Going back home to King Cove for Mother's Day

Here is some scenery that I saw on my trip from Anchorage to Cold Bay. My neice and her son on the airplane.













Here we are landing in Sand Point, the weather was pretty sloppy with wind and rain. The runway has water on 3 sides of it and isn't very long.
















I left for King Cove on Friday evening.

I went with my sister Shirlee and her daughter Shellee and her 2 year old son Colin. (he just turned 2 in March) Here is a map of Alaska and you can see where King Cove is, it is at the end of the Alaska Peninsula. (the peninsula that juts out toward Japan) King Cove is where I was born and raised, my parents live there from April through August each year. http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/GEOGRAPHY/Alaska.html


I was there the last time 5 years ago for my parent's 50 wedding anniversary. Travel there is very expensive and the only way there is by airplane or by boat which takes 3-4 days from where I now live in Kenai. The airplane we traveled in carries about 20 passengers, our flight had about 10 passengers. We had to stop in a community called Sand Point before we landed in Cold Bay where my sister Lillian lives with her 4 children.

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Just a note to those who might read this and know my family: I'm trying to keep the fact that I might be in King Cove for Mother's Day as a surprise for my mom. Please help me keep this a secret. Thanks

Dinner time!!

This is our dinner! It was absolutely tasty!! First of all I made the salsa out of Roma tomatoes, onion, cilantro, and jalapeno peppers. It was a huge batch which I added to everything. Then used it to top everything. I used turkey meat which added to the tastiness of everything! Now my fingers are BURNING!! I was going to use some rubber gloves to chop the peppers but thought it wasn't going to be necessary-YIKES!! I don't know what to do to relieve the pain. I keep putting them under the running cold water for a few seconds at a time for relief. Live and learn, I guess. Although, I know this has happened before to me!! :(

cinco de mayo

OOOOPS! I was not planning ahead and missed Cinco de Mayo. Well, we can celebrate any day of the year!! So today I'm planning on a Mexican dinner for my husband and son. My son is in a class all day and my hubby is working overtime again so they will be sooooo pleased to have a great meal. I'm really excited and pumped! I LOVE MEXICAN food and so do they. I have a sister who does a fabulous job cookng Mexican and anyother kinds of food. I'm going to make a BIG batch of Pico de Gallo and use it in all the foods I'm making. I'm going to make tacos and chimichangas and soup.

Successful moving sale!!

Well, it's finally over! My second moving sale was a success and I'm sooooo glad to have that part of moving over. We donated the items that weren't sold to friends who are in the process of adopting a baby from Russia. They are going to hold a couple of garage sales to help with their expenses. I can now concentrate on cleaning the house and packing the large pictures. Our youngest son returned home on Friday evening from university. He is attending fire school today in hopes of landing a job with the forest service for the summer.
Right now I'm so excited because there is a possibility that I will be flying to my hometown of King Cove for Mother's Day! I have 3 sisters and this will be the first time in 5 years that we all will be together. With me possibly moving out of the state of Alaska, this will be very special. The most important thing of prayer is for good flying weather. I plan to leave on Friday evening and come back on Sunday evening. I will be flying in a small plane to Cold Bay then go across a bay on a hovercraft to King Cove!! I've never gone on a hovercraft before so that will be a new experience.

Moving sale

Well, I'm going to have my second and last moving sale tomorrow, Friday the 4th of May!! It has been a LOT of work but I hope will be as profitable as the first sale that I had a couple of weeks ago. It is going to be a GOOD thing to be rid of all this stuff. Trust me, we have plent of STUFF left! I'm thinking that I lightened our load big time. It is amazing all the stuff that we have collected for 32 years. I thank God for all the help that He has given me to get through all this sorting, cleaning and pricing. I'm looking forward to a fun and entertaining day tomorrow.
I put my sewing maching away the first of this week after I finished a project for a friend. I will now focus on hand projects. I always have to be doing hand projects.
With all the work I've been doing with cleaning and preparing for the moving sale, the cooking has gone out the dooor. I have managed to cook up a tasty treat occasionally. Last night I cooked up some spaghetti squash and topped it with sauted onions, garlic, zucchini and tomatoes and cooked ground turkey. We topped all that with parmesean cheese. It was so tasty and I felt like I put some effort into it to show my hubby that I love him. He comes home so hungry and I have been feeling so badly that I haven't been serving him up any good meals. He was pretty pleased with this last dish. It doesn't take much, he has been happy with a sandwich so much of the time lately. I'm sooooooo blessed!