Pics

Here are a couple of pics from this morning!

Chena not wanting to share her toys:



Charley happy to have a toy:

Waiting

Waiting on Daddy to get up!!

City of Anchorage - contact info
Snowzilla.org - In Support of Snowzilla!!!

Snowzilla

In the Spirit of Christmas, I have to post these pictures.  Think Christmas with the Kranks. (Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis play empty-nesters who decide to not celebrate Christmas.  The whole neighborhood/town is in an uproar over this.  No Christmas cards, no Christmas ham, and no Frosty!!!)  The city of Anchorage is pulling its own CWTK and being a total Scrooge!  They said this city's resident could not appear this year.  Only, he magically appeared overnight!  Woohoo!!

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/anchorage/story/632231.html

In honor of Snowzilla, I am posting my scrapbook pages from the year of its birth (2005).  Pictured by the snowman are myself, Kristen (niece) and Drew (nephew).  My mama is the one behind the camera.  It was so much fun to see!!  Incredible how he has grown over the years.  *Sniffle*  He was 16 feet in my pictures and now he is over 25 feet.  Wow!!  People do come from all over just to see it.  

From what I remember the street was crowded, but not too crazy.  It's not on a main artery of town.  Get in the spirit of things, Ciy of Anchorage!!  Instead of fining the guy, why not market it and make money off of Snowzilla!  People will come, pay to have that keychain, the city will make money and Mr. Powers can pay off his debt!  

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

   

It was cold...and dark!

*Flip the light switch on, then off. Walk in to another room and flip the light switch on, then off. Walk in to yet another room and flip a different light switch on that is connected to the same source as the other 3 and then flip it off again.
*Open the blinds to let light in only to realize it is starting to get dark out.
*Remember to not open the refrigerator because the cold air will escape.
*Play a board game or two.
*Listen to that which is silence.....and the ticking of the clock.
*Go to Subway and try one of their new Flatbread sandwiches. Eat-in at Subway instead of eating on the run.
*Go for a ride and get a picture of the sunset.


These are things to do when the power goes out for 4 hours on a Sunday afternoon on the shortest day of the year.

Here is a picture of the den lit by only 2 candles.

Here's the den lit by only 2 candles, but using the flash on the camera.

Here's the sunset:

Cats v. Mice: It's on!

Before you read this, let me say:

I am not a PETA person, but I don't like to hear or see stories of people being cruel to animals.
I have had cats as pets but don't prefer them. If I have to have a cat, it will be an outdoor cat b/c I don't like litter boxes.
I'm imagining a classic Tom and Jerry cartoon now...

Mice Start Deadly Fire That Kills 100 Cats

Shopping

Isn't this the cutest half-cart ever??

And the fog that blanketed the area today....

Yay!

I made a short trip to Walgreens today...needed to pick up a couple more gifts to bring my shopping that much closer to completion.  I didn't intend on spending twenty five dollars when I went in, and so wasn't focused on getting the $5 back so I could spend on my next trip.  I ended up spending $25.03 so I got the register rewards, as they are called.  I was upset when I got home and looked closer at my receipt to see that a drink I picked up didn't ring up at the sale price.  Then I realized if I had paid the sale price that I wouldn't have received the money to spend on the next trip, so it all worked out for good!

Dear Mr. Blagojevich

                                                                                              





Please go ahead and step down from your position.  Cabbage Patch Kids are losing sales each day your face is plastered all over the news.

                                                                

    

Caylee Anthony

FOXNews is reporting that remains of a small child have been found less than 1/2 mile from the grandparents of missing Caylee Anthony.  Caylee's mother, 22, is in jail and is pleading not guilty.  How odd that your child would go missing and you not report it right away?  It's foreign to me and I don't even have kids.  It will be a while before we know who the remains belong to and how they ended up that way.  This is so horrible, but hopefully there will be some closure for the family.   As much as I would love for Caylee to be alive, hopefully these aren't the remains of another child who has had to endure horrible life situations.   

Oh no!

The Grammy Nominees were announced last week *yay!* but I haven't actually looked at the list until now.  John Mayer, is of course, up for a few awards.  But I just read that John Mayer and Jason Mraz are both up for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.  Oh no!  I don't know who to pull for!!!   Oh yeah, Paul McCartney AND James Taylor are in this lineup, too!  As well as Kid Rock and Ne-Yo.  I guess I'll just say the only person I DON'T want to win is Kid Rock.  

Grammy Nominees

Fa la la la la la la la la...is hard to type

This is what just irks the daylight out of me. And it's what we're going to be dealing with for the next 4 years. When I heard the scandal break yesterday (google Blagojevich if you haven't heard) my immediate thought was that this can't be good. Duh. I didn't think that Barack Obama was involved. Didn't even get the strangest feeling that he was or is involved. And then I read the following:

But there are clearly some uncomfortable questions for Obama. Asked Tuesday in Chicago whether he had been in contact with Blagojevich about the job, Obama said, "I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening."

But Axelrod said on Chicago television Nov. 23 that the two had spoken. Asked if Obama had expressed a preference, Axelrod said he had not, but also said: "I know he's talked to the governor. And...there are a whole range of names, many of which have surfaced, and he's, I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."

On Tuesday, Axelrod said: "I was mistaken when I told an interviewer last month that the president-elect has spoken directly to Gov. Blagojevich about the Senate vacancy. They did not then or at any time discuss the subject."

I'm very frustrated by these statements. It feels like deja vu to me. First of all, I don't see anything wrong in a senator who's just been elected President to be speaking with his state's governor about who and how his empty seat will be filled. He can't, obviously, be in a state and DC at the same time. I'm not exactly sure how it works when a senator leaves a seat prematurely. I assume a special election would be held, but I really don't know how that works. The governor should be aware and involved in things happening in his state and talking to representatives is one of the best ways to do that. A couple of weeks ago Obama spoke with the governor. Now that there's a HUGE scandal, he all of a sudden had no interaction with him. *Or* if he did he didn't know what was going on. Give me a break!!

Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings on all this!

Gonna go enjoy this wonderfully cold night now!

Happy Holly Days!

It's been a while!  So much is going on in our world right now and every day I am shocked by the headlines.  And then I remember that there are few things that should shock me at this point.  I also remember that I shouldn't complain about certain things that are beyond my control, but I figure it's better to let it out into the vast void.

If you've followed my blog, you can probably guess my feelings on how the election went.  Yes, I know it was over a month ago, but things have been busy and I haven't taken the time to sit down and write about.  So, here goes.  I just want to get it out there into the vast void.

I wasn't excited the night of the election.  I wasn't crying tears of joy.  I wasn't crying tears of anything.  I wasn't in a state of shock, just disappointment.  It hit me that everything in our world, not just mine and not just yours but ours, was about to change.  I was in Orlando at the time so at least I was at the happiest place on earth!  

This was my 3rd Presidential election that I've participated in.  I don't know if it's because I'm older that I payed more attention to the events surrounding the election or if it's because the media really sunk their teeth into it and I couldn't get away from it that I payed more attention.  Sidenote: is it "paid" or "payed"?  I did my background checks and research and didn't vote simply for party affiliation.  In my opinion you vote for the person, not the party.  Things just didn't add up for me with Obama.  They still don't.

I know that when candidates run for the office of President that they promise a lot.  They then get into the office and realize, "Oh man!  This is a lot different than I thought it was going to be!  I'd better change my stance on some things."  I understand situations change and have to be re-analyized.  I just feel like we got somebody who............I'm not even sure how to finish that.

I think certain things will be realized that weren't realized before and decisions and actions will be made to contradict what the fellow supporters in DC like....that decisions will start to become more centrally-oriented and that supporters will be lost.  I'm not referring to voters here, but to the men and women of Congress and Senate.  

IDK.....when we have someone promise to fix the economy in just over a year and then come back and say the economy is not doing-so-great....doesn't make my faith stonger in that person!

Alright, I'll stop for now.  Can't change the outcome of the vote and I will respect his position as our next President.  

16 Days Til Christmas!  *<:)