Today was typical. Weather for SE Alaska in November: rain, rain, more rain. Work: standard day. With all the changes on my horizon, still, my days are fairly predictable. (Update
Well, it’s back to basics after two weeks of Rob being home. He’s working OOT this week (love that acronym, brings a smile to my face!). And by basics I
The house is off the market, at least for a while. Not a good time to be selling at this price range in Ketchikan, Alaska. So the listing will get
You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. -William Boetcker This seems self-evident. Who doesn’t know that it’s better to be positive than negative, that it’s better to
Had a first yesterday from the Salvation Army: they said they weren’t accepting donations! No, no, it wasn’t anything personal, although I’ve been a frequent flyer there in the past
Quote of the day: Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good times and bad times. It settles for
“When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.” “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy
It’s summer, the bridal season: the most popular time of year for weddings. I was looking through a Bride magazine a few days ago, waiting in the check-out line in
My husband was reading a book recently that referenced a woman who routinely considers what she would do if she only had six months left to live. Of course, if
Yes, we really did it. Rob and I did a tandem sky dive jump on his 50th birthday. I wasn’t nervous until about five seconds before we jumped. We were
We recently celebrated Riley’s first birthday. On June 1, Rob will turn 50, and my grandmother will turn 90. I think about the span of these years, almost a hundred