Joanne, you cracked me up this morning! I had a visual that went along with jogging with the cats at the end of the leash. Grany, know that during the week that I'm up at your 3:00 a.m. and usually at my desk or just getting there. I get up at 4:30 a.m. (because natural beauty takes time LOL) about 12:30 a.m. your time and leave about 6. I like getting there when it's still quiet and settle in and take care of some stuff quickly before everyone else gets in. Susie, thanks for sharing the great

A glorious day, indeed! The wife and I drove to Chatanika on Sat. for the outhouse races- always fun! susie77- beautiful work and commentaries! borealfox- glad to see you're back online again- you too, tundratantrum- thanks for the mushing news. AussieAlaskan- wish you were here to see how glorious it is. I wish you all could experience March in interior Ak.- there's nothing quite like it For what it's worth, there's new ramblings on the bunnyboot blog. have a fantastic weekend, all! -Bud

granny dear, it's been a long time since I've really been on here due to several factors, one of them was that my machine that I know how to work was broken. Also we've had all kinds of sickness around our igloo over the last couple of months. Anyway, I'll be around a whole lot more now that I have a new machine as well as the arthritis in my hands has gotten a whole lot better.

susie77...loved the pics! Were you really newly married in 9/2009? Good descriptive writing, also...poetic. Liked it! Tammy...it's hard to believe that you were there three years and never got up in the night! I hope that you will set your alarm for the aurora when you move back! Or maybe someone can call and wake you! Maybe Granny will do it; she'll probably be awake anyway! So, KittyCatt...I suppose a pet stroller is better than putting a leash on and trying to 'jog' with them!

Susie77 - We have a house that is just off College Road in town. It's a rental now that we are not there but we plan to come back and live in it. We are also hoping to buy some land in the hills and build a logcabin house later. I'm a military wife and Fairbanks is one of the places that really felt like home to me. I miss it and my friends. Off to bed. My nice weather has ended and the rain is coming tomorrow with a drop in the temps also. UGH!!

Tammy... thanks. We want to settle in the Fairbanks area. You?

susie77 - Wonderful photos. The aurora was beautiful. We lived in AK for three years and I have to admit I was never able to see the lights. I was in bed early in the winter and don't remember going to bed in the summer. LOL! Good luck on getting to move to AK. When hubby retires from Army we plan to move back into our house in Alaska. I'm so looking forward to it. 3 yrs and 3 months give or take a few weeks.