I can BREATHE AGAIN!!

How ARE my blogging people???

Seriously, I thought that I really needed/wanted the break, but yanno, sometimes once you get what you want, you don't want it anymore.

It maybe has to do with that whole - grass is greener syndrome.

SO - I could give you the long version of what I survived over my holiday break - but I'll just cut right to the end because there was so much back and forth on twitter over this little trip.

I went out to my parents' cabin in Petersville, Alaska.

Petersville is 90 miles into nothingness.

No running water.

No electricity.

(okay, we finally put in a generator so we could charge up the battery for reading lights - each bunk has one - and so we can watch movies)

I got these hysterical emails from Kelley and Steph demanding to know WHY they were not contacted before my absence. Love ya girls ;-D

THIS is what I was doing:

THE CABIN

THE OUTHOUSE

Yes, the outhouse. I was given no end of grief on twitter over this one (insert eyeroll)

1. It doesn't smell in the winter

2. There's a PORCH to it.

3. After lighting a few candles, it's almost warmer than outside :D

Oh, yeah. And those little people are my kids. In the summer you can walk underneath the walkway without ducking.

The temp INSIDE the cabin.

Fahrenheit.

Better than the temps OUTSIDE the cabin.

We never go when it's this cold, but we spent too much money on fireworks to turn back ;-D

And you thought I was kidding.

We lit off fireworks until our fingers and toes were so cold they no longer functioned.

(BTW - this hill is almost vertical. Sometimes pics really make high-speed things look really lame)

 My family doesn't know how to do anything in small groups - even in tight spaces. Everyone but me is in this pic. Cause, yanno, I was taking the pic.

 Mike and I getting ready to take a ride. My blue snow pants just make me happy :D

Well, and so does Mike.

(I know, some of you just gagged a little)

Funny side note - my computer is on my back b/c the tiny lodge nearby has WIFI!! 

YAY!!

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Sunrise at the cabin.

Oh! 

The fireworks are fun, but THIS is why we really come up.

 To burn gas, and play in the DEEP snow.

And this is mid-afternoon up here. That's about as high as the sun gets this time of year.

Not great for driving, but fab for pics.

Tell me what y'all have been doing? Good news? Family fun? Anything interesting?
Friday I might post something about . . . you know . . . WRITING :D