Home Sweet Home

A Little Wildlife

My hubby got to take another road trip yesterday to Pogo Mine (he gets to have all the fun). I suppose it is about 80 paved miles and then another 50 gravel miles into the hills. On the way back out he saw a little wildlife.

A black bear in a field of fireweed.

A caribou calf.

A bull moose.

I, on the other hand, got to go to a baseball double-header. (The first game was 4-4 going into the 7th and we lost 13-6; the second game ended in a tie 16-16).

Now call me crazy, but I am positive I put my camera in the car. Part way through the second game I went back to my unlocked car (this is Alaska after all) and it was gone. Gone. I'm hoping I'm just crazy and find it sitting around the house somewhere. So without a camera I took this crappy shot with my phone.

We got to the fields at 5:30pm and finished the second game at 11:20pm. By the time I gave another player a ride home Elijah and I didn't get home until a few minutes before midnight. For baseball! Isn't that crazy?! Nick also had a soccer game I missed. I don't know how he did as he went with some buddies after the game.

Well, the sun is shining so I should go do something like scoop dog poop or mow the lawn or rake the sheep pen. So many exciting choices...what's a girl to do?

Where Have I Been?

My friend Patty did this. The idea is to put an X to where you've been. Apparently, I haven't been very many places. Only 11!! I guess that's from being isolated way up here in Alaska. Can't just drive to the state next door! Maybe someday....

Alabama
Alaska X Born and Raised
Arizona X Played in a softball tournament years ago and went in '07 for Nick's hockey.
Arkansas
California X Went in high school for the Academic Decathalon. Later years for hockey trips.
Colorado X Hockey trip for Elijah.
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida X Boys' hockey trip in 2005
Georgia
Hawaii X Senior Class Trip in '85
Idaho X Went to the state line to party while in college.
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota X Lived there for three months with my ex-husbands family.
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada X Went to Las Vegas
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon X Drove down the coast before heading to college.
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington X Went to college in Cheney (by Spokane)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Now I'm back to work on my de-cluttering project!

Simple Pleasures

She fell asleep in my arms.....


....while we sat by this....

....and I looked at this....

....and this.