On Alaska and Men

On Alaska and Men

This is my husband when he visits Alaska.
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And this is my husband when he’s not in Alaska.
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I guess “When in Rome….”

The men outnumber the women in Alaska by something like 2:1, so you’d think the odds of finding a good man were pretty good. I had to move to Washington to find a good man. Women in Alaska have a saying about finding a man: “The odds are good, but the goods are odd.”

Am I biased against Alaskan men? No, some of my favorite men, including my 4 brothers, are from Alaska. But I will be the first to tell you that they are truly odd.

Don’t piss me off

Don’t piss me off

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This is my dad with my four brothers.

Shortly after we got engaged, a friend of ours saw this picture, turned to my soon-to-be husband and said, “What ever you do, don’t piss her off.”

He’s done a fine job of heeding that advice.

 

 

This Post Has Been Brought to You by the Number Four

When my niece was nearly four I decided to put together a little book for her birthday. A book about the number 4. I went around taking pictures of things in groups of four: four bananas, four ducklings, four boats, four flowers… And then I contacted my family members and asked them to get in on the game and submit pictures of themselves posing with four of their favorite things or in some other way representing the number four.

My Dad decided to go with “Grandpa Has Four Hands.”

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And then it turned into “Dr. Evil Has Four Hands.”

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Spare hands provided by my baby brother Steve.

My niece just turned six, and I still haven’t finished the book. Not that I would procrastinate or anything…

This post is my contribution to Candid Carrie’s Friday Foto Finish Fiesta.