Hello again! An update on yesterdays post on "Salt Dough Ornaments". The kids woke up and decided they needed to make more goodies, so I mixed up more dough and we made them thicker this time and used the 250 degrees for one hour method. Well, they were perfect!! No puffing up, no discoloration! There you go!!
OK, I know I said the next post would be about the T shirt scarves. I made quite a few of them for gifts at Christmas last year, but only made one style. My daughter loves hers and actually bought a pack of T-shirts to make more, but in diffrent styles. I told her I wanted to try out a few more styles so she gave me her shirts and I plan to make more to show you, so, stay tuned!
Yesterday, I took my grandkids home and it was the most beautiful day, which gave me the idea for this post!
I wanted to share my beautiful state with you! This is pinned to my Pinterest Board "Beautiful Places I've been and Love"
We have had a more than average snowfall and, I won't say it too loud for fear that it will hear me, but the wind hasn't blown in a while, so all the snow is still on the trees. It's breathtaking everywhere you look, so I wanted to share just a few pictures I took on the short, (less than 5 mile) drive to my daughters house.
This was taken on the road entering my neighborhood. I get to see this view everytime I leave and come back home! How did I get so lucky!!
I am so lucky to live in such a beautiful state! When I was small, my Dad got a job working on the slope as an electrician. Back then the rotations were three months on and one month off. It wasn't the easiest life, especially for my Mom, since she was a single mom for the majority of the year, but we made it work and I especially loved the summers! Dad would take his vacation time so that he was home for the entire three months of summer and we would hop in the motorhome and travel all over the United States. I am proud to say that I have been to almost every State in the Union, the only states I have yet to visit are the ones north of New York state. I will make it there some day for sure!! This is a beautiful country and I encourage everyone to see as much as you can see!
Our family remained in Alabama for several years, but Dad kept telling us how beautiful Alaska was, so finally, they decided that the motorhome trip should extend all the way to the Last Frontier. The plan was to come here and stay for the summer, then head back before school started again. We headed north, not without incident I must say! Back then the Alcan was 90% gravel, but it was an adventure I will never forget! We made it to Alaska and never looked back. The summer turned into a year and a year turned into 10! The first three years we lived in two motorhomes that my Dad built a lean-to to connect. Alaska has changed alot since then and over the years, one by one, my sister, then my parents and finally my brother all have moved on. But this is and always will be my home. When we have visitors come from the lower 48, I sometimes get the question, "Do you ever take this beautiful country for granted?" My answer is always the same, "No!" How could I ever tire of marveling at the beauty God has given us to enjoy! No matter how many times I look at a mountain, it is ever changing, the shadow, the seasons, the colors.
The New Year is always a time to reflect back on your life and look forward to your future. I am a very lucky lady is so many ways I can't even count! I have my faith that grows every year, I have my family, my husband and I are still in love after 32 years and we love our family beyond words, we are not without our struggles, but I'm proud to say that no matter what any of us face, we face it head on and work thru it and know that we have the rest of the family supporting us and praying for us, no matter what. I have my friends, who over the years always become family. Alaska is a place where you take others in and love them as your own. And I have my beautiful state of Alaska, the Last Frontier. How did I get so lucky!
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