negative - - - - - 20, - 26, -34, -39 degrees! The coldest two weeks of winter is happening as it annually does! WEIRD! Inside all day, not realizing. Hands turn red with chap.

We walked through our house for the last time ever as "visitors". It is "wonderfully mad, like socks with poop in them" - Steve Buschemi circa de 1999ish SNL.

The pine ceiling is marvelously mad, like....okay enough on that. It is clean, and nice, and neat, and weird, and good, and not real, and GREAT! The carpet is sharp, clean, and quality looking. The banister has that same exact description too.

Closing Tuesday or Wednesday and we'll move a bit each night until the full move Saturday! Furniture shopping soon! Pictures soon!

Life is rolling! 83 essays sit in a plastic container to go on a 3 hour tour (plus 4 other hours, plus mountains on a school bus, plus silly high schoolers). We drive south 2 hours past Anchorage to Seward, across the other long hours to Nikiski to play at 3:00 P.M. Sleep in a school on the floor, chaperoning, coaching, eating, watching a sport.)

It will be fun. My first Alaska road trip, of all the famous road trip stories from coaches, kids, Casey. Nothing special, but special.

One more fun list to report:

Snowshoe Race, Ice Cream Eating Contest, Best Alaska Beard Contest, Cribbage Tournament, Tug of War
Cross Cut Saw and Swede Saw Contests

Most Abused Carharts Contest, Yahtzee Tournament, Dog Races, Ice Bowling, Telephone Toss, Outhouse Challenge - sponsored by Royal Flush (our neighbor here at the rental.

Dog Weight Pull Competition
Dog Weight Pull Weigh In - Bocifus Sanford, 58 pound runtboy

Paul Bunyan Wood Chopping, Ax Throwing, Man's Best Friend Dog Trick Contest, Best Buddy Wrapping Contest.

ALL AT WILLOW, ALASKA'S 45th STATE WINTER CARNIVAL this weekend and next!!!!!!! "The Year of the Snowshoes"

Hilarious traditions. Fun! Will report Sunday if not too messed up from turning in grades.

"And I just showed up, for my own life, and I'm standing here taking it in and it sure looks bright!" - Sara Groves