Slacking

Hope y'all had an awesome Thanksgiving! I sure did! I love going to the boyfriends parents cause lord can that boys daddy cook!! It was a very relaxing day which was much needed because I have been so damned busy lately it is insane. I am glad to say though that moving is FINALLY over! Now to just unpack, which is the part I like because I get to organize! I'm slightly OCD. Other than Thanksgiving being on of my fav days of the year so is the day after! I joined millions of other people for Black Friday and am I ever glad I did! I will say this though living in a rural town I had to drive 24 miles to the nearest town with Black Friday deals which is also a pretty rural town. Bi-Mart and Fred Meyer woohoo! Bonus though is I don't have to fight insane crowds of thousands of people just a couple hundred!  LOL!  I did the whole Black Friday thing when I lived in Portland and that shit just gets crazy. Bi-Mart was my 1st stop they had a killer deal on a moto shade and wall kit to put the boat under which is much needed since the new house had a uber small garage. I was so glad I decided to detour through the electronics department because they had a super awesome deal on a set of Midland radios! They would have been nice to have opening morning of Elk season so my girl and I could have split up and still been in communication. The second I saw these things I was in love! They were camo! Plus they were super cool cause they came with an ear piece and have a 36 mile range on them! Way better than the 6 mile range ones I had previously looked at. I can't wait to try em out!

I ordered most of my things for Christmas this year online. I'm most excited about the PINK LED T.V I got for mini mes' room! Shes gonna flip! Ordered myself some way cute shirts from Girls with Guns clothing and from Real Hunters Wives!!!!

I should get back to being productive! More later!

Moving Sucks

My weekend was less than exciting. I spent it packing, moving and cleaning. Yuck. I wanted to be out fishing. Let me tell you what, moving out of a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house with a shop and a garage is hard ass work. I have so much crap. On the upside of it all though I'm weeding out alot of stuff I haven't used in ages and don't really need and I'm getting fun new things that I don't really need but WANT! I've had mossy oak in my room for years now and I was half tempted to keep it but decided it was time for a change. So I ordered brand new bedding so Im pretty stocked about it. I called it a early Christmas present to myself, which made the price tag of it all totally worth it! Tell me this isn't badass?!?!?! I also ordered the matching curtains and valance!!

Ive also found a ton of things I had forgotten I even owned too! I found a brand new still in the box rifle scope that was a gift from a friend last year, I found my body bag (a cooler for deer) that would have been handy a month ago, tons and tons of candles, just all sorts of stuff I never really unpacked when I first moved in.

Now I'm in the process of selling tons of things on Craigslist and gearing up for a garage sale this weekend so I can turn around and buy new things I'll stick in a corner and forget about!

There was a bright moment in the middle of all the chaos of cleaning and packing when the mail came and my custom made laptop sleeve arrived!!! I LOVE it! She did an amazing job! Its exactly like I told her I wanted it!!! If you ever need sleeves for you laptop, kindle, or whatever go Here

Happy Tuesday!!!

Back To Reality

Today is my first day back to reality, i.e. work. I spent the last 4 days beating down brush trying to kill my 1st elk. I had no luck. :( Opening morning I spotted 4 head over a ridge and down the hill and after hiking through the hills I finally got to the general area where I had seen them. It was apparent they had been through there not long before I got there. There were fresh tracks and droppings EVERYWHERE. I followed the tracks until they disappeared into the marsh and up the other side of the unit. It was getting close to noon so I decided to hike out and come back in the evening time to try and catch them heading back out of the brush. That didn't pan out either, no sign of the elk coming back so I hung around in the brush for a while and headed back to the junction where they had come down that morning to see if I could catch them there. Didn't find em there but I sure as hell got the surprise of my life, right where I had been in the brush 30 minutes prior there were fresh bear prints and big ol pile of crap. I decided I wasn't hanging out in the bottom of that unit anymore so I high tailed it out of there and back up to the top where I can see what in the world is around me. Now I know I shouldn't have been scared I mean for fucks sake I'm packing a 30-06, I could shoot the damned thing but I was. I'd much rather be able to see him coming from up top then straight out of the brush behind me. I definitely will be coming back for that SOB come spring bear season and I will be prepared to meet it face to face. It started getting late so it was time to head out and head home. Opening day was pretty good, spotted the herd, quiet a few deer, and evidence of a bear. I figured Sunday it would be GAME OVER.

Sunday morning I hiked back out to where I had spotted em the morning before and nothing, not even a single fresh track to even indicate that they had come back through. This was extremely disappointing. I stayed in the general area hiking up and down and all around for a few hours but decided to move on and see if I could track down another heard some where else. I spent all of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday covering miles upon miles of back country trying to find a herd and couldn't find a damn thing. I never even saw another animal those 3 days I was out. It was crazy! I was in prime elk country and nothing. Oh well that's how it goes sometimes. There's always next year. But next year screw this general season crap I'm putting in for a controlled hunt. I will say though even though I didn't get my bull I found some prime deer locations for next fall! I also got paid time off to go hunting! Nothing better than getting paid to do something you love!

I also can't say enough about my new gloves I got the night before opener. I ran down to Walmart in the next town down because I just LOVE their hunting department! I was in dire need of some new gloves because I knew it was going to be cold. I got a few pair and of course a ton of other stuff because I cant seem to say NO to things camo! I haven't tried out the fleece pair yet but I'm sure they will be great! The Real Tree Light Weight Womans Glove was what I used all weekend long. They were light weight, comfortable, kept my hands warm and dry (ran into rain a few times), and the embossed no slip grip on the palms was AMAZING! I didnt have to worry about loosing my grip on my binos or my rifle! If you ever run across these gloves I highly recommend them, especially for the price too, I paid something like $8.00 for each pair.

And since I didn't end up with my elk I've got no pictures for you of it but I do have some of the killer views I had all weekend!!

I love living in Oregon, its gorgeous even on a cloudy day!

I will say I am SUPER glad I didn't find anything here because that hike down to the bottom and back out would have been HELL.



Here's to a bear skinned rug next year!

Starting To Get Impatient

Elk season for me starts Saturday, but I am sure you all know this by now because I can't seem to shut up about it. It's consumed my thoughts since Monday morning. I started the countdown then and I won't stop til sunrise Saturday morning! And because my mind is consumed with the thoughts of elk and hunting just about everything else that I think about gets tied into it. For instance I decided it was time for some new DIY projects and decided I wanted to make a few scarves, well I know what style I want to make the question was what color? Immediately I thought Mossy Oak or Real Tree! Leave it to me to want to make a camo scarf to wear with my dress clothes! Then I decided why not make more? Why not girl it up a bit? I'm going to make multiple. Some just camo, some camo and pink, camo and black, camo and whatever in the hell I decide at the moment!!!! Then I decided I want to make matching head bands and bows! If my weekend wasn't already pre-planned out and I wasn't out to harvest a big ol Cascade Bull Elk then I would probably whip out my camouflage dip kit and dip everything I can get my hands on. Keep your eyes peeled as my store on Etsy might just have some new items soon!!!!

Dreamin of the big one!!!!

Maybe It's The Weather

I love fall and all it has to offer! The weather (most of the time), Halloween (my favorite holiday), Salmon season on the river, Deer and Elk Season, and my favorite part of my wardrobe, boots, hoodies, and jeans!!!

The last few days I've kind of been in a rut, and not the kind of rut where bucks let down their guard and act like an idiot and run wild in the day time so they can try and score a piece of tail! I'm talking in a gloomy, moody, I need some drastic change in my life rut. Id much rather be in the other kind of rut though LOL.

Usually when I get like this as I do every fall for some reason, which has got to be due to the dreary weather that I beg for all of September so I can have a better chance at harvesting a deer I make physical changes. Well Ive already chopped about 4" off of my hair and dyed it dark a week ago so can't really change that. I mean I could I could go pixie short and bright pink but that is definitely not happening. I'm in the mood for tattoos and piercings. Ive got 6 tattoos already and 1 piercing other than my ears and I feel like more. I think piercings are a smarter prospect as they can easily be taken out but I LOVE tattoos and I am ready to start a 1/4 sleeve. I want it to be girly yet reveal who I am. How do I incorporate hunting, fishing, horses, lace, and pink into a girly tattoo??? If any of you who read this happen to be a good artist throw me some ideas! There is only 1 problem to this whole wanting a tattoo though, my artist lives in freaking Texas. That's a long ass ways away. Gives me a good excuse for a trip to my favorite place in the world! But it also makes the ink that much more expensive. Maybe it's time to find an artist closer to home. Hmmmm.

In the mean time though I just arraigned an appointment to add some more holes to my ears. I'm hoping this helps me get out of my funk and stop wanting to change things. Because quiet honestly I am itching to move back towards the city. That is not the best idea. A. I know I will hate it once I do it, B. No way my guy would ever live there, C. If I want to go hunting, fishing, or 4x4ing  Ive got quiet a ways to drive for anything decent.

Oooooh maybe some online retail therapy will perk me up. This girl needs some new binos!

Dreaming of some leupold gold ring,

The Dreaded Question

It's that time of year when friends and family start asking "What do you want for Christmas?" I don't know why but I hate that question. I never know what to say. I'm more of a buy me a gift card to my favorite stores kind of person. That works for some of my friends and fam but for others they tell me that's to impersonal. Uggh. So this year I decided I'd make a virtual wish list from all over the internet. This way they can see what I like and what I've been wanting/thinking about getting and hopefully it will give them something more "personal" to get me than a gift card. Plus I was sick all weekend and didn't do much but lay around, sleep, and watch movies so Ive got nothing super cool to blog about. But that's ok with me cause I needed to just relax and get well before next weekend cause it's elk season!! YAY!!!!

So here we go:

Love these boots! Ugg Lattice Cardy in a size 9
Get em here

I could totally make this but <3 supporting small businesses and <3 the hell out of this
Get it here

Super cute Mommy and Me apron in John Deere none the less!!!
Find it here

Would love to put this on the living room wall!
Get it here

IDK why but I <3 this shirt
Find it here

Totally perfect for picnics and the grocery store

Get it here

These little babies are badass!!!

There here

Who doesnt want a 7ft beanbag sofa?!?!?!

It's here

<3 this sweatshirt!!! Size M

Get it here

This lovely too! Size L

Its here

The best for last

I want this shot gun soooooo damn bad!!! I have the matching .22

Get it here

Oh and then there is also this wonderful wishlist!!! Its pretty much that, just a WISHlist. A girls gotta dream right?

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SharedWishListView?listId=122372&langId=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051

Bows and Shotguns

Spooktacular Weekend

I LOVE Halloween! It's the 1 weekend a year you get to dress up and act like a jackass and no one cares! Friday night the beau and I went out to a Halloween party at a friends house and it was a damn good time. I knew it would be a good time just because of the people that were going but when the hostess posted a picture on FB the day before of the 330 jello shots she'd made it only reaffirmed by belief!! So the beau and I dressed up and let me tell you what I think out of ALL the Halloweens I have ever dressed up this year was my favorite!!! We were the trailer parks finest!!!

Now tell me this isn't bad ass?!?! My hunting pants, a John Deere wife beater, a fake prego tummy, and Keystone Light rollers!!! Oh I also had a Keystone Light bracelet on that you cant see in the pic.

The trailer parks finest!

Never leave home with out your beer koozie! LOL!

Next to our costumes these guys were my favorite. B and P gave Daisy Duke a run for her $$$$!

Classy!

I think we crawled back home somewhere around 3am Saturday morning and slept most of the day away. I don't even know how many beers, jello shots and drinks I consumed but it was a damn good time and not much in the way of a hangover!!!

Decided to stay in Saturday night so that Sunday I wouldn't be so unproductive like I was all of Saturday. Took my daughter to a Halloween carnival at her school and had a good time there and as an added bonus since her school is 35 miles away from home on the way back we took a detour up through the hills for a good ol mountain run! Added an extra hour to the drive home but it was totally worth it!

Yesterday was Hippie themed at the salon. Not my cup of tea I was gunning for a 50's (pinup) or 80's (top gun) theme but I lost :(

I realized yesterday that I'm the tallest one their. Never realized it til this picture.

Once mini me got home it was time to get her all done up and go get some candy!

She's not a diva or anything.

I absolutley LOVE this picture

Again with the poses

My mini me and my guys nephews!! Love those little boys!

I am already planning next years costume and let me tell you what it's going to be BADASS!

Tricks and Treats