Anxious

It's getting closer! Pheasant season is less than one month away, and I'm getting real excited. Time to make sure the gear is in good shape.

• Orange vest to hold lots of birds - check
• Whistle - check
• Ammunition - check
• Shotgun - check, bossdude says the gun is 17 years old, guess he's pretty thorough about keeping it in good condition.
• Birds - um not yet.

Working in the suburbs is a little tricky. We can't discharge a firearm in township limits, but firecrackers can keep me from being "gunshy". It's difficult to keep wild birds to practice on. Instead, we practice with scented dummies. Bossdude has gotten to using the dummy while it's dark, something about forcing me to use my nose to find the bird, like Duh, what did he expect me to use, my tongue?

Soon he says, we will go to a preserve and practice on some live birds. I can hardly wait. He better not miss the birds, or I'll be one disappointed bird dog.

I like toys

I like toys, I especially like to see what's inside toys. Well, I made a discovery during my playing, I have figured out how cotton balls are made. Simply rip the head off of a stuffed toy, and pull out the stuffing to get an ample supply of cotton balls.

The humanz just threw the cotton balls away though, it's like they didn't appreciate my discovery and helpfulness. You'd think they would at least use the cotton balls for something useful...