… did you notice it has only been a few days and yet I privilege you with another post. Let’s start with Rose and her tadpoles… I think they are doing good there are still 10 of them and their legs are growing like mad. There is one though, that is growing a HUGE air bubble under his chin, the optimist in me is thinking it is his “Croaker” pouch, but I think he may be suffering from some thing else. Speaking of frogs you must check out this blog.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Well hello again
Sunday, June 25, 2006
I did not need to see this...
It been quiet on the home front, we have just been catching up on some much needed rest and house work. The girls are starting to get bored just hanging at home, and it only took two weeks of being out of school.
I have several extra kids each day and I don’t understand where they come from… I plan a day of cleaning and next thing you know I have several extra kids…who don’t do chores!! One playmate a day does NOT statify my children. Last night at
Yesterday was JD’s birthday, with the amount of kids around you would have thought he was 10. I should have planned better party games like maybe a piñata or pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey ….So much for a quiet day with my family. It was nice to get some adult time with the
Evenings have been exciting with all of the new reality shows….”Treasure Hunter” and “So you think you can Dance” are a few of my new favorites. I really got a shock the other night while watching “
I wish my father would have warned us, I did not need to see this!!!
Friday, June 16, 2006
Residential Lots For Sale – Prime Land?
On our “Vacation” to Anchor Point we were driving the back roads of the little city. Let me tell you…for those who have not visited…Anchor Point is a SMALL settlement along the highway as you are headed to the end of the road, Homer. In the year 2000 Anchor Point had a population of 1,845 people - Males: 988 (53.6%), Females: 857 (46.4%). That number may increase in the summer months, but I doubt it.
Anchor Point has grown somewhat since I was a kid but not much. New business pop up all the time but only 5 have made it through the years….the Inn…gas stations … grocery store…. tackle shop…and of course the video store; just the necessities. They have tried to develop the area but it the only businesses moving in is the Meth Labs.
Once they tried to get a boat harbor....why does AP needs a boat harbor is beyond me, with the mouth of the river, beach launching and the fact that Ninilchick and Homer are just 15 minutes away. Needless to say the boat harbor project failed. After that, the backer of that project decided to develop some lots in the middle of town behind the school. We are talking acres of prime land, most lots in that area go for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Half the lots were developed into residential and in between those lots he created this…
You may be wondering what the HELL??? Well it’s not a lawn….You see with a population of 988 males and 857 females they really needed a golf course in the middle of town. This is just one hole….the rest of the holes are stern around the new residential neighborhood.
I don’t know about you but when I am outside enjoying my view of the inlet I would prefer NOT to have to wear a helmet.... And when someone yells BIRDY I expect to see a bird, not a white ball that may (or not) be a product of an exploding meth lab.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Camp Beatification Award
I would like you all to know that we have just now finished digging the rest of the beach gravel out from under the bed liner of the Pretty White Chevy. Do you know how much gravel a short bed Chevy can haul??? A
The Moose – This is the winner of the Beatification Award…Do you see what we ( the Wolf Pack) have done so that they could win the award this year?
This is the Krok Pond - if you notice there is quiet a zoo around here … with Man eating Krok’s and Crain’s, (not shown…Dragons, Cats, Dogs, Snakes, Donkeys, and Babies.) With the help from a Moose calf the wolves were able to complete quite a landscape for the moose to enjoy.
With creating all of this I would have to say we did not have time to spend on our own site... But I do expect you all to make up for it ….I would like a few loads of gravel hauled in to level out our parking pad. I would also like a “Crib” to be constructed so that my camper has a place to rest for the winter. Also, you must not forget the “No parking on the Foliage” sign, for my flower bed….
I do believe though that the awards should not go to the moose but the Beatification Award should go to the builder of the “Duck House”!! This is the multipurpose room that the Prattler was building all spring. We use this building more then any other in camp… it acts like a Museum, Library, Game Room, Little Girl Club House (funny how we can’t get them to use any other outhouse), and a POOP House (notice it is handicap accessible). This was a true blessing … its hard to poop in the woods when the leaves have not yet bloomed.
Maybe next year JD can plant a Toilet Paper Tree….
Friday, June 09, 2006
6th Grade Graduation
Monday evening Tay and I spent 3 hours shopping for a dress to wear at graduation, the poor girl (after learning with Bratt-Knee) I had to say NO to every dress out there…. Too short, no straps, to low cut. A few of the dresses were perfect…but all the nice things about them disappeared when you are sitting in a wheelchair. I never thought about this aspect of her being in a chair… but we found that not every dress looks right when you are sitting. Finally we found on for $9.99…WHAT A DEAL!!! This allowed her to get a new pair of shoes. I tried to talk her into getting some my size, since she is not walking her shoes do not need to fit and I could always use a new pair of sandals, but it didn’t work she saw right through my plan!!! Oh well!
For shock effect and to display her independence or her individualisms…
(not a very good picture...but the red up front is braided and pulled back)
Yesterday at
(Tay and "The Golden Child")
As the teachers introduced each child (somewhere around 60 kids) they would say something about their school career, when it was Tay’s turn to get her certificate the teacher went on and on and on….I guess they really liked Tay. All of the teachers kept teasing her that she was such a joy to have as a student and so smart that she should just bypass the next 10 years of school and come teach at the elementary school. I feel for the kid that was recognized for spelling “yacht” …that poor child, even I can spell that!
(Tay and Nokia - Best Friends Forever)
So with one child in JR high … I feel like …. Well not so young …. Where has the time gone??? Will she be ready for the real life in 6 years????
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Day one....May 20th
What a wonderful vacation. No need for a search party…we made it home. It took a little longer then we had thought …JD had to drag me home!
Arrival day…The camp was muck, not just muck but sinking sandy mud that just builds up on your shoes so after ten steps it is as if you are walking on platform shoes. As I looked around the camp wondering WHY!!!! WHY AM I DOING THIS??? Ten days in this MUCK!!! Why am I the only Alaskan girl without extra toughs?….and then I saw my flower bed. I landscaped it last year, as everyone else did productive chores like digging a poop house hole, hauling in wood, water, and gravel, I worked hard to beautify camp. I hauled in rocks and transplanted plants. Everyone teased that nothing will grow in the sand that any work I do will just get ruined. Well when I pulled in to camp that cloudy muddy Saturday, I saw flowers …Tall and strong. Yellow, pink, white, some tall others short. They were so bright admits all the muck. Some little Golden Grammy thought enough of my efforts that she planted some silk flowers…what a wonderful site!! If it weren’t for those flowers I would have stomping around like a buffalo. As the week went on the muck dried up and the REAL flowers grew. A few stay fire weeds, some wild geraniums and some sort of yellow daisy that grows by the beach, when I left they had grown 6 inches. Come forth of July I think I will try some chocolate lilies.
So HA HAHAHAHAHA to all that thought my landscaping was a futile act. Maybe while I am gone someone will paint me a sign quoting our great friend Ranger McCampbell….”No parking on the Fol-i-age”!!!