We're just past the halfway point of 2009, and I'm happy to have most of the summer and all of the fall ahead of me. The second half of the year is definitely my favorite half of the year. Here are a few reasons why:
July 4th; my wedding anniversary; beach trips; my kids' birthdays; Labor Day; hot summer nights; crisp fall days; football season; the World Series; fall campouts; Potomac River smallmouth fishing; Halloween; Thanksgiving; Christmas; the long days of early summer; the long nights of early winter; lightning bugs; fall foliage; thunderstorms; snow flurries; goose hunting; deer hunting (bow); deer hunting (muzzleloader); and deer hunting (modern firearms.)
I hope you're looking forward to the rest of 2009 as much as I am!

I'm right there with ya. A little over two months until hunting season, and two months until football season. I'm in heaven!
Posted by: Arthur | July 14, 2009 at 05:16 AM
Upstate New York here; living in one of the worst counties of NY for ticks. SO, I hope you can use this info for when you need...
A better way to get rid of an embedded tick.
The Tick Twister Pro is by far the easiest, fastest, safest and cleanest way to remove those nasty little critters that have attached themselves to family members, ourselves or our beloved pets.
It does not twist like the name implies, it spins the ENTIRE tick at once.
It can also be used on commercial livestock, (Not pets, but animals that are taken care and loved just as if they were.), horses, goats, sheep, pigs, etc...
The Tick Twister Pro can be found on the web at many places but the lowest (total) price we have found so far was from us at Twist-It-Out.com.
Visit the web site and take a look at the tool, it really is quite unique.
The "Vee" shape "business" end of the tool MAY actually cut off the flow of fluids(not confirmed) out of the tick.
We truly hope that this info helps anyone that needs a tick removal tool regardless of where you may end up purchasing it/them from.©
Thanks for reading,
Diane & Don
Twist-It-Out.com
Posted by: Don | July 15, 2009 at 12:25 PM