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Valdez, Alaska - Live there or Visit?77

Valdez, Alaska - Live there or Visit?

 I have had the wonderful experience to visit, live, vacation, and work in the small town of Valdez, Alaska. It is a small fishing town where the Alaska Pipeline ends. For those of you who don't know what...

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Substandard Schools, and When the State admitted it Part 358

Substandard Schools, and When the State admitted it Part 3

 What a blessing that lawyer has been. He has made the Child Protective Service people take a step back and remember what their job is. Don't get me wrong, I am happy they are here, if not, thousands of children would be abused every year. My...

2 comments    parents state cps
As a Mom...making the world a greener place...60

As a Mom...making the world a greener place...

 So, after seeing some news program on all the landfills and yuk that is polluting our earth, I decided to help make the world a better place. I don't plan on going crazy, and wearing natural clothes, and...

1 comment    home energy
Chapter 258

Chapter 2

So, now we had a path to our Little House in the Woods. For those of you who read Laura Ingalls as a child...welcome to my life. It was time to put in the road. We lived about a mile in from another gravel road that was 7 miles off the semi main...

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President Obama, and Racial Profiling57

President Obama, and Racial Profiling

 So, on July 23 when Professor Gates came home from a trip to find his front door jammed, he did what a lot of people would do, and broke into his house. In itself, not a big deal. Had it been me, I probably would have called a locksmith, or I...

2 comments    politics obama police
Substandard Schools and Why I Teach My Own Kids Part 259

Substandard Schools and Why I Teach My Own Kids Part 2

As many of you read in the first part of this blog, well, there was never supposed to be a Part 2. At the conclusion of what is now Part 1, I was so happy because CPS had called and said that the case was...

7 comments    children home education
Family Finances and Debt Control59

Family Finances and Debt Control

My debt life spiraled out of control with my first marriage. He had horrible credit, and so EVERYTHING went in my name. We moved, and I have him the money to pay off all the bills so we didn't leave owing...

0 comments    family money job
Chapter 357

Chapter 3

To grow up in such beauty was a blessing...and a challenge. My brother and I were reaching that school age...what would my parents do in a community with no school and limited jobs. Our community had a post office, store, and road house...  They...

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Where I Started Out...Chapter 159

Where I Started Out...Chapter 1

In 1984, when I was a mere 3 years old, my parents decided it was time to embark on a new and exciting adventure. To move to Alaska. Alaska is a beautiful and wild place now, twenty-five years ago, it was even more so. In the last Homesteading Act...

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The Perfect Nursery, And How Daddy Helped...59

The Perfect Nursery, And How Daddy Helped...

 Usually, I start a nursery as soon I find out I am pregnant. Not so this time. I don't want my hormonal tastes to change, and then hate everything I bought. So, I am patiently waiting for my third trimester....

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