My husband... the hunter

Deer hunting is a big thing around here. Most guys do it. It's a time for going to a cabin, waking up at the ass crack of dawn, freezing in a tree stand all day, maybe killing something, drinking a bunch of beer, scratching of themselves, gossiping like women, and doing it all over again the next day.

This year is the first year since before he was in the Army that Matt will be able to go deer hunting. I don't mind him being gone to go. Maybe I'll be able to get the house cleaned. Maybe I'll be able to throw some stuff away.

I just hope he doesn't kill one. We don't have enough room in the freezer for this deer meat he speaks of. We are going to buy a new fridge this spring for the house and move the house one to the garage. But, I wanted to wait until the spring to do this. Our savings account needs a break. I don't want to buy a small freezer either.

I do NOT eat deer meat. And I'm not knocking anyone that does. It's just not for me.

** Side story ** Once when I was just a wee little girl. Maybe 10 or so. My daddy made some meatloaf. He kept making comments about how good it was. We were all eating and someone found a hair in it. Then mom bit into a piece of a bullet. I believe some curse words escaped her mouth. Something along the lines of what the hell is this. He fessed up that it was deer burger. Since then, no deer meat for this girl.

So, if he kills a deer, guess who he thinks is going to be cooking deer burger and deer chops. Yeah, me. Uhhhh.... no.

So, I believe I'm going to pray that he forgets about the deer while he's hunting and sticks to the beer because in the long run an extra case of beer over the weekend will be cheaper and less smelly. Do you know how bad deer meat smells when it is being dehydrated into jerky. I do. It's horrible.

** Side note ** Did you know that he has to get a FOID (Firearms owners identification or something) card just to have a gun? Wouldn't you think a military ID would be sufficient? I don't know if this is an Illinois thing or a national thing. But I do know that Illinois gun laws are super strict.

Bad and Awesome

Has anyone else seen the new series on A & E, Hoarders? It is bad and by bad I mean totally freaking awesome!!! It a reality show in which they show two different hoarders in each episode. The show brings in "organization experts" and in some cases psychologist in to help these people get rid of all of their junk and organize their house or apartment.

In one episode is a man that has a small one room apartment is just filled with trash, empty McD's cups, plastic bottles, newspapers ect. Another lady has a house full of junk she has picked up at thrift stores. And yet another lady has a problem with keeping rotten and expired food.

I have already started DVRing this show. We were watching it earlier and the hubs and I were in total disbelief that people actually lived like that.

I'm not sure why I like this show so much because I am exactly the opposite. If I don't use something, I see no need to keep it. But if you haven't seen this show I recommed watching, maybe not if you have a weak stomach though.