All I Really Want

All I really want to do is fall into your arms and cry, to let the heaves rise and fall in deep sobs.  All I really want to do is soak your shoulder with my tears as you hold my head in your warm comforting arms.

All I really want.

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Words above written by me for you. 

Song below just fits.

Rainy Day Lament by Joe Purdy

Click HERE to hear the song on YouTube

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March

March has the reputation for the weather being ~ in like a loin and out like a lamb ~ this phrase will also forever be in my heart when March rolls around each year.

And each year I will look forward to the April showers that bring the May flowers that brighten our world and lighten our hearts.

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9 Crimes ~ Damien Rice

Currently listening to my song of the day ~ 9 Crimes by Damien Rice

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Roller Coaster

Today has been... well a day filled with distraction.  Each day without Dad here with us I still feel that roller coaster feeling, the good side is that I no longer feel like throwing up each second of the day.  To tell you the truth I never really did like roller coaster rides and I absolutely cannot stand the thought of throwing-up let alone the actual act of doing so.

No more carnival rides, not even the merry-go-round for me, I would just like to sit on a swing in the sunshine and slowly rock back and forth.

Anyone know a good playground with a comfortable swing set to sit upon?

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Til Kingdom Come

"Steal my heart and hold my tongue
I feel my time, my time has come
Let me in, unlock the door
I never felt this way before

And the wheels just keep on turning
The drummer begins to drum
I don't know which way I'm going
I don't know which way I've come

Hold my hand inside your hands
I need someone who understands
I need someone, someone who heals
For you I've waited all these years
For you I'd wait til kingdom come

Until my day, my day is done
Oh say you'll come and set me free
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me
Just say you'll wait, you'll wait for me"

Currently listening to Til Kingdom Come  by Coldplay

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Sweet Letter in the Mail

"Merle has always meant so much to us as well as all the other kids. But Merle was so special to us. He was so funny, had a sweet smile, his personality couldn’t be beat. I can see him now and have tears in our eyes. I know he will be missed by many and by his family.

Take care sweetheart. I have been told that once a child of God goes to be with Jesus in that special place prepared for us that they would never want to come back. I can see Merle smiling down at us from heaven and he is so happy."

God Bless you all.
With all our Love,
Earl & Marileen

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Thankful For

Sunrises, sunsets and a full moon to gaze upon! 

Most importantly a deep and heavy hug from someone you love dearly!

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Isaiah 58:11

The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
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Holding Pattern

We are currently in a holding pattern. Not over Wanjo, or Jovvo, or Yadme, or Tully or Cache. Closer to the Chena beacon if anywhere. No expect further clearance time issued. Without our navigator, we're feeling pretty lost. In the mean time all prayers are welcome, and appreciated. We miss you Merle.

FAI to ANC in a Snow Storm

Flew to Anchorage this past weekend.  When I left Fairbanks was in the middle of another snow storm ~ blizzard like conditions almost.  But we are hardy Alaskan's and the planes were flying in spit of the winds.  It was a good flight just a bit bumpy, but then again the turbulence just puts me to sleep ~ like being rocked like a baby.  Photos of Era Aviation, we flew on the Dash 8.

More photos from the Anchorage trip tomorrow!

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Work of the Day ~ Sitzfleisch

sitzfleisch

PRONUNCIATION:

(SITZ-flaish, ZITS-)     

 

MEANING:

noun:
1. The ability to sit through or tolerate something boring.
2. The ability to endure or persist in a task. 
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Messy Messy

 

Kenny & Karie had fun with sheetrock mud and tape.  What a messy messy job, everything was covered in mud.  It's like that stuff has a mind of it's own and it just wants to be free!

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Looks Like a Room Again

Ceiling ready for sheetrock.

 

New electrical along the old closet wall ready to go.  We even wired an outlet for Bear's room as we are going to take down his closet wall too and will need an outlet on that wall.   That's what we like to call forward thinking!

Sheetrock is all up ~ next task ~ mud and tape!

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Ready for New Sheetrock

Outlet all taped up and ready to go.

Bear joins the show and now we have a three ring circus!

He has been a huge help ~ he's strong ~ he's tall ~ and he's fun to work with!

All the seams are taped on the vapor barrier and the sheetrock is go'in up!

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Window Wall

Window wall with the vapor barrier removed.

The insulation did not cover around the electrical just 

behind it and caused frost buildup.

Josh ~ I mean Kenny change the electrical on this wall so instead of one outlet we have two.  One for each person by a night stand.  I ~ I mean Karie did not get to use the spray foam on this wall as I was at work while this wall was being done.

There take that wall!  That's much better!

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Karie Gets to Play with Spray Foam

No more ice behind the outlet.  Yes that is a bit much on the spray foam but Karie just could not help herself ~ spray foam is just so darn much fun!

Kenny & Karie hard at work!

 

The big wall is all buttoned down and the power and outlet box are set up and ready to be installed.  We are now ready to start on the window wall.

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Word of the Day ~ au fait

au fait ~ o FAY

MEANING:

adjective: Being well-informed or skillful in something.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French, literally "to the fact", from Latin facere (to make or do). 

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Culprit Found

The culprit for the mold that ran along the wall was due to the fact that part of the garage roof on the other side of the wall had insufficient vapor barrier.  The added heat and moisture from the garage and garage roof created heavy frost that later melted and molded.

Don't you just love old houses?! 

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No More Closet

We have also decided to go European and do away with the closets.  They take up space and do nothing but harbor junk and become a play ground for dust mites.  The room is only 9x9 with the closet and will be a 9x13 without.  We will also run power to this new room wall so that there is an outlet on each of the walls in the room. 

The room feels bigger already!

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Here We Go

Here we go ~ off with the first bits of sheet rock and we can see the very thin plastic used for vapor barrier and the moldy and poorly installed insulation.  

 

Around the outlet the vapor barrier was just hacked out allowing warm inside air to get into the walls and form ice and in the spring melt and mold, 40 years of this and insulation is shot.  The ice behind the outlet was an inch thick and covered most of the lower wall

  

 

Josh started the work of sheet rock removed, and then we formulated a shopping list for the home repair store and put Bear to work on removing the rest of the sheet rock.  By the time we returned one hour later ~ val-la ~ the job was done! Way to go Bear! You sheet rock!

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