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So, Tustumena lake. On a working

Posted on May 30, 2010
So, Tustumena lake. On a working boat. Yes, yes I know. Doesn't seem possible. The truth is the boat had a couple of problems but they were my error rather than the boat. We need to get further off shore before using the main motor or the jet gets plugged...

So, I decided to take the new interns

Posted on May 22, 2010
So, I decided to take the new interns out to sea test the boat. Did it run perfectly? No. A problem with the batteries or the starter. In fact I couldn't get it going at first. We used the kicker to power up the Kasilof into Tustumena lake. It got so shallow that we had to get out of the boat and push it off some sand...

So, pigs. When times seem hard

Posted on May 19, 2010
So, pigs. When times seem hard go back to what you know. I know winter isn't far away. It is amazing for me how much that thought dominates my mind in Alaska. So I found some weaner pigs. My chickens are growing. My garden and potatoes are in. The greenhouse is up...

So, what a day. Some good. Some

Posted on May 18, 2010
So, what a day. Some good. Some bad. Some very bad. First, I saw the doctor today. I was having some pain in places where there should be no pain. Not only is it uncomfortable but it has been worrying me. The bottom line? He can't find anything. We will wait and see...

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So, in the spirit of changing the

Posted on May 16, 2010
So, in the spirit of changing the topic, here is a scan of our new baby. I still don't know the sex, but both J and I think it is a girl. This will be a last child for us so we are still hoping for a boy. As long as it is healthy..whatever happens I am resigned to having a house full of women for the next 18 years...

So, I had hoped to show you pictures

Posted on May 14, 2010
So, I had hoped to show you pictures of my working boat today. Instead, a wheel fell off my trailer. Why? I cannot say. It was greased. It worked before. But let me count the blessings. First, I noticed it at a slow speed. If it had come off on the highway it could have wrecked my boat...

So, I've been frustrated the last

Posted on May 09, 2010
So, I've been frustrated the last few days. Just everything, it seems, has gone wrong. I fixed the burst pipes in the shop but when I went to turn on the hot water heater, it wouldn't come on. I put my ear next to it to listen and I got an electrical shock! So now that is FUBAR...

So, I needed a few days to clear

Posted on May 07, 2010
So, I needed a few days to clear my head. I got lucky and a friend asked me to help move his commercial fishing boat from Homer to Seward. The best part? The trip was free. He needed the help and would pay the expenses. Hell yeah. Not only is he is a super cool guy but I love being on the boat...

So, I wish I could talk about work.

Posted on April 29, 2010
So, I wish I could talk about work. But I won't. It used to be that I said this was the best job I ever had. All I can say is that I am writing this post to myself. To remind myself of the reasons I feel this way. To remind myself of the reasons that changes may need to be made...

So, I write about this in the hopes

Posted on April 26, 2010
So, I write about this in the hopes that I not only improve my own skills but I help other people too. Alaska may be what gets me...but I hope not. I went bear hunting out on Tutka Bay this weekend. We almost didn't get to go because the outboard on Jesse's boat was being stupid...

So, happy birthday to my #2 girl!

Posted on April 23, 2010
So, happy birthday to my #2 girl! Actually, it is tomorrow but we are celebrating it today so I can go bear hunting this weekend. I don't even know where to start. Every day you amaze me. I think it is often because I don't know where you got your easy going character...

So, looking on the bright side,

Posted on April 19, 2010
So, looking on the bright side, it was a beautiful day. So we transplanted seedlings. Broke up ice with a pry bar. Not the best use of time I suppose but it is very satisfying to break ice off the driveway and cart off huge piles to melt in its own time...

So, have I mentioned how much I

Posted on April 17, 2010
So, have I mentioned how much I fu&*&k(&^ hate April? Have I? It isn't just all the new snow we got this week. Or little things like having things you want to use frozen solid when it is almost May. First, my bear hunting trip has been cancelled...

So, this is why I do this job.

Posted on April 15, 2010
So, this is why I do this job. Of course, there will be no justice. Cops get 'terminated'. But every day my clients get years and years and years in prison for far less. They beat a man and then lied about it. Of course, the man attacked the cops first...

So, when it's springtime in Alaska,

Posted on April 14, 2010
So, when it's springtime in Alaska, it is time for chickens. They make me feel better for a lot of reasons: growing my own food, the coming of summer and how much the kids like them. We turn the spare bathroom into a brooder for a few weeks. Kind of gross (especially at the end) but I have been using spare bathrooms for chicks for 10 years or more...

So. Happy birthday to my Kadee.

Posted on April 08, 2010
So. Happy birthday to my Kadee. 4 years already! You were so excited about your cake. Your fire outside. I made you moose spaghetti. 4 years already. Kadee, when you are an old woman, with babies of your own, I hope you can look back on this and see how things were...

So, fine. Be cold. Be snowy. I

Posted on April 07, 2010
So, fine. Be cold. Be snowy. I will work on the house. Lay new slate. Use my friends as slave labor. I was trying to do the floor of the whole house. Baby #3 prevents that. But I will finish the one room I started. For those of you who know what it used to look like (yuck!) stand by for pictures of the finished product...

So. Snow. April 5, 2010.

Posted on April 05, 2010
So. Snow. April 5, 2010.

So, happy Easter. Hope all is well.

Posted on April 04, 2010
So, happy Easter. Hope all is well. No news. Took the girls on a Rhino ride. It amazes me everyday just how fast they are growing up. They both know how to ask for a "rhino ride" now. I know it will be a blink of an eye and they will be gone. That's it...

So life changed in Kenai today.

Posted on April 01, 2010
So life changed in Kenai today. Walmart opened. And we went. Well. I went 3 times, mainly just to check prices. I am torn. On the one hand, I understand all the arguments against Walmart. I do. On the other hand, diapers are $20 cheaper. Vegetables...

So, April is coming. God it sucks.

Posted on March 30, 2010
So, April is coming. God it sucks. Not winter and not summer. But, the good news is that I know how I feel during April. So I am staying busy. Today was Seward's day. To celebrate being in Alaska I cut wood. Got the .300 Win Mag ready for Spring bear season...

So, I went to the Caribou hills

Posted on March 28, 2010
So, I went to the Caribou hills to snowmachine. To be honest I didn't want to go. But I had a good time anyway. Learned (again) a valuable lesson. When we went out it was a bluebird day. I had no gear other than what I had on. Then, from the direction of Tustumena lake, a storm moved in...

So, America. Welcome to the civilized

Posted on March 26, 2010
So, America. Welcome to the civilized world. Kind of. Really? Anger over health care? Damn those people with pre-existing conditions. Damn the poor. Children. The sick. You people are insane. I am not a religous person. At all. But I have dedicated my life to the poor...

So, what is it about being sick

Posted on March 21, 2010
So, what is it about being sick that makes me feel so weird when I start to get better? I got sick on Wednesday and then spent almost 3 days in bed. It was the sickest I have been in a decade or more. It was awful. The kids, and J were sick too. I slept, off and on (and mostly on) for about 60 hours...

So, I was happy getting my boat

Posted on March 17, 2010
So, I was happy getting my boat together. Break up started in earnest yesterday. One of my favorite things is to shovel all of the snow off it. It takes a day or two to clear but then looks like a boat again. I got a couple of seats too and installed them tonight...

So, fine. The below freezing weather

Posted on March 13, 2010
So, fine. The below freezing weather and all this new snow is hard. Everyone I talk to seems down. But then I thought about it. Almost everyone I talk to is from somewhere else. People who remember what March "should" be like. I figured it was time to talk to someone else...

So, I have a confession to make.

Posted on March 08, 2010
So, I have a confession to make. I am thinking of leaving Alaska. Truly. I don't want to go. I don't know where we would go. I don't know how. And it isn't just because it is March and we got another 3 or 4 inches of snow today. It isn't just losing a big trial...

So, I lost. To those of you inclined

Posted on March 05, 2010
So, I lost. To those of you inclined to leave anonymous comments, who did NOT see the evidence, feel free. Justice was not done today. I am disappointed. But if you think I am done, think again. Not in this case. Not for any case. Be cautious in your celebration...

So, really? I am the only one

Posted on March 04, 2010
So, really? I am the only one blurry? This picture was on the front page of the paper this morning. At least my name was spelled right part of the time. Waiting now. Waiting.......can't clean up office because don't know what is going to happen. Hard to concentrate on anything else...

So, the closings are done. I had

Posted on March 03, 2010
So, the closings are done. I had never used Power Point much before this trial, but it is sure a useful tool. For example, we had a picture of Mark Twain with his saying"If you tell the truth, you only have to remember one story." The jury is now out...

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