Mixed Message

We went to visit the Statue of Liberty yesterday and waiting in the loooong line in Battery Park, I saw this guy.



What made it even more of a mixed message was the police officer that walked right by him and didn't say anything!!!

As an aside, I felt awful for that big old dog. It was about 90 degrees and that thing looked so uncomfortable in all that fur!

View From My Window

Why it's Clancy's Pub and attached liquor store!



Classy! Clancy's Pub comes fully equipped with scantily clad women "dancing" and serving drinks. County regulations are in place so that their tops and bottoms stay in place.

My Dirty Secret

I can't remember the last time I washed my sheets.



I hate laundry. Why make more of it?

Don't worry, if you ever came to visit me, I'd make sure you got clean sheets!

Spring!

I have no idea what spring is like in New Jersey (in fact I'm a little sad it's spring after being jacked out of winter having been in Texas--I'm SICK of summer weather!)

But I do remember a major sign of spring in Alaska!

In Alaska they don't have a lottery. Instead they bet on things like when ice on the Nenana River is going to melt.



When I was growing up every spring break we would buy our Nenana Ice Classic tickets and make our guesses. Obviously, we never won, but nothing said spring like Ice Classic tickets!

All you have to do is guess the date, hour and minute that the ice on the Nenana River (a small town just a smidge south of Fairbanks) is going to "melt." When it breaks enough, it tips a tripod they set up each winter and it stops the clock it's rigged to.

Of course, you have to make sure you account for earthquakes and such too tripping the tripod early.

Up Close

I'm finally settled again and ready to jump back into "Do You..?"

So for my close up I present:



Yeah ok, pretty easy to guess, but I simply love this...



...window in our new dining room. My five year old son calls it the "churchy window."

Home of the Giant...

Cop out!

Yeah, what can I say, I've been super busy on the weekends packing and stuff and there IS a dorky giant pair of cowboy boots outside of one of the malls near us, but I just haven't had time to get over there!

So since I hate Texas anyway, this Alaskan girl will give you a picture of something her hometown (Palmer) is famous for (photo courtesy the Juneau Empire--I told you I was a cop out!)

Giant cabbage!!! My hometown was carved out by a ginormous glacier (that you can still walk up to and mess around on) and when it receded leaving the valley Palmer sprung up on, it left the soil rich in glacial silt which, coupled with the long daylight hours in the summer, is great for growing giant cabbage, potato farming, and marijuana. It's estimated that one in four homes in my hometown has at least one of the last plants mentioned in that list!

We've only got a week left of internet access before we get the heck outta Texass so I'll be mum for a bit on the assignments.

But don't worry, once we get re-settled I'll be back at it!