“I love this crazy tragic, sometimes almost magic, awful beautiful life”. There I go again stealing song lyrics from Darryl Worley again, but that is how I feel lately. I love our lives and I wouldn’t trade it, but it sure seems like things are going crazy around us at times.

I can’t believe that Christmas is only a little over a week away and of course we don’t have our Christmas shopping done yet. The great procrastinators I tell you. The wife and I have been putting this off for quite some time, but it seems that we can’t really put it off any longer. Hopefully it gets done this week.

I have been telling myself that at some point I was going to get back out hunting, but for a ton of reasons it just hasn’t happened yet. Some of it is because of shear laziness and some of it is because of weather. We got dumped on last night and today and I would have to guess that we had around 10 inches of snow dumped on us. Instead of hunting today I was out helping the wife dig us out. Shovelling is a lost art I tell ya. It sure can wear a guy out too.

I honestly feel guilty this time of year when it comes to outdoor activities because it is hard for me to get excited about being outside when it is so bitterly cold and there is close to a foot of snow on the ground. It makes me stay close to the warm house and football. I know I run an outdoor site and here I am sitting inside. It just doesn’t seem right now does it.

I am going to make an effort to get out and try and take part in our late doe season that we have this year. It actually starts this week so hopefully I will be able to get outside and do my part. It could be a chore though with Christmas shopping, Christmas parties, my new promotion, and house projects that we have in the works. I’m going to put it on the list though.

So awful beautiful life it is. If all else fails Spring will be here shortly and I will be heading up to catch some steelhead. I can’t wait for that. It will hold me over until turkey season next year.

So a lot of things going on, but not necessarily in the outdoor department. I promise we will return to the outdoors soon though. I do have to be clear. I love all the possibilities of everything right now and I wouldn’t change it for the world. Even though I hate to say it sometimes the outdoors just has to wait. It will make it that much better when I get back out.

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