Fishing , eating bluegill and a few bluegill facts

Yikes! I did it again. I was so busy yesterday I didn't get my post in, let alone get my CVS figured for today. I went fishing almost all day yesterday with hubby and then later with my Dad and hubby. First was the cruise around the lake then the fishing. Then later another cruise around the lake and more fishing. All in all hubby cleaned 19 fish. You know what we are having tonight for dinner. The rest went in the freezer. There is nothing like fresh bluegill.My husband fillets the fish then skins them. We then put them in the fridge with salt water until ready to fry. We usually dip the fillets in egg and dredge in Drakes fry mix or Andys fish dip and pan fry.We like to fillet and cut the skin off. I don't like to deal with the bones nor do we like scaling them. Some people still prefer them scaled, bones, and all and fried in a pan. Some say there is more flavor that way. I guess it's a matter of preference. I remember as a kid we would scale them and pan fry them bones and all. That meant picking out bones as you ate. This wasn't much fun I guess I don't like working so hard for my food but never less, I always worried I would choke on a bone. Did you know bluegill like nearly all fish are nutritious and high in vitamin D? Bluegill also help humans by eating thousands of pesky insects, such as mosquitoes. Bluegills are the most common fish caught by fisherman. They are easy to catch because they eat so many different things, such as earthworms, crickets, grasshoppers, even people food like bread and corn! They eat just about any little animal that will fit into their small mouths, especially (water) insects and (land) insects that fall on the water. Fishing for bluegill is alot of fun. I know I can't wait to go out again fishing. Maybe next weekend. Aaah life is good! If anyone has a favorite way to prepare bluegill please share.

A great day and a big thankyou!

This was an exciting day for me. The pontoon is now fixed. The man we bought it from has been ever so kind to not only let us use his sons pontoon trailer for a few days while it was getting fixed but to also pick it up and drive it to our place. Make sure everything was running like it should, helped us get it in the water and in the fall will help us get it winterized like he always did. Yes, we took it for a spin around the lake some today. My dad, my son, hubby and I oh my, I am really in love!!! We have seen more of the lake in that short time than in the 4 years we've lived here! The husband and I are going fishing tomorrow. This post isn't all about our pontoon though. It's about the new friends we have made, the help they have offered to get this boat to our house, the time spent to help us in general and the fellowship with them. I am so glad to see there is still good people in this world after all. What we gave for this pontoon was totally insane. It should of been way more. I guess the people just wanted it to go to someone who would enjoy it as much as they did all these years. Thank you, Mr and Mrs. Myers! We will enjoy this boat for many years.

Pontoon bikini tops

We are going to need a bikini top for our pontoon. What is a bikini top? Bikini tops or any other quality boat covers are essential for any boat. Bikini tops and boat covers keep the rain and sun off you and your passengers as well as off your boat when it is not in use. There is no point in having a nice boat and trying to spend a fun filled day on the water and being completly burned by the sun or frozen by ice cold rain if dark clouds begin to overcast your skies. Bikini tops protect you and your passengers from Mother Nature's harsher side.. http://www.wholesalemarine.com has everything you need or want for your pontoon. When I found this site, I spent a couple of hours on it just looking and dreaming. You can go absolutley crazy with your pontoon and when you get done you can live pretty comfortably on your boat. I really reccomend this site. Whether you have a pontoon or just a nice leisure boat, you will have fun looking and dreaming like I did.

refreshed, and a pontoon, It can't get any better than that!

Hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. As you know I took most of the week off. It was all getting very overwhelming for me so the break from it all felt really good plus, gave me the chance to get caught up on things. With 2 garage sales almost back to back it was very tiring and stressful. Our lake is having their annual Lake wide sales starting today through this weekend and for the first time since I have lived here I am forfieting in on it.. Anyways last Saturday was kinda a recoup day for me. Sunday afternoon we had the kids over here for a cookout. Monday was our 4th year anniviversy. For the first time in months I slept in. Ahhh...what a great feeling. Both of us stayed home and chilled. It felt good! Tuesday we bought a 24 ft pontoon with a 35 johnson outboard motor.Hubby has only wanted one for 4 yrs now.The price was right. It had to be fixed as the tube had too much pressure as you can see from the picture. oops! But, no biggie. It is being fixed and will be as good as new. It needs a bikini top also. This is also not a problem. We will buy one. We hope to do alot of fishing and cruising on the lake now. The rest of the week was spent cleaning. My floors are clean, the laundry is caught up, the grass is mowed, everything is put away now that needs to be. Dishes are done. It can't get any better than that!

The 30 day challenge update

Well, here it is my 30 day challenge update! I know I am a little late on this because of taking a few days off from my blog. The good thing is I lost 5 lbs! I will be happy to except that. I didn't get my walking and crunches in every day but I have been working hard moving around all the time, eating less and so forth. A good part of it was having these garage sales almost back to back which is alot of work. It's amazing that you do not have to go to a fancy gym or do sit ups every day but, just getting off your keester and moving around and eating a bit less is will do the trick. I will definitely continue to sit less move more. I may not lose alot but I know I will be alot healthier for it. So... how did you do?

Bloggy Break

I will be taking a bloggy break for the rest of the week. My hubby has 4 days off and so we will kinda be on vacation away from it all for the rest of the week. Hope you all have a safe and wonderful Memorial Day! See ya in a week!

Wordless Wednesday

I don't believe you can call this wordless but this was taken a couple of weeks ago or so of hubby tilling the garden and I can honestly say as of this morning I have my whole garden planted. Just planted the last 2 rows of beans!!! Whoo-Hoo!