I came across a blog post recently about a Mother complaining about another Mother she saw smoking in a car with a small child.  Whether you agree with this Mother or not it made me realize is it really any of her concern?  Are we that quick to judge someone else and their behavior?  She isn’t the one in the car, that isn’t her child with the smoker.  Are we that quick to pass judgment on others?  Whether we agree or disagree with this behavior, is it really our business the decisions others choose to make?  Who are we to judge others and their actions?

Did the smoking Mother look over and see the non-smoking Mother and her child eating a donut?  Are we then to judge the non-smoking Mother for feeding her child fast food and trans fat?  Did the smoking anti-hunting Mother look over and see a deer tied to the back of the non-smoking Mother’s vehicle?  Are we then to judge the non-smoking Mother for her right to hunt?     

Who are we to pass judgment on others when our own decisions and actions may be judged?  When are our legal rights and choices not the concern of others?  Whether I agree with the smoker or not or whether I agree with the family who chooses to eat trans fat or the family who chooses to hunt, it really isn’t my place to pass judgment.  They have a legal right to make the choices they choose and when it comes down to it, it isn’t my business.   

The next few days are going to be extremely busy.  I am packing for vacation, I have a ton of running around to do, and I am in the middle of a blog post, “Is It Really Your Business”,  that I am trying to complete for tomorrow’s posting.  So today I wanted to ask all of you what is your favorite daily program?

Is it…

• igoogle
• Outlook
• Word/Excel 
• Twitter
• Stumbleupon
• Entrecard

You get the hint.  I am curious to see what programs are your favorite.

Have a great day all!

This winter has been long, cold, snowy, rainy, and the hours I’ve been spending on the computer has added much more junk in this trunk.  I am in desperate need of some fresh vegetables from our very own garden.  

I’ve been craving a burger on the grill with nothing on it but a couple of fresh sliced banana peppers and the zucchini bread my neighbor makes for us every year. 

This is our list of the vegetables we plant:

• Tomatoes
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Zucchini
• Green Peppers
• Banana Peppers
• Jalapeno Peppers
• Green Onions
• Green Beans

We’ve never grown herbs but I think I might give it a try this year. 

Coming in May, I plan to post our step by step garden process.

Do you grow your own vegetables and herbs?  What’s in your garden?  The Hunter’s Wife would like to know.

This post contains the google search results of how a person searched a specific keyword and found my site.

This is for the peeker who searched:

“Bikini Bowhunter“:  Lets ask a couple of our female bowhunters - Blessed and Norcal, do you bowhunt in your bikini’s?  Have you thought about it?  Would you ever? 

“Deer Hunting Money Wife”:  Huh?  I think there are some words missing here.  Let me fill it in as The Hunter’s Wife would - Deer Hunting Cost Money & Wife isn’t very happy about it. 

“How to smooth hairs on deer mount”:  The first thing that came to mind was spit on fingers and rub hair down.  Like Grandma use to do or how Mom still trys to do when you have a flyaway hair. 

Have a safe & great weekend!
 

I’m so sorry Gary - Eliza was voted out.

When deer hunting season begins, I’m always prepared for Mark’s routine.  It is hunting, hunting and more hunting.  The videos, shows on television, shopping for what he has supposedly outgrown and so on.  During the spring and summer months we are mostly outside or gone on the weekends and hunting isn’t the top priority like it is during those fall and winter months.  So I thought.

This past weekend I was busy cleaning and trying to prepare for our fishing trip in a couple of weeks.  I decided to take a break and sit with Mark for a few while he was watching television.  I was deep in thought about what I was going to do next, what could wait til later, does my niece have homework, hope I have sunny warm weather on my vacation when just as I looked to the TV I heard BANG.  Right at the very moment I was turning to see what was on the deer was hit and fell. 

If I were a hunter/huntress I would have said “Nice one, that’s a big buck, nice rack”.  But I’m not a hunter/huntress or a woman with a weapon.  I am a girly girl who paints her toenails, doesn’t like to go out of the house without makeup on, hates bugs, won’t kill a spider, breaks into a sweat at the sight of blood and who can’t explain to her 2 year old great niece why Bambi on the wall has no tail or feet.   (I was rocking her as she was facing the deer head on the wall when she looked at me and said “Him don’t have a tail.  Him don’t have feet.”)

Even though I know what the shows are about, I never watch them.  Even though I have no problem with Mark hunting, I will never be a hunter/huntress.  At that particular moment in time I was not prepared to hear it or see it.  It isn’t hunting season for goodness sake and it scared the you know what out of me.  Not only did I look at Mark with a dirty look but I could’ve used a bar a soap for my dirty mouth.

Either my husband needs to find an isolated room in the house or I need to learn how to be a woman with a weapon.

Our Sleeping Beauties were calling eachother and text messaging back and forth deciding on a winner. They all loved loved loved “Myspace Hangover”. Congratulations to This Military Mama you are our winner. Please e-mail me at jody@thehunterswife.net for your prize!!!

They also loved “Spooners” and I thought Michelle Rene’s “Much like existing species, this newly discovered type of “Teen” bear also hibernates, growls excessively, and displays unpredictable behavioral patterns” was so creative. I’ve been experiencing that all week.

Thanks everyone for playing along.

This is what Mark and I woke up to on Sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. My niece and her friends had taken over our living room. I have no idea what time these high school juniors went to be bed. There was food left out on the kitchen counter, the tv was left on and “Myspace” had taken over my computer. 

I’ve never held a “Name this photo” contest.  I thought it would be fun to see what you all come up with.   

To enter the contest, leave your suggested photo title in the Comments section of this post. Please only one entry per person.  Grand prize is a $50 e-gift card from Amazon. Winner will be chosen by the 3 sleeping beauties in this picture.

Winner will be announced bright and early Wednesday morning!

Good Luck and I can’t wait to see all of your fun and creative guesses.

I’m so sorry Blessed.  Your girl was voted out.

My site is finally back up and running.  I was having a few problems with IP addresses and my hosting service and was unable to access my site and email for the past few days.   I also had unexpected company of a teenage niece who is staying with Mark and I for the next 10 days while her Mom is out of town.  My limited free time has turned to later nights, homework, running around and lecturing sessions.  I forgot how difficult it is being a teenage girl.  What to wear, is my hair alright, boys, friends crying over a boys, saying no, lots of homework, and can we go shopping. 

I will be back to my normal post tomorrow with my Goofy Googler.