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,

Storm Season Is Here

One thing I absolutely love about living in Oregon is the fall storms we get. They can be pretty wicked! The first official storm of the season came over night and waking up to the wind and rain this morning was actually peaceful to me. I wanted so badly just to stay in bed and listen to it blow, unfortunately duty called and that meant getting out of bed at the wonderful time of 5:30 a.m. When summer reached to an end and school season had returned I was dreading the 5:30 mornings that came with it. It was so nice to sleep in a few extra hours during the summer, it was almost like I was back in school. Unfortunately it's not me, (I didn't time warp back but how cool would it be if I could) it's my mini me. She started the 1st grade this year and so far is still loving it! I believe a good education is vital, hence why we get up so damn early to get ready for school. I chose to send her to a school 35 miles away because of their academics. If I could afford the commute I would up and move to Elkton in a heart beat. The town is so tiny but the members in the community are amazing and everyone gets involved with the school and its going ons! Amazingly I don't have to commute there at all unless I want to. They are a charter school so they have kids that come from all over and there are enough kids between Elkton and Reedsport that there is a bus that comes to town at 6:40 am and brings them home at 4:45 pm. Not only is she getting a great education (did I mention shes at a 2nd grade reading level) but it works great with my schedule. She doesn't always ride the bus either, my neighbor whom is also a close family friend is a teacher up there so she takes her and brings her home for me most days. She has come out of her shell so much since I transferred her up to Elkton and I have been so pleased with how much she has grown I hope to be able to send her there until she graduates and if for some reason they ever change their boundaries I WILL move just so she can still attend.

I love how I initially started blogging with the idea of storms, fall, and comfort food and got side tracked into going on and on about Keelie's school. This however is nothing unusual for me I will start a conversation/letter and talk about 10 million other things before finishing what I originally started to say. I have dozens of "ooooh look something shiny" moments in a single day, keeps my life interesting I think. So back on to what I initially set out to blog about. I was uber excited about the weather this morning and decided it called for soup for dinner. I first set out to make clam chowder but realized all the clams we had dug over the summer were frozen as a brick so I decided I will make that this weekend, my next idea was venison stew!!! Ive already eaten a good portion of my deer so why not stick with it and make some stew! I haven't had venison stew since I was a little kid at my grandparents house. Which reminds me forget using a recipe out of a book I'm calling grandma! I'm glad now that the venison too was frozen because I want my grandmas recipe!!! Comfort food with a dash of nostalgia! Then came idea # 3. Chicken and Dumplings. My mother makes the best ever and so I picked up the telephone and dialed her up, unfortunately for me she was sleeping. I brought her home from the hospital this weekend and she is still working on recovering from her whole ordeal which could be a book in its own. I decided my mom is one of the best cooks ever and has even worked as a chef in a 5 star restaurant and shes been self taught no schooling, nothing, just trial and error. I hardly ever see that women use a measuring cup either, it baffles me how she can make things over and over again and its always just as good if not better and never use the same measurements. Anyways back to what i was trying to get at, since I'm her off spring I'm hoping the cooking skill is in the genetics! I already know I can bake up a storm, I love baking and am awesome at it! Just saying! I decided to be like my mom and just throw some things together! So as we speak I've got chicken and not yet the dumplings (that will happen when I'm finally home) cooking in my awesome camo crockpot at home! If all goes well and it turns out as good as I am thinking it will I will post the recipe. If it takes like hell I am taking no claim to it, the garbage disposal will get it and "take out" will be waiting before anyone knows i even attempted to create a dinner!

Oh and one more thing, y'all have to try this!!!! I love anything pumpkin and when I saw this in a magazine at work I had to order it! Pumpkin Pie Liquor!!!!! It is trouble in a bottle!

Hugs,

Even Little Girls Love Camo

So for Keelie's 7th birthday I came up with a few themes for her to choose from. For the last seven years we have gone with what I refer to as "main stream themes", Her 1st birthday was Lilo and Stitch, 2nd - Disney Princess, 3rd - Horses, 4th - Tinkerbell, 5th - Cars (her idea), 6th - Horses (again). This year I decided to step outside the box and not choose a theme from the party aisle of a local big box store. I wanted to create it all myself! So I compiled a list of ideas that I thought would be cute yet still be who she is. The list consisted of a ladybug theme, a cowgirl theme, which, after a few days I removed since we had done horses twice already it was to similar. There was also a candy bar theme, John Deere theme and a camo theme. She chose camo. I was super excited for this because I have a slight, OK major obsession with camouflage. The only other theme she could have chose that would have made me just as happy would have been John Deere, another obsession of mine! The theme was chosen and thus started my creative work. Seeing as how this is a girls party we had to add a girly touch to it and in came the PINK!

I made all sorts of things!!!! The invites, cupcake toppers, a gift table sign, and a shooting range sign. Originally the plan was to have  a shooting range with marshmallow guns but the guns i ordered ended up sucking royally. Piece of advice DON'T order the Marshmallow Popper it was a major let down. So plan B. I went to Cabela's and got a new wii game and set up the "shooting range" on the T.V. I made all the cupcakes and the cake myself and I wish now I would have taken pictures of the insides of them because I marbled them in chocolate and pink, they were super cute! I ordered a camouflage edible image from Fun Cakes on Etsy and wrapped it around the side of the cake I made and then topped it with pink sprinkles. I found Mossy Oak Camouflage cups, napkins and balloons Here, and bought some pink plates, cups and table cloths at Walmart. I had my boyfriends dad who thankfully is a logger cut me up some rounds to put things on for an outdoorsy effect! The party was a huge hit and Keelie LOVED it!!! It makes me so happy she's so much like me!