Life of a Single Married Lady

Last Saturday, the world lost a truly good, loving, spunky, creative, kind woman.  Doris Duckworth, you will be dearly missed and none of our lives will be the same without you. Preston and Doris at our wedding

I have traveled many miles and many hours and many PB&J sandwiches, but I am finally here in Alaska with my hubby!  HOORAY!  It started with three flights.  I got up at 4:00am Eastern time and arrived in Alaska at 4:30pm Alaska (?) time.  The really long flight was the 6-hour Chicago to Anchorage leg.  Thankfully, when I realized I had gone through my reading materials for the entire trip halfway through the flight, I started to see GLACIERS.  I have never really understood glaciers...I get the math and physics behind them, but they're kind of hard to just think about.  From the plane, though, I could almost see  them flowing.  Glaciers and mountains (and naps) kept me entertained for the rest of my flight.  Near the end, I actually saw a glory associated with our plane shadow!  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures that accurately depicted the glory, so I've included a picture from the omniscient Wikipedia. (Remember to click the pictures in order to magnify them.)

I AM IN THE AIRPORT IN ORDER TO VISIT WIL! And he is so lucky I am willing to wake up at 4 in the morning to fly 13 hours to Alaska. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures in the next few days!

Do you know what today is?  Today is the day my beloved sister enters her third decade of life!  So please join me in wishing the lovely Keri Elizabeth a happy 20th birthday :) HAP P Y BIRTHDAY KERI!

Dear readers, There have been lots of exciting things happening lately (7-course Romanian meal, piano concert, apple picking, original cooking)!  I'll include some pictures below.  Unfortunately, I've been busy and then today I got the stomach flu :(  So I've been out of commission for a while.  I hope you enjoy the updates! So I'll start off with my exercise routine.  I do Zumba twice a week, and on the other days I try to go for walks as much as I can.  Beautiful trails run along Ann Arbor's lakes and rivers, and those trails are wonderful for walking.  I went walking on Saturday morning and it was a spectacular choice!  The river was misty (and I saw the shirtless men's U-M crew team!! Yum. Love you, honey!) and there was a heron and it was GORGEOUS. (Click on the pictures to make them bigger) Walking paths, herons, and pretty views Then, on Saturday night, as part of the American Romanian Festival, I attended a dinner at Schoolcraft College