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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Birthdays & Buying

Got back from New Orleans last week (hence the Lower-48 post) and it was wonderful. It was great to see friends old and new and spend some time in God's word and just generally relaxing. I got back home on my 27th birthday to these:

Flowers from the Pups

It was a wonderful surprise and, yes, the card says the flowers are from the dogs not the hubs. Burt & Kena sure do have good taste though, eh? Roses, orchids & lilies... pretty awesome.

In other news, we're preparing for the arrival of Philip's brother, Jeff, and his friends, Rob & Jordan. They're heading out next week to hike some of the Wrangell Mountains for a few days. So, in preparation for this we had to purchase some black-out curtains for the sliding doors downstairs so Jordan doesn't get woken up by the 4am sunrise. (I'm going somewhere with this story, I promise) Thus we went into Anchorage on Saturday to find some curtains at Sears. After traveling to an upstairs department we never knew existed at this particular Sears, we found some perfect total black-out curtains for only $18 a piece. Awesome. We purchased them and on our way out we cruised past the appliance section. Our refrigerator has been dying a slow and painful death for a few months now-- including frozen veggies and milk and not-frozen ice cream-- so any chance we get we price new ones. On this particular perusal Philip spotted THIS:
Our Newest Impulse Buy

And... we bought it. It was on clearance because the model is being discontinued and ended up (after delivery, removal and warranty) ended up saving us nearly $1,000 than waiting to buy one. Talk about a HUGE impulse buy. Go in for curtains, leave with a fridge.

We'll get it on Wednesday. Yay for no more frozen veggies and frozen ice cream!

Thursday, July 16, 2009

RE; The Lower-48

Things I do NOT miss:

  • Traffic & small streets
  • Humidity & frizzy hair
  • Sweating as soon as you step foot outside
  • Billboards
Things I DO miss:
  • Tall & Old buildings
  • Old friends
  • Accents :)
  • Outside pools & tanning