Juneau

Was home sick today.  I won't go into details.  Just one of those sicknesses where it's best to be at home.  I did manage to clean my kitchen AND take a shower.  Thank goodness for that.  The shower.  So I kind of dropped the ball on posting Alaska pics.  I believe I posted our first stop which was Skagway.  Our next stop was Juneau.  I was excited to get to Juneau because I had read a story about a statue of a dog that sits at the pier.  Her name is Patsy Ann.  You can read her short but touching story at www.patsyann.com

Jules and Patsy Ann

There were 2 ships in port - Carnival and Princess (story below)



Having breakfast @ the LaPlaya Grill before checking out Juneau




It was starting to rain when we left Juneau...

 So in Juneau we went to the Alaska State Museum.  We had also wanted to visit the capitol building but we ran out of time.  I like Museums.  I don't love Museums.  I can go through a moderately sized Museum in about 40 minutes.  Then I'm done.  While the family leisurely spent their Saturday morning in this Museum, I was hanging out on a bench people watching.  There weren't many people there so I had to get enjoyment out of who was there.  There was a very crabby old woman in a wheelchair - she bitched at everyone.  She ordered her husband around to no end.  After what seemed like hours, the family was ready to leave so they found me (I'm not hard to find in a Museum).  The old lady said to Luigi "go get my husband for me - he is in the blue jacket".  Not wanting to be as rude as she was, he said ok.  He went and got the man in the blue jacket and said "your wife is looking for you".  The man replied "I would prefer NOT to be found"!  Ok, that said a lot.  So we are walking away and she said to me "are you also on the Princess"?  I said "no, we are on the Carnival Spirit".  She made the most disgusting face and said "ohhhh, awful".  Really?  It was one of those moments when you have so much to say but can't say anything.  Of course, I bitched all the way out the door.  Walked by a man sitting outside the Museum (must have been waiting for his family) and he heard me bitching.  He said the logical thing though..."Well, neither one appear to be sinking"!  Thank you! ♥

Poem for the Day

It is Monday.  Not a fun day. 

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Almost!

You can't feel it in the air yet...in fact, it's dang hot - too hot actually.  So sick of Summer.  But Fall is a comin', everyone!  My all time favorite season.  I am waiting for that certain day when I step out of work and I can feel Fall in the air.  It's not just the cooler weather but there is a certain feeling in the air and you know it has arrived!

I was @ the grocery store last night and seeing these pumpkins outside the front door made me smile!  The $8.00 price tag was not a happy thing but the pumpkins...oh yeah!

Happy "Almost Fall" everyone! ♥

Tending to the Blog

I was reading a very popular Blog today and it certainly made me feel like a real lousy Blogger.  I love my Blog but I'm just so bad at keeping it up.  Most of it is just laziness.  Having a 2 story house where the second floor is not really used, it kind of gets forgotten up here.  I come home tired from work, look up here, and it's dark and quiet.  I think to myself "do I really want to go up there"?  I do but I don't.  Anyway, I was reading some great tips about blogging today and she said to treat your Blog as if it is a growing flower or plant.  Something that needs to be nurtured, watered, and generally taken care of.  I don't really do that now do I?!  Don't answer that!
Another tip was to thank and really appreciate your Blog followers.  That is a great idea...but not Blogging is kind of letting down those who read it and want more.
So I know I have promised it before, more than once, but I really am going to make an attempt to be a regular Blogger.  For both you and for me too!
I'm actually still feeling the incredible effects of such a great vacation in Alaska.  I just found the beauty to be so incredible, peaceful, and healing.  There were a couple of times that I would gaze out of a window or off the deck of the ship and I would get tears in my eyes - just taking it all in.
Here are a few of my favorite pics...from the Tracy Arm Fjord and Skagway (including the Yukon in Canada).  Will post some more tomorrow from Juneau and Ketchikan.



Skagway, AK - By far my favorite stop
Loved the wood plank sidewalks!



Port of Skagway - we were the only ship in Port that day



A beautiful Sunrise in Alaska



A beautiful Glacier cruising in the Tracy Arm



Yukon Territory in Canada



Glacier in Tracy Arm Fjord