Sherri's Berries

Traveling from Chicago to Alaska 2012

sherriroth — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:27:09 +0000

We flew to Alaska this year. We rented a van and drove it from Tennessee to Chicago, got on a plane in Chicago and flew 6.5 hours to Anchorage. It was really nice having one flight! To fly from Tennessee, it takes 10 to 13+ hours with usually 2 stops. So we opted to take a single flight and spend the day in the car driving. Also, we flew Grizzly so it was much better for him to be in his crate for only 6 hours. Our trip went well and we are happy to be in our home in Homer.

6 Suitcases, 4 tires, a carseat, a stroller, 3 carryons and a dog in his crate.

Brant was excited to fly, but really held onto the his carseat during take off and landing.

And this is how you hold onto your phone and eat yogurt raisins at the same time

We’re here!

A happy little boy with a special message for his grandparents in Costa Rica (who will be in Alaska in April)

Driving from Anchorage to Homer at 7am

Outhouses in Turnagain Pass.

“Mommy! Look at allll these toys!” Playing with the toys I left here for him.

Outside our home. My greenhouse looks so lonely to me out there in the snow

More vintage brass and some silver..handmade by me!

sherriroth — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:51:43 +0000

Key West and back

sherriroth — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:45:11 +0000

We spent December 8 – 24 in the Florida Keys! Paul purchased a fifth wheel camper trailer and we loaded it up and headed south. It was a much needed blast of warm sunshine. Paul’s brother, Alex and his wife Jaime met us down there. They also had a camper and we stayed a couple nights at one state park and then moved to the next one to try it out. Paul and I stayed in 4 different locations up and down the Keys. The first was a camper resort with our own private dock, and then we stayed at different state parks. We brought a canoe and bicycles and kept active. Brant had the most fun playing on the beach and going swimming. I could hardly hold onto him in the pool, he wanted to swim on his own. So we got him a floaty and set him loose. He had a blast.

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More jewelry!

sherriroth — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:51:17 +0000

Here is some jewelry that I’ve made lately, I love working with the vintage brass:

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From Alaska to Tennessee

sherriroth — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:39:55 +0000

Our trip from Alaska to Tennessee started on September 18th this year. We drove our truck home, and I ended up driving the truck through Canada by myself, with Brant and Grizzly in tow. I was worried about it at first but God took care of us and nothing went wrong. I have drove/rode on those roads many times before. I only took one picture in Canada. It was all work and no play. But we saw bears, moose, deer, caribou, buffalo, and some fox. I met up with Paul in Wyoming and we made a stop at the Devil’s Tower National Monument. It’s well worth the stop if you are ever up that way.

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This is a video of Brant singing with Elmo on one of our last days driving. For a two year old, coped up in the truck for a week, he did very well!

We made it to our home in Tennessee one week after leaving Alaska, on September 25th.

Alaska yard project – September 2011

sherriroth — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:58:03 +0000

Between the end of the fishing season and packing up to come back to Tennessee, the guys took on a bit of a yard project. The septic tank needed to be properly buried, and some flattening and spreading needed to be done. I fearfully watched them drive around my ever-so-loved greenhouse with the excavator and bobcat. Tree trunks, sand and mud going everywhere. The inevitable did happen and two large dents showed up in the side of my greenhouse. I did not take a picture of those but here are the pictures I took of some of the progress. Next spring will bring grass planting and a new garden area for my veggies.

Brant loved watching the excavator, bobcat, and the dump truck. He learned how to say excavator quite well! I think it’s his favorite machine right now. (His daddy’s favorite machine, too)

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Lincoln Logs

sherriroth — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:53:00 +0000

A special note to Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Roth,

Thank you for the Lincoln Log set! Brant is still too small to make houses, but it will not be long before many log cabins are built! Aunt Heather and Granny Linda played a while with Brant, and he mostly thoroughly enjoyed knocking down what they built I should have gotten more video of that for you!

Jaime’s Lily and Livingston Daisy

sherriroth — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:37:34 +0000

Livingston Daisy

More Earrings..made by me!

sherriroth — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:28:16 +0000

Pearls and Swarovski crystals make me happy!! I don’t think the pictures do them justice.

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An update on .. everything.

sherriroth — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:24:57 +0000

So what have I been up to?

The past two days I have been making earrings and necklaces. It took me a little while to get my creative groove on, but now that I have it turned back on, it’s all that I want to do. I have been thinking hard about whether or not I would like to try and sell some things. I tend to change hobbies often, so I need to make sure this is something I really want to do for a longer period of time, before moving onto selling. I have been searching for something like this for a long time, and I’ve always known that my ideal “job” would be to hand make something and sell it. I recently learned that if I am not doing something creative with my thoughts, I am not a happy person.

Last Tuesday, August 16th, Ashley and I took an overnight shopping trip to Anchorage. We shopped and ate and shopped some more. We had a great time and it was the perfect way to make a couple days go by quickly during what, for us, is the lonely fishing season.

When we got home Wednesday evening, Paul and crew were home and stayed home through the weekend. Late Tuesday night they left again for what is most likely the last fishing trip. A big sigh of relief on my part. If I can just make it through the next couple lonely, rainy days. Our fishing season was a complete success this year, it might be our second best year, ever. And I could not be happier to write out three big checks to our crew- who consisted of my two brothers and Richard, who has fished with us for 3 years now. They deserve it.

So now it’s close to time to watch crew members leave. We will put the boat up for the winter soon and start making plans to return to Tennessee. I am hoping to fly home the week of September 12th or possibly a little earlier. I am scanning airline tickets everyday to find the right one. I hate flying.

I am excited to return home for a good month or two of warm fall weather before winter settles in. I’m also looking forward to seeing all our family and friends. And I can’t wait for my parents to see all the ways Brant has changed in the past 5 months.

Brant is a little over two years old now. He is trying hard to figure out words and speak in complete sentences. He is trying to count and tell me colors. He has grown like crazy in the past month and I am finding that all his clothes don’t fit so well anymore, but mostly things are too short. He plays a little more alone now than he did before. He loves his trains, cars, airplanes and his daddy’s boat. He sleeps from 10pm to 9am and then takes a two hour nap usually starting around 1pm. I take that time to sit on the couch and watch tv and try to hold very still. He wears me out! Our first attempt at potty training will start this fall when we get home and settled in to Tennessee.

Paul took Brant to work with him Tuesday morning and Brant was so excited to go. When Paul came through the door with Brant asleep on his shoulder that afternoon, I felt like my heart was just going to explode with love.

My house got some siding put on it this past week. It has been half siding and half tyvek for a couple years. And there are plans in motion to get our septic system buried correctly, as soon as fishing is officially over. (that has been a major eye sore for me) I am also hoping to get a yard planned out and a raised garden put in before packing to leave for TN. We just got to get the weather to cooperate. I haven’t seen the sun for a week. It peaks out every couple days, but it’s mostly been rain. I noticed the leaves on the trees starting to turn yellow, and I thought “Time to migrate!!”

I guess that’s all for now.