Wow - what a winter storm we are having today! Our driveway is completely drifted shut, chest deep. Our nice neighbor came this afternoon to plow part of it out, but within 2 hours it was completely closed again. Its nuts! Its been blowing so hard at times we haven't even been able to see the road, or the back yard. Its incredible. Sure glad we didn't have to go anywhere today. I wanted to put a picture of the drifts in, but its blowing so hard you wouldn't have been able to tell where the drifts even were, so I just ran back inside.
Other news this week: I got quoted in the Anchorage Daily News!! We had that shooting here in town a couple weeks ago. He was a drug dealer, wanted by the US Marshalls, and they cornered him at the airport, he pulled a gun and started shooting, and ended up killing himself after he had been shot by the cops several times. But, the local people went on a rant about how the cops should be fired and basically ran out of town on a rail for shooting this nice, drug dealing, wife beating loser. So I wrote a letter to the paper that said we needed to give our cops the benefit of the doubt and that it wasn't their fault that the criminal pulled a gun.
Well I sent that to the local paper, and the Anchorage Daily News picked it up and used it in their story about the shooting! Which I thought was pretty cool. The whole article in on the Anchorage Daily News website, from the March 17th Edition, in the Kenai section, if you wanted to track the whole thing down. But, here's the quote: "Letters to Homer's two weekly newspapers have been similarly divided. The first week's letters expressed outrage at the bust gone bad. The second wave of letters sprang to the defense of police.
"I trust that they did everything they could to keep as many people as possible safe," wrote Alicia Carper. "And, if you don't like that, then just remember this -- it is their right and their job to defend themselves and the community -- even if that means using deadly force."" The letter was longer, but that's the gist of it. I just thought it was cool!!
Then dad finished his project this week, so that is exciting. He has several other things on his plate too to keep him busy working for the next little bit.
Mom and I are going to be going to Anchorage the last week of the month. We're going to go and just enjoy some time in the big city. Should be a lot of fun.
Blake and Johanna took a quick trip to Las Vegas for a week. It was their 10 year anniversary, and the completion of a long project Blake has been working on at work. Glad they got to go and have a trip!
Well, we're just busy trying to stay warm. Sorry I don't have more interesting pictures to post! I'll try and get a picture of the drift when it calms down a bit out there. Its pretty impressive. We love you all! Alicia
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Wow - crazy weather. Stay safe and warm inside. We've finally had winter weather too - which seems odd because it's the middle of March, isn't it supposed to be warming up???
Jimmycane? That's a term I have never heard...I'll have to go look it up. Brrrrrr! Sounds SO cold. We get annoying spring winds, but they are not accompanied by chest high drifts. Ugh! I'd love to see a picture when the winds slow down.
Love, Earlene
Wow. I love the volcanos I acn hardly wait to see them. I am so tickled about you acommnents in the papers .Way to go girl!! Your grandpa whisler is Saying Oh!no!just like her mother and grandmother Ha ! Ha!
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