THE ROCKING RIVER CAMPING STORY #camping #outdoors #story
It August 11th 2023 and this is my 4th story of the 90 day story challenge.
‘THE ROCKING RIVER CAMPING STORY’
#storytime #shortstories #ragingriver
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THE UFO STORY #spaceship #aliens #storytelling
It’s August 10th 2023 and this is the third instalment of the 90 stories in 90 days challenge.
‘THE UFO STORY’
#ufo #extraterrestrial #storytime
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THE LIGHTNING WEASEL #storytime #lightning #weasel
Today is August 9th 2023 and this day two of the 90 stories in 90 days challenge.
‘The Lightning Weasel’
#shortschallenge #sheetlightning #whiteweasel
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THE COW SHIT STORY #shortschallenge #90dayschallenge #story
It’s August 8th 2023 and for the next 90 days I’m going to share short stories/memories of my life’s adventures……. so far!
#memories #shortstories
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IT WAS GREAT - August 1/23 (VLOG 845) #mutantmayhem #tmnt #pizza
It was a fun family day today as Tenley, Natasha and I hopped into the car and took off for the city for a night of dinner and a movie.
We had a wonderful meal at Boston Pizza before heading to the cinema to watch the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ‘Mutant Mayhem’
As you can tell from the title of this vlog that Tenley thought that this movie was great. I found it to be quite entertaining, lots of action and a few laughs but what I enjoyed the most was the absolutely stunning animation. Visually stunning and definitely worth seeing in a theatre. The clip shown in this video does not do justice.
VLOGDATE 845 - August 1/2023
#tmntmutantmayhem
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DINNER AND A DIP - JULY 31/23 (VLOG 844) #lifevlog #bbqchicken #scallopedpotatoes
Got up extra early this morning to make my deliveries and enjoy a little coffee time with Natasha before she had to head off to work on what was supposed to be a day off. Speaking of day off… today is my day off so I decided to make a nice dinner. That being bbq boneless chicken thighs and scalloped potatoes.
Tenley, Byla and I also hit the beach to enjoy a little time in the lake. Tomorrow is another day off and we’re hitting the open road for a little fun and adventure. Join us! Shall you?
VLOGDATE 844 - July 31/2023
#swimming #cooking #firewood
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I PICKED UP A SAKER MINI ELECTRIC CHAINSAW - July 24/23 (VLOG 843) #electric #chainsaw
Hello folks,
I finally got my hands on an electric chainsaw. I’ve been wanting one for quite sometime. As many of you know I enjoy getting outdoors and camping. In most cases I only ever get out for one night so relax time is low.
Adding this Saker Mini Electric Chainsaw to my pack was an easy choice for two reasons.
It’s lightweight weighing in at 5.125lbs and it saves me a ton of time prepping firewood. What used to take me hours I can prepare now in literally minutes.
After only one use I’m very happy with this acquisition but time will tell. You’ll be seeing it in future wild camping videos.
VLOGDATE 843 - July 24/2023
#outdoors #campinggear #chainsaws
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MY 1982 HONDA FT500 ASCOT FINALLY HAS FENDERS - July 17/23 (VLOG 842) #motorcycle #crazydog #vlog
VLOGDATE 842 - July 17/2023
Started off the day delivering bread, pepperoni cheese sticks & egg salad bunwiches to the station. I then returned home to enjoy a coffee and chat with Natasha before she had to go to work. It was supposed to be her day off today.
Picked a bunch of raspberries. The raspberry bush is booming this year. I should be able to get another bucket full in a day or two.
Hopped onto my motorcycle and hit the grocery store. I wanted to make Natasha a nice feast. She’s been working lots and working hard so I feel it’s the least I can do for her.
After loading up the Dutch Oven I finally got down to the shop. I needed to replace a signal light and I’ve been wanting to put fenders on my bike for over a year now. So that’s what I did.
#garage #diy #dutchoven
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CAJUN CHICKEN DECO BURGER - July 11/23 (VLOG 841) #cookingchicken #chickenburger #chickensandwich
VLOGDATE 841 - July 11/2023
Hello and welcome to my (almost) daily vlog. If you enjoy my videos please consider subscribing.
I came up with the Cajun Chicken Deco Burger over 20 years ago. Back when I was a line cook. It started out as a lunch special but it quickly became a regular item on the menu. It remained on their menu for many many years even after I no longer worked there. Back in 2019 when Natasha & I leased the clubhouse restaurant at the golf course I revived the Deco where it dominated our sales. It truly is a fantastic chicken sandwich.
#cooking #chickenburger #chickensandwich
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LOVE EACH AND EVERY DAY - July 10/23 (VLOG 840) #love #enjoylife #familyvlog
VLOGDATE 840 - July 10/2023
Tough waking up this morning. Only because I stayed up so late last night prepping food to sell at the station and editing vlog 839.
Once I returned home I joined Natasha for a couple of cups of coffee and headed outdoors to do my daily light watering in the gardens.
After receiving the firewood we purchased I decided to catchup on a few 💤 with a quick 40 winks.
Natasha, Tenley and I then jumped into the car to go see if the Boreal Toads had started their migration but we only saw a couple frogs and a couple tadpoles. We’re going back in a few week.
Splurged and bought a couple beautiful steaks for dinner. Baked potato, asparagus, yellow & red bell peppers, mushrooms and broccoli. Oh so good….just like today with my family…. OH SO GOOD
#outdoors #mountainlife #cookingsteak
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A BACKYARD TOUR, PLAYING ROBLOX, AND MORE! - July 9/23 (VLOG 839) #garden #flowers #roblox
VLOGDATE 839 - July 9/2023
Hello friends. I started my day drinking a coffee with Natasha before she had to go to work. After that I jumped on my motorcycle and rode to the grocery store to buy buns, eggs, and green onions. I have an order for 12 egg salad sandwiches on Monday. Speaking of Monday, it’s my day off, WHOOP WHOOP!
Played a little ROBLOX with Tenley today. That’s always fun and if you’re on ROBLOX feel free to look me up under CarlTheMadman311 and add me as a friend.
Had a 6 hour shift at the station. It was busy and hot. Well I guess it’s the humidity more so then the actual heat.
After work I finished making my egg salad sandwiches and sliced up tomorrows bread.
#eggsalad #playingroblox #gardentour
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1 MOTORCYCLE & 1 RUCKSACK = 3 TRIPS TO THE STORE - July 7/23 (VLOG 838) #redundancy #bikerlife
VLOGDATE 838 - July 7/2023
Oh the glories of riding motorcycles, although I wouldn’t trade it for anything. 49 years I’ve been riding now! WOW!
Anyways, we needed supplies today so I made 3 trips to the store to pick it all up. It’s not that far, 2 kilometres maybe.
#bikerlifestyle #rider #backandforth
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CUCUMBERS & CHORIZO SAUSAGE POCKETS - July 6/23 (VLOG 837) #garden #cucumber #chorizo
VLOGDATE 837 - July 6/2023
Well I think I’ve finally figured it out. I’ll do shorts vlogs and regular vlogs all depending on the day and what comes my way. Either way I thank you all for following along.
I’ve just recently joined the #tiktok
https://www.tiktok.com/@carlthemadman33
#shorts #chorizos
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CLAWING OUT YOUR EYES - July 5/23 (Vlog 836) #cats #dogs #catvsdog
VLOGDATE 836 - July 5/2022
My mini holiday is over. Back to work I go. Kaitlynn took off on an adventure for a week or so this morning.
The Mighty Mooshka had a run in with Byla The Berzerker today. Good thing that panel of glass was there to impede the senseless behaviour of that non-disciplined cat lol.
#catsanddogs #catshorts #dogshorts
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RELAXING IN THE BACKYARD - (VLOG 835) #backyard #relaxing #dog #slowliving
VLOGDATE 835 - July 4/2023
I don’t think calling me a backyard boy would be accurate lol. I spent nearly the entire day lounging about in the backyard today. Relaxing and enjoying the view. Playing with Byla the Berzerker and chatting with Natasha. One of the most relaxed, kicked back, do nothing days I’ve had in a long long time. It was nice!
#relaxation #lounging #backyard
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A NICE DAY OFF - July 2/23 (VLOG 833) #baking #lasagna #wildlife
VLOGDATE 833 - July 2/2023
To kickoff my first day off I went to work lol, just to check in with Daryl and enjoy a fresh, hot, delicious, and aromatic cup off Kootenay Coffee.
Raced back home and got to work baking bread and pepperoni cheese sticks. After completing those I rode my motorcycle down to the market to get the ingredients I needed to make a lasagna.
I wanted to make a nice dinner for Natasha & Kaitlynn because they had a big and busy days work.
I spent quite a bit of time today trying to capture various shots of scenery and wildlife.
Continued the garden in a bucket series. Kept an eye on my beautiful wife as she watered her plants as well.
Sliced up the bread for morning delivery and played a game of Yahtzee with Kaitlynn. She defeated me only because of beginners luck. Next time I’ll crush her!
#vlogsvideo #scenery #wildlifevideography
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HAPPY CHINADA DAY EH (VLOG 832) #canadaday2023 #chinada #vlog
VLOGDATE 732: July 1/22,
Can’t beat a good cup of coffee to start the day. Can’t beat messing with Natasha’s head to start the day. Can’t beat checking out the baby cucumbers, dill and nasturtiums. Can’t beat being given a beautiful picture of your mother from many many years back.
You just can’t beat it.
#vloggers #canadaday #cantbeatit
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STEAK & EGGS WITH FRESH MOREL MUSHROOMS - (VLOG 831) #cooking #castironcooking #morels
VLOGDATE 831 - June 30/2023
Only because I’m the best husband in the world I jumped into the car this morning and took Natasha’s car to the station for petroleum so she didn’t have too 🤪
Baked bread, pepperoni cheese sticks but more importantly I made myself breakfast. Possibly the best breakfast I’ve ever had. I was gifted a pound of morels yesterday so today I fried them up in my cast iron frying pan with butter and added them to my steak & eggs. Oh my gosh…. So tasty, so good. Absolutely golden. What a treat.
Put in a 7 hour shift at the station today and wrapped up my evening watching episode 3 ‘People Are a Resource’ of TWD DEAD CITY! I’m absolutely loving this spinoff series of The Walking Dead
#morelmushrooms #deadcity #vloggers
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BYLA - June 28/23 (VLOG 830) #dogslife #dog #happybirthday
VLOGDATE 830 - June 28/2023
In typical fashion Byla started my day by waking up and wanting to play play play…. while I’m still trying to sleep of course. My little monster 🐕🦺
When Tenley got out of bed today she came downstairs and played the Happy Birthday Song with her whistles.
I heated up the cast iron frying pan and cooked Byla her very own cheeseburger. No birthday cake, just birthday burger lol.
The station has switched to summer hours now meaning I have to work an additional hour. Not my favourite thing to do right now as I’m feeling burnt out and looking forward to all the days off I can get.
I was given a great gift tonight at work. A customer came in and gave me a little box full of morels. Oh I can’t wait to gobble this down.
If you enjoy my vlogs please consider subscribing, see ya next time
#castironcooking #morels #birthdaydog
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WHAT YA GONNA DO - June 27/23 (VLOG 829) #familyfun #summerfun #steaks
VLOGDATE 829: June 27, 2023
Hello and welcome to…. AS THE WORLD SPINS with Carl the Madman and family.
Kicked off the morning drinking coffee and eating gruel…. Okay, it was oatmeal! Blaa Blaa Blaa!
Tenley and I made a run to the transfer station with 3 bags of garbage. Who knew going to the dump could be so much fun lol, we scored a kick board out of the free stuff. WINNING!
Hung out in the backyard and practiced pitching the golf ball. Damn Byla 🐕🦺 steals all my golf balls.
One of my favourite things about having a day off is that I get to cook dinner. Tonight we had some steaks that I had marinating (for a few hours), baked potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots. Natasha made a great cheese sauce. Sautéed some mushrooms. Oh man, so damn good. Steak is a treat now that it’s become outrageously expensive. A tear it was.
More driving lessons with Kaitlynn. Only because I wanted a Full Throttle Energy Drink.
Looks like a storm might roll in tonight. Thanks for watching and if you enjoy these videos please consider subscribing.
#cookingsteak #golfdrills #freestuff
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I’VE GOT A QUESTION, ANSWER ME THIS? - #question #tgif #itsmyfriday
It might be Sunday but for me it’s my Friday. Two whole days off and I’m a ever ready for them. So, I’ve got a question for those of you that follow along and watch my vlogs.
QUESTION?
Do you prefer my videos recorded in the traditional horizontal or the vertical format?
Please take a second and answer me either in the comments or shoot me an email at ctmadman @ zohomail . com (no spaces in the email address, I’m just trying to avoid the email bots)
Had two beautiful old cars show up at the station today. I was to busy to ask them the manufacturing date. That Buick Special was something special, well at least to me. I loved it.
#classiccars #antiques #vlogger
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GET SOME THINGS, TO FIX SOME THINGS, THAT NEED TO BE FIXED - June 26/23 (VLOG 828) #diy #ridetolive
VLOGDATE 828: June 26/2023
After enjoying a coffee and chat with Natasha this morning I jumped on the motorcycle and headed for the hardware stores. Ended up needing to go to both ACE Hardware and Home Hardware to get the things I needed to fix the hose and to fix the deck.
After lunch Tenley and I decided to have a water fight. It wasn’t much of a fight though as I dominated the match. I absolutely destroyed her! 🙂
Went for a ride on the motorbike. It was a gorgeous day for a motorcycle ride. My 1982 Honda 500cc single is running fantastic.
When I got back home I enjoyed a Pepsi but I made the error of littering in Natasha’s garden 🤪
Cooked some dinner. We had pork cooked in a cast iron frying pan as well as onions and mushrooms.
Made time for driving lessons and a quick play with Byla in the back yard.
Now I’m editing 👍🏻
#castironcooking #ridetolive #livetoride
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HEY LENNY! - #immaturefun #vlog
Had a full day today plus a lot of fun. Started off baking goods to sell at the station. Byla harassed Tenley for awhile and then I taught her (Byla the dog) how to forage for gooseberries. She loves them as much as I do 🙂
After playing with Byla and heading inside I heard the water running and went to investigate. Seems our water hose had a blowout. Easy enough to fix when I get the parts.
Before I knew it the time had come for me to get to work so I jumped on my 1982 Honda 500cc single and bopped down to work. Made the most of a busy day by having a little fun with Ethan (Lenny). Well fun for me at least lol.
Called it a day by petting The Mighty Mooshka Cat before heading downstairs to see Byla.
Thoughts:
Even on the most redundant of days, most uncomfortable days, and days you don’t want to go to work its important to seek goodness, seek a little fun and put smiles on people’s faces.
You’re only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🙂
#funtime #goodtimes #immature
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THOSE ARE SUPER COOL (VLOG 825) #antique #chainsaw
Vlogdate: Thursday, June 22/2023
I enjoyed a full day today. Got up at 5:50 to have a coffee with Natasha before she headed off to work. Gave my dog Byla her daily combing and made myself some oatmeal.
After that I washed my dishes while waiting for Tenley to wake up.
Once Tenley got out of bed I fired up the cast iron frying pan and made her a ham & cheese omelette.
Watched some of the PGA before heading outside to play fetch with Byla.
Then it’s off to work. I guy had a couple antique chainsaws in the back of his truck today. Super cool to see. Don’t know the years but he had a Pioneer 620 & Pioneer 750. The pioneer chainsaws were made in Canada.
After work Kaitlynn took me out driving. I also caught s1-e2 of TWD Dead City. So far I’m really enjoying this spinoff from The Walking Dead. I was never much of a Maggy fan but Negan is my favourite character in the entire Walking Dead universe so he carries the show for me.
#antiques #twddeadcity #castironcooking
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BROTHER (VLOG 824) #happybirthday #brothers
Wishing my big brother (Moose) a happy birthday today. I hope this special day brings you all the joy and happiness you can fathom.
Thanks for all the great memories and I hope we’ll be fortunate enough to create some new ones someday. Just beware of being in a cow pasture with me because I owe you one… lololololol
I’ve looked up to you my entire life. I love you and thank you for being my brother.
#brothersforever #familylove #skol
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