Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhlaska!

August 2nd, 2007 / Categories: Alaska, Moose Nuggets / 4 Comments »

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Mama and baby moose

This is a shot from my office door – taken last week during a sunny break. Mama moose browsing – baby walked under her chin, then into the woods behind her – munching away, looking back from time to time.

I had to shoo away some kids on bicycles who were much too close to her for my comfort. They are pretty big critters as you can tell – she is near a minivan – probably if right next to it and she raised her head she would be able to see over it easily. That big.

So – it’s not a good idea for kids – or anyone – to get too close and to make mama too nervous. You especially do NOT want to come between her and baby moose. That is a definite no-no.  She looks pretty relaxed in this shot – you have to worry if her ears come forward and her neck ruff stands straight up – if she blows hard – if she comes toward you – you get the picture. Not fun to deal with.

But fun to see from across the parking lot in the safety of an open door.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhlaska!

Home again

July 31st, 2007 / Categories: Family, knitting, Moose Nuggets / 1 Comment »

One day trips to anchortown are not my favorite thing to do – up and back in the same day – 300+ miles, 3+ hours each way, road construction, road whales (rvs) and idiot drivers (anyone but me – hahaha) add up to a not so fun trip.

Add to that the stress of having to take hubby to the eye doc for an evaluation for an upcoming cataract surgery . . . well, just a wee bit difficult.

But, we made it through in one piece – even found a local yarn shop I have been trying to find the last several trips up – and got the Girl her (13th!!) birthday gift. So, it turned out okay.

You can read more about the local yarn shop over at knittingpassion. I’ve placed links to Zaynab’s shop (Knitting Grounds) and her blog (knits from grounds) there also.

Bought a skein of TOFUtsies sock yard – did you know it is made (well 2.5% of it) from shrimp and crab shells? That’s just pretty cool. She had a sample sock made of the yarn and it feels so soft! That may be my next project – I have so many different things on needles at the moment, but I am looking forward to seeing how the yarn knits up.

Hubby moose will have the cataract surgery on his right eye in mid-August. They will wait to do the left eye until after the first surgery is completely healed and he is ready. That will either be the end of August or sometime in September or October. It actually depends on hubby and the doc – they just need to give me enough warning so I can arrange to take time off work. 😉

Have a great Wednesday, everyone!

Something special in the mail

July 30th, 2007 / Categories: Alaska, Family, knitting / 2 Comments »

Today when I checked the mail I found my booty from the recently held Boob-Haha auctions –

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purrrrty!

I just checked Wendy’s 3day site and it looks like she only has $57 to go to meet her $5000 goal – if you can, go on over and make a donation – EVERY dollar helps. And, even more fun, Wendy has said that she will SHAVE HER HEAD if she meets her goal. Now, you KNOW you want a part of that, right? Right!

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Hubby moose and I are headed to anchortown in the morning. He has an appointment with an eye surgeon in the afternoon. Depending on the outcome of that he will be having cataract surgeries in August. I’ll update with the info when I get it.

You all have a great day!

Northern Girls . . . .

July 29th, 2007 / Categories: Alaska, inspiration / Comments Closed

of course, I mean to say “nothern WOMEN” because any female older than twelve is a WOMAN not a girl – right? Right! Hi, my name is moosie and I work in THAT sort of environment. heh

All that said . . . was at a store in the neighboring city the other night and captured the following picture:

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Bad Girls of the North – Artistically Driven. I particularly like how the sky appears in the truck window.

Well, I have no clue if these women are behind the above bumper sticker, but found a very neat website: Bad Girls of the North. It would not surprise me if they were not one and the same – although the bumper sticker shown on their site is different.

At any rate, I now have someone new to look for at crafts shows coming up. Woot!

awwwwwwwwww – poor hubby moose

July 28th, 2007 / Categories: Family / Comments Closed

day sleeper 

This is what happens to you after you pull two all nighters as awake night staff! Poor guy. Don’t you all feel sorry for him snoozing away in his chair while the sun is shining outside????

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