Something to Hold Close...

I love Alaska dearly and have been chomping at the bit to get up there for over a month now, but more then that I love my home and know I will miss it and all my family members that are staying behind starting the very moment we drive out the driveway.

This morning I was presented with a memory of the yard to hold close to my heart until I'm back home.







Karen

So Much for That....

Well, so much for that 'break' in the weather. Temperatures today were sitting right around -25C when I left on my run and down to -28 by the time I got back in. BRRRR....but it was awful pretty while the sun was out. Helped keep my mind off the fact that my knees were solid blocks of ice.

Since I'm sure you are all sick of 'dog butts' - here are some 'non dog butts' pictures that I squeaked in before the camera froze.

Looking back at our 'out trail'. Pretty, isn't it?

I love the stark look of bare trees against the snow and blue sky

Do I look cold?? I am!!!!

I've been meaning to take a photo of this truck for awhile. I love the colors!

Okay, in case you wanted to see the 'dog butts', check them out at http://picasaweb.google.com/northwapiti/January62009

Karen

A Break in the Weather

After weeks and weeks of brutal weather, things broke alittle yesterday and I scurried out and got in a nice 45 mile run with the team.

That's Herman and Hector in wheel. Notice that Hector is shedding like crazy.

We were treated to another nice sunset on the way home.

Finally...................

Karen

How To Post a Blog Comment

Brought to you by: Kara!

Hello Musher friends. I heard that some of you were confused about how to post a comment on the Musher's blog, so I'm here to help.

The first thing you do is send me a box of dentastix... ok, you don't have to do that, but you will need to read the blog post, then at the very end of the post, you will see the words "Posted by (and whoever posted it) the time, and next to that 0 Comments (it may actually be a number, depending on if there are comments that have already been posted). Click on "Comments"

Clicking on "Comments" will take you to the "Comments" screen (how handy!).


Under "Leave your comment" you'll click in that box and type whatever you want (be NICE!).
If you have a Google/Blogger ID, click in that circle and it'll ask you who you are. If you have an OpenID or Name/URL, click those. Don't know what those are? Don't click them, you can click Anonymous and then leave your name in the comment so we know who you are.

Then, you simply click the "Publish your comment" button. You can also preview it if you want, but be brave... just click, honestly, if you don't like it, you can actually delete it once its posted.


Once you click "Publish your comment" your comment will automatically show up on the comment page! Amazing! To get back to the blog, you can click on the "show original post" or hit the back button a few times, whatever you prefer.

Now, do you remember how I said you can delete a comment? Notice how (as an example) I wrote Kira instead of Kara? See the little trash can underneath the date in my comment. Click that and that will delete your comment.

See, now wasn't that easy? Ok, so send a box of Dentastix to me, quick! I'm not getting my daily allowance of Dentastix from the Musher so I need to hide my own stash.

Kara

I am SO DONE

That is it. I am entirely sick of the lies and broken promises. Every week changes are promised and every week it's the same garbage over and over. I'm done. The trust is gone. There is no rebuilding it. I just have to move forward. I am through with weather forecasters.

For the past about month we have been in the middle of a nasty deep freeze. I don't ever remember it being so cold for so long. Our nighttime lows are consistantly in the -30's, with many mornings, like this morning below -40. It has only been the odd day in the past 3 weeks to a month where daytime highs here in the valley have cracked -25.
Really good stuff for breaking the cycle of West Nile virus, Pine Beetles and the likes, not bad stuff for people who work in offices and only have to travel from their car to warm buildings, but really sucky for those of us that work outside for hour upon hour. Really sucky.
Every day I've been checking the weather forecast and I swear it has said the same thing for the last month - cold for the next two days and then warming to above normal temperatures, but the warming never comes - never. It's always 2 days away from happening.

I'm sick of these empty promises. I'm done believing. I'm done checking forecasts. I'm so sick of it all!!!!!

ARGGGHHHH!!!!!

Karen

Seeing Eye to Eye

Ah, there is nothing like seeing 'eye to eye' with one's dogs - however, when it is LITERALLY and the dog is a 3 month old pup - maybe it isn't quite so good.

That's Grimmy hanging near the top of the 6 foot fence. She has been my favorite in the litter almost since birth.

Now the deal is that no one gets fed until all puppy paws are on the ground, so we are hoping that Grimmy eventually figures out that the fastest way to get fed is to NOT climb.

I guess I shouldn't mind too much - previous fence climbers in the yard included Sprite, Spider and Rocket. If Grimmy is aiming to follow in their pawprints, I'm very cool with that.

Karen

Siberians USA People's Choice Awards

Thought some of you might like to check out the winners of the Siberians USA People’s choice awards.
http://www.siberiansusa.com/siberiansusa/USA_entry.html
Specifically, you might want to check out the “International Breeder of the Year” and “International Siberian Husky of the Year”.

=)

We are very honored!
Karen