Kimber An's Blog, page 11

Hubby Wants an Excursion

You know, it's funny.  We've been waiting so long and making do with little while we pay down our debt and wait on Hubby being promoted to captain.  Now that the  Alaska PFD  is about to arrive,  we can finally purchase some big ticket items and I almost don't care.  We've been without a vehicle which will seat all of us since our last baby was born.  That meant no family road trips to Seward or even the Alaska Zoo.  Shopping for a new truck, finally, has been mind-boggling.  Hubby asks me and I'm just like, "Do the seats have good back support?"  We go house-hunting and I realize I don't care where we live, so long as there are good schools nearbye and enough land for a huge garden, a dog and a bunch of chickens, and for all our children to run wild.  I'm not really into 'dream homes.'  Heck, we can throw some log siding on the house for the rustic look later. 
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So, my Hubby has the truck choices narrowed down to the Ford Excursion and that's a very definite 'maybe!'  Well, he's got such long legs, we'd better get a truck that fits him.  I can always adjust the seats later.

SWEET BYTES Cover Art!!!!!!!!!

I could cry, I swear.
Feel free to spread the good news!

I Have Middle Grade on My Mind...

...at Cassandra's  today!

Favorite Dogs at the Alaska Dog and Puppy Rescue

Of course, I want them all and we're not quite ready for one yet, since we'll be moving in a few months.  Consider an older dog, if you're looking for a special canine friend!  Alaska Dog and Puppy Rescue
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Cobalt
Look at that face!  How can you not love that face? My husband comes from a dogmushing family, so he has a soft spot for Huskys.
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Awwww,  Sugar! 

You can just tell she's a love-bug.
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Sage  is a Golden Retriever and my dream-dog.
Seriously, I met a Golden Retriever when I was about twenty years old and I've desperately wanted one ever since.  I nannied for a family who had one and she was one of the sweetest dogs I'd ever known.  But, I've never been in a position in which I could properly care for one, so I've waited.  And waited... and waited...
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Look at Oreo's  face!  I think she must be part Golden Retriever.
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And Ginger's  another Husky with a sweet, beautiful face.  Just look at those pretty eyes!

These dogs are available for adoption at the Alaska Dog & Puppy Rescue or as private families linked there.  We're still a few months away from adopting, so if you can take one of these love-bugs home forever please do!

What Kimber An Wants for Christmas

Carhartts  and a dog. 
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Isn't it amazing how much of a dog's personality is in her face?

My Debut Post at the Noble Authors' Blog

New Blood

This is Love, Girls

So, just be the best you.
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My Baby Loves Me Just The Way I Am
Martina McBride

Updating Sites & Other Stuff

Good morning, Blog Buds!  I'm updating my sites these days in preparation for the release of Sweet Bytes on October 17th.  Check out My Calendar Page.   It's really growing!  Okay, must get off the computer and get my day going before my massive herd of rowdy offspring comes stampeding down the hall.

SUV Shopping in Alaska

Traffic Jam in Alaska. No, I wasn't involved.
In case you can't tell, that's a herd of Muskox meeting a dogsled team.
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Shh, don't tell Detroit, but we're shopping for a new vehicle.  We've been without one that will seat our entire family since our last baby was born a couple of years ago.  Well, you know, we're the financially responsible sort, so we made do.  Now, finally, we can afford a new vehicle, mostly due to my husband being promoted to captain and partly due to the State of Alaska's PFD.   Governor Parnell announced this year's PFD  just yesterday.  Don't know what the PFD is?  Google 'Alaska PFD' and you will.  It's just one of the many great reasons we live here. 
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Anyway, this commercial from Toyota just about snagged us-
The Swagger Wagon
But, like I said, we live in Alaska and, besides, our family's much bigger.  We need a vehicle that will go through snow six months of the year, carry our children and their junk and all their friends and all their friends' junk.  Hey, big state, big families.  We got married in a Toyota...

...so we do have a soft spot for it.  Maybe a Sequoia?

On the other hand, a lady in a GMC Yukon just walked away from a wreck.  Safety on the road is kind of a big deal up here.  You slam into a moose in a puddlehopper-car, you're dead and the moose is slightly annoyed.  Hmmmm, we shall explore our options.

Chicken Housekeeping

Bet you're thinking I'm going to talk about me cleaning out the coop.  Well, I did that today, but no.  Actually, I've learned something about chickens since my Americaunas' arrival.  I'm not sure if this is true for all chicken breeds.  I'll have to ask around.

My Americaunas are wonderful housekeepers!
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It's true.  I was amazed to discover they have their outdoor run and their indoor coop seperate into areas for specific purposes.  They have bathroom!  They only use one corner of their outdoor run for preening, dustbathing, and going poo.  This makes it easy for me to clean up after them.  Meanwhile, the corner of the outdoor run where their food and water is located is practically spotless.  I never find poo there.
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Bessie and Amelia are still growing girls.  They just started laying this past week.  I think it's Bessie who's laying.  I put a nest in their coop and I can see where they've dug into their litter, creating little nests.  But, it seems they haven't quite decided where they want to lay their eggs.  I've read it can take a while.  Often, hens are surprised when the first egg pops out.  "What the heck is that?  Where did it come from?  Ahhhhh!" 
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I'm not worried though.  They've obviously got wonderful instincts.  They'll figure it out.