You Know Your A Redneck When...

So I had the bright idea this morning to clean out my truck. I cant believe I let it get this bad. I have severe OCD about organization and how things should be and the mess in my truck was seriously getting to me. Once I walked out the door though my idea wasn't such a good one. It was freezing! Being the trooper that I am though I went through with it, it needed done but I only cleaned the inside out. Theres no way in hell I'm washing it, it would have turned into a frosty mess but it does nee it I cant remember the last time I washed it. As I was cleaning out the contents of the cab I was becoming more and more aware that the contents of my truck could tell someone who doesn't know me just about everything about me. I actually started laughing as I continued to pull stuff out. It made me think of Jeff Foxworthy and his "You Might Be A Redneck" lines. So I decided I would come up with my own based on what was in my truck this morning.

You might be a redneck if you get excited about finding the 1/2 rack of Keystone Light you forgot about in your back seat under your hunting bag!

You might be a redneck (girl) if you pull a camo gun case out from under the back seat and it contains a pink rifle

You might be a redneck if the pockets on the back of the drivers seat contain a bass pro shop and cabelas catalog

You might be a redneck if you find .22 rounds in the door of your truck and you leave em there cause you might just need em some time

You might be a redneck (girl) if your steering wheel cover and floor mats are realtree camo with pink accents!!!

You might be a redneck if in the middle of cleaning out your rig you find your Browning knife you tore the house apart the night before opening day looking for

You might be a redneck if 90% off the actual garbage that came out of your truck is empty boxes from buying new knives the night before the opener, empty fishing lure packages, and empty boxes that at one point contained 500 .22 rounds

If it wasn't for the pink stickers on the back window of my truck and the pink accents on my floor mats and steering wheel cover based on what I pulled out of my truck this morning you'd think it was a guys truck.... 

After the truck I decided to also clean out my purse this morning. Lord all mighty it was just as bad as my truck. And the contents were just as hilarious!

What was in my (camo)purse:

2 different wallets, (why 2 idk) both camo of course!

Inside 1 said wallet which is actually more like a clutch is a camo Browning beer coozie!! Hahaha

Check book (this is normal)

Some receipts (again normal)

Tons of lipglosses (normal again)

Day planner (normal)

Lottery tickets (should prob check those)

Fishing and Hunting Licenses

An empty 30-06 casing (not normal)

The knife I skinned my deer with a few wks ago (def shouldn't be there and idk why it is)

A fishing lure I bought last week and forgot about!!! Score!!!

Alright ladies whats in your purses?

Based on the contents of my truck and my purse eeither I'm not very girly, have a drinking problem (1/2 rack in the truck, coozie in the wallet), an over the top obsession with camo and firearms or Im just a badass. Im going to go with badass!!!

Cheers!

Fish On

I love living in Oregon, we've got it all! Living on the coast is even better! I've got the dunes, river, mountains, and a handful of lakes all in my back yard! I can fish and hunt within minutes of my front door step!!! And this weekend Fall weather was at its finest this weekend! Clear blue sky, sun shining, no wind and the water was calm! I took full advantage of the weekend and went fishing Saturday and Sunday morning. There's something very peaceful about being out on the lake just before sun up with the water smooth as glass and the birds chirping and an occasional frog croaking! Sun up and it was fish on! Weekend tally for myself 4 salmon landed, 1 lost, 2 trout, 2 large mouth bass and a perch! The boyfriend went out 3 days this weekend, lucky sob has 3 day weekends. He landed somewhere around 10 salmon, a couple of trout, perch and a large mouth. Mini me went out yesterday with us and she reeled in a large mouth for me then she hooked into her own trout and hooked into her first salmon, she lost it right at the boat. She was so bummed. shes wanted to catch a salmon so bad. We didn't let her salmon fish on the river this year it was just to hard. We figured when they moved into the lake we could get her one, so when she heard he had caught some Friday she told him to knock it off and leave some for her. She cracks me up. She was less than pleased when I went Saturday while she hung out with grandma and found out I had caught some. So Sunday morning it was up long before sunrise to beat the crowds to the boat launch. Getting the little one up that early when its the weekend is not always an easy task but when you say it's fishing time she flies out of bed with energy I wish I could posses even after 3 cups of coffee.

I was excited when we got to the boat ramp and there was only one other person there, Saturday was a completely different story, it was insane, there was no parking left you had to find and make your own spot along the side of the road. It soon became apparent why, there was a bass tournament going on, the lake was packed. It was almost like fishing on the river with all the "flat landers" people from the valley with their big expensive boats who have no common courtesy and think they own the river. They are such a**holes! I don't know how many times I have watched them just plow through and cut peoples lines. HELLO there's a whole other side of the river for you to motor back up AWAY from all the rest of us still trolling down. Ugh, I could rant on and on about how I feel about "flat landers" and the way the fish the river. The bass boys really pissed me and the beau off Saturday. They apparently have no respect or know what common courtesy is either! Oh wait that's right cause their "flat landers" too. We along with quiet a few others would be fishing in one of the arms of the lake and it was fish on! They'd be biting left and right, someone was usually landing a fish that was until a bass boat would come flying up into the cove wide open and scare everything off. It'd take an hour or so before anything would bite again and just as the action started back up again here comes another damn "flat lander".  I'll get off my soap box now.

Sunday was great, no bass fisherman, the water was calm, it was still dark when we put in, and it was blue sky and sunshine once the sun rose. Fish were biting at sun up!  It was great getting in good fishing with my loves! I love watching her fish and the excitement she has for it! When she hooked into the her 1st fish she was so excited she started reeling and reeling and when she got it in and realized it was a trout she was still just as happy as when it bite and she thought she might have a salmon. She unhooked it and threw it back, put her line back in and within a few minutes had another fish on. It gave her a bigger fight then the last so we got excited realizing she had a salmon on, she fought it and got it up to the boat when it popped off the hook. She was bummed she didn't get it in but still stoked she had one on. So she set the line back out and said she wad going to catch it again. Some time went by and nothing, then I hooked into a fish got it in and it was a salmon. She wasn't pleased. She is convinced that it was the salmon she had lost earlier and wasn't happy I caught it. Ooops. She hates loosing, and she hates being out fished. It got to the point when I was with her dad they'd leave me at home and go fishing because they'd never catch anything and Id have fish after fish on!!! I've got quiet the competitor on my hands, I hate to see what happens when she gets into sports and looses. Lord help me.

Early morning out on the lake! And just behind the fog bank and over that ridge is where I got my deer this year!

Fishing at 7am like its nothing!

Mini me and a large mouth!

Proud of her trout!

Perfect Fall afternoon on the lake!

Fish on!

I Love Surfing

Now that it's Fall things slow down drastically at work. Tourist season is OVER. Thank the Lord! I have a love hate relationship with tourist season, I love it because it's how this small town survives through the winter, but I hate it because our sleepy little town gets inhabited by rude, inconsiderate, a--holes for 4 months out of the year and makes my summers a little less enjoyable. Anyways like I said things slow down drastically so it's gives me lots of down time. Which means more time to discover fun new things on sites like Etsy and Pinterest, as well as discover fun new blogs! I found lots of cool (or so I think they are) new things today! Not only do I like them just because, but a few of them will work with one of my Halloween costumes!! And even when Halloween is over there is a good chance,  90% chance actually, that I will use them often! And so for todays discoveries:

 It's cute, it's PBR, and well I just love it! Check it out HERE

 Love, Love, Love this tee! You can find it and other cool things HERE

It screams girly and redneck all at the same time!!!!! See it and more HERE

Here's to Humpday

Out Of The Fog

I have no idea how in the hell I could have forgotten about last Thursday night. It was EPIC!!!!! It was girls night in Eugene to see Randy Rogers Band (i <3 them, I <3 Texas Country music in general) Justin Moore (yummy) and my favorite female country music artist MIRANDA LAMBERT!!!!! It was a blast! Not only is RRB an awesome group, they are just as good live as they are recorded which is always a plus. Justin Moore, where do I even begin. He is an amazing performer, and worked the stage like no other. Not to mention he had a butt every single girl in that arena was swooning over! My favorite part of his performance though was when he performed Backwoods and brought out a Camouflage guitar!!!! At that point I wanted to tackle him steal the guitar and grab his butt! But better judgement told me not such a good idea. Bummer. Miranda Lamberts' performance was one of the best ones I have seen to date and I have been to a bunch of concerts. 1st off her style I am completely envious, I want her "Weekend Warrior" shirt, hell her whole ensemble that night I would kill for! Then there was her performance, she rocked it! She owned that arena! She even gave us a bonus performance. PISTOL ANNIES (insert insane beer induced good buzzed screaming like a little girl here (note: little girls should never have a buzzed induced scream, this is just to emphasize me excitement)). I love the Annies!!!! I am not a fan of girl bands in the least but they defy the typical girl band persona, these girls are badasses! I was stoked when they performed "Hell on Heels" because well it's the first song they released and its a good one but when they performed my 2 favorites "Hunters Wife" and "Takin Pills" I was happier then a tornado in a trailer park! I don't have a single complaint even if a Coors Light was $6.50, and you bet your butts I consumed em none the less. It was a great night!!!!

Randy Rogers Band

 Yeah you know you want to grab it too!!!

The bad ass camo guitar!

Pistol Annies!!!!

My favorite pic I captured of the night!

 My girl for life!!!!!

One of the many things i bought that night and of course had to rock it at the show!
I had seen this and the other shirt I bought at  Junk Gypsy before and loved them but they were always out of my size when I went to order :( Glad I finally got my hands on em though!!!

Here's to over priced cheap beer and sailors mouths!

Manic Monday

For once I am in an uninspirational mood. Im on my second double mocha and am still draggin' ass. I guess this is what happens when you have a mellow weekend where nothing exciting happens. Did a little fishing on the river last night but no fish. :( So since Im in a rut, all your getting is some pictures that have made me giggle just a little today.

This didnt make me giggle it just made me drool in envy. I want this badly!!! I found it HERE. Christmas is almost here (hint hint)

This photo inspired one of my 2 halloween costumes, youll see the end result the day after Halloween!! It'll be awesome!

Hahaha so true! I cant wait to be old and say crap like this and get away with it 

People have to much time on their hands but im glad they do because this cracks me up! I think I came across it on Etsy or something like that and it had some ridiculous price associated with it other wise I probaly would have bought it.

Amen!

Neon Fireflies

John Deere

So as I spend my down time at work today perusing through pinterest I decided to do a search for John Deere on there. Like Camouflage and Mason Jars I have an over the top obsession with John Deere. At one point my entire kitchen was in John Deere!!! I'm talking plates, bowels, cups, silverware, serving platters, towels, pot holders, canisters, even cake pans! The walls had tin signs, the shelves had novelty items. It was every where! Well a few years ago in the middle of a move I decided or rather thought I had out grown my John Deere phase and put it all on Craigslist. I thought I was the only one that obsessed boy was I wrong. I got a ton of hits and it became a bidding war much like ebay. I got a good price out of it all which gave me more then enough to choose a new theme for the kitchen. This time around I went with red and cream colored items. I bought a ton of the red colored Paula Deen kitchen items including the pots and pans which I can not say enough good things about! Im just going to add I am also in love with all things Paula Deen. I have gallon sized Mason Jars as canisters and Texas start accents everywhere. Here I am yet again getting bored with it and thinking I want my John Deere kitchen back, I have to admit since I parted with my massive collection (which when I packed it all up and took it to the buyer was in 3 big ol Rubber Maid containers) I have missed it. I think its time to bring it back!!! While I have yet to see J.D kitchen stuff on pinterest I found one object in particular that I would kill for. Not only is it J.D. but its pink and I mean PINK!!!!!!

How freaking badass is this???? It has now made my list of things I will build/restore in my life time. I think it just took the #1 spot actually which for years has been held by a late 1970's Ford Highboy! Ever since I was a little girl and my grandpa had one I have wanted one. I although want one much bigger and badder then my grandpas. I'm talking 1 ton running gear, monster lift,  big ol boggers, and a  514 stroker in it.. I want a badass mudder basically! 

I also came across this

I think I just found my new Halloween Costume! Painted pink of course!! You all probably think I'm joking but I seriously am contemplating it!

And then there were these:

Totally off subject of J.D but dead on with the pink!

Totally wouldn't go with a J.D themed kitchen but I want it! But not as much as I want this

How awe-inspiring is this? I was in seventh heaven when I saw this beauty!

For the love of J.D and Pink!

Titleless

So yesterday I blogged about the dinner I threw together in my badass camo crockpot. I love that thing like it was my kid! I know I'm ridiculous but come on now its awesomeness is well just that awesome! I mean really who doesn't want one for them selves? It will cook you a complete dinner with little effort on your part and its my favorite color, Camouflage. That's right I said color. Camo becomes a color when it's a big part of your life and its a HUGE part of my life. My daughters room is done in Pink Realtree, mine in Mossy Oak Breakup and the living room is in a transition from country western to hunting lodge so it to will have camo accents! Back to the crockpot. I said if it turned out good I was going to post the recipe and it did turn out really well but I want to make it again and tweak it just a smidgen more to where its PERFECT and then I will post it. But for now you get to see said awesome crockpot!

Wait there's more!

There's this restaurant up in Portland called Fire On The Mountain, it's a hot wings place that I absolutely LOVE and miss dearly. Not only do they have like 12 different versions of wing sauce but they have deep fried desserts! Twinkies and Oreos, I am not a Twinkies fan at all but I did try it once and it is much better then a plain old regular Twinkie, but then again everything seems to be better fried. I always order the Oreos when I go there, the trip isn't complete if I don't. They are AMAZING!!!! Well last night I decided its been a good 8 months since I have been up there and that I wanted to try and recreate them at home. I figured they'd be good but no where as good as F.O.T.M's. WRONG! Watch out F.O.T.M I'll give you a run for your money with my Oreos!!!!I actually think I one upped them, there Halloween style! I'm actually kind of scared that I can make them just as good because I'm going to want to make them all the time and my waistline is not going to like that at all. Good thing it's hunting season and theres one more tag to fill which means tons of miles left to hike up and down the sides of massively steep units!

Tell me they don't look AMAZINGLY AWESOME!

I just realized I used amazing and awesome way to much. Awesome. Maybe I should expand my vocabulary. Then again maybe not.

I will share the recipe with you so you too can enjoy these bad boys! I promise you won't regret it, well maybe your waist will but your tase buds wont!

DEEP FRIED OREOS

2 quarts peanut oil for frying (you can use vegetable but I prefer peanut)

1 large egg

1 cup milk

2 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1 1/2 -1 3/4 cup pancake mix

As many Oreos as you'd like. I made 6 with plenty of batter left for at least another 6-10

Directions

1. Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Whisk together the egg, milk, and 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil in a bowl until smooth. Stir in 1 1/2 C of the pancake mix until no dry lumps remain. You want to make sure your batter is thick but not to thick, you want it to coat the cookie completely to form a nice outer shell. If needed slowly add in the remaining 1/4 C mix. Dip the cookies into the batter one at a time, and carefully place into the hot frying oil. Fry only 4 or 5 at a time to avoid overcrowding the deep fryer. Cook until golden brown, about a minute and a half to 2 minutes. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Transfer to clean plate dust with powdered sugar and ENJOY!!

Deep Fried Love,