If you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression..

Abby's scared of the vacuum too, though she hasn't tried to destroy it yet :P

One of my cousins from California was in Fairbanks this weekend (briefly anyway)..I didn't even know till I saw his Facebook pics. It would have been cool to see him, but he didn't have enough time I don't think. He saw the Northern Lights too, nice! I asked mom to guess who was here and she was like:

Mom: Obama
Me: No
Mom: TRUMP??
Me: Nope
Mom: Hillary??
Me: Nope
Mom: Cherry!

LOL..if only that could happen..(I seriously think we would have gotten along so well..I was born in the wrong era :( *sniff*)

Ughhh I have to go to the dentist tomorrow. D: The hygienist is going to get onto me again about the medicine (Prozac) that makes my mouth dry. I'd rather have a dry mouth than depression, and I'm not going through the switching process all over again, especially since Prozac works so well! Hopefully she'll understand..

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Today's trivia: The first foreign aid bill was passed by Congress in 1812. The funds were for earthquake relief in Venezuela

Yesterday the guys (except for Danny, he wasn't feeling well) went on a bike ride (it's tradition for them to go on crazy mountain bike rides on vacation haha), so everyone else went to a couple nearby towns to go shopping. We actually went back to this shop by that restaurant we ate at where all the kitties were..there was a kitty sleeping in the shop that let me pet him and he purred hehe aww. He was definitely not feral..the shopowner said he thought someone just left him there..ugh it breaks my heart when people do that. The guys were back from their ride when we got back..they said they hated it..too much uphill, no good views, and Jack fell and scraped up his arm. We had a great time visiting when we all met up again though, my stomach hurt from laughing so hard haha. At least two people walked by and were like "you are such a fun family!" Then we had dinner while watching the sunset and went back to our rooms to relax

Today my parents got up early to go snorkeling (they kinda tried to wake me up but I was too sleepy lol). After I got up I went with Susan, Patty and Carl to these shops where Susan bought these $200 sandals. That store was crazy..they had flip flops with shiny designs on them that were over $200. D: Nooo thanks lol. After a couple hours there we met up with everyone again by the pool. There were these cute little birds that ate right out of my hand! Susan, Carl, Danny and Patty went to go shopping at Kona, and me, my parents and Jack went up to Mauna Kea (13,796 feet) to see the sunset and the stars (mom luckily got a Jeep with 4 wheel drive, otherwise we couldn't have gotten up there). Mom and Ryan and I went up there last time we were in Hawaii, and I was wanting to go back. Luckily Jack wanted to anyway, so that was cool. It's like another world up there. It was super windy and freezing! I made the mistake of running to take a quick pic and running back to the car..it was hard to breathe! You feel a little weird up there haha. The sunset was nice, but the bright almost full moon washed out a lot of the stars..ah well, you could still see Orion and Jupiter and stuff. Last time I saw the glow from Kilauea, not this time though. I'm glad I got to go back up there though. After stopping at the visitor center we drove back to the hotel..now I'm going to bed :P

Yesterday me and my family mostly hung out by the pool (first I had to find a bathing suit, which was painful. It was so much easier when I was a kid lol). They're even crazier than I remembered haha. They couldn't stop talking about my tattoos, it was amusing. :P Aunt Patty has one on her ankle that says "meow" with a simple cat face on it, which is similar to the one I was thinking of getting next! Someone said of all of us, me and Patty seem the least likely to get tattoos, and yet we're the only ones of the group that have tattoos lol. We all got drinks..mine was a yummy fruity one..I'm so glad I can get drinks with them now haha. Mom and I stopped at one, but others just kept drinking throughout the day and getting wound up. Getting in the pool felt nice after sitting in the sun..I got sunburned, but not too badly. Mom and I found our first Hawaiian geocache too, woohoo!! Eventually it was decided to order pizzas, which mom would pick up since she only had one drink. Aunt Susan called our orders in and rode along with mom to get them. They were gone a long time..when they finally got back here we all congregated in Danny and Patty's room..when we opened the foil on the pizzas, it was a disaster. NONE of our orders were right..Susan said the restaurant was super busy and only one person was serving..she even called to complain but nobody even answered the phone..wow. She was pretty angry about that. Mom called it "the Hawaiian Pizza Fiasco" LOL. Eventually we had to escape to our room cause we couldn't handle everyone shouting and being so hyper..relaxing in bed was very nice after that :P

Today I woke up feeling horrible..I've been dealing with face/ear pain for a couple or so weeks and I just felt..run down and strange. I couldn't stand it anymore, and figured I had some type of infection, so mom took me to the closest clinic, 18 miles away in Waimea. The doctor said my sinuses are probably blocked and recommended some decongestants and stuff to try. He wrote me a prescription for antibiotics, but he only said to take them if I don't feel better by Monday. I do feel better after taking Sudafed and stuff. I hate being sick on vacation! Waimea is so weird..it's always rainy and cooler there, even though it's not THAT far from Kona (plus it's higher in elevation). Kona is like the one spot on the island that's always sunny and warm..I've always thought that was so weird lol. Mom and I decided to geocache on the way back..it's still CRAZY windy, and we got soaked from the rain..brrr!! Misty Mountains Cold from The Hobbit suddenly popped in my head, since there were pine trees around and one of the lyrics is "the pines were roaring on the height" haha. We managed to find two caches (and two we didn't find)..even if i got soaked and cold and grabbed a dead fish that I thought was a rock (ewww haha!!), it's part of the adventure and makes it even more fun..we just had to laugh at how crazy the wind was. I love our geocaching adventures haha. Now I'm relaxing in the room, but I'm gonna join Susan and co. by the pool now (I didn't want to wait till tonight to update, I'd probably be too tired). We're gonna go to a yummy restaurant tonight, yay :)

Yesterday dad called from California and we got to talk to a whole bunch of family we hadn't talked to in years. It was nice but tiring haha. Ryan did get off early..I think he got home at 5:40 something. We still ate late though. Mom's coworker friend Laurie came over which was cool (she lives alone). After we ate they were doing dishes at 10 PM! Thanksgiving is so much work haha. At least there's yummy leftovers :P

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Aunt Cindy and Uncle Dean had to put their dog Bandit to sleep yesterday. They had him a LONG time..I remember them having him as a little kid. They're probably really sad..aw. He had a good life though

( here's an email from them )

Would you rather be stuck in an elevator with someone who talks too much or with someone who won't talk at all? Someone who talks too much

Today's trivia: It was once customary to use pieces of bread to erase lead pencil before rubber erasers came into use

Tomorrow we leave to go on our vacation :D (we're gonna go to Denali, the Glenn Highway and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park). We probably won't have internet everywhere but if there is I'll try to get on. We'll be back on Tuesday. Cindy and Dean got here today but I haven't seen them yet since I had to work

Here's a cool meme..I'll post it (and the other question one) when I get back:
1. Ask me to take pictures of any aspect of my life you're curious about.
2. Leave your requests as comments to this entry.
3. Please look at the previous requests as to not do repeats.
4. I'll snap the pictures and post them.

Would you rather eat a whole vacuum bag full of dirt or eat all the lint that has been collected from 10 clothes dryers in three months? Hm..the lint I think. It didn't say I had to eat it all at once haha

Today's trivia: The world's most substantial cloudburst delivered 8.1 inches of rain in 20 minutes. The event took place in Curtea-de-Arges, Romantia, in July 1889

I'm home! I actually got home at 6 something but I took a really long nap haha. I had to get up at 5 to go to the airport..ughh. It was sad leaving..I don't know when I'll be back which made it even more sad. Aw. We drove back to Chicago..while waiting at the ticket line there was this lady FREAKING OUT..she was BEGGING the lady to check her bags even though she was too late. She kept saying "please" over and over but the ticket lady couldn't do anything. She screamed out one last "PLEEEEASE!" and the lady walked away to help someone else. It was quite uncomfortable. I wonder what happened to her and her son. We got on the loooong flight to Anchorage..I think it was longer this time..6 hours and some minutes! Eesh. Though it did have free Internet access! Coool haha. I used it till it didn't work in Canadian airspace. I got soo bored eventually..and the guy behind us was SNORING..LOUDLY. Ughh. Eventually there were mountains and after awhile we were suddenly in glacier land..it was like we entered into the ice age or something. Huge glaciers with sweet moraines..and one was really long. Just as it started getting good it got cloudy! I waited to see if it would clear up..and it did..and the glaciers were still there. Except now I actually recognized the ones we were flying by! Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Coxe, Cascade, Barry, Knik, Harriman...EEE! It was 7589745 times more amazing than flying back from Seattle in March. It was soo pretty and amazing..woww. I may have taken a bit too many pics. :P Descending into Anchorage I saw Mt. Foraker and McKinley! I was excited for the view of them flying home! I think I saw a couple of volcanoes too but not sure which. After we landed I got a text from Ryan saying dad was coming to Alaska! Mom and I were like "WHAT??" haha. I called Ryan and he said dad was flying to Anchorage. It was REALLY funny since we had just landed in Anchorage. :P We had a bit of a layover at Anchorage so we had dinner at Chili's and checked out the place where Dana said she slept haha. We departed Anchorage and the view of Foraker and McKinley and mountains between them were really beautiful. I didn't really see any glaciers but I saw them last time..then it got pretty cloudy again..boo. It seemed like we were in the air for like 10 minutes when we started to descend haha. It was nice weather in Fairbanks..sunny, warm..ahh. I get to see Abby tomorrow. :D I shall post my pics tomorrow too

Today we went back to Watertown and went to the Octagon House..it was pretty interesting. This guy wanted to build a house to impress his wife and there was a contest going on to see who could build the nicest house so he built that house (it was built in 1854). He had 8 kids and he was REALLY smart with designing the house..he was able to have heat, air conditioning, and heated running water. Woww. I have pics so I shall explain more with them

Guess what..grandpa and Stephanie are coming to Alaska next month! Stephanie is going with us on the RV trip with Aunt Cindy! Aw how cool is that? Grandpa hasn't flown in like 20 or 30 some years (he has an RV). Woww haha. He was like "we have to take our SHOES off??" :P

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Today was the celebration of the June birthdays (mine, mom's, grandpa's). First we went to the Milwaukee Public Museum. They had science exhibits, exhibits from different countries, etc. It was honestly rather boring. We also saw a short film about ocean life at the IMAX theater. It was pretty cool. They closed before we saw everything though. And it kept reminding me of Night at the Museum. :P We had time to kill before going to a restaurant (we had a reservation) so we walked by the Milwaukee River. They wouldn't tell us about the restaurant so it was a surprise haha. We walked into this alley and saw a sign that said something and Ron was like "what's this? Let's go in?" We did and this guy greeted us and was like "hi! To make sure you're not enemy spies you'll need to tell us the password! Do you know the password?" and we were like "uh..no" so he told us to stand against the back wall and do a chicken dance. We did (except me..I just stood there horrified haha) and then he let us in. Turns out that was the restaurant and Ron was just feigning ignorance about wondering what is was and the password haha (I think they wanted us to experience everything :P). There's a camera so while you're eating you can watch the people coming in doing ridiculous things. :P The restaurant was obsessed with James Bond and spy stuff in general (they referred to the customers as agents haha). It was pretty cool and interesting. You even left by a secret door..you had to find it and put a quarter in a pay phone thing and it told you a code to put in which opened the door. Then you walked through a tunnel thing. Coool haha. Then we went home

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Dad's coming to visit tonight! Hopefully he'll be able to see my apartment when he's here haha

When Aunt Cindy comes in July I think we're gonna rent an RV for a week and go to Denali, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Matanuska Glacier so we can walk on it. Sweeeet

We may go to Wisconsin in June too! We'll see Uncle Ron and Aunt Theresa and cousin Stephanie and go back to the buffalo farm!! YAY! I absolutely LOVE it up there..it's one of my most favorite places. I have such great memories from there..especially the first time I visited

Today's trivia: "Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil"