The Iditarod is underway, the leaders already well past McGrath.  Lance Mackey, Jeff King and Kjetil Backen all apparently taking a nice long rest in Takotna.  300 miles up the trail from the race start.

Me?  I’m contemplating what to do with a litter of future-wanna-be Iditarod winners.  ::snicker:: My nephew’s dog had puppies in my office back on February 9th, they’re running all over on uncoordinated legs at the moment and making nice little barks and howls.  I need to get the old playpen out of the basement and set it up so they can romp in it instead of all over the house.

Outside the snow is melting off, I’m hoping this means an early spring.  It would definitely be nice to have green grass instead of white snow for Easter.  I bought a couple of little greenhouse deals for starting plants in, need to buy more the next time I get into town so I can start some flowers and garden vegetables to be planted in the garden and flower beds in the spring.

I used to live in Alaska because there was no such thing as thunderstorms.  HA! That’s a thing of the past.  We’ve had some doozies in recent years.  Before we know it there will be snakes in Alaska, then them little crawlies like scorpions and ticks will move in, and fleas, and…. :::shudders:::  Yeah, before ya know it Alaska will have Africanized honey bees.  :::shaking head:::

I think I’ll forget spring cleaning and start packing to move further north.

I really would love to win this, and you should check out her food blog.  She has some great recipes.  It is one of my favorite places to browse for new recipes to try out.

I went out to my brother’s garage the other day.  Forgot a cardinal rule of snow.  Never underestimate it.  Came out the side door, closed the door and I just automatically glanced up at the light for some stupid reason to see if it was on.  Full shovel’s worth of fluffy snow right in the face and down the back of not just my jacket, but my shirt too.  Really annoyed me, and I still had to stay out for a few and feed the dogs.  Teach me to underestimate that treacherous stuff.

We also have moose, thanks to the snow.  I looked out my office window the other evening, just about dark out, and there was a moose at my office window.  Top of his shoulders was visible in the window, so he had to be a good 6′ to the shoulders because I can’t see in that window from outside.  Couldn’t get picture and wasn’t about to use flash even if it would have worked through the glass.  Ah well, he’s here to stay.  My sister left a few hours later and said he was sleeping just off the road at the end of the driveway.

There has been a warm spell here for a few days.  Started out with a sprinkling rain and the temperature has been staying up around 32 or so degrees for a few days.