Jake and Cody...this photo does not reflect the excitement they had about heading on their way to Seattle. It was still early though, 9:30am, which is like 6am to most of us.
Yesterday was a bummer day. We found out that the sale of our house in NV that we've been working on for about 4 months did not go through. The buyers did not qualify for the loan, which we had thought they were already pre-approved for. We have really been anticipating this and finally getting into the black with some of our bills.
Clay came home from the goat hunt in a lot of pain. The Hep C is affecting his hips, leg and feet. I wanted to cry all day at work because of how bad I felt for him and the result of the house.
Lauren is still doing well. She's so excited about school. We were hoping to be able to help her with some financing and not sure now how we can do that. I just hope someone else will become interested in that house soon, now that it's back on the market.

This is a card I did a few months ago. It's still one of my favorites. Monday again. I didn't hear from Jake all weekend, but on Friday he called to tell me how excited he was about his new apartment.
Clay, my husband, left yesterday for his goat hunt. He sounded a little dubious about the terrain, but still confident on getting one.
Lauren, my daughter, is all set up for school. She'll start classes this Thursday. This is a really neat chapter of her life that is beginning. I'm so glad she's decided to attend college.
Well, my life is pretty much the same. I worked on Jake's room for almost 2 hours yesterday. Only killed one bug. His mattress was black. The smell is going to take a long time to dissipate, oh and all the black crud on everything...it's bike grease...remains of him coming home after work and not taking a shower. How he ever got a girl to go into that room I'll never know. Lauren's response, "Mom, you SAW the girls he took down there!" hahahaha. Well, a couple of them were kind of cute and nice. Scary.
Lots to do this week!

Life in Alaska can be a lot of different things. For me...I love it! There is so much to experience. Not everyone feels that way though, like my son, Jake...He's 20 and he couldn't wait to leave. He moved with his friend, Cody, just one week ago and I'm excited for him to finally be on his own, but it's tough on a mom to let one of her kids go. Chester, my 3 year old Chinese Crested, couldn't care less I guess. We still have Lauren home. Lauren is 19 and will be starting college next week, we hope!! Many things will change for us over the next few months. I'll be trying to stay as busy as possible!