Welcome to Chaos !!

Tatiana thinks this blog needs more stuff about Chhaya..........Tatiana's best friend.
Chhaya is four, she was born in Las Vegas in a Mexican family. Her first name was Bala, which means bullet. Tatiana thought about it and renamed the puppy Chhaya. When Tatiana got Chhaya she was 11 lbs, she is about 72 lbs now.
Chhaya's best friend lives in Las Vegas, her name is Honey and she is a Rottweiler. She lives with Tatiana's friend Angelica, another Polish Princess.
Chhaya is well traveled, she has been to California several times, she loves running around on the beach in Malibu. She has also been to New Mexico, Denver and she came all the way up to Alaska with Tatiana. She spent her first birthday in Solvang California, the Scandinavian village.
Since Tatiana loves Chhaya so much she has given her many names........Chhaya knows all of them. Because she is very intelligent. Tatiana can't really explain the reason and meaning for all these names, they just fit. Here are some......Stingy, Kroiki, Gina, Gini, Ginelet, Bundini, Kai Kai, Nakaina, The Mama, Mamelette, Knuda. And Chhaya is also a Food Crawler........meaning she will sneak up on you when you eat and stare you down until you give her some food. Her Food Crawler name is Kajuk Nilchina, there are native Alaskan legends about this Food Crawler.
When Tatiana means serious business with Chhaya she will speak to her in Polish. But Chhaya is usually very well behaved. Her favorite games are tug (she is super strong) and she also loves playing search.
Chhaya is a super good cuddler and gives lots of kisses. And she smells really good. She is very protective of Tatiana, she is a pitbull after all.
You might think Tatiana is crazy to love this dog so much and yes, Tatiana is crazy - totally insane, that's why YOU love Tatiana so much. But really, this is no crazier than when people show off their boring baby pics and go on and on about their special children. At least Chhaya doesn't whine or cry.

So it's August already. Time seems to go faster and faster, Tatiana thinks. And it's no fun. Tatiana doesn't want the Summer to be over. So far it has been a really good one, another sunny, warm and gorgeous day today.
Tatiana actually has mild anxiety that Summer is slowly wrapping up.......the nights are dark now and chilly, no more light, long Alaskan Summer nights.
But then Halloween is just around the corner, that's Tatianas favorite time of the year, she loves the decorations and the haunted houses she can visit. And MOST OF ALL..........it's MONSTER MASSIVE time! Time to dance all night long to dark, pumping, evil sounding, body shaking house beats in LA. Nothing is better! Seriously.
Then it's Christmas and New Years. Christmas is ok. Then December 27, Tatiana birthday, she wants to have an Alice In Wonderland/Madhatter tea party this year. New Years, kind of bitter sweet......a new year.......a year gone, it's kind of sad. But New Years means Together As One, another fantastic party that Tatiana will be at.

Tonight Tatiana has cleaned her place a little, cleaning is kind of therapeutic. All of these feelings and thoughts make her feel a little sad. Tatiana misses her friends in Vegas. In LA and in Sweden. : (
It's no fun to miss people. Tatianas Mom is in Stockholm, Sweden and her little brother in Tokyo, Japan.

Tatiana wants to make sure you know that currently there are over 270 entries on this blog.
It came to her understanding that some people think that Tatiana's blog only consists of the first blog page. Oh no! You need to SCROLL DOWN to the bottom of the page and click NEXT PAGE. Or you can search through the archives. The blogs go back a few years and YOU NEED Tatiana's blog so START READING! It doesn't get much better than Tatiana's blog!
In the beginning Tatiana had a co blogger, her other fargosister Julia. Julia is no longer blogging but to all of you that want to know, she is doing well and looks as good as ever. And Tatiana agrees with Julia that fake eye lashes are DA NANG!
XOXO

Tuesday is Tatianas day off. Chhaya needed some fun so Tatiana decided to go to Moose Flats past Girdwood. There's a lake there where Tatiana went swimming a few weeks ago. The weather wasn't sunny today and it was cold out by the lake, Chhaya went swimming for sticks while Tatiana stayed dry. Then Tatiana remembered that she heard about a Hand Tram somewhere in Girdwood. And yes, there really is one. First you need to drive to the trail head and hike for about 1.3 miles through some seriously enchanted forest. Green, mossy, large trees, so nice.
And then you get to the Hand Tram. It's basically a small tram that you get into and then you pull yourself across the river. Chhaya wasn't as enthusiastic as Tatiana to participate in this but she got into the tram. Tatiana made some progress and then she felt like she was going to faint. Tatiana is scared of heights and this tram is way high up in the air, dangling, attached to some ropes. So Tatiana pulled the tram back to safety. Scary! But really cool. This is a great hike and a fun thing to do if you want to experience sitting in a little tram high up in the air. Tatiana will go back here and next time she might actually be brave enough to cross over.

The weather is perfect again. Tatiana is doing laundry and tanning in the backyard. She is kind of tired and lazy. Her company consists of Chhaya, the latest issue of Adbusters and a vanilla latte. Chhaya is going to get a good brushing today.
Work later tonight. You need Tatiana so you come in to The Bush and say HI!
Life is great.

Today Tatiana went whitewater river rafting at 6 Mile Creek by Hope.
Was it fun? You bet it was! And scary, kind of. Tatiana wants to go again, at least once more.
The water was freezing, you have to wear a dry suit, a life jacket and a helmet, all of which will be provided for you.
Actually Tatiana got lucky and didn't fall out of the raft, apparently this is very common, it's level 4 and 5 rafting after all. Some of the rapids have names, "Suckhole" and "Jaws" to name a few. The guide said that if you fall in the water at "Suckhole" you should just go with the flow and let the water spit you out of the hole. At the last stretch everybody got out of the raft and floated down the river.
The scenery is gorgeous, you float down the river with untouched greenery around you.
Tatiana is super happy she did this.
You should do it too!

http://www.chugachoutdoorcenter.com/index.html

Look how happy Tatiana and Ireland are! Yeay!