Here's a typical day in our Alaskan summer thus far:

(told from my vantage of course)

Wake up between 8 and 10 am - Mary is only allowed a self imposed 8 hour night shift of sleeping. No more, no less. Let's not sleep the summer away! Next, feed and walk dogs just around our property.

Mary sits outside on our porch and listens to a shattered screen Nano - eaten by dog last week - and reads No. 1 Det. agency books or magazines till lunch.

Meanwhile, Casey prepares and does some outdoor work like tending to strawberry and lilac plants, moving brush to fire safe areas, cutting, splitting, peeling, or elsewhats with trees and wood piles. Also, plans for wood shed/pole barn construction to be half done by Ohio time.

Lunch is of the snacking kind: fruits and veggies, cheesy beany dip with chips, limeade, sandwiches, etc.

Back outside to teamwork the wood shed construction with uprooting moss, roots, and clearing trees and brush out of construction site. Today it was a balmy 83 of extensive sun splitting rays. HOT! (for us). It's like 100+ feeling to those of you in other climates.

While working outside, we'll listen to Dr. Laura on the radio! HA!

Around 5 pm back inside for some clean up, tv, and dinner prep.

6-7 pm food and dog hang out with some comp and tv time. And lately catch a movie at the theater, tv, or dvd till 10 or 11! Or sometimes head back out into that 20 hour sun to check out our other property and kill mosquitos.

Casey heads to bed around then, and I head to the horrendously unorganized newly set up office of mine. What's in that room? I don't know either. But I love the thought of and the act of mindlessly pushing papers around at my leisure! Thinking and planning countless goals, books, projects, trips....ah, nice!

Well, now that you have felt nearly bored, at least we have a record of these peaceful and purposely uneventful Alaskan summer days! So in the midst of crazy school days we can look back and know that doing nothing is the best feeling in the world! For a while at least right!??! A three month while, yes!