Catching up post...

The scuzzies are at it again! They had themselves a

bit of a tea party with real cucumber sandwiches

and tiny little tea cups.

Notice the little fingers daintily raised:

We have had some spring weather, with days of real

warmth followed by days of damp cold and then back

to the warmth again. In other words, who knows

what we are going to get(at least it's not tornadoes!)

The bakery has been very busy with lots of cakes and

other baked goods. It seems like there is always a

reason to order a cake--I can't get over how many

baby shower cakes I do! I have 4 more already on

my schedule and more waiting in the wings to

decide on themes, colors, etc.

The town is really starting to get busy now with

all the lodge owners returning to open things

up for their coming clients. Plus the seasonal

people are trickling back in; our next door

neighbor will be here the 3rd week in

May for his 3 month stint. The grocery

store is where you really see the difference--

the yachts come back and all of their

help is in the store buying up supplies.

They fill 2 or 3 carts at a time with

food and have to box it up to take out

to the harbors. It is not uncommon to

stand in line behind them and hear the

totals of $1500 and more just for

groceries. They don't blink and eye, they

just smile and pay. Gulp! I guess if you

are going to choke on the cost of food

for a yacht, then you probably can't

afford to have a yacht.

I wouldn't be a very good yacht owner.

I am way too frugal and the thought of

putting thousands just into the fuel tank

would do me in.

I don't know the exact date of the first large

cruise ship, but I do have customers that

have placed an order with me for a large

anniversary they will be celebrating on

one of the ships. I will be supplying the

cakes and Alaskan themed cookies for

them. I have had those requests before,

but in the past the cruise lines have said

no. They don't allow other food to be

brought on board, especially if it is food

that their chef would supply (like a cake)

When I told the customer that she called

the cruise line and they made an exception.

I have a feeling it had something to do with

the fact that she and her entire family have

the penthouse suites reserved on the ship

and given the state of the economy the ship

may have to consider their bottom line.

My husband has been extremely busy

for what seems like months now putting

in a new restaurant on town. The old

Chinese restaurant was torn out of a

large hotel and this new one will be

fish and chips, burgers and breakfast.

My brothers are doing all of the

sheetrock and painting inside. I will

post pictures of the progress and they

have a target opening date of sometime

in May-June.

Our older daughter is house sitting for

a Coast Guard family that has been relocated

back to the south. They flew down to Alabama

just in time for the tornadoes that did all the

damage. They are O.K., they are down on the

coast, it looks like the damage was much

farther inland.

Our younger daughter is finishing 8th grade

and is looking forward to another week at

youth group camp in Juneau. After that we

are taking a break and heading down south

for some time away.

Jane, if you are reading this maybe we could

get together when I get down there? I'll

bring you some chocolate cookies...