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Christmas in Alaska is certainly going to be a different experience for us. It is beautiful here, with the mountains on three sides and the ocean on the other. Every time we go down to the post office we get a chance to look at the ocean, and everyday we look out at the snow covered mountains. While Seward is a quiet little town in the winter, it is certainly conducive to healing, which is the main reason we headed for Alaska in the first place.
We do miss our friends and family however, especially during this holiday season. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and know that while our bodies may be here, our spirits are with all of you this holiday season.
We saw a huge moose in the street, Lisa thought it was a horse at first, but since it was on the street, we got close enough to see that it WAS NOT a horse!
We will most likely be closing the ebay store in January, and only do auctions on Ebay. However, our own website store will still be available. If you want to go to either place just click on the blue links.
Thanks again Jackie, you are the best friend! It is a rare person indeed who spends so much time and effort on other people, rather than themselves. We are lucky that you and David are our friends.
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Again, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
The wind is howling tonight! It is raging so hard that it knocked my stain glass right out of the window it was sitting against. We had cracked open that window to let in some air, and to clear out the apt of smoke, as our upstairs neighbors complained that the smoke was going up the vent in the kitchen. Usually, with the windows open, we can hear the snow crackling like little twinkling lights, but tonight all we hear is that howling. Sounds kinda cool.
Lisa has her doctor's appointment with the orthopedic doctor tomorrow, early, and yet here it is 4:00 a.m. and we are both still awake.
Thanks to Jackie for our care package...the little xmas tree and decorations really made our day, as we gave all our xmas decorations to the Battered Women's shelter before we left. While it doesn't bother Lisa to not decorate for xmas, it bothers me. Christmas time is the best time of year, and I miss my tree and decorations. So, thanks very much Jackie.
UPS delivered right to our door. The mailman does not deliver mail to anywhere in Seward, so everyone has to pick up their mail at the post office. It was a real treat to have it delivered straight to our door.
I am posting a pic of our chakra ring, which comes with the seven stones for the seven chakras. It can be made in either gold or silver, and we do have the stones to make this same ring into a mother's ring, with the children's birthstones. You can see it in more detail at our ebay store .
You can also see it our own website.
We love you all and miss you terribly. Lisa is especially having a hard time because she has stay off her leg, and feels guilty because she is not supposed to do anything. So, everyone, send her lots of love by emailing her and letting her know you care.
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Merry Christmas to all of our friends and loved ones!
We have just made one pair of Herkimer Diamond earrings, set with a Sterling Silver cap and mounted on Sterling Silver French ear wires. The herkimers dangle from a 1 inch heart chain and are so cute! These are good size herkimers, although the pic we have isn't very good. The sun does not stay out for long here in Alaska, and so it is very hard to get a good pic, but this one will give you an idea of what they look like.
They are on auction in our ebay store.
We also have on auction a glass heart filled with herkimer diamonds. We have never done this auction before so take advantage of it! It does not come with the chain, although we do have one in the store with a chain
We also have our own website.
If you want to comment on this post, click on the comment link. Xmas is coming, I am so excited! Merry Christmas to you all
Yes, Lisa broke her leg in the snow. She had to have a steel bar placed in her leg to repair the damage. Lisa falls al the time. She fell in Florida. One of her friends said that Lisa seems to have had nothing but bad luck since she moved here. Well, let's look at the facts.
(1) She now has all the records she needs to complete her disability claim.
(2) In Alaska, that claim will now be settled within 3-4 months, compared to 3-4 years in Florida.
(3) She is getting the correct health coverage here.
(4) Her needs are being taken care of. She has a place to live, food to eat, internet and tv. She doesn't have to work 80 hours a week to receive these needs. My disability takes care of it all, and I am glad to share it
(5)Complete strangers brought over a couch for Lisa to sit on because we did not have one. We have only been in Seward for one week. We knew no one. But someone heard of our need and came though.
I know it's rough-she can't go out to the bars. But then again, here comes that blessing in disguise. She has the marker for liver cancer, so it is no great tragedy to give her liver a rest.
Everyone can just stop feeling sorry for Lisa. She wants to live. That's why she came here.
If you want to do something for Lisa, send her some milk thistle. It helps cleanse the liver. Tell Randy to hold the raffle so she can get the rest of the money for her boat.
If you want to send some milk thistle for Lisa, her address is Lisa Rowell, General Delivery, Seward Ak 99664
She is my cousin, I love her. Please stop thinking negative thoughts.
Yes, it is true. Lisa has fallen in the snow and broken her leg in two places. She was taken to the local hospital here in Seward, but since the break cannot be fixed by a cast alone, she was supposed to go to Anchorage by ambulance. We have had a snowstorm here, and the ambulance could not make it through Moose Pass (you remember Moose Pass, we were going to move there!). So they have had to airlift Lisa out of Seward. They wouldn't let me go in either the ambulance or the helicopter, and our vehicle will not make it through the pass. So she is up in an Anchorage hospital by herself. They will bring her back to Seward when the surgery is over.
There is an upside to this situation however. This will expedite her disability case, and she is now getting all the tests she needs in order for that to happen.
She really misses all of you now!
We have finally moved to the place we are going to settle for a while. We were going to move to Moose Pass, but a mudslide on the road on the day we went to look at the house we were going to rent had us changing our minds about Moose Pass! So we have moved to Seward, Alaska. We have telephone service, cable and internet service! There are only about 2000 residents here in the winter time, which suits us just fine. The closest Walmart is 120 miles away.
SO, everyone can just stop worrying. We are not homeless. We are not living in a shelter. We are warm and dry, and have plenty of food to eat. There are doctors and a hospital here.
If a bear knocks on the door, we will look to see who is knocking before we answer the door.
The only problem is that Lisa keeps wanting to call the town we live in Steward, instead of Seward. If that is the only problem we face, I am sure we will be doing just fine!
We miss and love you all.
We have found a really cute cabin for rent in Moose Pass, so Lisa has decided to sell her diamond ring to pay off her car as the boat still has not been raffled off.
It is snowing up here and we need snow tires and insurance, so all our jewelry goes!!! You can find it on our ebay store or our own website (and it's cheaper on our own website) Just click on the links for either the ebay store or our website. This ring comes with a Diamond Analysis Report and the replacement value is $10,050.00 so you are really getting a good deal with this one.
We miss you, we love you all
Thanks for the care package Jackie!!
Christmas in Alaska is certainly going to be a different experience for us. It is beautiful here, with the mountains on three sides and the ocean on the other. Every time we go down to the post office we get a chance to look at the ocean, and everyday we look out at the snow covered mountains. While Seward is a quiet little town in the winter, it is certainly conducive to healing, which is the main reason we headed for Alaska in the first place.
