Dogs...and Other Such Nonsense

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It's been a little over a month since my last post. Last time I was watching (sort of) the Superbowl as I typed up some thoughts. Tonight it's just me, my sis, and two dogs. Hagar is looking mournfully at sis with his big puppy eyes, begging for a few morsels of her fresh-out-of-the-oven pumpkin muffin.

Moki, the old grandma of a dog, is lying on her bed--sometimes she is so quiet that for a split second (sorry for the cliche) I think she has finally kicked the bucket. But no--her abdomen moves, and my fear that sis and I will have to bury her scrawny carcass cease. For a while.

I thought that life after college would be different than it is. I'm starting to think about going on an adventure--England perhaps? But am I really cut out for adventuring on my own? I have security here, a life. People I love, things I enjoy. Do I really want to pull up all of the little roots I'm putting down. Not yet.

I finally went to some of the Fur Rondy events here in Anchorage. I've lived in Alaska all my life, but I have never gone to the start of the Iditarod. I finally did. And watched the running of the reindeer. And the outhouse races. Oh Alaska!

Sun starting to set...wish I could have gotten  a better picture of the mountains, they were gorgeous

Moki, not quite sure what to think of her dog bootie

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