tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post4474854118249414894..comments2024-03-15T23:39:29.134-08:00Comments on Scribbit | Motherhood in Alaska: Fur Rendezvous 2007Scribbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-20942924961258780962007-03-04T10:38:00.000-09:002007-03-04T10:38:00.000-09:00I so enjoyed this post! I love the Fur Rendevous. ...I so enjoyed this post! I love the Fur Rendevous. I have fond memories attending it with my parents and then later my husband. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. I'm homesick for Alaska although I must be insane because living here in PNW for 10 years has made me a wuss when it comes to the cold!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-79750553517842209472007-03-03T18:11:00.000-09:002007-03-03T18:11:00.000-09:00This looks like so much fun. I live in the Pacifi...This looks like so much fun. I live in the Pacific Northwest and won't even take my kids to our annual Christmas Festival of Lights because I can't handle the 35-40 degree temperatures. I'm impressed that you brave such temperatures to have fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-61981179788109361432007-02-28T10:43:00.000-09:002007-02-28T10:43:00.000-09:00Yikes!Well, at least y'all prepare as best you can...Yikes!<BR/><BR/>Well, at least y'all prepare as best you can an get out and do stuff anyway. I've never experienced cold that deep.JAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272374108524693575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-21404419133644832172007-02-27T19:17:00.000-09:002007-02-27T19:17:00.000-09:00I hear ya, sister. I'm not in Alaska, but I do liv...I hear ya, sister. I'm not in Alaska, but I do live in one of the coldest places in the continental U.S... generally the coldest place in Colorado. Six months of coldness hear, too. Which is hard for someone who grew up in southern New Mexico. I'm freezing my patootie off!!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234102836517506471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-61246933705635739772007-02-27T15:18:00.000-09:002007-02-27T15:18:00.000-09:00Very cool stuff! Hey, its hard to live in CA & not...Very cool stuff! <BR/><BR/>Hey, its hard to live in CA & not be cold when the temps drop to 50's & 60's. Brrrr....*~*Cece*~*https://www.blogger.com/profile/00373628439213049604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-8501106371126492172007-02-27T11:21:00.000-09:002007-02-27T11:21:00.000-09:00That looks like so much fun. I wish the Alaskan fe...That looks like so much fun. I wish the Alaskan festival would come to Chicago. You can have our week-long Taste of Chicago festival as a trade off. Eh?Blondiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903668054657873042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-72654584409310377262007-02-27T09:42:00.000-09:002007-02-27T09:42:00.000-09:00Can I just say, "Brrr?!"We've had a cold winter, t...Can I just say, "Brrr?!"<BR/>We've had a cold winter, too, but you'd never see this light-weight on a carnival ride in it. My kids and hubby, however, would have been right there with you.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10720538592229420776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-88851279878667342832007-02-27T09:24:00.000-09:002007-02-27T09:24:00.000-09:00Yes Carinne, I've heard that pregnancy is a helpfu...Yes Carinne, I've heard that pregnancy is a helpful survival skill. Not ready to go that route though, thanks. :)Scribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-16273060367268398662007-02-27T09:15:00.000-09:002007-02-27T09:15:00.000-09:00Wow, that looks like so much fun, but I can't even...Wow, that looks like so much fun, but I can't even imagine temperatures like that. <BR/><BR/>It's been in the low teens and down around zero at night here, and I am freezing to death!Goslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153864420303599725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-35633763115505518182007-02-27T08:54:00.000-09:002007-02-27T08:54:00.000-09:00you are such a cool mom. there is no way i would h...you are such a cool mom. there is no way i would have let my kids out of the house when its that cold, nevermind ride rides. 'course my husband grew up in a DESERT, so we have a very skewed defination of cold.<BR/><BR/>really cool pics! i love when you show us pics of alaska!! they're so pretty :-)Melissa Angert {All Things Chic}https://www.blogger.com/profile/02966938610239372447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-68548629519128963312007-02-27T08:26:00.000-09:002007-02-27T08:26:00.000-09:00So basically sticking your tongue on the metal pol...So basically sticking your tongue on the metal pole would not be such a great idea, huh?! Sounds like you all had fun but I'm freezing here just reading about it. <BR/><BR/>We are enjoying a heat wave here in Mass, around 38 degrees today. Whoohoo!!wayabettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993697296070707945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-57369134575806739962007-02-27T08:19:00.000-09:002007-02-27T08:19:00.000-09:00I was commenting to Kendall yesterday that seeing ...I was commenting to Kendall yesterday that seeing as how I'm 9 1/2 months pregnant...its actually been nice because I've barely been cold or even chilly the past few weeks. If I have a sweater on, I usually don't even wear a coat. See, what you need to do is get pregnant...then you'll be warm. In fact, I think I'm going to wear a t-shirt today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-218959419741433912007-02-27T08:05:00.000-09:002007-02-27T08:05:00.000-09:00I think my crew and I are in the background of you...I think my crew and I are in the background of your dog sled video. We had never seen a dog sled race before, VERY COOL. <BR/><BR/>We've been to the snow sculptures twice thus far, they are awesome as well.<BR/><BR/>And we braved the carnival yesterday. We also only stayed an hour. LOL <BR/><BR/>My oldest son summed it up quite well when he said "Are you SURE this only happens once a year?? Oh maaaaannn...."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-78578075715012071362007-02-27T07:28:00.000-09:002007-02-27T07:28:00.000-09:00Now I am off for some hot chocolate as I am cold j...Now I am off for some hot chocolate as I am cold just reading about it!<BR/><BR/>Yes, you guys are definitely stronger than I to be in the cold like that!<BR/><BR/>This October, come to Raliegh for the State fair and fried coke.Amy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16889460762363255735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-25752632067931511132007-02-27T07:16:00.001-09:002007-02-27T07:16:00.001-09:00I'd go out in those temps if it meant hot chocolat...I'd go out in those temps if it meant hot chocolate at the end of it, too.Damselflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139191935886860839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-6303917869906980522007-02-27T07:16:00.000-09:002007-02-27T07:16:00.000-09:00I can't imagine the amount of griping I'd get from...I can't imagine the amount of griping I'd get from my wife if we lived in AK! lolwheresmymindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06773597023205510781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-31716769316085950672007-02-27T05:30:00.000-09:002007-02-27T05:30:00.000-09:00Although I have never lived as far north as Alaska...Although I have never lived as far north as Alaska, growing up in Canada meant putting on the layers and heading outside! I miss that so much.<BR/><BR/>Snow Envy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-85083499051961132172007-02-27T04:49:00.000-09:002007-02-27T04:49:00.000-09:00Burr! That Gravitron ride film had me freezing her...Burr! That Gravitron ride film had me freezing here on my couch! <BR/><BR/>I am origionally from Rochester, NY which has only 80 days of sun a year. The winters are cold and I can remember trick or treating in the snow (always a fat costume w/ the snowsuit under it) and also hunting for Easter eggs in the snow. I would go to the carnival too! Even freezing beats being board again inside.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764437077561164662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-881239149965762332007-02-27T04:21:00.000-09:002007-02-27T04:21:00.000-09:00Hot Chocolate never tastes as good as when your ch...Hot Chocolate never tastes as good as when your cheeks are a little chapped from the cold wind, and the warmth of the cup brings the feeling back into your fingers. Some of my fondest memories are of standing back to a bonfire, with my hands (and most of my face) wrapped around a cup of hot chocolate after a day of tobogganing.<BR/><BR/>That being said, it would take a direct sign from God to bring me back to it, now that I've tasted true warmth. :-)Mrs. Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376591769853214941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-91070757512479309192007-02-27T03:59:00.000-09:002007-02-27T03:59:00.000-09:00It is so beautiful there...But I could never survi...It is so beautiful there...But I could never survive...it snowed here 3 times and I'm ready to jump off a bridge...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-18084039487101485612007-02-27T03:48:00.000-09:002007-02-27T03:48:00.000-09:00I love layers of clothes so I'd tolerate the weath...I love layers of clothes so I'd tolerate the weather to go have some fun. It's interesting how your event is a "rendezvous" while the same sort of event here in the midwest would be a "festival." I wonder why that is.Ally Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16038241470337687571noreply@blogger.com