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| How many ways can we wish you a Happy New Year...a few |
Happy January 7th and Happy New Year! Admittedly there is nothing terribly special about today, I just wanted to take a moment before the sun comes up and I start working more on the house today to write a quick post. Its funny how all day long I think up things to write and even think in terms of "blog posts" throughout the day but when it comes time to write I'm drawing a blank.
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| My favorite New Years Picture |
I'm sure its customary to write a reflection blog or a resolution blog at the beginning of the year, however I'm not there just yet. I did have a great New Years, went to bed early and walked on the beach with Matt for sunrise January 1st. Other than that we worked on the house...all we do lately it seems. Well Matt is great at getting me out of the house so I don't get overwhelmed and I'll write more of what we have been up to so far this year later on.
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| We found two starfish on two different days! |
Well let me start by saying that I have challenged the hubby to a wellness challenge. The challenge I was telling you about at work, is a 90day total transformation challenge, and while I will be just about to leave when it wraps up, I thought it would be more fun to challenge Matt. We both have fitness goals we would like to reach before leaving, and we are both pretty competitive, so I knew he would accept the challenge...and bonus there will be less junk food in the house to temp me if he is serious about it...so its a win win.
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Nothing like a walk on the beach in the rain for sunrise last week to get me out of my funk. This man knows
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This week has turned into hardcore house preparation. We are putting our house on the market hopefully sometime in the next two weeks and the de-cluttering process just might put me over the top. Don't get me wrong I love going through stuff and downsizing, planning to carry less stuff makes me very happy. However the disorganization of our house right now makes it so I can never truly relax. Thankfully I have our craftroom/office that is completely done so I do have a little bit of solitude as long as I don't look out the door.
One thing that is really stressing me (aside from trying to sell our house) is finding a place that I like in Alaska to live. I have become a little too obsessed with
AHRN's website looking at houses to rent, and the worst part is we are still too far out from moving to really get an idea of what will be available when we get there at the beginning of May. It doesn't help that there is really no consistency with pricing that I can see, some newer 3bd 2ba homes are the same price as some 2bd 1ba homes that look very out dated and a little neglected, and the newer homes are few and far between. And you have to watch out for those tricky "Dry Homes", which do not have an indoor toilet. That's right you get to freeze in an outhouse at night...no thanks! And you are welcome to anyone who planned to visit!
I have found that I am struggling a little more than I thought I would about saying goodbye to our house. Granted I didn't help pick it out, Matt had bought the house a few months before I moved here, and I never really thought it would come to grow on me like it has. We have so spent so much time getting it from a bachelor pad to a home, and now just after we are married I have to learn to part with it. Trust me when I say these emotions are unexpected. So to counter that, I have been trying to get excited about out next home, but that seems pretty much impossible so far out. So instead I will share my mini woe's with you. However before my moaning session gets out of hand I will re-direct to more exciting and positive thoughts.
Here is my Bucket List so far for Alaska:
In no particular order
(none of these photos are my own, if they belong to you please let me know and I will give you credit, or if you want me to remove any photos I will. I tried to find the sources for each photo and give credit where I could)
1) Pan for Gold
2) Guided Segway tour of Fairbanks
3) Chena Hot Springs
4) Record our Trip
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| This has been re-pinned so many times I can't find the Original Origin. |
5) Go Hiking
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Angel Rock
Granite Tors Trails
6) Visit Pioneer Park
7) Vist Musk Ox Farm
8) Go Ice Fishing
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9) See Ice Art competition
10) Kayak the Chena River
11) Visit the Ice Museum
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Ice Museum
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12) Play glow in the dark Mini Golf
13) See Alaskan Pipeline
14) Photograph the Northern Lights
15) Visit Alaskan Railroad
16) Visit Denali National Park
17) See Santa at the North Pole
18) Live in the North Pole
19) Kayak near glaciers
20) Photograph sled dogs
21) Go skiing
22) Visit the Arctic Circle
23) Take a Whale boat tour
24) Go camping in the mountains
25) Build an Igloo
26) Build lots of Snowmen
27) Drive a snowmobile
28) Go hunting
29) Photograph an Ice Cave
30) Photograph Animals
Moose
Seal
Polar Bear
Black Bear
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31) Learn to fly fish
32) Learn to tie my own lures
33) Go Dog Sledding
34) Go Salmon Fishing
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| Original Origin Unknown: But I have seen this photo dozens of times. |
35) See Reindeer
While we still have almost 4 months before we make the long trip to Alaska, and we have so much to do to even get ready to leave, I am still adding to my bucket list. Alaska is such a huge state with so much to do. I know I will have fun photographing and recording so much of it. And I can't wait to share with everyone each one of these things, and even things I didn't expect.
This is a fantastic list. Will be moving to Fort Wainright, AK in summer of 2016 and am definitely using this list as my guide.
ReplyDeleteWe've been quietly planning our move from Ohio to Alaska. Do you know where you are planning? We are looking somewhere along the Kenai Peninsula (hopefully Homer area). I just wanted to tell you how much I relate to all your thoughts on making this big move.
ReplyDeleteI'm headed to Fort Wainwright soon, too. This is a great list! So excited!
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