Happy Thanksgiving from Alaska!

This is supposed to be a time for giving thanks for our many blessings throughout the year. We have a lot to be thankful for. Here is our top 10 list:

1. We are thankful for having so many loving friends and family members still breathing! (Yep as you get older that counts!)
2. We are thankful to have a nice home, even if it is in the deep freeze! (minus 28 degrees a couple nights ago)
3. We are thankful we could buy a already made pumpkin pie, because our local store doesn't carry the ingredients to make one!
4. We are thankful for the internet, cause at .31 cents a minute, phone calls just are too expensive!
5. We are thankful for the ice cleats on the bottom of our shoes. Anchorage is a long way away, and that is where you get sent for serious injuries!
6. We are thankful I found a roasting pan large enough to put the turkey in, and it cost less than $100!
7. We are thankful for frozen White Castle Hamburgers! It is our only source for well remembered fast food! Sigh....Wendy's, Burger King, Subway..... Someday
8. We are thankful for the local Taxi, too cold to walk to the store and postoffice!
9. We are thankful we don't have to live on Muktuk! (Whale skin and blubber)
10. We are thankful for everyday we have together, even though we can drive each other nuts!

Well, Minus 25 Degrees!

I was impressed by yesterdays temperatures. Sigh.... Right now real time temperature is -25 degrees. Now that is impressive! I wonder when it will get warm (anything above zero is warm) again. Right now, the sauna I found out about is looking nicer and nicer!

Today Richard found out the importance of walking to work with a flashlight. Last night, a doctor who was visiting here from Anchorage was killed. He was walking somewhere out in the dark about 2 miles from town, and was hit by a snowmobile. There are no rules around here about driving snowmobiles or ATV machines. They go zipping along, and I have almost been in an accident while in a taxi. I hope this wakes Richard up, that he is no longer in Tennessee. Sigh.... I feel sorry for the family of the doctor.

Good night for now!

Make that -15 degrees

The temperature is continuing to drop. Since my last post a couple hours ago, it is now down to minus 15 degrees real temperature. Reminds me of the song, How low can you go?! LOL Take care all! Hope your enjoying reading this.

Subzero Temperatures are Here!

Everyday, it is getting a little darker. We are down to about 4 and 1/2 hours of full sunlight now. Yesterday, I went and stocked up a bit on food. I experienced my first white out conditions over near the post office. It was not snowing, but you could not tell the sea from the sky from the shore. I guess it was due to foggy conditions over the ocean. I was told that means there is still open water somewhere out there.

I logged on to type this. On my computer, I have put the true local temperature. Yesterday it was 14 degrees at this time, wind chill put it below zero. However, just now, the true local temperature is -8 degrees Fahrenheit. Brrrr! We will have to be even more careful outside. Each day, it gets colder, so don't expect it to warm up again until the sun returns. It will be nice to be able to linger outside again. I still walk outside, but it is so icy, I am afraid of falling. If that happens, I will find myself in Anchorage. That is where they take care of injuries and such. 1,000+ miles away. I won't be walking outside as much, but I did find out there is an activity center with a sauna and exercise equipment. I think I may use it. That is all for now! BB