Merry Christmas!

Alaska is a state too!!

Just in case you were not sure, had any doubts, or needed clarification- Alaska IS in the United States of America and has been since January 3rd 1959 when it became the 49th state. So my question is- why the eff is it so freakin' difficult to get anything shipped here or order anything from Alaska to have shipped elsewhere?? Just because Canada separates us, it doesn't mean we are the red-headed step child of America- plenty of other states win that award;)

The next time you order anything from an online sight or magazine or see something on TV that you want to order, look at the fine print or read the disclaimer. Free shipping- excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Unavailable in Alaska and Hawaii. Extra fees apply when shipping to Alaska and Hawaii.

So how do we get things shipped here you ask? Well it's friggin expensive and the pony express was definitely faster. The irony here is I can mail something on Wednesday to send to Michigan and its there Saturday, but when sending us a letter (you know the "hand-written, pen and paper thing we were taught in school") plan on at least a week. So obviously it's easy to get out Alaska but not in......

Thankfully, I will be in a city with a MALL and SHOPPING and not shipping next week;) Now I will just have to keep my luggage under 50lbs and contained to 2 pieces......stay tuned!

Christmas In Ice

Shrek, Donkey and Puss 

My favorite! Santa on a Snowboard!

The detail on this is amazing!

Ice SLide!

Ice Maze

Ice Santa in the MIddle of the Ice Maze

My favorite slide-Ice Slide with 2 tracks and it changed colors :)

Beautiful Santa!

BP Ice Carving finishing up

Merry Christmas!!

My bad!

So I have totally been slacking lately on keeping all you fine folks updated on the Great White North:)  So here is what has been going on the last 3 weeks- a whole lot of the same!

Thanksgiving has come and gone and we celebrated with some good friends here in town.  We of course had waaaay to much food for the seven of us, overate,  felt miserable that night- it was a success:)  The best part was that since it wasn't at our place, we didn't have as much cleanup and we only took minimal left overs home so I happy to report we are not Turkey'd out!

We had that nasty cold snap and now we are having a heat wave.  There have not been any negative temps in nearly 2 weeks, it is lovely!  The terrible part is all the ice:(  We got stuck on our cute little house on the hill last weekend because the ice wouldn't allow us to get down the hill without some of sort slip and slide action.

It is December and we have been keeping busy with Christmas stuff.  My next post (which I am doing today-PROMISE!) is filled with pictures from Christmas in Ice at the North Pole, holy moly those are some crazy talented people!

Keep your fingers crossed for me, but hopefully soon I will have a great post about my new job!  I am currently working. kinda.  I am helping someone out at her Daycare and yikes, I am only working 6-7 hours a day and I am soooo exhausted!  I love the little bambinos, but put that many in one place and exhaustion sets in!

We are slowly getting ready to head out for Christmas, the packing has not started- but my lists have! We are heading to Dales mom's in Arkansas for Christmas this year, it will be nice to get out of the darkness for awhile and enjoy some warmer temperatures and relax!

So that is a quick cap of our happenings and I promise I will be a good kid and try to keep up with the posts!