happy deer hunting

Well in beautiful Northern Minnesota this is an exciting time of year. My husband and I process deer during deer season. We love to see the excited deer hunters come in with there big buck or maybe little does. Looks like this year there has been luck on the little side. We have processed about 13 deer as of last night. A slower pace then what we like to see. I enjoy spending the time with my husband, I like to listen to him sing in the garage some good old country songs on the radio. I enjoy listening to him figure out why and when we will get more deer. His way of logic's are so humorous to me, he said yesterday to me after a man picked up his deer and we listened to the man brag about how he likes our cutting so much. Clint's response, " You know guys like that you'd, think they would go and brag to others about us and how good of a job we do, but they don't because they don't want us to get busier where we wouldn't be able to take in there deer." It made sense to me and I agreed. My husband takes pride in everything he does even if he does nothing he still thinks he is the best at it and most of the time he is. To see him happy and singing and praising himself was self rewarding to me yesterday.
The kids are getting to the age where they want to be involved Nick is so impatient to learn how to skin a deer. Clint explained that he has to watch him do it a couple of times before he can do it on his own. He just gets mad and says mom why does dad do that he knows I know how. I try to explain that it is dangerous and dad doesn't want you to get hurt. Shelley thinks she should miss school so she can be home to answer the phones and help dad wrap when I am at work. Oh yeah and even if I am there she still should get paid because dad said that it is her job this year. It is great to see the kids excited about it. But last night I explained where the money goes that we make off it "Christmas". They all understood. I think that made them more excited to get more deer because I told them that if we don't do good it is going to be a tight Christmas.
I am getting really excited for the holidays. Yesterday I bought some new candles and it smelt so Christmasy in my house. I enjoy the holiday times, this year is going to be a very tight financial crunch for Christmas. But all we need is family and friends and lots of memories to share.
Work is still very slow. I pray that this financial crisis this world is in will end or we just all go broke. I am tired of wondering what is going to happen. I am tired of hearing how bad things really are. We all feel it in some way up north but I really truly think we all adjust better to it. Our way of life maybe simpler. I am not sure I would like a response if anyone has one on that. Well God Bless everyone.

another day

Yesturday I took half a day off and got boxes for deer processing and went home and cleaned the house. Nick and Clint went out bird hunting, Clint let Nick miss a day so they could spend time together. I went down to switch a load of laundry and realized that I had washed Rachael's bathroom rugs for her so I jumped in my car and brought those over to her house. When I pulled in the driveway there was a guy on a tractor fixing fencing and another guy with a pick up load of wood that he was going to throw in the basement. When I entered the house there were 2 more guys in the basement catching and stacking wood and Rachael had to run to town to go to an appointment so another friend of Ron's was on his bedside talking to him. I walked in and said hi and everyone was just smiles. Ron had just gotten in from outside his friend Dan Picht pushed him around in the wheel chair so he could get a piece of the beautiful weather and to see what everyone has been doing for them. It is just amazing how giving and kind people are to friends in need. It was very enjoying to see the kindness in every ones face. I left and went back home and Nick and Clint had showed up shortly after I did. Nick was so excited because he shot 4 porcipinines and a rabbit. As he told me the story Clint got on the phone with the fur buyer and asked how much money he would get for his beaver hides. $13.00 a piece. So we loaded them up and headed up to Spring Lake. What a drive. I just love it up North. The boys and I had a great time. We had great conversations. We stopped at Richie's in Marcell and had a beer and Nick got a bit to eat. I called the girls when they got home to see how school was and to let them know that we were out selling the furs, so when I got home Hannah and Shelley has the hamburger ground and ready for spaghetti. Clint made the sauce and it was soooo good. The the phone rang. It was my girlfriend Holly she was crying, her mom was going to the hospital because they think she had a stroke. She need to bring the boys over. I said that is fine. I talked to her this morning and it sounds like they found an aneurysm on her brain. They got to Duluth at 3am so she is going to call me later today. When one thing is getting better it seems like there is something bad right behind it. Please pray for Norma and Holly. Holly needs the Lords strength to help her through this. I will post news as I hear it... God bless

Sometimes the simpliest things are the best.

Yesturday there was no school. I had a list of chores for the kids to do. I was disappointed that not all of them got done. Am I being tooo tough on them. I want them to respect our home and work together as a family. I explain to them that in the worst of situations sometimes that is alls we have, is each other. Clint was frying fish and he already made potatoes so I continued to clean the kitchen and pick up the house. It wasn't that bad. At about 6 Clint said come on lets go for a ride. So we told the kids that we were going to go for a ride together. After them complaining about us leaving we just left. It was tough on both of us but we never do that. So when I got home I explained to them how important it was for dad and I to have some alone time and talk about things that should not concern them. We (clint and I) had a great time. We talked about the important things and Laughed about the silly things. We got home at 8. It was 2 hours of fun. I haven't had that in a long time. I thanked the kids as I tucked them in last night.
I think Clint and I needed to talk and get somethings out that should have been done along time ago. We talked about our kids most of the time. How concerned we are about somethings. It was good to know that we were seeing the same things and that we agreed to how to deal with them..
Deer season is right around the corner. We got the garage all ready this past weekend. We are hoping to get at least 50 deer to process this year. We were going through are past years of doing this and our first year we processed 122 deer. I can't believe we did that many. It is a crazy couple of weeks but it sure helps out the pocket book for Christmas...
Well I think I better get to work. God Bless to ALL.....