Three letters - PFD

Emily and I became true Alaskans today.  We went downtown to submit our signature forms and passport to the Permanent Fund Dividend Office.  If all goes well we should receive a nice check in mail from Good Ol' Sarah Palin come November.  Hooray for welfare states!

In other news, that silly volcano Mt. Redoubt finally blew.  5 times no less.  But we have been unaffected thus far.  Apparently the ash has drifted mostly north of Anchorage, around the Wasilla-Palmer area.  So we don't have much to worry about.  It was actually a pretty nice and sunny day today.

Speaking of sunny days, we'll have loads of them coming up.  We're off to Hawaii (Honolulu) from April 16th - 26th.  Kari and Jared will also be in Honolulu that time, so we'll probably do some stuff with them.  We might also fly to Maui or the Big Island so we can hit up one of the National Parks.