About ten years ago, I got a strep infection that would not go away. It ultimately got into my joints and caused arthritis. For 5 months my dr tried every combination of antibiotics to get rid of it, I even had an iv pump for awhile. At first I lost a massive amount of weight due to the stomach upset. Now I have…

Alaska dogs kick ass

She was lovely before but the new brows really frame her eyes beautifully.

I can't even watch the whole thing cause the first 3 minutes pissed me off. There were so many things done wrong by those officers that I don't even need to hear the audio or watch the whole thing. The moment the female officer did that lame pat down her one leg I knew this was going bad real fast.

I love seeing my husband with the cat snuggled in his lap scratching it's head on his beard.

I'm super bummed we can't find the slides of (6'5) dad laying next to the giant squid. That thing looked twice as long as him! We do have the otter pics tho, but I wish we had video.

Sea otters are totes my favorite wild animal- domestic being pug dogs, proud pug parent since 1999! When I was 8 we lived on Adak Alaska. My dad was an avid photographer and would spend hours on the beach taking photos. Anyway, one evening he comes running into the house frantic grabbing equipment and yelling at us…

This looks interesting as I really do run a jail in real life. I would like to see some programs added as an incentive to not fight or riot. I try to have asmany programs for prisoners to participate in as I can get. I use a lot of volunteers as programs are pretty expensive and the budget is tight. Programs keep…

Funny I live around those parts and have not seen that. Now the Alaska flag I have seen slightly higher.

A very wise person told me at the beginning of my corrections career- 18 yrs now!- that I had to make a choice- treat people, including prisoners, visitors , victims and staff with respect and dignity and be happy with my career choice, or be an asshole and let the negative atmosphere take hold and be miserable. I'm…

Another fun thing- that hill behind the sign used to have a rickety winding staircase coming down- we would brave that bitch in -40 to go to the freaking FROZEN YOGURT SHOP in the lil mini mall across the street.

I swear people in Fairbanks wear SHORTS when it gets to -20. They celebrate cause it's not -50 or -60.

It means pain

I'm sorry but I just have to giggle- I lived in Faitbanks Alaska for 5 years where winter temps are regularly -40 to -60. Now I live in anchorage where we get -30 on a fairly regular basis. Of course, it's 30 right now you poor suckas.

That Bering Sea Gold guy got arrested afew months ago for DUI in Anchorage and landed in my jail. He had a huge mason jar literally full of gold flakes and nuggets. We put it in the safe and encouraged him to disperse it out quickly so someone could pay his bail. Nice guy though.

I was the cookie queen on Adak. My dad rigged out a rolling luggage rack for me to haul those babies around door to door. He also had the brilliant idea for me to go to the base hospital and sell to all the dr's and nurses on duty. I sold tons. This was back when you had to order your cookies and sell sell sell to get…

It did take several years before the scar tissue settled down, but luckily sex wasn't painful. Eventually though I had to have a "tag" removed and the scaring repaired. Put me off on having any more babies for sure though! I look at my 6'5 now 19 year old son and think, " you were the biggest baby born that week-…