You are always so busy, Everette is a little diamond! Did you know that Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on the 6th January? We have a mother and daughter family staying with my bbf . They are delightful and it is so worrying when you hear what their families and friends have been through.

I wish they had a Costco in Eagle river….when my elder was in Fairbanks they shopped at that one most every Pday. I hope you enjoy your vacation so wonderful your family was able to go. Thanks for feeding my Elder he loved the moose spaghetti. He said your family was so fun and very nice. I was able to order a few things from Walmart in Eagle River for my son to pick up this last week so cool to be able to do that when I actually live in California. Keep the videos coming

I am truly impressed by your solidarity and humanity towards the ukrainian family..🥺 you're such a good soul! 🙌🏼😊

@loredanadincu4300

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You Americans should worry about the civilians in the countries USA army destroyed first. Then worry about Ukrainians. No one worried about Irak, Afghanistan or Yemen kids that where raped by some USA solideirs and which homes where destroyed, but everyone worries about Ukraine all of a sudden. Because that is what your government is feeding you with.

@dominicgermanotta4771

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@@loredanadincu4300 your comment is tasteless and totally unnecessary.

@loredanadincu4300

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@@dominicgermanotta4771 your comment is more tasteless lady. I bet you can't even pin point Ukraine on a blind map , but you are so worried about them because that's what you where feed with. But you had no problem when USA army killed innocent civilians because they supposedly made mistake with miss placed rackets in those countries I recalled above. You had no problem when those people houses where shredded to pieces, you had no problem when your government took those countries federal money reserve and shoved it their pockets, you had no problems when USA army soldiers raped children in those countries then killed them. Search up before talking next time. And you have the adaucity to tell me my comment is tasteless because I destroyed you fantasy bubble. Give me a break

@ThisAlaskaLife

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Should we not help people in need that are now our neighbors and have nothing? There is nothing political about this. They needed beds and we could provide them.

@ThisAlaskaLife

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Thank you so much for watching. We were so glad we were able to help.

When you got emotional about the Ukrainians..I did too. I wish I was able to help too but I live on ssi so I barely get by myself. I do pray for them. I think you are a wonderful person. An awesome mama. You rock Lauren! I love you guys. It makes my day when I see a new video and have to watch immediately..where are you all going on vacation. I hope you have a great time.

@ThisAlaskaLife

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You are helping them by watching our videos, having this channel allows me to be even more generous. Thanks for being here!!

Lauren, thank you for helping that family in need and hopefully you can find beds for the boys.

@ThisAlaskaLife

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We are all set with beds now! God is so good! ❤️

Your heart is kind and full. HI GARY.

When the pandemic hit we realized how unprepared we were. Our problem was how & where to store surplus supplies. We live in a small senior apartment. We really had to think outside the box. I have 5 gallon buckets of dry food in my closet. Additional storage under the bed. Not very glamorous but we have peace of mind that if we have snow, sickness, or shortages we'll be okay. Since I can't see my supplies, like you can, I've made a list and check off what we use so I know what to replace.

@mimi0424

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@Dianne Welt my daughter lives in a small house w 2 bda & we saw a video on diff storage ideas on KZread actually..a really good one we found for Paper Towels & Toilet Paper was awesome..Basically you take 2 over the door hooks 🪝 and space them out by placing them on top of the door and then placing 2 on the bottom of the door..now u will need 2 bungy cords for this as well..esp for the bottom hooks to stay attached..but you place the bungy cord from one end of the hook to the other and put your Paper towels behind it and then you'll be able to place your TP at the top bc you'll have a shelf of sorts from the Paper Towels..so many neat ideas. And if you get a paper towel holder that hooks onto a cabinet if you turn it and put on the inside of a cabinet, you can add either S hooks or binder clips and hang cleaning products or utensils w the binder clips etc..so many different ways with KZread.

Bless your heart - you had me "tearing up" when you talked about the refugees and the furniture xxx

I just love you because you love the lord and you care about other people. Your an amazing woman

I just want to say Thank You! Thank You for helping that family, it must be very hard to start from zero, so i'm sure your help is really appreciated.

You make me cry when you said all the nice beautiful words I was crying had tears coming out of my eyes 😥😥😥 all your whole family's got a good

@ThisAlaskaLife

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Thank you so much for being here. I am glad you were touched.

That why I absoluutly love you so much your humble, loving, caring and absoluutly NO high society stuff. Your family is real no wannabe stuff. It makes me personally feel like family. Thank you for helping Ukraine family ❤. Please say hi to gary. Thank you for being just you your awesome

Never gave it much thought to have an over flow pantry but the pandemic & shortages sure changed my mind! Now I have a small shelving unit in my garage dedicated for extra pantry things, it’s not much but it’s something if the need is there.

HI Lauren, The Snowy Mountains you Showed look Awesome, Your Food Storage is Amazing, It's Nice to Help others in Need, I also love when u See Gary in Costco, Safe Trip till the Next Timec🥰❤️💖

To see you so moved by helping others brought me to tears🤗 you have a good heart! I love to that your teaching your boys to be just as loving and giving as you are. We have about two months of food storage tho I wish I had the room to store at least 6 months of freezer and non Parrish able food.

Our basement we have a pantry with plenty of food. Plus a extra freezer. Love your videos 💓

Lovely to see Luna tucked in and cozy. Thank you for helping the Ukrainian family.

Have you ever seen Welly boot wall mounted shoe racks? I think they would be so nice to keep winter boots organized and up off the floor. I am going to have to figure out a spot in my garage to put some. Have a great weekend!

uk here..... when brexit was mentioned istarted a pantry .....6 years later i.m so glad did

I love your organizing of the food overflow pantry. What surprises me so much is how expensive everything is in Alaska. Costco is not a cheap store. I had an understanding that it was cheaper to live there not more expensive. But I see how much money you spend every time you go to the store I could not afford to live there. I’m glad you run your household like a tight ship. Please take care and keep posting those videos cause I like watching them. 😁

@marykoufalis7666

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Indeed pricing of food is more expensive because most things have to be shipped there rather than have farms available to them.

This is wonderful what you guys did for the Ukrainian family...we actually were given a home to sell from my husband's Uncle...we gave everything in it to different ppl who were just starting out..many either Single parents..or some ppl that were part of Recovery Organizations where they had sought Drug/Alcohol treatment and are now employed & are starting off on their own or w others in a Sober Living Home...and I had an overwhelming feeling to help a few families w Thanksgiving Dinners....so my daughter who lives in Montana actually told me about a Mom whom she babysits for while the Mom works.....My daughter knew she's been having a tough time financially, so she told her to just pay in January for her payment (and even then she Normally charges a set amount, but discounted hers $15 cheaper a day.)...after hearing all this I tell my Daughter and SIL that we should get some Groceries for a Thanksgiving Meal and a few other Meals as well. Not only did we provide her with the Essentials for Thanksgiving..but many many other meals..w drinks for them..and household/personal things that normally ppl don't get such as Toilet Paper..Paper Towels...Deodorant, Body Wash, Dish Soap & Laundry Detergent etc....we are presenting this to the Mom on Monday...I live in Delaware so my daughter will be videotaping it. I can't wait to see her reaction....my daughter said Mom we were suppose to split the cost, not you pay for everything..I said Honey just by you allowing her NOT to pay for Daycare for 2 mos is huge enough...so my daughter just bought her a few more meal Essentials and decided instead of wasting stuff my Grandson won't eat (bc he's a picky 4 yr old) she is going to donate some really good things as well....I think EVERYONE should do a good deed for someone if they can. It makes the world a better place.

Happy Holidays Lauren and family. May The Lord bless you all.

@vickieforrester5538

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I keep an over flow...live in Ohio so you never know what the weather is going to be like.

I used to keep overflow canned food on shelves in my garage and that was great for years. But a few years ago, mice got into my garage and made a terrible mess and it felt really bad to eat the food even after scrubbing the cans. I still have some things out there, but I don't put food there anymore if I can help it.

Have a blessed day,give boys a big hug.Say hello to Mark.

I joined the church when I was 19. I have always had food storage since I got married. I remember my mom saying it was a good idea but not necessary in this day and age (the mid 80's) because she couldn't see something that bad happening "in this day and age". Sorry to say that we've proved that thought wrong several times. Our food storage has gotten us through job loss, weather and covid-shortages. Do you ever have issues with mice getting into things? Thanks for the tears at the beginning of the video. Enjoy your vacation.

@daveshoemaker7137

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I was going to ask the same thing! Cardboard, chocolate, anything they can chew through! We just had mice in our garage.

Would like to start a food storage. Financially not able to just yet. But will start a little at a time.

U such a lovely family when I watched this video and you said about a Ukraine family that had to flee Ukraine and now they have a home u gave them kids bunk beds that’s lovely I’m sure the Ukraine family will never forget u I hope Costco can do something for the Ukraine family and other stores and u could do a shopping for the Ukraine family Video I hope many stores can help I hope many people watch this video. Buy gifts for the Ukraine family. Like Christmas gifts for the kids and cooking stuff as Ukraine 🇺🇦 love cooking as I’m A Australian but my grandmother is Ukrainian so I have a Ukraine 🇺🇦 background I’m so proud of you and your family . Lol from Kate last

So happy to see your family helping and supporting Ukrainian families. Our country also supports them during this war a lot! 🇺🇦🇱🇹 Missing Everet on yours shoppings 🥰

When you bless others blessings will come back to you ❤

Such a great haul ,great way to help a family from Ukraine! Always bless someone else when you can .

I was recently reminded of how much abundance we have seeing the poverty in the Philippines, it really puts things into perspective and makes me grateful for our country. Thank you for your families generosity to a family in need ❤

15:13 📹🎶oh, what a feeling when kids are dancing on the ceiling 🙃🎶

In my apartment, we have a built in pantry closet. Initially it only had two shelves, one upper one lower, and a large walking space. We took a metal shelving unit put that in there, fit two small book shelves for more shelving, and added an overhead floating shelf above the walkspace. The bookshelves hold sauces, mayo, ketchup, soy, etc, and dry baking goods. The floating shelf holds extra ziploc bags, and costco size paper towels. So nothing that would hurt if it were to fall on you, and nothing weighty. Metal shelving unit holds cans, jars, the heavy stuff. Jars and glass on the bottom. So spaghetti, salsa jars etc. Then prepackaged backing, rice, scalloped potatoes, stuff like that. Then a rotational canned food holder (three of them). Two hold 36 cans each, the other 24. It's only my husband and myself. We have a standing freezer as well, that's packed with everything from beef, chicken, butter, mozz sticks, and keto ice cream. Most of our food is in the pantry, and very little in the kitchen cabinets. My extended family is lower income than myself. So I help supplement them whenever they ask. I buy on sale, or at costco on sale. Buy only what we and they will eat, so it doesn't go bad. Also expiration dates on packages are fake. They're created by the manufacturer as a way to entice people to purchase more of their product. Except dairy. That's legit. xD

@ThisAlaskaLife

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Sounds like you have a great system. I should probably get some of those can holders. Thank you so much for watching!

@darkinday

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@@ThisAlaskaLife The can organizers I was able to get from amazon. So, if you plan out an order...?

Lauren I love how pure your emotions are when helping people. You can tell that helping people comes completely from your heart and soul. Not for ratings or anything like that. Just pure and raw emotion for being able to help.

Can I just say to those I hear (not necessarily here) say we should do more than just for our neighbors.. if we all did for our neighbors no one would be in need because it spreads. It begins in a small circle but grows and grows until it covers our world. Start at home. Sharing your story is wonderful it inspires more to as I said start at home. I love your channel. Your family is absolutely adorable. How you survive in Alaska is amazing to me beautiful state but to much to have to do to survive comfortably.

Have your husband put insulation in the garage doors, it will keep the garage so much warmer

I was really touched by your help for new people in your community. People that had lost everything and are probably traumatized and overwhelmed. I had recently watched a video about the rules of country living and I was left feeling like country people were very unwelcoming and judgemental and not at all willing to help their neighbors, especially if they were new. I don't know why but it really stuck with me. I don't know if you would consider yourself "country people" but I'm glad to learn that it was perhaps just in that community and not a universal sentiment. I say this as an atheist, the refugees were blessed to wind up in your community.

Thought you would like a recipe for Costco tinned chicken. I make my version of coronation chicken that I use as sandwich filler of on top of a jacket potato. One can of chicken two heaped tablespoons of Costco mango chutney, two teaspoons mild curry powder, handful flaked almonds mayonnaise to taste. Mix all together and enjoy.

You got me all emotional over here when you were talking about the Ukrainian family. You're such a kind person. We don't have a two month stock up pantry, but we'd get by okay for a good week or two, possibly longer.

Great grocery Haul and Pantry Tour!!👍🏻👍🏻 Have a Great Weekend beautiful Family. 🙂🙂🌷🌷

I love how generous and open you are to people in need and in general! it shows your compassion and your faith 💜 I also tried your version of a chicken noodle soup today and it was delicious and so much easier and quicker 😄

Luna is Irish for Monday 😁😁😁 hello from Ireland 🇮🇪 😀

Good evening! A family is blessed with your kindness. Love how you are honest about your hauls and what you like or don't like. Good luck with the box springs. Thanks for sharing. Hafa adai and love from the island of Guam🌴❤🌴

I love you and your what a true Mormon is. God Bless you all I am learning so much from you.

You are a blessing to so many people, just be sharing your life and your heart on this channel. What an inspiration to help someone who needs it. I know a family that does the same thing during Christmas...find a family in need and find a way to help them. I've know people blessed by acts of kindness just like this and it truly does make the world a better place. Thank you for sharing as you do and may God bless you and your family this holiday season.

Thank you for supporting Ukrainans, my own nation❤ It's so blessing to have such a humanity people all over the world!

After 2020 I started a rotating pantry, bought a garage freezer, started long term food storage. I have 6-9 months of food and water plus my long term food storage. My goal is to have 1 year. I bought half a beef in July and the price has already gone up about $35 for the side of beef from the same processor. I’ve also started canning again.

Hello Hamm Family ❤️ It's a bright, sunshiny 37°F Autumn day. Leaves are doing their final dance in the chilly breeze. Birds are singing, except the geese... they are flying to warmer temps. The deer are out. Life is good. Speaking of food storage, I'm sipping tea and organizing spices as I watch this video... a job leftover from yesterday. Time to do a head count in the spice department. Love seeing you buying, sorting and organizing your food storage. Mark and I are of the mindset: "pray for best, prepare for the worst". He tends to the outdoor pantry and I tend to the indoor pantry... but, we both have access to the other and we check the statuses every month prior to our monthly grocery haul... mini perishable trips as needed... includes the freezers, fridge and the generator. We've been through rough periods so being prepared is a must: power outages, hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms, "pandemic", etc. Plus, we both have backgrounds in health and safety: Nurse, Firefighter-EMT, Law Enforcement, etc. We are too familiar with disasters, mild to severe, whether personally involved or through the aiding of others. We believe that you can't live in fear, but you also can't be blind to the fact that bad times do happen. We also believe in making sure we are prepared while also being prepared to help others, especially family and friends. Mark has been looking into the FreezerMax system. Thank you for sharing that info. Anyway, enough rambling. Hope you have a great day. Yah's Blessings ❤️ P.S.: Head scratches for Miss Luna. And, it's so adorable seeing how happy Everett is for a plastic snacking fork 😊

You and your family have the biggest hearts. Thank you for helping the refugee family. So special and heartwarming. I got teary eyed watching you share about the beds and chair…You looked so beautiful in your winter attire. Have a blessed rest of the weekend and Thanksgiving week! Oh, and we can’t forget Gary ⭐️💜

Hi from Ireland. I’ve just binge watched your channel while sick and am loving it .

Luna needs a friend. She's lonely. Since it's just me, I have plenty of stock. But I keep a stock of water during hurricane season in case the power goes out. Luckily it didn't when a hurricane came through a couple of weeks ago. Hope you and your family have a wonderful vacation!

@ThisAlaskaLife

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I'm so glad you're ok from the hurricanes. Hope you are doing well!

Lauren I have a closet we use has a back stock we have 6 months to a year worth . We use it the same pull the oldest first . But right now we have 8 extra grandchildren in are house . So thank God we keep up on it !

We have a storage room in my basement where I keep foods I have canned and about 6 months of extra food and baking supplies. I buy bulk from a amish store-organic oatmeal, specialty flours, different noodles they make, spices and some of their canned goods that I love, like pickles, jellies and honey. We also buy bulk garden veggies to can/freeze in the summer/fall. I need to make a Sam’s club run to get what I need before the weather gets nasty here in MN! It’s suppose to get below zero this weekend and I think we have more snow than you guys🙈enjoy that vacation!!

Love the Hall of course oh my gosh that Costco has stuff way cheaper than ours I'm in Michigan that's crazy our chicken breast is like $19 I used to buy the packets of those mashed potatoes but they stopped selling them here so far anyway wow.. That was so nice of your family to give them the beds you know that feeling of coming somewhere where they have nothing and nobody and you know just as a warming feeling to be helped and well they found you and that is just a huge blessing

You & your family have a giving heart full of kindness, what a blessing to the Ukraine family ❣️ I feel would be very beneficial to get the food grade buckets for flour, sugars, oats, rice to keep fresh & free of bugs or mice.

You have lost a lot of weight. Looking good 👍 I am just starting to eat salads and nuts. I hope I will be as successful as you. Love ❤️ your video's. God's Blessings to you all ❤️

Lauren you are better off not telling people what nice things you do for people. From some of the comments from others it maybe better to ask for donations for the families you help. Love the channel, boys, luna and your husbands hunting trips with his Dad!!!

I do keep a few things in storage for our cyclone season. Water, batteries for lamps, gas stove, canned food and dry goods. We often will lose power because of severe storms, usually it’s a few hours but on rare occasions it can be a day or two. I then will unfortunately loose my cold goods, no generator here, rely on my cold box and ice to help keep something’s fresh, if I can get ice. 😊

We have a overflow area. We can and freeze garden items. And extra foods.

Lauren you have such a beautiful, giving, loving heart. God always guides our steps and opens our hearts and minds to those who need us the most. Hello sweet Luna, you are such a sweet girl! ❤ Hello boys, I hope you had a wonderful week!

I always keep soups, canned meats, crackers, chips on hand if something was to happen ! Don’t have much room for extras . Thank You for helping out a family in need .. Luna is a sweetheart as always . Blessings to you all ! Its a chilly 40* here in Tennessee today, was 25* at 2:30 am this morning !! Brrr

I do have a storage pantry area in my utility room, but my kitchen is so small, I have food in both places. I do turn all my cans upside down so the dust and dirt aren't on the side I open. I do wash the can lids before opening, but it makes me feel better. I love the way you organize. ❤. I need to go in and give it all a good cleaning.

I have my pantry in the basement. It covers everything I would use from shampoo, non perishables to toilet paper. I stock up when there are sales. Kitty litter I stock up to last until June next year. My driveway is steep so in the summer I can drive down to the house and just use a wheelbarrow to wheel it to the basement door. The boxes of litter are 50 pounds each.

I have lived in situations where I couldn't just run to the grocery store... Plus I always over buy... But during this inflation and plndemic I have been able to keep my grocery budget the same because of my extra. I add back to my pantry when I find things on sale or clearance. It has really helped our family. I don't believe in stock piling . God will always provide.. but you also can have some overflow and smart about shopping

I just love Luna, she knows where the best spots are 😊❤

I had to put my Utah Truffles in the back of my pantry. They are so good. I got them on sale about 2 weeks ago.

I love having the canned chicken on hand. It's great for a quick meal of chicken salad when the hubs works late.

Instead of putting date you bought the food, put expiration date, sometimes you buy something & it expires soon or it could be 2-3 years before it expires

@ThisAlaskaLife

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That is very smart! Thanks for the tip!

We live in the snowbelt in NY. Since we moved here we keep at least 3-4 months worth of food (not including long term food srorage) during the wintery months. We just had 46" of heavy snow come down last week over a couple days. Now this doesn't happen often in that short of a period but hey we weren't hungry and were able to bring food to other neighbors.

Love Luna. My girl sassy 🐈 is cuddling with me and watching the vlog with me

Good morning Lauren,hope you doing good.

Yes, I have a smaller version of food storage shelves in my garage also 👍. Miss Luna was thinking “Oh Mom…..I’m too warm & cozy in this blanket to go and help you with the Costco haul today “ 😂 💕🐶💕

@cherylmcconnell3167

Жыл бұрын

Oops….I meant to use the cat emoji 😳….sorry Luna 😂

What a beautiful heart u have

That was so nice of you that you did for them.thank you.

Beautiful start to your video, got me all teary. What a fantastic welcome for both families. God Bless x

Happy Friday 🎉 Gas prices are the same in Fort Lauderdale. God’s safety to Ukraine 🇺🇦 Have a good weekend!

Loved this video - I love to see you organizing areas of the house. Thank you also for extending such kindness to the Ukrainian family. I have no doubt that it was greatly appreciated. Such a good feeling watching your videos. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We don’t really have a back stock but just a few nonperishables but thats because its only an apartment and we just don’t have the space.

You made me tear up when you said you felt in your heart to help this family ❤we keep at least a years worth of food we can and buy dehydrated food and we have several freezers .

I love your kindness & generosity towards others and your family is also!🥰

Love ur channel… seeing all of “Alaska life” through your eyes and experiences. And of course just love the Costco/grocery hauls (totally appreciate that you give the prices as u shop), vaca vlogs, the cooking, and all the things! Can’t wait to hear how your thanksgiving vacation goes!

I love watching you and your family. I always feel good after watching.

good job Lauren....noice & stocked up......& I saw Luna....xx

Hey Weston, I loved your Tricks, I can't wait to see you Snowboard this year, now that your "8" I am sure it is gonna be great!!! Mom needs to park outside the garage more often so you can practice your tricks

Those truffles are so so GOOD!!!!

Love seeing Garry! Luna says let me sleep momma! She not talking so that explains it she is missing grandma’s cat! We have a extra food storage and it just me and my husband and fur baby but like you at least we know we can eat for a couple of weeks! We got another dusting of snow!

Your food storage looks great !! Love your Costco shopping !! 😀😀😀😀😀😀

@ThisAlaskaLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤗

We always have extra on hand. We do the same with toiletries, laundry soap, dish soap, toilet paper etc.

We have many months stocked. We survived on it when’s lost my job so we learned. We also live where we get snow, so I usually don’t leave the house in January.

Oh yes we do have food storage. I started when early in our marriage the husband got paid once a month. With 3 children someone is always looking for something to eat.

There is just the two of us but we have about a year's worth of food. heat however will be an issue if power goes out.

I believe everyone, especially those of us in Alaska, should have a stock up pantry. We have a large laundry and utility room and have big metal shelves with non perishables and TP and such.

I enjoy your Costco hauls, thank you for sharing your video, see you on your next video ❤🙏✌️ Take care and stay safe and warm 😊

I just love you're channel you're the best grocery haul shopper,on utube❤️🇦🇺👍

@ThisAlaskaLife

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much!

Awwwwwww!!! thank you for sharing that story makes me so proud watching your vids. Views went up also subs went up I’m so happy for you!!! ❤

@ThisAlaskaLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

I like the way you do your Costco runs better than anybody's. Maybe you should get a kitten for Luna to play with. I think pet's should have a buddy if you can afford them.😻😻 Nice of you to help out the Ukrainians. 🥰

@karenkuhr5698

Жыл бұрын

I agree with having 2 cats if possible...

That was a wonderful thing u did,God bless u.

Happy Thanksgiving from Tampa, FL! You are awesome, thank you for sharing ! I love seeing what life is like in Alaska!

Yes I have a small place where I keep extras...I took care of my mom for 11 years after my dad passed...when she passed away I re done her closet and made a pantry out if it...there are shelves on both ends...then I bought clear storage bins and pit my other stuff in...I'm divorced for over 30 years so it's easy to put in what I need..and I labels the bins so I can just pull out what bin I need...I love watching your channel and all you an your family do I live in North Carolina and love to see all the places there..Alaska has always been on my bucket list..not sure I'll ever get there but I so enjoy all your things you post GOD BLESS AND ENJOY YOUR VACATION...

Dang, first of all I can’t believe Northeastern Wyoming is colder than your part of Alaska. The gas price is crazy!