New Product

Yep a new product! Something not for kids, All Natural Soy Candles. I'm hand pouring these into a 6oz. tin with lid in several scents. They only have two ingredients; soywax and essential oil with a wax coated coreless cotton wick. I timed the burn of one and it lasted over 20 hours, putting out a nice but not overpowering scent of Cool Citrus Basil. Jaxon's favorite is the Spiced Cranberry, he said it smelled delicious while I was pouring them. I also tried a few with Tea Tree and just ordered some more scents, wax and wicks. Anyway I will have these out this summer. They are travel size and have my art on them, I think the tourists will like them. Guess we'll see. I'm pricing them at $8 ea. or 2 for $15, they will make nice small gifts for people to take home. Let me know what you think!? Summer will be here before we know it so I should get to work. In addition to my new hobby I have alot of BATIKING to do for this season, wish me luck...

last of the puppies...

My last puppy blog and photo and it's somewhat because of them I haven't been on the computer much, 5 puppies is alot of work! But the good news is I have found good homes for 3 of them in the last 24 hours and we are now down to 2 girls, and only 1 is still available. They are cute and fun but also loud and messy, I'm about done... At 7 weeks old today it was the perfect time to find families for them. Tonight I'm finding 2 is much more manageable for me, and Luna. The boys have enjoyed them but also don't seem to really mind they are gone. We took them a couple weeks ago to the kindergarten room for show and tell, that was fun. Looks like Luna may get fixed the next time the "Bush Vet" comes through town, I don't want to make a habit of this process. Luna is a great mom and seems to even like it but the brunt of the work falls on me and I have enough to do with my own kids. Last chance, anyone need a pup Fed Exed? :0)

Puppy Update

I've had requests for more puppy pics. so here are a few. They do alot of sleeping but now have their eyes open and as you can see are starting to escape the box too.

"I'm the winner Mommy!"

Out sledding on "ski hill" with the boys, the 2nd weekend of Dec. after seeing Santa in town. This is Hawken's first time going down this hill and he loved it (ok maybe not loved it, but we went a bunch more times and I think he had fun)... As you'll see, Jax is the winner! It's a Sat. afternoon and usually this hill is covered with kids on the weekends but as you can see we had it all to ourselves this day.

Rag Rugs

I just learned how to make RAG RUGS, here are my first two made of shredded sheets (as if I needed a new hobby)! Then again winter can be pretty long and although keeping busy isn't usually hard to do up here these rugs will come in handy around the house. I wanted to learn a few years ago but the internet instructions I printed were hard to follow so I gave up pretty fast. Then last month I heard the local Community Enrichment Program offering a class on it and I was in. The program runs activities and classes at the grade school, during the school year, most often taught by locals and they are free or really cheap (this class was only $5). They also show a free Friday night movie in the winter, it's in the gym on a big screen, alot of the time it's geared towards kids but not always and they announce it on the radio the week before so you know what is coming. Obviously we don't have a movie theater here and I have never driven all the way down to Wasilla to see one, it's 70 miles one way and no movie is worth it. We did see one movie in Anchorage years ago before we lived here, we were just visiting, our pre-Jaxon Alaska trip. I don't plan on mass-producing these or anything but it's a great skill to have and maybe I should get started on next years x-mas gifts now...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL & LUV FROM ALL OF US IN ALASKA

Puppy Update

All five pups are doing great, Luna is a really good mom. She won't leave them and when they all whine so does she ( I can understand that :0) There are 3 girls and 2 boys in the litter and it looks like several will be staying local so it will be cool to see them grow up as Talkeetna dogs. The boys have been really respectful of them and so far we have mostly left the pups alone, there will be plenty of time to play with them in the next couple months. She's right off the kitchen in the laundry room so we can keep a good eye on them and of course Luna is loving all the attention. Here are a few photos I took today, CUTE!

getting off the school bus footage

This was a request by my Aunt, some footage of Jax getting off the bus. The driver probably thought I was crazy...

Not much to say, he's tired.

Here comes the bus...

and here is my big kid!