I hate it when words don't look right!  Fitest?  Is that right????  Fittest?  Whatever!

Anyway, I would like to share with you "Every Woman's Guide to Staying Sane and Beautiful while Accompanying Her Husband On His Annual Hunting Trip Even if it Happens to Fall on your Anniversary."

First of all, be sure to pack correctly.  Don't forget things like: 

Coleman Lanterns,

Can opener,

Eyebrow Pencil Sharpener,

Mirror,

A hat that looks pleasing on you because you will most likely be wearing it for several days, (thank GOODNESS I had my purple hat with me!)

Tent ropes, eye bolts and spikes.  These are helpful.

 

'Pert much every year for several of them now, we have gone hunting as a family.  We are not ashamed to admit that we eat wild animals.  We belong to PETA: "People Eating Tasty Animals" and believe that there is a place for all God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy. 

So with that said,  (whew!)  don't worry, we didn't fill our tags this year.  (Drat! )

BUT, we had a wonderful time and have photos to prove it.  Here is a little synopsis of our trip, with some camping and survival tips thrown in for free! 

This is our lovely tent.  We LOVE this tent, and bought it a couple of years ago from Davis Tent Co.  I highly recommend it!  I also highly recommend that you don't forget the ropes, eye bolts and spikes.  You will need those.  If you don't have them, you might have to sleep in an old army tent the first night out without your very comfy air mattress.  (ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY) And you might have to drive 50 miles to Ace Hardware to buy rope, eye bolts and spikes.  It COULD happen.

 Now ladies, some very important things to bring with you are of course, your Arbonne skin care "Intelligence" line, and your mascara, eyebrow pencil and sharpener, comb, and mirror. 

 If you find yourselves in the middle of nowhere and realize that you forgot one of these important items, don't lose hope!  You can use a revere-ware lid for a mirror (even though you REALLY don't want to know what you look like after a few days in the woods) and you can use a pocket knife to sharpen your eyebrow pencil. 

You will be looking great in no time!

 Hunting knives work great if you forgot your Girl Scout knife.  They work great for other things like getting out a splinter, and cutting up old t-shirts for dish rags and wash cloths in case you might have happened to forget those items also.  Heh heh.  There is also a Dollar Tree about 50 miles away, just in case you want to go there and buy something you forgot.....but that is just a suggestion. 

 You CAN make do ladies, just remember "Ma Ingalls."

 When using your knife, ALWAYS cut away from you, not towards yourself or any other person.  Make sure you follow simple rules of knife safety!  Be sure to clean the eyebrow pencil residue off the knife before you use it for opening the can of tomatoes that you need to make the chili you were planning to make but forgot to bring the can opener for and also forgot the onions and chili powder for also.  Thank goodne$$ for the Mercantile at the neare$t little town that cater$ to the need$ of out-of-town hunter$!

See?  Here is a close up of me using my "contrived" mirror.  Thank Goodness for that Paul Revere! 

Well, I guess you can almost see.  Where there is a will there is a way!

Thank Goodness hubby came back to camp early enough to open that can for me! 

Don't you just love my hat?  I feel so perky now.  This hat saved my life.  My hair was a wreck.  I wore this hat 24/7 while on the mountain.  My dear friend Paula made it.  She makes wonderful crocheted bookmarks and you can purchase them right here on her site! Go see!

While all that  was going on inside the tent, much more was going on outside.  See for yourself!

Kids have it so easy!  This is one way to survive on a camping trip in the winter; go make a fairy-snow-castle.   It will completely wear you out and then you can go curl up with a puppy!

And then there is cool stuff to do like this:

 While Mom was busily burning hot dogs and biscuits, the kids were making forts and enjoying themselves.  So carefree!  So young!  What a great trip eh?

Take a look at this view! 

 Even though the elk were elusive, all was not lost.

Until next year,

Hunting Homeschooling Is Life!

Nancy