00:00I think my husband going to work before 8 a.m. is starting to become a norm.
00:03It's life in remote Alaska, and I spent my morning working on email for going on an adventure of a lifetime,
00:09a.k.a. going to go cut some wood.
00:10This time, we picked a spot a little further away than a regular wood-cutting spot.
00:14We took our snow machines and drove on the frozen Lake Clark.
00:17My uncle popped in with his plane to say hi. That was a really cool opportunity.
00:20We spent about 40 minutes driving before we got to our destination.
00:24There were six machines that went, and eight sleds total to fill.
00:27Well, if you count the log-pulling sled.
00:30Because of where we live, we can only cut wood in the winter.
00:32Talk all about it in one of my YouTube videos.
00:34We spent over an hour cutting, filling all of our sleds, before we started heading home.
00:39The ride over wasn't too bad. The ride back was a little scary.
00:42A couple pressure cracks opened up. The scariest one was almost two feet wide.
00:45You literally just had to keep going. Screamed a couple times.
00:48But we made it home, all with our wood, safe and sound.
00:51We had dinner all as a family.
00:53Willow gave us a little concert on the drums and the piano.
00:56It was, in fact, a great day living in remote Alaska.
00:58This is my four to nine living in a remote Alaska village.
01:02This time it's just me and my cast because my husband is still in Michigan on a hunting trip with his family.
01:06I started work around 7.30 this morning, so I decided to call it quits around four.
01:10Joys of working from home.
01:11Gotten my dinner ready in the crock pot and had to make some naan.
01:15I was doing some butter chicken, rice and naan for dinner because my husband doesn't like Indian food.
01:20I love it.
01:20So I'm gonna make it for myself while he is away.
01:22Because I have the whole place to myself, I decided to work on a blanket that I started earlier this summer.
01:27And it's literally been taking up the majority of the living room floor.
01:30Popped on a chick flick, did myself a cup of tea, and started working away.
01:33I really wanted to go outside on a walk.
01:35But the sunset now is at 4.36.
01:37Last week there were a couple bears running around town.
01:39So with the dark and the bears might be still out, I decided to stay inside.
01:42And it's also negative one degrees outside.
01:45Got to chat with my husband on the phone and this is the progress that I made tonight on the blanket.
01:48I have two more rows to add plus a border.
01:50Getting worried that the blanket might not be white enough.
01:52And I really don't want to buy more yarn.
01:54Buy home with me to my little remote Alaska village.
01:57This was a very fun flight.
01:58My cousin Ned was our pilot and it was just Jared and I.
02:02This non-rev flight bringing a whole lot of doors and flooring for our new cabins at the resort.
02:10Left Anchorage for the 45 minute flight home.
02:13Got to see some cool things like Mount Spur, which is the volcano that everyone is hearing about that might be erupting.
02:19And then also these planes refueling.
02:21That is something I've never seen, but it was pretty darn cool.
02:25Took the scenic route through Lake Clark Pass.
02:27I know my phone doesn't capture it, but it was quite bumpy.
02:30But it was the most gorgeous day I have flown this year.
02:33Definitely the springtime weather is upon us.
02:36Blue skies, beautiful mountains led to a very open Lake Clark.
02:41It's crazy because usually it's still completely frozen over, but this just shows how warm of a winter we've had.
02:46There was no time at all until I saw the little glimpse of home.
02:49The view, that view might look like nothing, but to me, that is my little hometown.
02:53Really no time had passed until we were turning in for a landing.
02:57The locations are wonderful and I love being able to experience new things with Jared,
03:00but there's just nothing that beats the feeling of going home.
03:04Every time I see this view and we're just getting ready to touch down, it feels like I can breathe again.
03:09This place has my complete heart and I just love it so dang much.
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