First post in a while. Update

So I know I haven't been keeping up with the blog I posted about 5 months ago but its a little difficult to document your every move when you are traveling, studying for finals, doing homework, taking care of a kid and a household. So this is an update.

Not too much has happened....

Haha but the weather has improved by about 400% up here! For a while it was warmer and sunnier here than anywhere in California! I loved telling all my friends in shasta (where it was snowing), that I was out in my bikini getting a "tan" in ALASKA! suckas.

So they weather has been great except for this week. Still warmer than the winter for sure but I bet california is beating us with the sun.

Another cool thing coming up is the summer solstice! Its on June 22. And It is the longest day of the year. The sun sets around 2 am and rises at around 3:30 am. Its crazy to see. It never gets dark here! So its been messing with sleep pattern for sure. Birds are chirping at 1 in the morning!! I have to close my blinds just to get the illusion that it is dark outside. I love it though, Its so rad.

Hanging out with William and his friends one night we stayed up so late we saw the sun set and rise. Pretty cool!
I've been meeting more people everyday thanks to my good friends william and natalie.
The summers here are so beautiful, I can see why people live up here now.

Things madison says. part II

Me: "She looks like paris hilton"
Madie: "Who's paris hilton? Is she that lady who ran for president?"

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Madie: "Could a wholly mammoth get constipated?"
Me: "I really don't know....I guess they could"
Madie: "Why?"
Me: "....."

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Madie: "We made planets today in school. Not real ones"
Me: "I didn't even think that was possible but thanks for clearing that up"

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Madie: " I hate the sun. Its too bright!"
Me: "Then you're in the right place" (alaska)

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Picking madie up from school
Madie: "This is a school, you don't just come up to it and pick up your kids"
Me: "Really?! what do I do then?"




" I don't like people, but I do like puddles"




"Yum! milk shake burps taste way better than normal burps"




"What kind of bird is a Chicken?"
-I don't know what your question is...





















More to be added I'm sure.

Spring break!!

My friend Anne and I, also madey went to the ice field again to enjoy the finished park and sculptures. The work was amazing! Heres one of my favorite entries.

The detail was beautiful and the jaguar in the middle was so majestic and life like! Good job! We also enjoyed the ice slides with all the kids. So much fun. Check it out!

WEEEEE! LOL
My midterms are over and spring break has finally started. I'm only 11 hours till I leave for hawaii and 24 hours until I get there. Yay!
The sudden earthquake in japan caused a mass tsunami warning along hawaiian coast including waikiki. But my flight hasn't been canceled and I'm good to go.
: )

"home is where you feel the most loved"

Today has been wonderful! I went to my 8 a.m. drawing class, which wasn't the wonderful part. After class my friend Anne and I needed coffee and breakfast desperately so we searched for the new Julia's solstice cafe. After we found this hidden gem we ordered coffee and the house granola. It was all so delicious : )
After I dropped off Anne back at the dorms I went to get my hair did at the Aveda salon in town. Can you say highlights?!
I know, I know. I'm not supposed to dye my hair because its red. Blah blah blah. but maybe I should have listened to everyone, I'm so blonde now! The color not the mental limitations : P (sorry if this offends anyone)
But I like it! Its something new. And she said it makes me seem more tan....YEAH RIGHT. I'm a ginger. I can dye my hair and my tanning capabilities are gonna stay the same. LOL.
After the salon I picked up madey from school and we went shopping for jeans for her since her last pair "mysteriously ripped". I got a new pair of shoes for no special occasion and she now gets to sport her very first pair of straight leg jeans. : )
I made a delicious tomato and red lentil soup for dinner which was only enjoyed by Id, Ego and the super ego of myself : P
And speaking of psychology I have 2 big midterms tomorrow that I'm studying for right now. lame sauce but I know my stuff ; )
I got a text from my friend natalie telling me the northern lights were out and were effortlessly active. I went outside and sure enough: Green beams of lights were flying across the sky. So beautiful.
I woke up madey so she could see them too. We stood outside for a good 15 minutes before freezing. The Northern lights are so beautiful. Imagine this: bright green waves of light like a reflection on water rolling across the sky. Absolutely breathtaking. They peak around Spring and Fall.

Thats all for now. Hawaii in 2 days!! : )

Ice Sculptures!

Fairbanks is among one the most famous cities in alaska (one of the only cities lol) because it has held the World Ice Championship for over 22 years. People from all around the world come to compete in this event and the whole town comes out to see these artists at work. They build intricate arrangements that seem so delicate they could break at any second. And others build sculptures as tall as 30 feet, Slides big enough for anyone to enjoy and a playground made up entirely of ice.

My friend Will and I had sushi tonight and then headed to the ice field. We were not dressed to be outside I'll say that. It was cold. The park is huge and in this weather made it almost impossible to see the whole thing in one night.

Me as an eskimo! Oh! Sorry, a Native : P they get angry if you call them eskimos. lol

Me freezing in the ice sauna. Basically an ice room with wood benches and a stone steamer. The door was furs...how alaskan? lol
The park also has slides made of ice (obviously), 6 rows and 85 feet of fun! although I still haven't gone on them yet but I hope to do that soon! The slides! They're all lit up with flashing lights and its a crazy sight to see.

The categories of ice sculptures include one block and multi block. A single block looks something like this.

Yeah thats a cougar...made out of ice. Crazy huh?! The amount of detail that goes into all these pieces is amazing. Ice sculpting is no joke. A multi block competitor would create something like this.

This was just one of the many spectacular pieces created. The park was filled with full sized Poseidon vessels decked out (PUN!) with human sized greek gods and goddesses. There were mushrooms taller than me that looked cute enough to sit on. Some statues were at least 30 feet tall with detail that was unbelievable. One piece was big enough for a man to fit inside of and start carving to give his art that POP it needed. Very cool!
Another very impressive display of ice sculpting abilities was the ice maze!

 The ice maze was impressive to say the least. With walls that were taller than me, Will and I managed to find our way out. The walls were lit up with colored lights and it felt like a winter wonderland inside!
The World Ice Championships will be going on all week and I hope to enjoy more of them before I leave for hawaii.
6 More days!! : ) Can't wait.

New addition : )

I got my belly button pierced! I had been wanting to get a new addition but hadn't decided what, so the navel it is! Watch the video below to see the whole process. Natalie very sneaky filmed the whole thing and you can kind of see my reaction. Song: Steller by Incubus

Final results!

It was painful for about a minute, now I can hardly tell its there. I love it! : )

Hockey! Fairbanks Vs Anchorage

The UAF game of the year versus Anchorage. The rink was packed and Madey and I sat in the balcony of the student section. The game got started and not even 30 seconds into the first period Anchorage scored on us. The whole first period seemed like a joke, mini fights were breaking out and no one was scoring or skating properly. I had lost hope that we would even score. The second period we finally scored! The score was 1to 1 with seconds left in the 2nd period with a few almost shots. The 3rd period had begun and within minutes the Nanooks scored! The game was becoming more and more exhilarating when the team scored another shot! Then another! and finally with seconds left in the last period 4 to 1 the Nanook scored to end the game at an exciting 5 to 1 against Anchorage.

It was an awesome game to be apart of. The students and the other spectators really make it fun. : )