Fur Rondy, Sunshine and cold weather

Not a lot happening on the home front. We have been having lots of beautiful sunshine but with the sunshine comes below zero weather. Friday was the beginning of Fur Rondy which is the kick off to the Iditarod. It was very cold but we went downtown to see the fireworks (seeing as there won't be any on the 4th of July as it doesn't get dark enough). We sat in the parking lot and watched the 15 minutes of fireworks (yeah a whole 15 minutes) and most of them didn't get high enough to go above the buildings (probably because it was too cold). Once Joleesa's new boyfriend (yep-pray,pray, pray), Joleesa, Jessa and Tim all got there I insisted we walk down to the Ship Creek area (several blocks) to try to find the snow sculptures. We never found them. Brother Nowling wimped out and went back to the mushers diner while we kept walking but still never found them and we were afraid if we didn't find some heat we may turn into ice sculptures ~giggle. But we did find a carnival with rides and everything. Only Alaska would have such a thing in the dead of winter and yes there were people on the rides. We too turned around and went back to the "mushers diner" which is a Mexican restaurant that apparently just opened. Everything we ordered they were out of...so Jody got free enchiladas and our drinks were all free. What we did get was good so we'll have to make it a point to go back.

Saturday was Jody's last run to the Kenai...yippee! I enjoyed it but it was getting old and it's been 5 weeks since I've been home on a Saturday.

Sunday was a good day. Except Jessa fixed some soup that was sooooo spicy it burned my throat. I have no desire for spicy food for a long, long time. She accidentally picked up "hot" sausage instead of mild. Then Josh and Jackie moved Jackie out ~ family is good ~smile. Services were good and now its back to work again. I'm looking forward to the Iditarod starting this Saturday.