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We’re already on Day 4. I think we’ve pretty much acclimated to the local time if not the constant sun…and definitely not the constant mosquitoes! Like yesterday, I was up early and working by 5. I could really get used to this…getting up when everyone is still asleep and having a nice peaceful […]
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As I mentioned, we chose to housesit so we could live among the natives and see what it was like to be a Fairbanksan. Well, today we did just that. I got up and went to work like every other day. Well…not exactly. I was up at 4:30 in the morning local time, […]
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Today was our first full day in Fairbanks. Today we got up and went to The Bakery Restaurant. It was pretty awful, especially compared to the The Cookie Jar from yesterday. The service just awful…at some point our server just disappeared and some other dude came and said he was now or server…very […]
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Finally! I have something exciting to write about…an adventure you will hopefully have memories of for years to come. We headed north the Last Frontier for about 3 weeks. I have a business trip to Kodiak at the end of the July, and Ima found someone in Fairbanks who was looking for someone […]
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We took Scamp to a vet clinic in Old Town today; he needed his last two shots. It was a bittersweet trip. Since we’re heading to Fairbanks Friday, we figured now was the time to hand him off to the next foster family. And that’s what we did…but not without some drama. SBK […]
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Today was my birthday. I don’t find birthdays special generally, and I’m not really one to celebrate (we’ll see what happens next year…). But still… it’s always nice be spend the day with my 4 favorite people. And birthdays are always a great excuse to go out to eat, right (I mean, in […]
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You finally wore me down. As much as I said, “no, absolutely not. Never.” You wore me down. Like water carving out a canyon, your constant nagging has eroded my resolve. So, yesterday, with much excitement and trepidation, we filled out paperwork to be a foster family for a dog. Within 5 minutes […]
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I used to be a very punctual person when I was younger. I’m not blaming anyone for the change, but the fact is things changed at some point in my life. I’m sure you remember all the yelling and screaming I did about how we were going to be late and we needed […]
