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About Me

I'm just a wannabe Alaskan; proud to be from small-town Eastern Oregon. In my 26 years I've fallen in love with mountains, walked on glaciers, fought wildfire, earned my private pilot's license, and finally found the courage to seek what has haunted my dreams since the age of eleven - ALASKA. In 2004 I married the greatest guy ever, who is also my best friend, and together we're trying to carve out a kickass life in this Last Frontier. I'm trying to learn how to be content and to not take this life for granted, despite a job that is sucking at my soul, and being far away from family and friends in the states. For now I keep plugging away and looking for the next trail in this crazy life.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "May all your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view...where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you." ~Edward Abbey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

My Blog

Going Without: Update

Our current "get debt-free" plan has experienced a few setbacks.  We had planned on having the credit card paid by June, however we just refinanced our home and had to cough up $4K for closing costs! ...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 02:11:00 GMT

Resolutions.

Ive always been a people pleaser.  I dont know if my drive comes from wanting to please others, but it most likely contributed greatly to my extremely productive youth.  Since growing up however, ...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 03:41:00 GMT

Thoughts on Failure

Failure doesn't mean - "You are a failure,"It means - You have not succeeded.Failure doesn't mean - "You accomplished nothing,"It means - You have learned something.Failure doesn't mean - "You have be...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:56:00 GMT

Going Without: Update 1 March, 2009

If you read my previous blog, our new year's resolution is to pay our debts.  We had grown accustomed to just buying whatever we wanted, and not really focusing on our bills other than paying the mini...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:06:00 GMT

Seven Random Things about JLO:

I have been tagged by my sister-in-law Melody to post 7 random things about myself.  It took me a long time to pull 7 random things out of thin (very thin, very cold) air... but here are the results:1...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:08:00 GMT

The politics of JLO....

All you need to know about JLO...(no I am not a Jennifer Lopez fan& the letters J.L.O. are my initials)I was raised in Eastern Oregon, cowboy-country. Don't confuse it with the liberal west side that ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:23:00 GMT

There's something Amazing in San Francisco

We recently returned from a vacation to San Francisco and to visit my family in Idaho for 'Thanksmas'.  The trip was amazing and much-needed, for many reasons.  I could go into a long description of e...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:38:00 GMT

Going Without

Ken and I have decided that beginning in January, after the holidays are over, we're going to get the stupid credit card PAID and out of our hair.  It's not really a super-large bill, not compare...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:47:00 GMT

Heres to the USA.

So Obama is going to be our president.  To tell the truth I am not surprised in the least; however I can not help but feel an impending sense of doom.  In his first speech after the election results h...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:11:00 GMT

~advice best taken to heart~

WEAR SUNSCREENAdvice to GraduatesBy Mary Schmich (not Kurt Vonnegut) Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have ...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:44:00 GMT