Sigh

Obama is showing signs of being human lately:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/29/administration-delays-change-militarys-dont-ask-dont-tell-policy/

I still have hope. I hope he doesn't become a normal politician and start promising things he can't deliver, that's my hope. He seems genuine, honest, and straight-talking - but it's so hard to believe these smooth politicians. Back in the day I thought Bill Clinton was the man, look how easily he lied to his wife and the American public. Granted, I don't believe we should have been involved in his personal affairs, but we were and he lied too easily in my opinion. Makes you wonder.

Mt Redoubt

So Mount Redoubt finally blew... but it had to go and start doing it's thing at 10:30pm when it was dark so we couldn't see a thing. Although, with all that ash I saw nothing but a gray haze on the webcams for days. It was reported the ash cloud was blown 12 miles into the air. Alaska Airlines had to cancel flights and wrap our planes in plastic to protect them from the ash, but flights have now resumed although eruptions continue. Here is the timeline of eruptions thus far (from Wikipedia)

March 22 10:38PM
March 22 11:02PM
March 23 12:14AM
March 23 01:39AM
March 23 04:31AM
March 23 07:41PM
March 25 05:12AM
March 25 10:17AM
March 26 08:34AM
March 26 09:24AM

This is what it looked like when it erupted on April 21, 1990:


And this is what it looks like tonight as the sun is setting

USGS/AVO Webcam

Geez, I just love volcanoes. Can't help it.

Spring is on the way...

Woohoo!

Dear Diary...

I kind of miss blogging so I thought I'd write even though I really have nothing to say. I think I'm done writing about Obama for now, got it out of my system. I've always enjoyed writing, and I use a lot of words even when I don 't have a lot to say, and that is why Twitter will never work for me. What is the limit, like 140 characters or something? Ha, gimme a break! Never gonna happen. I like blogging, even if no one were to ever read it.

It's somewhere around midnight between Friday night and Saturday morning, it's 37 degrees outside and while some may be out clubbing or lingering at bars after Happy Hour, I'm exactly here I want to be - curled up on my couch in a comfy over-sized knit sweater, drinking hot cocoa, and just about to pick up where I left off on the novel I'm reading. I'm still jonesing for my summer travels, but there's something to be said for winter hibernation too. I think I've mentioned before that I recently discovered the 24 hour coffee shops on every corner are not completely useless to me. I just got back from a midnight run to Big Foot Java to get a hot cocoa. But this isn't just any hot chocolate - tonight they made mine with real steamed milk, Hershey's chocolate syrup, real caramel sauce, and whipped cream on top. I usually get French Vanilla, but I thought I'd try something new tonight - for YUMS! I think I've also mentioned that I recently joined a book club. Tomorrow is the first meeting I'll be attending. The boook is the first of the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. It's a funny, clever series about a New Jersey woman full of personality and spunk who, being laid off from her job as a lingerie buyer for a department store and desperate for cash, goes to work for her cousin Vinnie as a bounty hunter. I like the author's writing style a lot so I devoured the first book within 2 days and now I'm working on the 2nd. I think there's something like 12 books in the series, so I've got something to look forward to until summer returns to the mountains.

Have a lovely weekend everyone :)

Another random pic, just because...

AAHHH! Are we almost there yet?!

Oh when will it be summer again so I can see this close-up every weekend?