Laughter

Well I have spent the last hour or so watching and remembering the Carol Burnett show. My tummy hurts goodness sakes . I have laughed and laughed. This was a time of innocence and fun and yet discovery and I grew up with this show. So this is one of my favorite outtakes and I LOVE this show it was sooooo funny . Every week was a new adventure in laughter. Thank YOU Carol Burnett and company!!!









No new news on the volcano . This was the latest posted about it at 4 this afternoon.

2009-02-01 16:00:05

Seismic unrest continues at Redoubt. Seismic activity is still well above normal background levels and is holding steady. The volcano has not erupted.

Weather conditions are clear at the volcano and a vapor plume is visible rising above the summit crater. Please see photographs from yesterday's overflight for views of the source of this plume.

The Aviation Color Code remains at ORANGE and the Volcano Alert Level remains at WATCH.

So we are still in watch and wait mode. Enjoy the laugh!! Love Rhonda

Friday Rumblings

Well we are having snow today. It has been predicted all week but now seems to finally have arrived. YAY ! I do like to watch it fall. So soft and white and quiet.

It's been a different week. We are under a volcano watch . Yes VOLCANO!!! we actually have several of them in Alaska , did you also know that Alaska is on of the most seismic active earthquakes places around??? Yep we feel some good shakers now and again. We actually get nervous when we don't feel them. Here is the site we go to look and see what our volcano is up to.
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php
it has a great map of the region and area so you can see where its at and what Alaska looks like.

So what kind of storm /disaster would you "rather " be in ???
I know for sure i do NOT ever wish to be in another hurricane again.......they are NO FUN !! ZERO . Blizzards are kinda ok they eventually stop and you just have LOTs of snow everywhere and tornados do not sound like fun either. Thunder storms are nice ......comforting LOUD and Noisy but Comforting. The bible says that thunder is GOD talking. Wonder what hes saying?!!We don't get thunder storms in alaska very often. in the 12 years i have lived here. One time. i took video of it cause the clouds looked like a dragon it was cool!!!

Me and my son have been watching "Firefly" its from 2002 . It was a televison series and it only lasted on season . We really like it. FUNNY and gunsmoke meets space . In 2005 they made a movie "Serenity" it was a finale of the show. We are going to watch it again we think, we liked it.

Have a great weekend . I will let you know about the volcano as she blows........
Rhonda

YAY the sun is shining this morning and AND the days are getting lighter longer. It has been a long winter here and yet we have till the middle of may till its over . Ah well I will just work on my house and continue to get it like I want it.

Yesterday our sweet grandbaby was dedicated to GOD and that was special . Then we all went to lunch at the favorite chinese resterant. We packed the place out with our group of 26 give or take one or two. It was fun. It was really a good day.

Today I am just trying to figure out what my task is and how much I want to give to it. Seems I just have no motivation for much of anything lately. I find that weird and disturbing all at once and yet i seem to be locked in at this spot. GGGGGGRRRRRRRRR I DO NOT LIKE THAT FEELING. THIS FEELING!

Well I am off to GO attack the books I have piled up waiting to be put on shelves..
Rhonda

Pineapple Express

Front yard this morning

from the front porch

Back fence from the pineapple express

Today I am looking at my grass . Yes grass its green and some brown but alot of green and its the middle of winter. This is a mean mean trick. IT'S ALASKA!!! Mean!! soon more snow will fall and cover up the color and my world will be white again, all white......sighs. The birds are singing and the air smells so fresh. I LOVE SPRING TIME! Yet it is only winter. The pineapple express has struck again . Yep see that fence. It was standing last weekend. Then the winds hit with gusts of 105 miles an hour and voila this is the result. It is starting to rain as we speak so we shall see what later today brings. Welcome to ALASKA! I LOVE IT HERE!
Rhonda

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.



Not Me Monday

I really like this site It's a miracle site !!! Rhonda

Changes

I Live in Alaska and the weather is a constant change. Today it has been 44 degrees YES 44 degrees ABOVE zero and rainy and windy. The temperature change is something like 80 degree difference from what we were a mere 4 days ago to today.School was canceled and so was the hubby's work. So we had a quiet sleepy morning and then we took Snowmoria down. Snowmoria is our village. its BIG and fun and has 57 different houses. It didn't take us long with 4 of us working on putting each house back in its box and making sure it was safe till after thanksgiving when we put it up again. We have decided to try to write a story about it. Give it some life and hope and promise. Something we all need and desire in life. It is fun to look at it all lite up and just disappear and imagine . So the kids are hoping that school will be canceled again tomorrow and it might be as the streets are just sheer ice and slicker then anything. I am most thankful for my warm house .

Rhonda

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday In Alaska

Real Snowflakes January 10, 2009 — Wateervliet, NY

ITS Warming UP!!! It's a whopping 10 degrees ABOVE this morning . We are supposed to get snow maybe 14 inches. I do love to watch the snow fall and pile up. It's all piled up to my knee still so more would make it all white again, right now its a dirty icky color. So it is with mixed feelings that I welcome the warmer temps. Now once again I will feel my hot flashes and they are NOT fun. Ah well to the well of cold water by the gallons I drink which is an okay thing. I think I need water I feel as if I am rambling. Rhonda