1st advent and a pig

yesterday was the 1st advent. we spent it working mostly, i on uni stuff and mad at bagoy's. we opened the first of the gifts this morning. of course we picked the biggest one.

it's a pig.

you think YOU have good weather. HAHAHA check out ours!

all you people in the lower 48 keep talking about how beautiful the weather is and how warm it is... well... this is what i have to say to that!

notice the TIME on that shot

Craigslist Rocks!

So I have bought stuff off of Craigslist a bunch of times, but today was my first time selling something.

Craigslist f'ing ROCKS! We sold both sets of our snow tires within 3 HOURS of putting them up. Holy Cow!

way cool.

pumpkin carving

pics of us in the pumpkin patch getting pumpkins (please click to make bigger)

this is the window to the post office and mad laughs
so hard every time we drive by that i think she'll
pee her pants

guess who's car that is parked all by itself
(and no mom wasn't in AK driving my car before you ask)

thank you, mom, for all the cool stuff!
it looks great in the classroom

two funny pictures

1. Where's Nick?

2. All dressed up and ready for work

the S&M bike

well... weather and road conditions have gotten to the point where it is dangerous to, not only drive, but also ride without studded tires. so last night i broke down and shelled out the cash for the studded tires. they look hilarious. mad says my bike looks like an s&m bike now. it does look funny. i think that it looks really mean... like what a harley guy would ride if he got his license taken away for drunk driving. ;)

without further ado ...

our new car

I have signed up for another quilting class. It start this coming monday, but I could not wait to get the fabric and start on my own. I am sure i should have waited, but I am thinking i am going to buy new fabric and make another one. These are so much fun. They are called one block wonders or kaleidoscope quilts, cause you only need one fabric and you can make a wonderful, fun quilt top.
This technique is really cool cause it lets you play with the design so much and you have hundreds of options to design it.
I can not wait to see the whole thing come together. And of course, I had to take a photo of Davy, he is also designing the quilt by leaving his cat hair on the fabric
:)

alaska fall

This is just a little taste of our fall in Alaska. The photo does not do the colors justice at all, but it is a rainy day and it was taken at 8 in the morning. It is getting pretty cold and dark again, but the colors and the fresh air are amazing.

what a weekend

This past weekend was pretty fun and I got a lot done. On saturday I worked on some sewing projects and Mr. Davy decided to "help" me. well, he looks more like a keg with four little paws.







On sunday Amy invited me to go to Bird creek and do some scarf dying. A lady that has a cbin in the woods does it for groups and she had seven different organic dyes there. It was so much fun and all the scarfs came out really nice and different.



And on monday my lovely husband surprised me with a german dinner. Haaaaa

the first quilt block from class

On thursday in class we were able to put the first block together. it was the first time that we could see all the colors arranged together. It was really fun. My quilt is going to be very colorful and ,ost of the ladies there were not sure about the brightness and combination, but when they saw the block.... they were surprised how much they liked it. so here it is.

my baby sister's 28th BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFFY-COLE!!!

my new classroom

here is my new classroom. there isn't much to explain i don't think - except the sign for englisch and german. that is to give the kids a visual of what language is to be spoken. the love to be the one to switch it around.

broken car window

so... here are a couple of pics from when they broke into my car and smashed the window.

state fair animals and Davy

We went to the Alaska State Fair a couple of days ago and enjoyed the exhibits they had there. There were lots of farm animals and plants, they also had a quilt exhibition, which I really liked. They had some quilts there that took four years to make. WOW.
Here are pics of an Alpaca (with an under bite) , I baby goat with a sweater and Mr. Davy being all dreamy and sleepy

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sewing, sewing, sewing

I had my first quilting class yesterday. Brook and I decided to take a beginner one "from start to finish" and I already learned a lot.
Nick was also so kind to go table shopping with me this weekend. I wanted a sewing, computer table so I can have my sewing stuff all in one place and dont have to move it all the time. Look how amazing it is. I am so excited and ready to get some sewing done. I already worked with the new set up and it is super cool. Here are some pics, building the table IKEA style.

rick's another year closer to death

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On monday Joe and I (Mad) left really early to meet Shawn in Seward. Shawn, who owns a DJ business, has a boat and fishing gear. We went out into the sea to catch some silvers and rockfish. it was an amazing day. we were really tiered when we finally got home at 4 in the morning.