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Girl bring me the habenero sauce.

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Girl bring me the habenero sauce.
When you ask for hot sauce and they bring you crystal first. Ummm, anything hotter??

Another Landmark

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Another Landmark

Touristy Day!

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Touristy Day!
Hanging at the Salty Dawg with my Seester.

Day 16, Birthdays and Other Celebrations

Went to a birthday party tonight. Celebrated 18 years over pizza and cake & ice cream. It’s wonderful to have these young people to celebrate. Feel so blessed to have such good friends.

#thankful #grateful #blessed

Day 15, Halfway

I’m halfway into 30 days of Thankfulness and it’s been a real trip with Cletus here. Plus having some down time from work allows me to spend more with her.

I know she’ll be leaving soon so we’ve got to get the last little bit of fun in before she goes.

It’s supposed to snow quite a bit tonight into tomorrow. I’m thankful for the snow, for more than the beauty it brings. Snow means insulation for underground pipes so they won’t freeze as easily. Snow means fun for the kiddos, sledding and snow ball fights. It means snow machine rides and breathing fresh air. Snow is fun for the dog to play in, she loves the snow too.

Also, it means income from snow removal. So I say let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

#grateful #thankful #blessed #snow #winter

Ultimate comfort food.

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Ultimate comfort food.
Half eaten meatballs & tomato gravy. So very good.

Day 14

So much fun. We went out to Dad’s cabin last night. I got to share my Quiet Riot with my Seester.

Me & Cletus by the fire pit.

Then on our way home we spent some time stopping to take pictures and explore. It was great fun.

At Discovery Overlook.

We saw a sow black bear and her cub at Stormy Lake day use area. That was pretty cool.

Mama bear, she hid her cub.

We stopped at an old cabin that’s for sale on the highway near the bluff. I’ve wanted to stop there for years and just never have taken the time.

One acre of scenic bluff view!!

We stopped at Three Bears for a few groceries, and a bear trap.

It was a great day of experiences with my Seester. So thankful for this opportunity.

#thankful #grateful #blessed #seester

Day 13, Tomatoes!

We scored two boxes of tomatoes at Country Foods last Friday. So Cletus and I canned them up today. We ended up with 8 qt jars and 4 pint jars, so 10 qts total volume. They look so pretty, like jars full of little red jewels.

I pressure canned these since I used quart jars. Takes less water and processing time. 10# for 10 minutes as opposed to 45 minutes in a water bath. If I had only a few pints I would have water bathed them. I used this post as a reminder about processing times and such.

First jar full.

Home canned tomatoes just taste so much better. And you know we’ll be having some meatballs and tomato gravy before she goes back home!

This has been a bountiful year all around. I’m so thankful for the variety that’s stocking our pantry this year.

#grateful #thankful #blessed

Day 12, Standard Time

Daylight savings time has finally ended. I’m thankful for waking up at a normal hour without struggling to wake that extra hour early.

Most folks know how I detest the time change. I’m sure it’s nice for some but it doesn’t work so great up here. At least the sunrises a tad earlier.

Now it’s time for a cup of tea and catch-up day stuff.

#thankful #grateful #blessed #dst #akst #timechange

Day 11, A double Blessing.

Having my Seester here is great, but we find ourselves too busy most of the time and I forget to make my post.

Yesterday we went to Shabbat service, which was very nice to be able to bring her to meet my faith family. Well the ones she hadn’t already met anyways.

After sundown we went out to eat with Mo and had a fun time. Lots of stories and secrets were told.

I am so thankful to have moments like these. My Seester and my friend, and tacos.

#thankful #grateful #blessed