I love reading. A nerdy and embarrassing amount. Like when I was a young teenager, my mom had to ground me from books. It's sad but true...nothing else would work (!). I worked at a library all through college and then when we were in Alaska, I was in charge of keeping the library relatively … Continue reading Book Reviews: From the Bush
Guys! It's official! We have Internet! Which is a big deal because in our whole lives neither Ben or I have paid for or hooked up Internet. True story. When we lived in Rexburg, we went 2 years without it because we were cheap. And everyone wondered about our sanity. But now we have it! … Continue reading And Then There was Internet…
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 I've discovered something. Teachers are more excited about summer than the kids are. Fact. Or at least that's been the case with me! I'm SO excited! Today is our last full day in Pilot Point. We'll be flying out tomorrow, (it's the bush so it's almost obligatory to add: weather permitting) right after we … Continue reading Summer Time
Here's a tour of our house for anyone who's curious! Now, I think it used to be a thing in the bush that teachers didn't have to pay for their housing. And that's not really the case any more...at least not anywhere I've seen. We do pay rent, but it's a pretty good deal and … Continue reading Our House Here in the Bush
La Passacaglia (la pass-uh-cal-yuh). A.k.a. My sewing project. A.k.a. My sewing project that just might take me 10 years to complete. But I'm loving it! Truthfully 🙂 **Long Post Warning: scroll through if you just want to see the pics:) I first saw the La Passacaglia quilt on Pinterest and I totally fell in love … Continue reading La Passacaglia: My Sewing Project
I've been meaning to do a day in the life post for quite awhile now but I never remember to take pictures during the day! I fail. So finally I decided to just do it with the pictures I do have. As a result, it's definitely a mod-podge of days, but you get the point! A … Continue reading A Day in the Life…
Our little corner of Alaska has been very busy this last week...more specifically the earth in this little corner! On Monday or Tuesday this last week, I went out for my run to the beach. Right after I hit my turn around point, a very thick ocean mist started rolling in off the sea. Not … Continue reading Oh, Alaska
First, I really ought to apologize for hardly ever posting...internet here has been 👎-totally awful. Like a couple weeks ago, we had a couple days off so Ben and I decided to rent a movie online. It took two and a half days...DAYS!!!...to download. Our days off were definitely over by that point so we just … Continue reading Running in the Bush
One thing that is very unique about bush life is how we attend church. When we first looked into coming out here, this was a main concern. Church attendance is a huge priority for us and we knew we couldn't/wouldn't live in the bush without access to church! Luckily, The Church of Jesus Christ of … Continue reading The Browns go to Church
Ben and I were lucky enough to be able to spend a little bit of time in Anchorage (the locals refer to it as Anchor Town) before we headed to the bush. Now, we were only in Anchorage 2 1/2 days and in that time we had to squeeze in 16 hours of restraint training … Continue reading Anchor Town
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