The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (Aug 26-Sept 6). I REALLY hope Strike and Robin end up as a couple in the next book..they've obviously liked each other from the beginning and it's driving me crazy haha ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the first clear, sunny day in Fairbanks in what seemed like a very long time. It was nice eating a milkshake with my parents on the deck again lol. Around midnight I was about to get in bed, then remembered it was clear and looked outside to see if the Northern Lights were out, and sure enough, there they were! I watched from my ( Read more... )

I am home! It's always kinda depressing and surreal coming home after a fun vacation. We did see Denali though, yay! As we were driving by I Googled Ruth Glacier (why not lol. How did my phone get service in the mountains??), and was surprised when I read that the famous explorer Frederick Cook named it after one of his daughters! I'm sure I read ( Read more... )

Before I left for Anchorage, I was looking to see if there was anything glacier-y to do, because I hadn't gotten my glacier addiction fed in awhile LOL, but things like Portage Glacier and the train ride to Spencer Glacier were done for the season, and mom didn't want to do flightseeing since she's still recovering from covid (the change in air ( Read more... )

Yesterday mom had a dentist appointment, so we left for Anchorage pretty late (after 1). We were going to stop in Healy for snacks (1 1/2-2 hours away) and that part of the drive seemed to last FOREVER haha (and it was raining..ugh). The trip seemed to go by faster after we got snacks lol. The fall colors were pretty, though a lot of the leaves had ( Read more... )

Here's a super cute picture of Abby sleeping on my arm!

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Apparently having a full-size poster bed wasn't enough for me haha, so I looked on Amazon for mini ones, and found a few (they're originally for doll houses). This is the one I bought:

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I don't *think* I've take a picture of Fairbanks lit up, when flying in, so here's one!

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The Night Ship by Jess Kidd (Aug 1-4). A novel partly about the Batavia, which wrecked on a reef and the insane commander killed a lot of the survivors. This one wasn't quite as brutal as Batavia's Graveyard, thankfully ( Read more... )

On Monday, mom and I got to Topeka. Amazingly, it was sunny in Seattle! Mt. Rainier looked epic, and the mist among the valleys looked so cool! My window was too iced up to take pictures though. Cindy picked us up..we were tired after flying all night and morning, but we went to grandma's right away (if we had sat down at Julie's, we wouldn't have ( Read more... )