Could the Army give me a break PLEASE!
In January Richard decided he wanted to retire, after 21 years in the Army he was ready to move on, leave it to a younger generation, settle down and stay in one place I agreed and so we started the...
View ArticleJust to busy
I have not posted in such a long time, because I simply do not have any extra time these days. I agreed in June to take on the GM job at the airport while they looked for someone to take over (my plan...
View ArticleThings are moving fast
Well finally it looks like we are seeing some progress on Richards retirement, we got the initial paperwork back from Fort Lewis, Richard signed it and now it gets sent back to a rating. They tell us...
View Articlemore ups and downs
Life has certainly been up and down the last couple months. We continue to wait for answers from the VA/Army about retirement, basically all we get is a run around so life is up in the air and I feel...
View ArticleNo news
We had expected to be out of here by now, we were told we would have orders as early as the end of December but January for sure. Not only do we not have orders, we have no idea what is going on, it...
View ArticleCanada
We made it across Canada, it took four days, a pretty major snow storm and $1500 more than we had hoped (still within our Army move budget). I have been into Canada twice before but this was a whole...
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Lucy
Our new house backs up to what we would call BLM land, here they call it Green Belt, either way it means no one can ever build there. We did not know this when we bought the house, but had we known it...
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Reindeer Farm
I wanted to do something quick, and fun last weekend, after checking out the local web site we decided on the reindeer farm. The web site said they did not have a military discount, but when we...
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Our first visitor
My brother Clint came for a visit last weekend on his way to Bethel (also in Alaska), he was our first visitor so we were pretty excited to see him. He arrived on a Saturday, so Rich, Staci, Conner...
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Alaska Job
I have been working at a local behavioral health clinic, it is great since I am able to use my education, the office is only 5 minutes away and I am able to see new areas almost everyday.The clinic I...
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Girls Day
I am lucky during the summer if I go into work early or stay late to make sure all my billable notes are done I can take off after half a day on Friday. I try to take that afternoon and do something...
View ArticlePlease Pray for us
Richard began complaining of a headache on Thursday, I should have made him go to the doctor because he never has headaches. Friday he took off work, I knew something was wrong then because he never...
View ArticleRichard update
Richard and I flew to Seattle last week for some follow up tests, the VA was nice enough to fly us and pay for our hotel room leaving us to only pay for food and some of the cab rides. This was pretty...
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recylcled record bracelets
Staci's slumber party guests will be making bracelets out of old records next weekend, we had a trial run yesterday to see how it would work.They are a easy and fun project kids can do with minimal...
View ArticleMy world
So if problem neighbors was not enough I was blessed with more to shoulder. Several of our neighbors were evacuated due to flash floods last Friday, they all lived behind and below us and it looks...
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Christmas 2012
I have been terrible at updating on here, things have been so busy with the Holidays, school, work and so on. We had a wonderful Christmas, I was sad that Stevie and her girls and Levi were not here,...
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Christmas gifts
I received some really nice gifts this year for Christmas. Every year I say I want a doll house and every year Richard says really, and then we do it again the next year. This year when he said...
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Sock Monkey quilt
Stevie decided she wanted to do this babies layette in sock monkey's. When I started looking for material to make her quilt I was not able to find any locally, I did find some on line but it was...
View ArticleRandom thoughts
We have been in Alaska almost a year now, it has flown by. I had been thinking about some of the things I love here, some of the things that are a bit strange here and a few things I am not so fond...
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Clint's birthday visit
My brother Clint comes to visit often, whenever he needs a quick break from the "bush" and does not have enough time to go clear back to the states. We always enjoy having him, this time he came for...
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Tea cup bird feeders
I have such a great yard full of trees, and have wanted to add bird feeders for some time now. When I looked at them at the store I just could not find anything I really loved for the price they...
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The grandbabies are here
I flew Stevie and the girls up here for a visit, I had planned to fly down there when she had the baby, but decided for just a little more I could bring them here for longer and everyone could see...
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Kenai Fjord dinner cruise
Some friends of ours came to visit from Northern California and we all took a dinner cruise out of Seward. We picked them up at the airport and drove down the night before. We stayed in the Old...
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Halloween shoes
I saw a cute glittered up Halloween shoe and thought to myself (as my Mother and Grandmother thought me to do) Hmm I bet I could do something like that. A trip to the thrift store for some plain black...
View ArticleNew Job
I am so far behind with this blog, so here is a quick update. I graduated with my ABA psychology degree, started a full time masters program for the same thing and accepted a new job at a local...
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