Why I Started This Blog

You may be wondering, why is a girl who didn't see snow until she was 12 living in Alaska? At least, you might be if you knew that I didn't see snow until I was 12. I grew up in Southern California, in a town that, according to Wikipedia, has 300 sunny days a year. As a kid, I believed anything below 70 was cold, and at 60 I would pull out the parka. But this past May I moved up to Alaska in an attempt to grow up a little before I married my own Alaskan man. Before this winter I didn't know what snow tires were. I didn't know what a block heater was. I didn't know about starting your car half an hour before you leave. I didn't know how to drive in snow. This blog is about me learning how to survive in Alaska. The Goal: To completely assimilate into Alaskan society so that no one believes I lived most of my life in Southern California. We'll see how it goes.