25 May 2007 - Friday

It’s been more than a month since I last made an entry, but I have really been on the go. I'll split it into two separate entries so that I can include more pictures.

Saturday, April 18th, we move into our log cabin. We met Chayce and Bushman Bill for breakfast at the café and they helped us move. The move went much faster than I had expected. When we finished, no one was hungry for the pizza I had gotten. So, Bill and Chayce became our first dinner quests that evening. We also took a ride out Cranberry Ridge to see the property they just purchased, but the road was still too muddy.





(left - livingroom from front door; ; below left livingroom from kitchen)






(left - my bedroom; below right - woodshed)














On Monday I flew to Holy Cross to spend another week. This time I tackled the non-fiction collection. I returned on Friday evening only to leave for Beaverton, OR on the Saturday morning flight. While I was gone, Joyce did a lot of cleaning.


Heavin was in Beaverton when I arrived so I got to finally see her very pregnant. By the way, I took my beaver hat to show Charmin and Heavin. They both said that it was the ugliest thing they had ever seen. I don’t care when it keeps me so warm in below zero weather.







My granddaughter is beautiful as you can see. She and I made a spontaneous connection.








She is a very delightful baby, crying only every three hours when she is hungry, but laughing easily at other times. She especially loves being kissed on the neck and makes darling little squealing noises. I have so many wonderful pictures of her. I'm finding it hard to limit myself

Thursday night Godmother Heavin and Godfather Mitch arrived and on Saturday Grandpa and Grandma Shiely and Grandpa Bortz all arrived. We all went out for a fabulous fish dinner. Sunday, April 6th, Lorrell Lien Grace was baptized and then feted at an open house which hosted between 60 and 70 people. Vietnamese food was served. (pictures) Charmin bought a Vietnamese Long dress while waiting to bring Lorrell home and she wore it for the baptism. She was beautiful in her blue brocade dress over white pants.















I flew to Anchorage on the 7th, but one is always stranded in Anchorage overnight since the only flight of the day to McGrath is 8:30 in the morning. I chose to stay an extra day and get some shopping done. I’m know the expense of the hotel and a car eat up far more than the savings of doing the shopping there. It is the only way to get exactly what you want.


We celebrated Mother’s Day with a brunch at the Hotel McGrath with other mother’s without children. For the first time, I was taken a ride all the way out the 16 miles to the quarry. Although McGrath was still very brown, the scenery changed to green as we got out that far.


I love our log cabin. It is charming and it is ours, while we pay the rent and as long as the owner doesn’t sell out from under us. We have 3 bedrooms, one of which will be the sewing room (only 1 bathroom). We also have a futon and would love to entertain any who can make the trip to McGrath. Several have said they would love to come and they are very, very welcome.