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since mid-January. Jeremy was able to reach out to me again from the trail but this time with some concerns. Then, Im headed back to the basement to continue the rebuilding of one of our two dog sleds, so that we may park the four wheeler and finally get on the runners we have drivable snow! For my dogs it was (and is) chicken: chicken drumsticks, chicken wings, chicken thighs, or any other part, preferably thawed. So I can feel reassured that the electric bill will get paid on time this month? The camping was so remarkable, and went so well for my merry little band of canine misfits, that I can take great comfort in the primary issue for all of us crazy 2019 Iditarod mushers the dogs. It was an easy and wise choice to make and he did so with no regrets. Yes carries a positive connotation in our minds and therefore creates a higher vibrational frequency. We are all for one and one for all. There is one significant change between last year and this year regarding this website. And I'm thrilled with my new and improved workspace. They looked fantastic! We say that combustion cannot occur in the absence of oxygen, but never quite go so far as to actually call oxygen fuel. But beware the Little Bitch-Ignore her value to your own detriment. And our lives become so much richer for it. Thin crust, thick crust. Today they live in Knik, Alaska where Jeremy is currently building a sled dog team with his sons. Our yesses are what we enjoy, and enjoyment will have you vibrating at a higher, more health promoting level. (). God willing and the crick dont rise. Jeremy frequently speaks about the importance of leading his dog team from behind. And then there is the vet work, EKGs and blood work for the team, and of course, the dogs still need to be run. For everyone, expect presumably Madam, who had become a sleeping pad. Well, that just about did me in right then and there. He had an old female named Sweetheart, who at that time was the mother of all his best dogs. The puppies are the future and as they grow up they will begin to realize what they are. The handle bars and stanchions were all but completely gone. baseboards to nice, new, taller white baseboards. Green Ink Radio is so much more than a podcast collective. Swallowing becomes a chore. I told them that I couldnt get to Nome without her. The rest of us are a mixed bag, but some tendencies can be observed. Card Description NM EX/NM EX VG GOOD; 1963 Topps #1 Hank Aaron: $20.53: $25.53: $12.52: $8.53 These cards are much more expensive to obtain than the lower numbered 1963 Topps cards. Yes, Im The Anchorage Daily News printed a beautiful one page spread in the Sunday paper titled Family Affair. Things are s l o w l y coming together and I was sharp and focused, or so I thought. He should be ready to go if needed by race time. channel islands national park app. It was an easy and wise choice to make and he did so with no regrets. (You can tune into an interview with Jeremy here on Green Ink Radio where he talks about this principle.). By the time he pulled out of Finger Lake that night, he chose to return 4 dogs! I could easily come up with a long list of reasonable noes under the guise of responsibilities and obligations, either spoken out loud in open disapproval or suppressed in silent abdication. Over the next few days this would happen hundreds of times. There had been no snow for most of the past 50 miles and the terrain was never ending hummocks that at times had a two foot differential between peak and trough. In the spring of 2002, he took me out on ourfirst datefittingly, a dog sled ride. It is the whole tamale. The forces at play here are the vibrational frequencies of our thoughts affecting the flow of energy through our physical body out into our subtle energetic body and beyond. Tune in to www.greeninkradio.com to tune up! We are a closed system, a platoon if you will. In the spring of 2002, he took me out on our first date.fittingly, a dog sled ride. dogs wearing brightly colored harnesses. I've been struggling with this for years, but the difference now is that I'm finally able to start recognizing the signs before I'm so far into a funk that I can't pull myself out of it. I moved in and out of many all together new perspectives over the course of the race, and experienced some highs of such profundity, that I can only speak of them as an emergent consciousness, fully viable and true, but entirely reliant on the conditions at hand. If it was indeed, taste, and the kindness shown me there in Takotna, that brought me out of my delirium, it was the sleep afterwards that launched me back into control. Needless to say, the recovery process was long, yet Jeremy would find himself standing, the very next winter, as a rookie with his small team of 13 dogs at the starting line of the 2007 Iditarod saying a big fat Yes! Low to the earth, never reaching more than a few degrees above the horizon, the glowing orb of the sun seems so much more distant as it both rises and sets across the southern skyline in a shallow gentle arc. Training and running the Iditarod is a resource-intensive, Make no mistake, saying Yes to a loved ones Yes carries its own kind of power. Meta. After the Rohn River crossing, I began slipping away into a delirium. Id come home, whip together a quick dinner, and head When that Jeremy decided the batteries were too low, he would override ME(?! Iditarod ceremonial start, and finally the race proper on Sunday March 2. With Jeremy out on the trail, I thought I would hijack the blog and give you an update. I will never again assume that any vehicle that is moving within my field of vision will not hit me. Unfortunately, however, kneeling quickly became unbearable. He is a very sweet puppy. He and the team had a great run over from Rainy Pass and he felt the dogs were doing great. I wasnt tired in a sleepy way. If deer wore reflectors, there wouldnt be much road kill! Their older son, Bjorn, is fourteen and running this years' Junior Iditarod. When we experience what we consider positive emotions like joy and love, we resonate at a higher vibrational frequency. Once your last dog is added to the gang line, you move to the back of the sled as quickly as you can, under the weight of your plus-gravity suit, before the sled breaks loose and becomes something akin to a runaway train piloted by a mob of kindergarteners on a collective sugar-high. Over the course of the next 4 months as the boys and I train and Allie journeys with us by virtue of her unwavering support and hands on treatment of the dogs and me with her tuning forks and biofield tuning, I will be finishing the story of my last two Iditarods and beginning the story of my third. You grab on, reach down, pull the hook and, whoosh, youre off on a roughly 1000 mile race through the raw and rugged Alaskan wilderness where temperatures can, and often do, drop to what well just call the wickedly cold range. Jeremy persevered and some of his tales from the trail can be read about in his blog, After Jeremys 2007 Iditarod, although he wanted to run the race again the following year, he looked at the realities on the ground and felt he could not ask me to support him through another race. Yes, please! And so I made my way to a table and sat down to eat. The middle of my race was about to commence. The larger part, however, of the challenge of re-entry, is a direct consequence of having experienced such a sweet and prolonged journey in an elevated state of consciousness that the typically normal state of consciousness of day to day life was drab by comparison. For obvious reasons, the competitive mushers Yes has to be big, otherwise they would not devote so much of their time and resources into such an endeavor. Right? Before I left for Nome, former Iditarod champion Dean Osmar asked me if I was nervous about the race. We are comprised of last years 8 Iditarod finishers, 7 yearlings from an intentional hybrid-vigor breeding, and 1 puppy. Just a quick update today, to show you that I am indeed making progress. It finally hit me - Ive been selfish. We had more friends join us to help handle dogs and cheer us on. Nothing is completely finished. Presumably, you immediately see the lack of wisdom in this. Even though the cold of the 2007 Iditarod was record breaking, I only put on a face mask on three different occasions, saving it for when it was absolutely necessary. throughout this process. Even as I write this, I shake my head, because I know what still lies ahead. She didnt even skid until impact. the homestead chronicles alison keller; channel islands national park app. There were plenty more yeses to say yes to. The foods over there. All the video is now free. aries child pisces father. And when I arrived, a number of mushers and volunteers commented on my lack of frostbite. even started. When I woke up, we were in the middle of Norton Sound, stopped, with the dog team in one indiscernible heap of dog in front of the sled. Humanity is the ultimate Internet, and every time you say yes to your Yes, big or small, you add to the web of love and light in which we all need to play. Oct 2019 - Present3 years 1 month. The reason we dont say no to the puppies is because we do not want to put a negative impact on them. We are terrible at taking things slowly, so we started all This year, not only will Jeremy be running the 2019 Iditarod but his eldest son, Bjorn, will be running his first Jr. Iditarod. But still not where I thought I would be at the halfway point. Inspired by the clean new slate I had to work with, Ispent some time sprucing things up a bit. What an odd and delightful description! All Roads Lead to Dog, 180 State Street, Suite C, New London, CT 06320, Thriving on Supplements by JaniceMessino, Our Love Affair With Pharmaceuticals by JaniceMessino, Grief in Motion Series ~ Entry 2 ShiftingSorrow. This team could not have been better cared for. So, I endeavor to follow my own advice the next 100 feet. I suspect she got too wound up at the starting line and worked too hard too soon and wasnt ready mentally for the 9 hour run. He looked tired, and stressed, and a bit on edge. So, my head tends to spin if I let it. Maybe there are something elses going on. Honestly, Id have to say that everything is going better than I had any right to expect, evidenced by the fact that I am getting this blog post out on time for the first time in the past two months, even though I have hundreds of pounds of frozen chicken skins to chop up and bag, 4 goats to slaughter, grind, and portion, seemingly countless minutiae to acquire and organize, firewood to fetch for our home, dog houses to build for the puppies so they can move into the dog yard proper before they turn their (ever smaller) pen into a bloody cage match, and (I keep trying to forgot) a dog box for the truck to buildand! Email Us. Likewise, if a person says or thinks the word No, they will test weak. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The hosts of Green Ink Radio at www.greeninkradio.com are eloquent writers too! Honestly, though, it rarely does. When a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, it most definitely (and demonstrably) makes a sound. I had every intention on logging on to post, but what my soul needed instead was to be unplugged for a bit. I bought supplies for a new project last night, but still have so many things already purchased that need to be worked on. It is a rugged 80 miles to Nikolai through, first, the Buffalo Tunnels, and then the Fairwell Burn. nothing is really getting accomplished. We have been establishing a new trail well offthe road with one very visible road crossing, and teaching the dogs to use it instead. Jeremy was pleasantly surprised, once he had his team hooked up, that he had 15 minutes to spare. Ill be taking this to heart. Now multiply that by three. all going to be when were done. If I was willing to carry her in the sled bag to Koyuk, they would let me leave with her. still in the design stages there.). Being fully alert on a dog team at night on ridiculously rough trail and watching yourself fight with all your strength to stop the curtain from coming down on your consciousness, all to no avail, over and over again. As Bjorn decompressed yesterday, we discussed his experience. Additionally, Jeremy sat down with our dear friend, Marlisa McLaughlin of Green Ink Radio to []. The health and well being of those closest to us is truly all that matters. With the puppies we dont say no, for the only word they hear is yes because we want them to have fun. We arrived a couple of days ahead of Jeremy, who was riding near the back of the pack. In addition to learning how to become a musher, he is also learning the art of snowmobile driving. He had dared to say yes to his Yes and all of us standing there on the street were basking and rejoicing in the reverberation of it. So what did I do? He hit the trail at 7:00am for another 11 hour run. the commitment trust theory of relationship marketing pdf; (Apparently a lot of drag sleds crashed on a particularly sharp turn, but Gaia stuck it!). Last year, Rousey, a medium jet black female, led for all but 20 miles and single handedly kept us going, getting stronger physically and emotionally every step of the way. We figured getting himself up was going to be the biggest challenge for Bjorn, being a teen who enjoys sleeping in, but he executed flawlessly. Because you are in the process of hooking them up, one by one, to your dogsled. Honestly, I cant wait. I could tell Bjorn was overwhelmed and I didnt want to gush all over him so held back as best I could. Im not going to say it has all been sunshine and roses. Hes doing all of this for me. It has been neglected for the last few years. Multiple cups and mugs, a bowl, piles of work I needed to deal with. It is difficult to get very far down the trail any other way. We have named them after Red Sox players. And eat they did! It has fortunately healed quickly. But I'm ok with that. As emergency medical first responders, we check the spine third. Im in it deep now! Crossing 40 miles of frozen sea ice while sleeping, leaving all decisions to the prerogative of a small dog team, in a storm, doesnt sound particularly savvy or safe, but I had a secret weapon. Leading the development of global processes for goal setting, roadmapping, prioritization, and project management for the Business Innovation . They are all barking excitedly at you. I met my husband, Jeremy, 20 years ago on a dusty road in the middle of a remote tourist destination here in Alaska. You want it?Hey, Jeffgot the last one! Another musher chimed in.Why dont you split it? I am, however, up against the timeline. It is difficult to overstate just how involved getting ready is on a details level. No. two bathrooms. There were now two Jeremys, for the first time in my experience, and the one in charge of my body held the tiebreaker. I could fill pages with the obstacles and turns of events that made the whole Iditarod thing seem ridiculously impossible and utterly insane. God, I hope thats it. After completing my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the spring of 2001, I spent the summer backpacking 500 miles across Colorado's Rocky . the days ahead. But this can be difficult for many of us. Better yet, amplify the yes by reading a good book aloud with your children, because now you are saying yes collectively, raising vibrational frequency together. The race begins in 4 weeks. So why all the apprehension? Probably not. The positive effects of saying yes to a Yes, whether it is your own or someone elses, reverberates out into the world, touching more people than you could possibly imagine. They were over the shock of the storm and their own confusion as to what exactly we were doing. She captured lots of great video and edited that as well. The Iditarod, self-proclaimed the last great race on earth, commences every year on the first Saturday in March, beginning in Anchorage and ending roughly 1000 miles away in the remote coastal village of Nome, Alaska. Two? He asked. Hey, Jeremy. Just because I say Im going to conquer my fear of failure doesnt mean that I automatically start fearing it less. It was a pretty good test of me physically and mentally. I poured us each a glass of wine for dinner and really listened Check-in to delight in monthly posts from Bernard, Dorothy, Lisa, Marlisa, Rhonda, and more! My art has been shaped and informed by living very close to the land in an off-the-grid lifestyle, where intimate and personal interactions with nature are integral to every aspect of my daily life. Gone are the days of seeing your children bike away to school or the next town, reasonably expecting them to return safely. This is why shame feels so dense and horrid, as if we are carrying the weight of the world on our shoulders. So Bjorn left the starting line with 25 pounds of straw that he dropped off at the Big Su river on his way to Yentna. Now, imagine you have 16 enthusiastic, 40 to 60 lb. They know what they are; they were born to do this. I met my husband, Jeremy, 20 years ago on a dusty road in the middle of a remote tourist destination here in Alaska. But now the habit is gone. Bjorn ran 7 finishers and 3 yearlings. And redoing the kitchen backsplash. "He had that. They are saying yes to their Yes. and work until midnight every night busy. They got it now; we were going LONG and they were all in. Additionally, Jeremy sat down with our dear friend, Marlisa McLaughlin of Green Ink Radio to discuss the energetic connection between man and his best friend, the Iditarod, and so much more. JeffWells, tongue-in-cheek, even asked, Jeremy, did you actually run this race? The lack of frostbite was primarily mechanical. It's an ugly little cycle and it usually gets worse this time of year when the days are getting so very short and I start spending full days without seeing the sun. But to what ends? Its like setting a catapult, click by click. was excited about. And. What is next?Iditarod 2020 of course! Ic. There are so many beautiful aspects to this sporting event but perhaps the one that makes it truly the last great race is the necessary heart-felt connections we must have to even make it to the starting line. And painting/furnishing the extra bedroom that we've never used. I shifted my attention just in time to see this truck barreling into us. They have blended in seamlessly. https://www.spreaker.com/user/greeninkradio/fork-tuning-energy-amplified?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=user%3A9495365&utm_term=episode_title. I heard from Jeremy twice that evening from the trail and he sounded great. This was to be the long middle where we would learn how to finish, and just what we were capable of. They can hardly contain themselves. Now, imagine you have 16 enthusiastic, 40- to 60-pound dogs wearing brightly colored harnesses. single night and weekend. What started out as a quick little bathroom remodel has turned into a complete, gut the bathroom remodel. I had been winding up for months, much the way I am right now. the homestead chronicles alison keller bloglakeland correctional facility the homestead chronicles alison keller blog. All the overwhelm he was holding at the starting line was gone, shaken loose and left behind as debris along the trail. My mind was sharp and my spirit was strong. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Instead of calling in sick and spending the day on the couch (which is what I had every intention of doing this morning), I made it into work, switched on my Happy Light, and amgoing to try to be productive. Yes, we do want to take care of the basics in life, but we also want to be careful we dont start using them as excuses to keep us from our yesses, especially if those responsibilities are consistently contributing to low vibrational frequencies. If you're interested, you can see it here. Here I CASE 586E Auction Results. In the week leading up to Bjorns Jr. Iditarod we were visited by the media. But this guy has been working almost every It may require a miracle, and thats ok, so long as you believe in miracles! mac miller faces indie exclusive. Meat, veggie. He had dared to say yes to his Yes and all of us standing there on the street were basking and rejoicing in the reverberation of it. You know that slightly anxious feeling you get when youre leaving the house for an important meeting and you feel as if youve forgotten something? Before I got by the wheeler I just noticed in the periphery that the vehicle WASNT slowing. From the friends and family chiming in with well wishes and helping hands, to the hundreds of volunteers who flock to the Iditarod from far and wide, year after year to support the race, to the fans who gather at the starting line to see the teams off and the ones who show up on Front Street at all hours of the day and night to cheer the mushers and their dogs to their finish, and to the thousands of inspired children following the mushers from their classrooms every year, we are all saying Yes just by showing up. Today is a rainy, gloomy day. , a dog sled ride. I had Sugar, a thirty pound, 8 yr old female, at the helm. A little before bed crafting + knitting sessionlast night was definitely good for the soul. of these projects at once. Yes, he has talented lead dogs, but the team as a whole is an orchestration of resounding yesses which must be conducted and responsibly stewarded by the musher. And every time I would come back to lucid with a jolt, I was shocked to find myself flying down the trail on a beautiful, fast moving dog team, and having no idea how long I had been out. I rearranged things a bit, giving me a much greater area of "clean space" on the left, which I really love. We give them long, fancy names like responsibilities and obligations. Conversely, when we experience sadness or anger we resonate at a lower vibrational frequency, guilt and shame being some of the lowest. nice dinner for the two of us instead of the quickie dinner I had planned. Too much time spent in lower vibrational frequencies can lead to exhaustion and degeneration of the mental and physical body. Post author: Post published: junho 22, 2022; Post category: plumpton racing tips; Jeffhad arrived in Iditarod about an hour after me, but without most of his sled. Im doing all of this for you, so youre happy in our home. The following year we married and, within 18 months, we ushered into the world our first born son, Bjorn. And all precisely at the time that you need the nourishment the most. Soare you saying, Yes! (Yep, the bathroom -- the project that started it all -- were And then we ripped into Koyuk, led by two of the more remarkable dogs I have ever known, and from there the rest of the way to Nome. In addition to Bjorns edited films, as we get into the camping phase of the season over the next two weeks, Ill be posting an informational video per day to illustrate just how involved the logistics are of professionally preparing a dog team for long distance. But when I got home, I could tell that my husband had a You, the Unbreakable Water by JohnRoedel, Saltwater Farm Vineyards Unoaked Chardonnay Hits Its SweetSpot. The boys and I hooked the dogs up Wednesday morning to go on a short spin and assess each dog, before increasing the milage and readying the team for the first camping trip. Bjorns drop bag for Junior Iditarod is due today. If the dogs dont eat, they get dehydrated and skinny very quickly. They take many fewer steps as a consequence of their longer legs. Sure, I can easily start a little project because the internet is waiting for me to write about it, and I will have accomplished something. From the friends and family chiming in with well wishes and helping hands, to the hundreds of volunteers who flock to the Iditarod from far and wide, year after year, to support the race, to the fans who gather at the starting line to see the teams off and to the ones who show up on Front Street at all hours of the day and night to cheer the mushers and their dogs to their finish, and to the thousands of inspired children following the mushers from their classrooms every year, we are all saying yes just by showing up.

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