Friends

We had some fun visitors this evening. After 3 days of rain it was nice to see sun peak out and have little kids to explore the yard with. HE and SHE and Uncle HE had 'The Neighbors' over for dinner. They brought some of their yummy goat cheese and some more goat milk. HE and SHE don't share that with us...but we did get some yummy leftovers thanks to the kids. (kids are so good about leaving tidbits on their plates:-) Someday we hope to visit 'The Neighbors' at their place and get to make the acquaintance of these 'goats'. We think they would be much fun to play with. Wonder what they would think of us!?! 'The Neighbors' once again provided HE and SHE valuable household information. They discussed how to build a cabin (a cabin seems to be a must have on your property in Alaska). As long as lots of nice people come stay in it, and by nice we mean bring lots of treats for the dogs, we would be happy to have another building to explore. 'The Neighbor' was also helpful in solving the little furnace problem...how to shut off the outdoor water valve when the faucet just turned and turned and turned...and never turned anything off. HE could just picture the fun a burst pipe downstairs would be in the middle of -50 in January! 'The Neighbor' handily read the faucet which said 'frost free' and apparently the problem is solved! There is also a couch coming soon (wonder if we'll be allowed up on this one??) and 'The Neighbors' kindly volunteered the use of their truck when it arrived. (Notice: we are still not happy dogs riding in the back of a truck with our tongues hanging out!) Back up a bit...they were gone late Friday night and once again came home full of all sorts of yummy smells. They had apparently been to the auction at the fair. They talked about scary things like how 4-H kids raised animals and then auctioned them off while the auctioneer talked about how good "Dinero" would taste on the table. (Hope we never run into one of these '4-H' kids!) (actually SHE says SHE used to be a 4-H educator...and the kids aren't at all bad...quite good for kids actually. And if you're going to eat meat, at least knowing it had a good life is the way to go. In my opinion, as long as you share it with me, any meat is fine:-) Saturday SHE went shopping again, returning with lots of crinkly bags. We got a new water dispenser out of one of them...fresh water any time we want, just lap and lap and lap. Uncle-HE is apparently leaving us sooner rather than later. But more on that later once we find out what happens when....So all in all, we're happy with our dog's life here in the far north! (especially because SHE unpacked our treats...though that pesky Grizzly had a bit too much fun with my egg....SHE thinks a tug of war might have taken place...and the egg is no more)