Oh Welcome to this weeks segment of "Frozen Alaska, life in the freezer". Yes on today's episode we have temps of -12 with the winds blowing at 45 mph and sometimes more. Snow in the forecast along with colder winter temperatures, daytime high of -8. (all above information slightly exaggerated for dramatic affect, but close to reality)
Heck I figure if they are giving Palin her own show I can pretend to have one too LOL, it would be just as interesting, and not full of bogus crap lol.
So lets see, it has been colder than a well diggers butt here lately and only going to get colder. The winter wind storms have started arriving and pretty much blowing every other day, sometimes for days at a time. We had a nice break from it yesterday and today, but alas, it will start back up again on Friday, with winds at 30-45mph gust 55-60mph. The temps during the day are at about 12 without the wind blowing, if the wind is blowing lets just say I can unplug the freezer and save some power and have everything frozen in a matter of minutes. Yep life in Alaska is fabulous in the winter. Now if I could winter in say oh Fiji, and come up here in the summer life would be grand, but as the "snowman", that would be David, points out how would he ever get to go snowmobiling, I know you are thinking what a tragedy right? Well he seems to think so also LOL. Me I like it as long as it is on a nice groomed trail that ends at a lodge that has a nice hot toddy, or glass of wine waiting for me in front of a fire lol. We have agreed to disagree about the love of snowmobiling lol.
Well lets see, Krista is doing good, she has school going on right now, no sports other than softball practice, inside of course, a couple of times a month. She is keeping her pitching arm in shape and getting some exercise. She has also been running on the treadmill keeping in shape. Her and Dave have a contest of sorts going to see who can run the most miles in a month. She volunteered with a group called "Peer helpers" where they help the special needs kids at school and do activities with them like bowling, swimming and special Olympics. It is a pretty neat program. Other than that she is keeping busy with school work and of course the boyfriend. He is a really nice kid and he treats her good, so of course for now he is on the approved list, for now lol. Krista had to have some oral surgery just before thanksgiving to repair some tissue loss on the front of her bottom gums, in preparation for braces, poor kid had to eat mashed potatoes for almost 12 days. It kind of sucked since this happened right before thanksgiving. We made sure she got lots of ice cream and pumpkin pie, minus the crust lol. It was pretty painful the first couple of days, they gave her pain pills but those just made her sleepy all the time, which she didn't like, so we stuck with aspirin and that seemed to work along with ice packs. She goes in for her final check up today to see if she can start eating regular foods again. She is really wanting a hamburger or pizza lol. Krista is getting ready for finals coming up here in another week or so, then she is off on her adventure home to see her Grandma and Mom for Xmas and her birthday. She is leaving the 18th and won't be back until the 29th. It will be a very weird and kid free Xmas for us. Not sure what Dave and I will do, maybe we will turn Krista's room into the "naked room". LOL NOT!!!!!!
Ashley called Thanksgiving day, she and her wing man, got to spend thanksgiving with a family off base. They came and picked them up at the reception hall and took them to their home for thanksgiving, which I thought was really nice. They had 4 boys so Ash had fun playing with them, and of course she got to eat real mashed potatoes, turkey and all the pie and whip cream she could stuff into herself, and watch football. She was in heaven lol. She had a good time at BEAST week and said they did really well out there. Apparently some girls from another flight really had a hard time as they were not drinking enough water and passed out from the heat. She said she has a new appreciation for what Brandon and Jason went through being in the Marines and carrying full packs all the time. She said her pack was really heavy and it was only a 1/2 pack, but they where in MOP gear (the full chemical suit) as well as carrying the pack. So imagine strapping about an 80lb weight to your back, then wrap your entire body in black hefty bags, drive to the desert, and now go run around for 12 hours a day and crawl in the dirt, carry a machine gun, and you have BEAST week lol. But apparently she had fun with this, go figure. What can I say my kids are no pansies lol, I build them tougher than tonka trucks LOL. She also got to call last Sunday and we got to chat with her for awhile, which was nice. She is in week 7 of basic and Sunday starts her final week. This week she is taking her PT eval, and her Air Force History test, then on to Biloxi Mississippi for school. She will be in Biloxi for 47 days then gets to come back up to Alaska for 12 days, then on to her next base assignment. She won't know where that is until she is done with school. She is enjoying basic and has made some pretty good friends. There are 5 girls from her flight going to the same school and 3 guys from her brother flight going to the same school as well. Dave and I are excited to see her for graduation and hear about the whole ordeal. I think Dave is most excited to visit a base where he knows he won't be stationed, and to see how it has changed lol. Me I am just excited to see her.
As for Dave and I we have been busy with getting the house decorated for Xmas. He is working nights up until we leave so trying to get stuff organized for Xmas and going to San Antonio is a bit tricky at times, as we only get a couple of hours to discuss things that need to happen before we go.
We went and saw Rodney Carrington the comedian, he is really funny!!! We enjoyed out night out with friends. Other than that, we are just getting snow machines ready for race season. This year he has to have what they call a TECH vest, which is a rather expensive piece of hard plastic that goes over his chest to protect it from injury. Why they have to have them for a bunch of old men, who ride around on old snow machines is beyond me, but the rules say you have to have one so we have to get one lol. Dave and I are both hitting the treadmill and lifting free weights. Of course him being a man has been able to drop weight a lot faster than I have, evil jerk lol. But it is a daily battle, one I hope I will eventually win. I have been coke cola free for 12 weeks now, and that in itself is a daily battle. Who knew that stuff was as addicting as CRACK!!
I should be sending out Xmas gifts soon and Xmas cards so be looking for your card or gift. We had to send them out so early this year because by the time we get back from Texas mailed items from Alaska would not make it to anyone until after Xmas. Well that is about it for now. We love and miss you all! Hope to see everyone this summer!!
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