My head really hurts.

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Congrats!

Kyle got his name on his jet last night!

Sail away

When Kyle's family comes up in June, we're going south on a glacier day cruise. Kelly emailed me a few links for us to look at and decide if we want to go to Kenai or Prince William Sound.

So we were looking at them and I was reading off the differences to Kyle when the following conversation took place...

Me: Which one do you want to do? I think Kenai would be more fun because there's more wildlife down there.
Kyle: No. I want to go on the other one. I don't want to see animals, I want to see ice. I want to stare at ice.
Me: Come on, which one?
Kyle: Prince William Sound. I like to stare at ice. In fact, I think I'm about to go stick my head in the freezer and look at the ice trays.
Me: Funny you say that, I was about to tell you to go do that.

We're going to Kenai (I hope!)

Don't believe the hype

We've been looking (ok, I've been looking) at some tourist-y websites lately. One of them was sent to me by Kelly so we could look at the different day cruises and see which we liked best. After we looked at those, I continued to look around the site to see what they said about Alaska because the site was said to be written by Alaskans.

Clearly they are in a different part of Alaska that we are.

They recommended hiking boots for day-to-day wear. Yes, hiking boots are a good idea...if you're hiking. Day-to-day you can wear whatever shoes you want. I wore flats yesterday.

They also recommended wearing layers in the summertime. Seriously? Layers in 60 degrees? I'll be wearing a bathing suit. I haven't worn layers in months. Kyle hasn't worn his thermals in weeks and has worn short sleeved shirts for the past month or so. (Short sleeves to work all this past week.)

Their packing list includes light winter cap/gloves/scarf. Cap? You might want one. Scarf? A light one might be good. Gloves? I don't even know where my gloves are. You don't need them unless you're coming in Dec. - Feb. If you come then, I'll call you an idiot.

I realize we haven't spent a summer here but Anchorage is like any other city, I promise. It's not some wilderness destination. In the summertime, it's known as Los Anchorage (like Los Angeles, get it?) There are lots of places to hike and explore but if you're hanging out in the city, you don't need this stuff. It's like going to Tampa on a chilly day. (Anchorage is pretty comparable to Tampa.)

So there. Bring your normal clothes, hiking boots if you so wish. And lotion. I don't know if it's this dry in the summertime but I've gone through more lotion this winter than I normally do in a whole year. (I'm only slightly exaggerating.)

Why we are not coming home until Christmas

A lot of people have been asking me this recently. "When are you coming home?" I tell them, "Christmas." Then they get all, "But we miss you!" and make me feel guilty. I really do miss everyone and I really do want to see Kristen's baby but here are the reasons we aren't coming home until Christmas...

1. My boss is about to pop. She is set to have her (first) baby any day and then she will obviously be going on maternity leave for a few months. Aside from her, there are only 5 of us that work in the coffee shop. If I were to take a week off to go home, I honestly don't know what would happen.
2. I'm taking two summer classes and two fall classes at the University. If everything goes as planned, I'll graduate Spring 2010. I really want to get this degree done. I would have finished last fall but, you know, the wedding and moving and all got in the way.
3. Kyle's family is coming for a few weeks in June and his grandparents are coming in August.
4. It costs a small fortune to fly from AK to FL and back. If even just I were to go home this summer or something, Kyle would be the only one going home for Christmas. (Which may work because I don't know what we're going to do with the cats while we're both gone. Putting them in the kennel also costs a small fortune.) (I'M KIDDING AND I'M COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. I'm leaving the winter wonderland that is Anchorage [ahahaha, I'm killing myself over here] for Florida.)

So there you have it. A full explanation as to why I'm not going to get to see the baby before Christmas. (Yes, I really want to see this baby.) But we really do miss and love everyone! I'd like to say we miss the weather but I went into our garage today and it was 70 degrees in there and I was like, "Good LORD! It's hot in here!" I'm telling you all, 30 degrees feels dang good.

J-Rod

Haha, I bet you thought I was going to have pics of Kyle and Jared, didn't you? Well...I didn't take any. None. I know, I'm really awful. Jared has some, though.

Jared stayed a week and, as I told Kelly, whoever stays with us next (or ever) has a tough act to follow. Jared shoveled our driveway, did dishes, and even took out the trash. On the houseguest scale of 1 to 10, he was a 12.

He and Kyle had a great time snowboarding and hanging out. We took him to Moose's Tooth, a local pizza place, and Las Margaritas, our favorite Mexican restaurant.

I had told him that Moose's Tooth might be better than Pizza Connection and his exact words were, "Woah. Woah now." So after we ate, I asked him how it compared to Pizza Connection. He looked at his empty plate, looked back up, and said, "It doesn't. This blows Pizza Connection out of the water." Thank you.

He also enjoyed the $7 (!yes, I know!) margaritas at Las Margaritas.

We were both sad to see him go but he's already planning on coming back next year.

Small tour

We got our bedroom furniture today (yesssssssssssssss!) so I though it'd be a good time to give a little tour of the house. I'll start with the living room.

I made the curtains and the pillows, we bought the couch from a lady on base (hooray for Craigslist!), and the little side table is from Target. (Yes, our house is almost always this clean. I swear. No really, it is.)

Closer look at the couch and pillows.

And the TV. The stand is also from Target. They have far too much of our money.

And now the bedroom...

We got the furniture at Bailey's and it was a steal. Headboard, footboard, nightstand, dresser/mirror, and chest of drawers for $899. Most of the other bedroom sets we looked at were at least $1500. It's no wonder we had to wait 8 weeks to get this because it was backordered.

Can you see Olive?

I was very scared that the furniture wouldn't fit in the room because of the way the room is. It's kind of long and narrow with the cable outlet in the most inconvenient place. It all fit beautifully and I'm so excited to have furniture!

Jared Gamble will be here this week. Kyle is so excited to get to hang out with him and go snowboarding. I'm sure I'll have plenty of pics to post later.