Happy Halloween!!

Tonight was grown-up Halloween in Dawson. Went to the local bar-had a great time. Dawson rocks. So do singapore slings:)

Don't we look hot! Scott thought he looked "fruity" and wouldn't take his pants off all night (he had tights for the costume underneath). Personally, I had too many skirts on! I was so hot all night, except when we were outside (-20 or so) and then I was freezing! I suppose we'll let him pick the costumes next year. I'm glad we came home when we did because the aurora was spectacular: 3 colours and moving and unbelievable speeds all over the sky. Amazing.

Change of subject: so, my doctor gave me a new drug for my back called neurontin. It's actually an anti-seizure medication but apparently also affects people with various nerve damage or something like that. Anyways...it's the best thing ever. Doesn't get me stoned, totally takes the pain away in my back, and gives me a clarity I am unaccustomed to. In fact, yesterday I took my very first university exam and got 88.3%, with the drug. Nice, huh?

Another change of subject: many of you will be happy to know that we ordered Carcassonne along with 2 expansion packs (and of course enough MTG booster packs for a draft). So next Saturday night is officially games night at our place if any of you can make it out (lol!) you're welcome to come(still laughing). Bring chains.

Let It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Last night we had drinks and played Radio Bingo (not so fun), Carcasonne, and Cranium and look what happened while we were all passed out! It was an adventurous drive into town this morning to get breakfast. Time to get the studded tires put on.

Milo is soooo happy!

I'm Back!!!

Vancouver sucks, in case you didn't already know. I may have got 8 hours sleep since I left on Friday-the first night was quite pleasant in Whitehorse but the second night I didn't sleep hardly at all (nervous) and my flight was early the next day. Vancouver was a crazy blur but I got to visit with my daughter, Moe who is 16 now and has nearly that many piercings (I love it), my best friend Jeremy, and one of Scott's best friends, Andrew. Both Jeremy and Andrew were kind enough to chauffeur me around town (thank goodness I didn't have to drive) so thanks guys! I also got to see one of my very first boyfriends, Carl, which was great, too. I ate sushi and greek and very nearly got my nose pierced (decided to save it for Whitehorse at Christmas). Unfortunately my hotel room was right by the hospital, due to my reason for being there, and Moe and I didn't sleep at all because of the constant ambulance sirens. I arrived in Whitehorse just past 1 am this morning and flew out again just after 8 am.

My appointment in Vancouver did not go as well as planned. The surgeon was very nice (named Scott) but informed me that if he operated on my back it was unlikely I would get much relief and may, in fact, cause me more problems. He still has referred me for an MRI (yet another Vancouver trip-yuck!) to be absolutely sure he can't help me. This is very depressing as I had been led to believe that this was the answer and so we spent a small fortune on the trip down there. He did however, let me know that in some years my disk would totally disintegrate and my vertabrae would fuse and then I would likely become pain-free or at least see an improvement in the amount of pain I have though I would lose some range of motion. I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Anybody reading this that has any experience with this sort of problem (degenerative disk disease), your advice would be appreciated. Anyways....

Got a bit of a scare on the way back. They put extra fuel in the plane because Dawson had such a low ceiling they weren't sure they'd be able to land and if they couldn't those of us scheduled to depart the plane here would have had to continue on to Old Crow and Inuvik (might have been cool) before coming back to Dawson late this afternoon. Luckily that did not happen. When I got here Scott was there to pick me up...I missed him sooo much. And since we've got home I've been finding little love notes hidden all over the house saying why he loves me. I'm so lucky. Luckiest girl ever. Okay...well perhaps Zoe with her most recent post is tied with me for the Luckiest Girl Ever title.

Hope you all had a fantabulous weekend.

There's no place like home.

My girl is gorgeous. It was so nice to see her. She's coming for Christmas but only for two weeks. Not long enough but far, far better than nothing. Love you Moe!

I shoulda stole Moe's hat. Pretty cute.

Quick pic from Whitehorse before I flew out to Vancouver. It's raining here...surprised? I hate the city. I hate the city. I hate the city.

So last Saturday we got a new dog from the Humane Society. Her name is Honey Bear and she's very sweet but very timid. She's coming around though. Hopefully by the time I get back she'll be comfortable enough to go for walks with us. She actually hasn't been under her chair at all today. Progress. Anyways, I'm off to the big city for a few days. Later.

Sushi!

So last night we had a sushi and fondue party. We invited a variety of people we knew like sushi. Left to Right: Blair, Kim, Elaine, Liz, Bob, Anne, Peter, and Scott (in case you weren't sure-he looks crazy in this very bad picture). The sushi was soooo good. We had a wonderful time and Kim and Blair stayed after everyone else had left and we played Cranium until 4 am. I am so tired. Hope you're all having a great holiday weekend.

IT SNOWED!!!

Proof of snow!!! Our dog is gonna be soooo happy.

To the right of our front door-leading over to the shop.

doesn't look like there's too much snow across the river. hmm.

Pretty impressive sunset tonight. Check out the reflection off the Yukon river.

For those of you who don't already know...these are taken from our front deck.

This and the following pics arrived today from Scott's wonderful mom. She took them while they were here in June while we were on a little boat tour down the Yukon and since we know better than to bring our digital camera out on the river (I'm sure I posted that story fall of last year) we didn't have any pics of our own. Thanks Lorraine! Great Pictures. This one is looking back at Dawson. You may notice in the last pic of me and Scott that we are soaking wet. It poured virtually the entire time. And I mean poured.

Just downriver from Dawson is the Paddlewheel graveyard. Click on it. It's cool.

And a fishwheel.

We arrive in Fort Reliance a few km downriver. There's nobody left here.

What greets you if you disembark from your boat at one of the few homesteads downriver. Click on it. It's funny. And true.

Look this is a flash forward to us in the near future. lol.

Well we're back and it's currently -5! It did snow, though we didn't really see it happen. We actually passed a bit of snow on the ground just outside of Whitehorse on the way home just after noon but I figured there would be more considering Dawson is further north. But alas, there was no more until we hit the Tintina Trench where there was snow all over the mountains behind Dawson.

We had a good time, though Scott was in conferences for most of the weekend. We did, however, find time to eat sushi...twice!

I'm subbing this afternoon and again all day tomorrow-then tutoring-then training for election day (I'm helping out at the voting booths), so I won't be around much then next couple of days.

I hope everyone else had a good weekend.

A nice pic of Tintina Trench