{"id":3639,"date":"2012-01-09T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T02:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/01\/09\/reflections-on-my-2011-goals\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:17:16","slug":"reflections-on-my-2011-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=3639","title":{"rendered":"Reflections On My 2011 Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:16437,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/beachbumberry.com\\\/bum-books&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beachbumberry.com\\\/bum-books&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Normally, one would reflect on their goals for the past year right around New Years. I&#8217;m just a week late. Life goes on!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>1.  Attend the NRA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. I really enjoyed the show in Charlotte. The difference will be that this time I&#8217;ll attend as a blogger.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I can say that I not only did this but I had a great time doing it. I met many of the other bloggers whom I had read over the year for the first time. I got to attend get-togethers put on by the NRA-ILA and the Second Amendment Foundation plus Breda&#8217;s Gunny After-Prom Party, Iain&#8217;s Tilted Kilt bash, and SayUncle&#8217;s impromptu cocktail party. It was a 9 hour drive each way but darn well worth it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>2.  Take a training class. Last year I got my North Carolina Concealed Handgun Permit and it is time to get some more advanced training. There are lots of options available within a day&#8217;s drive so I don&#8217;t have much of an excuse for not doing it.<\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was lucky enough to have been invited to the LuckyGunner Memorial Day Blogger Shoot which allowed me to get a good half day of training with Tom Givens of Rangemaster. This was an appetizer for more training which I followed up in October with a full day at TigerSwan. Two differing approaches but both were valuable.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>3.  Shoot more often. This goes along with number two above. I&#8217;ve got the ammo and now is the time to use it! <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I was as successful in meeting this goal as I would have liked. Taking time to go to the range can be a problem sometimes which reemphasizes the need to do daily dry fire training. While it doesn&#8217;t substitute for actual live-fire training, it is essential to build speed and refine technique.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>4.  Buy a 1911. I can&#8217;t think of a better way to commemorate the centennial of John Moses Browning&#8217;s masterpiece than to do this. While I have a Argentine Ballester Molina or, as my late friend Milo called it, a ballerina molester, it isn&#8217;t a 1911. I don&#8217;t know which one (or two or three) that I want to buy yet but am open to suggestions.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While I had a Springfield Range Officer on order which I cancelled for taking too long and still hope to obtain a Ruger SR1911, I stumbled across a Colt Wiley Clapp LW Commander at a local dealer. He gave me a good deal and I went home with not only a 1911 but a Colt. Enough said on meeting that goal!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>5.  Drink more whiskey. Obviously I won&#8217;t be doing this at the same time as numbers two and three above but life is too short to not to enjoy a good bourbon now and again. The Wall Street Journal ran a list of &#8220;cultural resolutions&#8221; from some well-known people on Friday and this was on fashion designer Nanette Lepore&#8217;s list. It makes sense to me.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When my internist said that one of the ways to improve my HDL cholesterol was to drink more alcohol (but of course in moderation), I knew I had a good doctor! And I have tried to follow doctor&#8217;s orders. It hasn&#8217;t always been good whiskey as I have also discovered rum and Tiki drinks. The Complementary Spouse and I have enjoyed going through <a href=\"http:\/\/beachbumberry.com\/bum-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beachbum Berry Remixed cocktail book<\/a> and picking out cocktails to try. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>6.  Keep blogging. I only started this blog in May 2010 and have been astounded by its growth. It has been exciting and rewarding on a personal level. My promise to you is I will try to keep finding and publishing important information as well as some things which just tickle my fancy.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As to whether I accomplished this, I leave it up to you the reader to decide if I succeeded. I have enjoyed this and definitely plan on continuing this blog for as long as I have readers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally, one would reflect on their goals for the past year right around New Years. 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