Alaska is a very large state with a ridiculously small number of people living in it. The main pursuits of Alaskans appear to be hunting, fishing, hiking, sled dog racing, native crafts, and selling native crafts to tourists. The latter is done in the summer months in order to afford to do the rest of them during the fall and spring, except the ( Read more... )

Stuff you need to see: http://www.sillof.com/ Oh man are these incredibly cool! I'm not a figurine person, but I wouldn't mind having these :) Also included are Victorian Avengers and Gaslight Justice League!

From my parenting blog website of all places!

The con was pretty good this year ( Read more... )

So we were supposed to go out to Chinatown this afternoon. Here is the weather thus far today:

early morning - grey and rainy
later morning - sunny and beautiful
noonish - a little rain
early afternoon (around 2ish) - blizzard
an hour later - sunny and beautiful
current conditions (around 4ish) - blizzard

I guess we are staying in today then...

He can stack 7 blocks! By himself!

(am turning into terribly boastful mom from hell as we speak ;)

It was a really tough decision for me (and I think for a lot of people). But I finally decided last night and voted! If you haven't voted yet, go out and vote! The rain has stopped and it's actually kind of nice outside :)

Last night we attended jikharra's and keshwyn's New Year's Party and had an enjoyable time. The lion cub enjoyed playing with the blackbird and the owl. We got a bunch of books from jikharra, including many puzzle books ( Read more... )

Friday is kind of a blur, as I got sick sometime during the writer's strike and hanging out at Pandemonium and my brain kind of shut down :) My apologies to anyone I talked to as I have no idea whether I was coherant or not ( Read more... )

Went to the New England Aquarium yesterday and saw fishies and penguins and harbor seals with the lion cub. We have some great pictures of a giant sea turtle and the boy investigating each other from behind the glass ( Read more... )

Guiltiest. Pleasure. Ever.

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