It is now June 11th and there is still quite a pile of snow in the yard.  The fire pit is still full of snow.  I heard in May that Seward had over 170 inches of snow is Seward this past winter.  I hope that is not going to be a yearly habit.  That is way to much shoveling and plowing to deal with in the dark winter. 
Now that most of the snow if gone, I'd love to have the weather warm up so that my garden plants and flowers will start growing.

I can't believe what a great summer for the B&B it is turning out to be.  Guests started coming the middle of May and from June 11th through the 6th of July there are only two days open without guests.  If I can get July and August to be as full as June, I could quit my job and just do B&B.  This year there are having guests from Israel, Germany, Spain, India, Canada and of course the good old USA.

My Shaklee business is doing better, but not nearly as good as I would like it to be going.  I'm sad that I will not be attending the global conference in Vegas, but I have B&B guests that weekend.  If anyone or if you know of anyone that is interested in earning some extra money or getting healthy, please contact me.  Shaklee is an amazing company to be associated with..

 10 amazing healing plants you can find in your garden:  This is a great article.  I learned several very interesting and healthy tid-bits.  I hope you enjoy this article as much as I did.

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/photos/10-amazing-healing-plants-you-can-find-in-your-garden/dan

 

My Oh My; what a winter Seward is having! There is more snow on the ground right now than there was all of last year. It is a good thing that I have a large yard, so the snowplow can push the snow out of the way. I still have room to turn around in the yard.  I have friends whose yards are like tunnels.  I'm hoping all the snow is melted by the first day of Summer.  This will give a really short growing season.

My Mom sent me a really interesting article about germs.  The one that caught me off guard was the section on your purse.  The article said that the bottom of your peruse is a breeding ground for bacteria.  Think of all the nasty places it's been-on the floor such as:  restrooms, resturants, cars, work, and may other places.  The solution is to clean the bottom of your purse with a wipe and hang them on the back of chairs or coat hooks to keep them off the floor.

The B&B season is starting out with a bang.  I already have more reservations for the coming season than I did all of last season.  I'm so looking forward to this year.  If you know of anyone coming to Seward this next summer, send them my way (alaskaglaciercreek.com) is my website. 

Shaklee is looking better and better every day.  I'm actually getting brave enough to talk to or call friends and family about the products and/or money making prossilbities with Shaklee.  My goal is to make enough money to get a new car and save enough money to build a green house.  If you know of anyone that wants the best nutritional green products on the market or make some extra money, please send them my way.

Early Snow

Can you believe this snow? We have about 10 inches on the ground. It has been here since Halloween night. I hope this does not mean that we are in for a long snow filled winter. I was hoping for a short mild winter that ends in March.

I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving. I'm having a a few very special friends for a mid afternoon dinner. Has anyone ever had a smoked turkey. I'm actually doing two turkeys. 1 regular turkey and one smoked turkey. The only thing I don't look about Thanksgiving is that I have to work the next day. I could take the day off, but I'd rather save my leave for a really good day to take off.

The B & B is going better than ever. I already have two bookings for next year. I'm currently working on the website. The prices are a little less this next year in hopes that I will get more bookings.

Since the winter came so early, I did not get to plant my bulbs. I'm very disappointed, because I had over 150 bulbs to plant. Maybe I will be able to plant them in the spring. I did however, get to plant some garlic. A friend and I are doing an experiment on growing garlic in Seward. We planted some garlic in her greenhouse and some garlic outside in one of my flower boxes. I hope all the garlic grows. I just love to eat and cook with garlic.

I am very excited; this fall to be chosen for the Seward Wellness project. I have to journal all the food I eat, exercise I do and journal how I feel during this project. I have only been doing the project for a week and already I have lost 2 pounds. I have already turned my thinking about food and exercise.

Next weekend is going to be all the fun. I'm going to go quilting with all my wonderful quilting friends. I always have the best time at these retreats. My quilting retreats are one of my truly relaxing fun filled weekends that I will not miss for the world.

Fall 2011

Wow, where has this summer/fall gone? It is so hard to believe that it is already October 15th. The snow in Seward is almost to tree level. I'm hoping that the snow will wait until November to get to sea level.

It is hard to believe that 10 years ago October 30th, my Dad will have been dead. One thing that our family has achieved is that we talk about Dad all the time. When we are talking about him it seems that he is right there beside us listening to all that we are saying. I hope that the next 10 years are as healthy and happy as the past 10.

Wow was the B&B season strange. It started out really slow, but by August it went into full swing. Even though we were not as full as I would have liked to be, the people that came and stayed were truly awesome. I've made some wonderful new life friends. I guess that was probably just as important as how many people came and stayed. If anyone knows of people that are looking for long term living this winter I have a room available.

Shaklee: what can I say. The conference in Washington DC was very exciting. I always come away from the conference fired up. The guest speakers this year were Aaron Ralston (guy who cut off is own arm), CMDR Mark Kelly (Space Shuttle) and Olympian Eli Bremer. There speeches were truly inspirational.

I want to let everyone that I talk to about Shaklee understand just what miraculous products that Shaklee is selling and what an amazing compensation plan they have for making money. Please contact me if you have any questions.

I just have to tell this one story. I have to go to the dentist every 3 months to get my teeth cleaned. I'm a horrible flosser. However, this past year, I've been using the Shaklee toothpaste. When I went to my teeth cleaned this past week, the hygienist said that my teeth looked the best she has seen them in quite awhile. I did not tell her that this was the worst I've ever done flossing. I guess the toothpaste is doing the cleaning job for me. :)

Well, I have one last thing to talk about. My neighbor and I are giong try growing garlic this winter. It is going to be an experiment. We are going to plant some of the garlic in a greenhouse, some next to the house and some in garden boxes. I sure hope we get lost of great garlic.

Believe It or Not!!

I'm back. This has been quite the summer. Not many B & B guest, but the guests that came were totally amazing. This summer was so much better than last summer I can hardly believe I was in the same state. I had so many beautiful flowers and a few vegetables. I guess my gardening skills must be getting better.

I had the saddest August. I had to put my best friend to rest. Anne was 14.5 and had really bad hind legs. Her hips just were not working anymore. I really miss her at night when I come home from work. It is amazing how hard it is to not have someone meet you at the door wanting to listen to how my day went.

I was so lucky to be able to go to the Shaklee Global Conference in Washington DC. My wish from the conference is that everyone would realize how wonderful Shaklee products are and how wonderful they are for you. Also Shaklee has to most awesome payment schedule. You can earn up to $100,000.00 in just 15 months. All you have to do is find 3 people that want the same thing as you as a business learned. If you know of anyone that wants to make this kind of money, please contact me. Not only can you make lots of money, you can earn some amazing trips. All the trips are first class and totally paid for. The trips are to the Mayan Riviera and a Kenyan Safari, plus there is a trip to San Fransisco and Napa Valley. Please consider trying Shaklee!!!!!

I have to tell you that I have a friend that came to Seward to teach for a year. He and I became very good friends. He moved back to Connecticut to continue teaching. This past year he wrote a book. It is called "Summers Off". It is on my bucket list to read this winter.

Well this has been av very soggy September. Questa Woods the subdivision I live in lost a lot of big trees. Several of these trees hit building and vehicles. Now all the clean up is taking place. I hope we don't get anymore major down pours. I'm not sure our ground can take it without doing some flooding.

My goal this winter is to write more often and post some pictures on my blog. I just wish I had a bigger audience.

I'm Back!

It has been a while since I have written on my blog. Life has been extremely busy. It is hard to believe that it is already June. May weather has been a disappointment. My flowers are waiting to be planted outside. I'm real ready for warm sunny weather.

B & B: Were Are All The Reservations??? The b & b season is not looking very good. Last year at this time July was almost full. This year we have only one day that is full, several days with two rooms rented and many many days with no reservations. I hope that the reservation will start pouring into my email.

Shaklee: I have not been very good about spreading the word about being healthy, taking natural vitamins and using earth friendly products when cleaning my house. Shaklee has some amazing products that I wish my family and friends would try. If they would try the products than I'd feel better about them saying "NO" about wanting to continue using the product.

Well, it is time for bed and I want to get this posted. I hope you enjoy my short update. I'll will be better about keeping this updated.

April 8th

What is with this weather? I'm not sure I like all this snow. My driveway is awful. I'm glad I still have my studded tires still on my car. It is still cloudy and looking like it is going to snow some more. I planted over 200 bulbs this fall. I hope at least half of them will bloom. On to B&B news. The reservations are not going as well as I had hoped they would go this season. I'm still thinking it will get better, but with the price of airfares and gas being so high, maybe my thank in getting more reservations is all in vain. If you have any family or know of anyone coming to Alaska and need a place to stay, please consider "Alaska Glacier Creek Lodge". My website is alaskalaciercreek.com Shaklee: what can I say except, I'm getting very lazy. Earth Day is coming and this is a great video to watch: http://images.shaklee.com/video/show.php?video=earthday2011 Well, it is Friday night and I'm going to go and relax. Please contact me if you have any questions about anything I have written in my blog.