ok so what's the moral learned by Jan today????? hmmm what could it be? Oh ya I know.... DON'T EVER, and I mean NEVER pick out a hair color that you've never tried before and DO IT ALL BY YOURSELF! Tooo funny... sadly this picture is taken AFTER 3 attempts to fix the original orange (bozo the clownish) hue that I got. At least I can still laugh at myself.....lol lol lol lol
what a lovely color I have going here....Lee is being sooo nice too, He's trying to convince me that it really does look good.
So as you can see these are some pics of the slope that Bret took on his last hitch. I thought I'd add them, but sadly I can't explain what they are cuz I have absolutely know idea. Obviously you can see the huge roll of coil tubing that he works with, but I will have to let him update you when he gets back. He's due back this Thursday.Lastly for pics I added a shot where you can kind of see how thick the salmon are here when the run.....see all those fish, crazy!
the only problem with this picture is that it makes the salmon look so small, they are actually quite big.Fall has definitely descended upon Anchorage....All the leaves are turning to yellow and red, it is really very beautiful. Maybe Lee and I will get out and about to bring home some more pictures tomorrow. We ran lots of errands today but it poured down rain all day long. So far we've had more than 12 inches more rain than average here in Anchorage. But the hillside looks really cool with all the trees turning. You can really notice the light changing recently too, I think we're losing about 3-4 minutes of light a day now, which really adds up over a week. All summer long while I was going to work at 6:30 in the morning it was bright sunshine and never really got any darker than dusk in most places of the world. Way up where Bret works the sun did not set, but now we're moving into the opposite stage. There is even some snow dusting the tops of the mountains in Anchorage. Everyone here calls it "termination dust" cuz it signifies the termination of summer. I'd like to get out at least a couple more times to see beluga in the bay before they head south. When we were coming home from fishing about 3 weeks ago, there was a huge pod of beluga that we stopped to see. There were literally hundreds of them. They stretched from one side of the bay to the other, and as far as we could see in either direction. Long time residents say that that doesn't happen very often, but high tide was coming in and they were following the silver salmon that were headed towards the streams....We caught our limit of silvers in about 45 minutes....It was tons of fun.
Have a great week and don't hesitate to send your news our way! We miss and love you all!
bret, jan and lee
HELLO EVERYONE!!!! This is our/my first attempt at starting and maintaining a blog. We are hoping that this will become a good way to keep friends and family updated with our lives in Alaska....so bear with me while I ride the learning curve....weeeeeeSo to catch people up, Lee just started the 5th grade. I find this very scary since it seems like just yesterday that he was the 3 year old toddler that I first met. We've definitely jumped right into pre-teen mode with his 11th birthday in August. Lee was at his mom's in Pennsylvania, for his actual birthday on the 5th of August, so when he got home Bret took him and three friends to Anchorage's big indoor waterpark which is aptly named H20asis. Then it was back to the house for ice cream cake and hotdogs....All in all it was a fun time.In May, Bret was hired to work with Schlumberger on Alaska's North Slope. This is where the Alaskan oilfields and pipeline are. Currently his schedule is 2 weeks on the slope and then 2 weeks at home. Luckily he started this job over the summer so the weather was not too bad....But believe you me it's getting cold up there now! It's a two hour plane ride north and east of Anchorage...If you're looking at a map of Alaska, he's in Prudhoe Bay.As for myself, I am still working in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) at the hospital. My position is a unit clerk type job...not really exciting but hey, it pays the bills. I had to have surgery on both of my feet in March so working in Respiratory Therapy, is no longer an option for me. My feet are tons better, but with my fibromyalgia....It's just going to be impossible for me to walk that much. So for now I'm in the NICU, trying to figure out where to go from here.We've got lots of pictures of Alaska, but I haven't got them on my puter yet....I'm off for the next 5 days, so that will be my goal! that's all for now....take good care and we miss you all dearly!
