Update of the Past Few Months

So...yes MOTHER I know you're sick of looking at my realistic wish list but I've been busy living. 

I'm finally making time to catch up on posts that I've had drafted forever!  Although I have been living I don't have many pictures to show for it or many exciting activities so here are some recent iPhone pictures over the past few months.  Overall I've done a lot of ordinary things and have been really just enjoying life (and being in love ;) )

September

Learned how to do my hair with one of those styling rod things!! I look like a REAL GIRL!!! We had a double date with my brother and Lara this night.  We went to eat sushi and hibachi in Paris.

Beautiful early morning sunrises

got plenty of pig hunting in

and got my first pig kill on a Saturday night.  I literally brought home the bacon that night and cooked a four course meal the next...pig back strap included.

September was a great month.  It was jam packed with a ton of hunting, school, and winding down the summer to get ready for fall.

October

Played bunco at my Mom's as a fill in for their group and it was Halloween themed.  Mom as a scarecrow and her BFF, Monica, as super woman.

Hoss (Hendrik's dog) sad that Daddy was leaving him behind in the office

Hendrik's parents were out of town a few night so we kept his mom's dog, Bella.  We went on a little Jeep ride.

Oh I forgot to mention that for the past 5 months I've been dating Iron Man!!!  Just kidding but this teeth whitener is hilarious.

October was super relaxing for me.  I took my last week of vacation from work before the busy season started up and did absolutely nothing.  It was glorious.

November

The above few pictures are of me and Mom's trip to Canton the first weekend of November.  It was the perfect day. My mom and I spent some great quality time together just chatting and being our usual mother/daughter selves, the weather couldn't have been more perfect, and Canton DID NOT disappoint...but when does it ever.  These are just a few of the super cute things I was eyeing but not buying!

a late night cafe mocha from Starbucks on a Wednesday night drive home from Rockwall.  Hendrik and I went to see our chiropractor, a little shopping at Aldi, and sushi eating

Football weather... we attended several of Caleb's football games but this one was the last one of the season!  Senior night...brought back great memories of my own senior night especially when they played the Star Spangled Banner (tear)

Can you believe he's a sophomore already and on Varsity? Seems like yesterday he was just a baby and having a diarrhea diaper blow out on my lap at my 10th B-day sleepover...just a reality check that was 17 years ago...shit that makes me feel old

S.P.O.I.L.E.D ROTTEN that's all

awe so sweet loving on his Daddy!  really just an excuse for him to get his 80 lbs self on the couches

November flew by in no time.  This past weekend was the last of it before all the Christmas and holiday hustle and bustle really went into full swing.  We had a great Thanksgiving at Memaw Sue's and then me and my best girlfriends had a early morning breakfast before we all started our week back up and a new month...December can you believe it?!

That's what I've been up to, what about you?

Processing the Weekend

Lincoln and I had a great weekend and lucky for me my weekend is extended a day due to our Veterans. 

THANK YOU! 

 

It has been probably a month or at least 3 weeks since Lincoln and I have had a weekend together and for the past two weeks he has been working mostly nights.

Lately, even though I see him for a few minutes it's so short it's like we don't see each other at all. 

We are two ships passing each other in the wee hours of the morning and that's all we get. 

So if you haven't gotten it....

it was a really nice weekend to ourselves and we actually got quite a bit accomplished.

 

Friday Night

• I treated Lincoln to a dinner at the Double C Steakhouse in downtown Winnsboro and then we headed to the grocery store to restock.  You know your old when you enjoy going to the grocery store and it is actually the most exciting thing on a Friday night....not ashamed I love the small things in life.
• After unloading all our goods and cleaning out the refrigerator we plopped down for a little Duck Dynasty that had been recorded and then headed to bed at a whopping 10 o'clock....granted we were in bed early because we were going to get up at 4:30 AM ON A SATURDAY...so gives us a break

Saturday:

• Started not so bright but very early at 4:30!  We dressed and I made a double large coffee for the road and we headed out in camo to the deer lease for HOPEFULLY some action. Lincoln's Dad had camped out the night before so we visited with him about 45 minutes before heading to the stand at 5:45
• We were set up and waiting and I was starting to get antsy and a little chilled from the wind...we had only seen a coyote at around 6:30.  We were chatting quietly and observing our surroundings when Lincoln looked up and out of my side of the blind said BABE BABE right there shoot it! Not 40 yards in front of us was nice 8 point and I took my shot.  He ran about a 100 yards and then dropped.  I was pumped and ready to go check him out.  After waiting a few minutes to give him a bit of time we walked over and found him.  I was excited and Lincoln was too.  I had got my first deer!   I shot him around 7:45 with Lincoln's 308.  I didn't use my 243 because it's really hard for me to adjust to my scope until I get a new scope this is what I'll be hunting with.  By 9 AM we had him strung up, quartered out, and on ice in the cooler.  Definitely a successful morning!

• After leaving the lease around lunch we headed into MP to find a deep freeze because after killing now our 3rd deer our freezer in the kitchen was packed with deer plus regular groceries.  We found a good deal and one that Lincoln liked at Sears.  We bought it and headed home to unload all our goodies.
• We rested a couple of hours Saturday afternoon before heading out to a wedding reception for two of our friends.  They had a band and BBQ and it was a nice few hours visiting with friends.
• We headed home early again around 9 and decided to order pizza and watch TV in bed.  It was a perfect cap to a very tiring day.

Sunday

• We were lazy Sunday...I did homework in the morning and then the afternoon was filled with cleaning the oven, processing deer and getting going on my DIY Christmas gifts.  I finished one full set of gifts and Caleb's gift.  I'm coming along nicely.  The others I have left shouldn't take too long but we shall see.  After Christmas I'll be sure to post all the before and afters and all the how to's.

• We also got a shocking but super exciting phone call from my mom but more to come on that later! :)

Full Circle on the deer

Clockwise: Me and my kill, strung up getting quartered, Lincoln cutting steaks, making ground meat, and a half full freezer!

 

Today I'm working on a to do list of things that just needed to be done, working on my research paper that I haven't even started yet it's due on Thursday...like THIS THURSDAY! and I'm going to lunch with my Mom.

 

Happy Veterans Day and YAY to a short week!

Gone Huntin'

On Monday the 14th, I had the WONDERFUL pleasure of being off work along with Lincoln, Casey, and Kaylynn who is on vacation for a couple weeks from work.  Kaylynn asked me to go to Dallas with her for Casey's Christmas gifts and we also had to make a run at Hobby Lobby so we headed out around 9 that morning.  We got all our rat killing done and were home by 3 to all go hunting.  It was a bit unplanned and I didn't have any of my camo with me so Lincoln gave me a long sleeve camo shirt and his leafy pants to wear along with some hunting boots that were about 3 sizes too big.  Good thing I was only sitting in the stand and not tracking down the deer. LOL  This was my first solo hunt without Lincoln and I can say that without him beside me I was way more excited and alert.  I didn't see anything but a squirrel but had fun anyways.  Lincoln saw a little 4 point but he never came in my direction.  Casey and Kaylynn didn't see much at there spot either so it was uneventful but all in all a good day.  When we got back it was only 6 but seemed so late with it getting so dark so soon.  Lincoln bought everyone DQ and so we loaded up on the Casey's couch at DQ and watch Stepbrothers.  We are all always quoting that movie so we just figured we would watch it as a family.  Casey and Kaylynn are for sure our closest couple friends that we have. We hang out every chance we can get and always have a load of fun with each other.  Casey and I went to school together in MV and Kaylynn and Lincoln went to school together in MP so we are familiar with each other already and just love hanging out together.  We all have a lot of the same beliefs and interest.  I see many good times in our futures with these kids.  :) 

Kaylynn and I

Me and Lincoln

Kaylynn and Casey

me in the stand on the look out :)

And no hunting isn't some significant event in our lives but I have complained and then vowed lately to take more pictures of all of our comings and goings but I always forget my camera but this time I remembered it was in my purse so seized the opportunity.  Casey made fun and Lincoln rolled his eyes with a sigh but it only took a sec and I was one happy hunter.  :)