. No snow though. We really have not had much snow since November. I get a lot of calls on how the deer are fairing and they are doing excellent. They can deal with cold weather very well. It is the deep snow that is hard on them. So I think they will come out of this winter in very good shape up at this time. Went fishing for a hour or two with Helboe on Friday. Got started kinda late as I was busy doing things in town, but I did manage to catch one tiny little perch. But we sat in his shack and had a good visit. We later went to the senior hawks first playoff game against Cut Knife. Boring game! Hawks whooped them 10-1 or something. Cut some wood yesterday with Garet and Ian and I worked in the shop for awhile on one of my car trailers. Not sure what this day will bring. Probably start cleaning up the house (which is not that bad) as Shelly we be home later tomorrow afternoon. It will be good to see her, and even though the boys have been very busy they missed her and will be happy to see her. Just chilled out at home last night. Watched a movie called 3:10 to Yuma. Great movie. Well I better go. Oh, we made it over the 250 000 hits. That is awesome. Lets see how long it will take to get to 500 000. I will try my best to keep writing stuff on here so that you all have something to come and look at. You should all go look at the 2007 spring bear gallery and call me up and book a bear hunt. They are so much fun.... Come, honestly you won't regret it....Thanks!
Grant

Feb.08/08 - Just got off the phone with my good friend Mike Hanback. Mike has been a very busy man lately and is working on his new T.V show that will be airing in 2009. We are excited about Mike's new show as Buck Paradise will be a big part of it. Mike just got back from Las Vegas where he attended the Shot Show. I am going to go to this next year.... Mike will be there and is going to spend a day with me introducing me to more people that are involved in the great hunting industry. I am excited about it already. Mike has started a new blog and you can and you should check it out. His link is on my homepage. You will enjoy seeing all the big bucks and Mikes knowledge on whitetails. I also have his book and have read it from front to back and it is a great book and I suggest if you love hunting whitetail deer that you purchase it. This can also be found on his website. The boys won there first playoff game in Turtleford Tuesday night. They beat them 8-3. Was pretty close all the way through up until the 3rd period then our boys put it to bed. No hockey this weekend at all. What the hell am I going to do??? Maybe a little ice fishing. It took me about 3 hours but I got Helboes Ice fishing shack out on the ice. I may head down there this afternoon for a bit and see if I can catch a fish. Shelly texted me yesterday. They were in a flash flood. That sucks, but they said they were all doing fine. I hope the weather clears up for them and that they have nice hot weather for the last couple of days that they are there. I cooked last night. Had walleye and french frys... Turned out pretty good! The boys ate it and made it through the night and off to school this morning. I had a few friends over for a poker game last night out in the shop. I even won the 1st game. Did not fair so well the 2nd game though. We finished up around midnight, so it was not to late out and I got a good sleep in. Well, I hope everyone has a great day. Looking at the counter on my website and I am 250 hits away from 1/4 of a million hits. That is great. Thanks to everyone that comes on my site. I really enjoy the journal and I hope you do to. I have started talking to my waterfowl and bear hunters and will be really pushing that the next couple of weeks. Here is the joke of the day again sent to me via Bro Dean.K.
Grant

An 8 pointer, a 4 pointer and a button buck are standing by a field browsing on
acorns.

The 8 pointer says, 'I'm happy with my 10 does, we're really getting along.'

The 4 pointer says, 'I'm happy as heck with my 5, they really take care of me!'

The button buck says, 'My two are alright, better than nothing I guess.'

Then all of a sudden a GIANT 25 point non-typical buck walks out into the
field. The three bucks had never seen anything like him before, they were in
awe. The big buck made a huge scrape and pissed in it, rubbed a phone pole and
snapped it off at the ground! The three bucks looked on in amazement.

8 pointer says, 'I could probably get by with 4 does... Who really needs 10
anyways?'

4 pointer says, 'You know.. come to think of it, I could only really use one or
two of mine!'

The button buck was silent, the other two bucks look over to him in confusion.

Suddenly the yearling runs out into the middle of the field! He rips and tears
up some grass... pisses all over the place, snorts & wheezes, rubs his head raw on a tree and chews a lickin branch clean off! Then he runs back over to his two
buddies.

His friends immediately jump him, 'What the hell are you doing!?'

'I'm just makin' sure that big sumbitch knows I'm a buck!'

Feb.06/08 - Well were baching away and doing just fine. I went into Lloyd on Monday and loaded up on grocerys. Those easy to make things you know. Ken Hardy who used to guide for me, through a nice Birthday party for his wife Jean who used to cook for us last night out in the lodge. They had lots of people over and had a nice gathering. I went over for awhile and visited and then came back to the house and went to bed. The boys had hockey practise last night. I got to drive the Zambonie twice. I enjoy doing it... It had warmed up a lot, but is windy as hell out side. Grant Helboe, who also used to guide for me called me up this morning and wants me to head to his place with my skid steer and help him get his big ice fishing shack (house) on the ice. So I am going to head over and do that right away. The boys have there first playoff game tonight vs Turtleford. They beat them 2 times during the regular season, but playoffs always change teams and bring the best out in them, so the boys will have to play hard to win. I spent most of the day in the office yesterday. Deer bookings are just about done. Which is good. I then went ice fishing with my neighbor Wayne for a couple of hours. We went to a lake 10 minutes away and did not catch a damn thing. Seen a big ass Pike though... But he would not bite.... Talked to Shelly yesterday. They are having a good time, the weather is not the greatest, but it is suppose to get better as the week goes on for them. Actually cooking has been pretty easy for me. We are at the rink so much, we eat there a lot, which we would do even if Shelly was at home. I did make the boys (a premade) pizza last night when we got home. Today they have hot lunch at school, so that saved on making lunches. So it is all going pretty smooth. Well I am going to go get a fishing shack out of the bush hoepfully and onto the lake. Later. Here is todays Joke from you, sent to me by my bro Dean.
Grant

            WE ARE IN TROUBLE! 
The population of this country is 300 million. 
 
160 million are retired.   
That leaves 140 million to do the work.    
 
There are 85 million in school.  

Which leaves 55 million to do the work. 
  
Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.    
Leaving 15 million to do the work.  
      
 2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama  
 Bin-Laden.   
Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.   
  
Take from that total the 10.8 million people who work for state and city  
Governments. And that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.   
  
 At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals.   
Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.    
  
Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.   
  
That leaves just two people to do the work.   
You and me. 
   
And there you are, 
  
Sitting on your ass, 
 
At your computer, reading jokes.  
  
Nice. Real nice. 

Feb.03/08 - Garet and Ian tied Maidstone 5-5. It was a great game. We were down 5-1 in the 3rd and the boys worked hard and tied it up. Then we came back home and a few people came out that play on the team. I rented the UFC fight. They were also good. Brock Lesner the old WWE wrestling super star had to tap out from Frank Mirs Submission that he put on him. The boys and I also cut that big pile of wood I was talking about. We should be good for awhile now. May have to take another load up to Green Lake which is a pain, but needs to be done. Still have some whitetail hunts to book and then get serious on the bear and waterfowl hunts. I am going to hopefully spend a lot of time in the office this week doing just that. Today the boys and I headed to neighboring town St.Walburg. There was a 17-18 year old boys (Midget) hockey game there and a bunch of kids from "the hill" were playing there. So we went. Had a good feed of rink burgers. So that got me out of cooking for today. Then we found out that our Senior team the hawks played the St Walburg Eagles tonight, so Ian and I went in back to that. Our Paradise Hill Hawks beat them 10-5. Garet and Ian are in the age group called Pee Wees. They were suppose to play in the P Hill today against a North Battleford team, but Battleford cancelled. So that is why we went and watched hockey today. The boys each had a buddy over and when I took them home, one of the moms sent a cherry pie and some cookies out to the truck for us. That was really nice of her and we appreciated it. Damn good pie. Garet though put his elbow in it on the way home though, so it did not look really good, but it did not affect the taste at all. Well it is late, better hit the hay. Take care all and have a great MONDAY!!!!!
GKUYP OUT.

Feb.02/08 - Whats up? Warming up a little. Just got back from a Senior Paradise Hill Hawks hockey game. Great game. We won 4-3. Then went to the curling rink as they have a bonspiel going on over there and a Smoker. A smoker is a bar in a curling rink. Lots of you may not know much about curling. A bonspiel is like a tournament. They are fun. It has been years since I have been in one. Ian came with me to the hockey game. He enjoyed it. We went to the smoker for a bit. Bought some tickets from a good friend and then had a drink and brought Ian home. Today, I learned how to drive the Zambonie at our Hockey rink. There are a bunch of guys that help out and I wanted to learn, so today was my day. I did not wreck anything so that is good. Other than that, I spent the morning in my office and went and you guessed it "Cut some more wood" . Tomorrow with my boys at home we will get a good pile cut up. Shelly will be leaving with some friends tomorrow to sunny Hawiaa. I hope they have a good time, and I am happy for her that she is going with her friends as I have gone on quite a few just the guys hunting and fishing trips. So it will be just me and the boys for a week or so. We will be fine, but any cooked food donations will be gladly accecpted. Just kidding. I told the boys that I was going to BBQ lots and maybe try to cook a chicken in my smoker. They looked at me like I was crazy. The boys and I head to Maidstone tomorrow evening for the big game with them. It should be a good one, and it would be great to beat them. Then not sure what is going on. Big fight on UFC tomorrow night. May try to get back to the shop to watch them. Not sure. Well I better hit the hay. Later. G-Out.

Jan.30/08 - COLD!!! We have been in a bit of a deep freeze the past few days. Low as -40 with wind chills into the mid minus 50s. Crazy. But everything is going well. Throwing the deer here at the yard an extra scoop of oats. We went up to Goodsoil last Sunday. Brother Dean there is the coach of that team. They have been having a tougher year this year and our kids thought they would walk in there and whoop them. Goodsoil scored the 1st goal. It was a pretty interesting game right through and then our guys woke up in the 3rd period. We ended up beating them 14-6.We went to Dean and Jandas for supper that night. Driving home that night was a test. It was storming really bad and there were times were we could hardly see the road and would just about have to stop. We picked a guy up that was stuck and took him into St.Walburg were he was working. Man I am going through some wood. I had to make a fire in the house yesterday as it was just not getting warm throughout the house. So the boys and I headed outside and cut some smaller wood for downstairs. She is nice a toasty now. Went down at about 2:30 AM to restoke it. Then went back to bed to lay there for a couple hours not being able to get back to sleep. The boys were home Mon-Wed. Storming and very cold kept the buses from running. But they were going this morning. Shelly was suppose to go to a class for her nursing in Saskatoon yesterday, but it was -40 so wisely she stayed at home. The boys have a big game Saturday night in Maidstone. Should be a good one. If we beat them by 6 goals we will end up in 2nd place overall in our league. This will be tough to do as Maidstone has a very solid team. We beat them in a tournament game this year, but it was close. I curled Tuesday night with Kevin Wenger and my cousin Adam Fink. Good game, close all the way, but we lost in the end. First time I have curled in two years. It was fun to get back out there. Other than that, busy on the phone with hunters and emails. Still working on getting deer hunts booked up. I have to head into town this morning right away to get my truck serviced. Its a few clicks over.... Boys have hockey practise tonight again, so I will be taking them to that. Well I better run. Talk to you all later. Have a great day!
Grant

WHO SAYS MEN DON'T REMEMBER ANNIVERSARIES?

 

A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was Not In Their bed.
She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him. She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of Coffee in front of him.
He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.

 

"What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into The Room, "Why are you down here at this time of night?" The husband looks up from his coffee, "I am just remembering When we First met 20 years ago and started dating. You were only 16. Do you remember back then?" he asks solemnly. The wife is almost reduced to tears herself, just thinking how caring and sensitive her husband is.

 

"Yes, I do" she replies. The husband pauses. The words were not coming easily. " Do you remember when Your Father Caught us in the back seat of my car?" "Yes, I remember," said the wife, lowering herself Into a chair beside him.

 

The husband continues. " Do you remember when he shoved that shotgun in my face and said, "Either you marry my daughter, or I will send you to jail For 20 years?" "I remember that, too" she replies softly. He wipes another tear from his cheek and says..."I would have gotten out today."

 

 

 

 

 

An American Decided to write a book about famous churches around the world.  So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando , thinking that he would start by working his way across the USA from South to North.  On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read '$10,000 per call'.  The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for.  The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God.  The American thanked the priest and went along his way.  Next stop was in Atlanta . There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it.  He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in Orlando and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was.  She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 he could talk to God.  'O.K., thank you,' said the American .  He then traveled to Indianapolis , Washington DC , Philadelphia , Boston and New York.  In every church he saw the same golden telephone  with the same '$10,000 per call' sign under it.  The American, upon leaving Vermont decided to travel  up to Canada to see if Canadians had the same phone.  He arrived in Canada , and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read '40 cents per call.'  The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.  'Father, I've traveled all over America and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in the US the price was $10,000 per call.  Why is it so cheap here?'  The priest smiled and answered, 'You're in Canada now, son - it's a local call'.