Happy Birthday, Erin

Pucketts Versus The Volcano!

About 100 miles south of Anchorage in a spectacular range of mountains ( in Alaska the mountains are all spectacular!)is the Redoubt Volcano that is imminent danger of erupting. This is why there was a 5.7 earthquake last week, felt in Anchorage, but not by the Pucketts. Locals are being warned to prepare for an ashfall, if the volcano blows. When I last talked to Becca, she was on her to buy water and facemasks! For information go to Anchorage Daily News and the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Google both for the web address. The picture above is not from the current activity. It is from the last time Redoubt had an eruption in the 90s that blanketed Anchorage for weeks with ash. Becca said she had also almost hit a moose the day I talked to her. Ain't Alaska fun? Stay tuned for further details.

Happy Birthday, Dan!

January is the new fall for Ramsay clan birthdays. Happy Birthday, Dan. We have celebrated for almost a week now, and finally the Dan Ramsay birthday season has come to an end. Here are some pictures of the celebration and other memorable moments through the year. And yes, Dan does dress like a pirate more often than you realize, and like an Irish rebel, and a mariachi player. Life for Dan is just one big costume party! Happy birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday, Maia!

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Happy birthday, sweet girl. We sure wish we could be there to celebrate with you. At least you are hopefully back in your own apartment! Mommy said you were going to have donuts for breakfast. Yum! Mommy also said she was giving you a new president for your birthday. Wow!, what a great Mommy! Remember, a lot of the stuff is for Obama, but the 21 gun salute is for you! Here are some pictures from your visit with us in December. Happy Birthday!!

Sisterhood of the Traveling Cousins

Nancy, Marsha, Deana, and I spent last weekend in St. Louis, eating, shopping, drinking, and going the see the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show at the Fox. What a great time we had! We started at the Galleria, ate a huge lunch at the Cheese Cake Factory, shopped a lot!, and them proceeded to get lost in the mess that is the "Big Dig" on Hwy 64/40. Through the kindness of strangers, we managed to find our hotel at Union Staion. Harold Glenn met us for dinner Saturday night and drove us to dinner at Vito's. What a great name! He then drove us to the theater, where we walked in just as the first number was beginning. We had "golden circle" seats, and it was a wonderful show. I would like to take the grandkids next time. After, we caught a cab back to the hotel. Next morning we met David and Kathy and their daught Kelly and family for breakfast. More shopping at Bordes and Trader Joes (which is my new favorite store) and then home. We had to come home, there was no more room in the car for shopping! One of the next trips on the list for the cousins is a tour of the wine country around St. Genevieve.

Happy Thanksgiving, Pucketts!

Happy Thanksgiving to you in the frozen north! Hope your Thanksgiving dinner with a vegetarian host goes well! We are having a beautiful day in the 50s. Hope yours is as warm with memories and thoughts from us. We will all be together in one month!

Quote of the Week

I have heard these words out loud in my head for two weeks: "It's all a plot to make a $1.49 look good." John Neudecker, two or three years ago, when gas first started climbing from $.99 a gallon, where it had settled for years after the big bump in the 90s. I never thought we would ever see $1.49 again, but that was the going price in Columiba this morning. Thank you, NostraJohnus.