After the Rain

I found  a couple of ice out pictures on my phone that I had forgotten about.  This is a little late, but they are neat to see.  The ice really is an amazing thing.  I'm ashamed to say I don't know much about how it works and I need to do my research and get educated.  There were pictures circulating on Facebook of ice piled up on the shores of the lake at Rocky Point, which is about 2 hours south of here.  The wind pushed it up on the shore and it just stacked up on itself, 8 feet high in some places.  There is one photo of a guy standing next to it and it is higher than his head and looking like an iceberg from Alaska.  There are also videos of the ice pushing in through the windows of homes, creeping in slowly.  I had no idea things like this happened.

I recently joined Facebook after a long protest.  I hate doing what everyone is doing, especially being forced to communicate via "social  media" with people when there are telephones and emails already.  But I digress.....I'm managing my Facebook, the Young's Bay Facebook, the blog and we are in the finishing phase of a new website, while trying not to repeat any pictures between the 4 places.  I feel like I'm bombarding people with information constantly between the 4 sites and barging right into your minds! I apologize if see you the same picture show up repeatedly.  Soon you will be like me, dreaming about captions for photos and visions of Youngs Bay all night long......this is only the beginning of my Jedi mind tricks, as I slowly invade your brain and convince you to move here and join my village gang.

We're officially settled in the new house with every box unpacked and put away.  Phew.  They call this house the fishbowl because it's right in the middle of the resort and everyone is popping in. Privacy is a bit lacking, but it's new to us and we don't mind it yet.  I enjoy seeing all the people and putting faces with names I have only heard.  But the bonus of it is that you can see everything happening from right here.  The other night as we sat eating our dinner, a guy forgot to the put the plug in his boat after launching it and it was sinking while tied up to our dock.  As we slurped our spaghetti noodles, we watched the action as he was attempting to save it.  That is a first for me!  I need to add that to the reverse bucket list.  Watch boat sink while eating spaghetti.  (PS Rick finished his dinner and went out to help.  We weren't just looky-lou's! Well, I was.)

Andie cleaning a fridge in the store.  At one point she was right down on her little belly, wiping away.  I love this time with the kids while they are young and interested in what we are doing and wanting to help.  I know these days are numbered.  Someday they will want to be away from us as much as possible, while possibly cursing us for making them live on the outskirts of nowhere out here.  Big Rick always says, "It's not the end of the earth, but you can see it from here."  It's especially evident when I really have a food craving, like some type of burger or delivery pizza.  No such thing in this world.

After 3 days of HEAVY rain this week, the sun has finally come out.  There is mud up to our ears and puddles abound, but we are happy to see the blue skies and sunshine. There is nothing fun about trying to clean a cabin with mud all over the place and rain pouring down on your clean linens. The kids were cooped up for way too long and Tyson got 2 bloody noses in one day from racing around like a lunatic in the house, bursting with energy.  If you can't go outside up here there really isn't much to do.  The only option would be to visit someone else's house or go to the bar.  Finally when it stopped, the kids were able to get outside and get some air, thus the huge smile on Andie's face here.  (Besides the fact she was with Linnea, who spoils her rotten and can't say no!)  I've never thought about weather as much as I do here.  I've said it before, it really does determine your day.  A lot of people around here just go about their business anyway, but I haven't reached that point yet. If it's cold and windy, I'd just rather stay in.  I need to get brave and face the winds!  I'll work on that.  Next year.