Maggie’s What's Your View II
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I was well aware of the AK requirements and nixed the idea based on our ages and the costs for everything. Even trying to be self sufficient in a more forgiving location is a young persons game and you need children to help. We have no illusions and just live out here to be away from people and the urban rat race.
That being said, she is a tough woman and would have killed herself trying in AK. Orphaned before Korean War and as a young child survived a walking escape from North Korean advance that resulted in the deaths of everyone at the orphanage except for her and 3 of the nuns. She than lived a rough life prior to marrying me. She loved to work though and often had several jobs at a time. Her last job before we moved to AZ was as a 65yo cook in a 5 person institutional kitchen putting out 3 meals a day for 1200 people in a field setting (trailers and tents).
To stay on topic, the view from our front porch in better weather.
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Well I see I posted a bunch of pics I didn't take in the wrong section again. None are my view, but I hope you enjoyed my senior moment ...twice. 
Even better was Range 15. I met Mat and some of the cast when they previewed the movie in 29 Palms.
Finally getting a little snow. The snow in the mountains is a little below normal but it's supposed to snow for the next few days. Driving over the pass everyday for radiation, for the coming three weeks , might be interesting.
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LGS visit ended with an MRO for the truck gun. Will be a good update for the nay-k
you know you are old when just staying up till 1230gives you a headache. Enjoying the view.
Have 3in of snow and it’s still coming down.
If I didn’t have my son I’d be hunting.
1/1/21 daylight draws to a windy cloudy close. Happy New Year.
Snow stopped 45 minutes from sunset. Mad scramble to clear the deck, get gear ready, etc... Snow Angel with 6 sent at 655 yards.
I was making snow angles tonight after my sauna, but that view isn't appropriate for anyone...
PLaying with the phone skope yesterday. These are shot through the window glass as well. We had some freezing fog the last couple days
Boys got little helmets today. They both have slightly asymmetrical heads due to being very growth restricted in the womb. Helmets are for purely cosmetic reasons. They seem fine with them but it was a little heartbreaking seeing them both for the first time.
Yeah, it's where they were pressed together. My wife has an odd shaped uterus, which we didn't find out until the emergency c-section. Her odds of carrying twins that survived was less than one in 500 million.
Your family is blessed!
I realize that every time I think something is getting hard.
Flying out of Charlottesville VA early this morning.
One in 500 million God loves to mess with the doctors doesn’t He.
Wow!!
Doctors dont always know much about odds.
they told my mom she would never live 36 years ago.
I just texted with her a little bit ago....
helmets look good.
hopefully they dont need em later like their dad...
glad the boys are doing well. The helmets are cute. But I wont lie, as long as they arent hurt or sick, I will probably think that. Those two are adorable.
She has a bicornuate uterus. Twins are extremely rare. It's the reason they were so early. Her uterus couldn't expand to accommodate them without separating from the uterine wall and causing a major bleed. It's also why the doc early on discussed potentially aborting Gus. They didn't think he'd make it and we might lose both.Wow!!
Doctors dont always know much about odds.
they told my mom she would never live 36 years ago.
I just texted with her a little bit ago....
helmets look good.
hopefully they dont need em later like their dad...
glad the boys are doing well. The helmets are cute. But I wont lie, as long as they arent hurt or sick, I will probably think that. Those two are adorable.
Glad you didn't listen to them!!
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First sunny day in awhile. Several days in a row with freezing fog coating everything with rime ice and visibility down to 100 yards. Sunny with little wind and 20 degrees felt good this morning.
December 1984, trapline winding down for the year.
Had sold several prior to photo to buy gas for the trapping rig, caught a few more after with snow sets. Snares at that time were not yet legal (don't get caught). When the snow got to deep, it simply didn't pay to to keep checking sets, time to pull stakes.
Trapping was all the rage back then, those few of us who had been doing for some time had a lot of beginners to trip over. Still caught fox. Moved off the farm in 87, never set another long line again. All those years and only caught one yote. Nowadays, that's about all there is, very few reds.
Good times.
Had sold several prior to photo to buy gas for the trapping rig, caught a few more after with snow sets. Snares at that time were not yet legal (don't get caught). When the snow got to deep, it simply didn't pay to to keep checking sets, time to pull stakes.
Trapping was all the rage back then, those few of us who had been doing for some time had a lot of beginners to trip over. Still caught fox. Moved off the farm in 87, never set another long line again. All those years and only caught one yote. Nowadays, that's about all there is, very few reds.
Good times.
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Sitting at the horse barn just wondering how far up this pile I could make it.
Jamie wanted a new sink before the bourbon party on Saturday. This thing is a beast!
How far would depend on what starting position you used. Running, standing, prone low crawl? Whichever you choose, we'll need video with commentary, both ascending and descending.
Heading over the hill for radiation treatment this morning. A little rain and some fog later but no snow. Weird winter.
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Low crawl is out, had enough of that crap in a previous life. No video, decided I kinda like this barn and the people that run it. The rock pole was given a pass.......for that day
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It’s grown on me faster than I thought. Not as jeepy as I remember the older versions and still has some utility. Paired with that diesel, it has some good power for what it is.
Kraus I think. It’s just what Lowe’s stocked. 33” sink in a 33” cabinet because the original builder cut the hole too big. It was fun....
Hi,
Third flight this year....they need to name this terminal after me, lol.
Sincerely,
Theis
Third flight this year....they need to name this terminal after me, lol.
Sincerely,
Theis
i expected to see a shot in the cockpit drinking scotch w the stewardess
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