I Bought a Gun

Yup I bought a gun on Saturday.  I saw it online and just had to have it.  It isn't politics.  It isn't for protection.

I just wanted it.  I had to have it.  So I bought it.

I won't be securing it from my child.  I doubt I'll even load it.

If I try to shoot it it will probably explode in my face with my luck.

So why, just why did I buy the dang thing?

Sentimental value.



This is my new gun:

As far as I can tell it is a Blunderbuss.  Most likely a "dragon" and from about 1750.  It is sentimental for me as I had to ancestors fight in the American Revolution on my paternal grandmother's side.

The seller wanted $500 and said similar went for $2000.  I had done my homework.  The similar were in much better condition so I was able to talk him down to $350 even though he claim he himself paid $500.

I will be putting this in a special display case in my home.  If anyone knows more about this gun please tell me.  I'm going to add it to my insurance.

Life at the New Post

I'm going to do this update as briefly as possible since it has been a few months.

• We moved in July to the Mid-West to a new duty station.
• Eily turned 2 in July
• DH is now in school at the new duty station with us
• Obviously we didn't go to Korea
• I'm making jewelry and will attempt to post photos
• Eily speaks in complete sentences now
• Eily can do some addition
• Eily can read a few words
• Eily can spell a few words
• Eily loves to swim and is a great jumper too
• Eily has her bottom 2 yr old molars in but not yet her top ones
• She is almost potty trained and she gave up the potty chair in preference for the toilet with a reducer ring.
• She is 36 inches tall and about 30 lbs
• She brushes her own teeth, can dress herself, and is doing good on learning to wash up too.
• She can use fork, knife and spoon and eat off of a plate with ease.  Well not so much the knife we are still working on the pressure to cut with that a bit.
• Eily helped me assembly and build the new bed frame when the moving company broke my old one.  She is pretty good with an Allen Wrench.

Now for photos:

blue topaz 8 inch bracelet

Eily age 25 mos