Who'd have thought 5 years ago when we first set foot in Alaska on our honeymoon that we'd be living here with our family a few years down the road?

It always amazes me how much can happen in 5 short years. Things you don't even imagine... People you meet. People you marry. People you procreate... It's truly a wonder. And it's exciting to think that the next five years are equally full of amazing surprises we can't begin to imagine.

The Permanent Fund amount has been announced. $1106.92. Every resident of Alaska who lived here the full calendar year of 2005 will be getting this amount next month. For those who don't know, the Permanent Fund is the dividend from oil production in the State of Alaska which is divided amongst its inhabitants on an annual basis. We won't be eligible to receive it until October 2008 because we won't have lived in AK for a full calendar year until 2007. But in 2008, if the PF is similar to this year, we'll get over $5000 for our family of 5 to spend however we wish. :o)