restocking my home in remote Alaska for winter! — Transcript

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1. 0:14Good morning everybody from Anchorage,
2. 0:17Alaska. Jared and I are back from St.
3. 0:19Louis. We got back last night at like
4. 0:21midnight and I woke up at like 7:30 cuz
5. 0:25it's like what, 10:30 on my body.
6. 0:28Um so, we're still not completely
7. 0:30adjusted to time change yet. I am very
8. 0:32tired. I think Jared's a little tired,
9. 0:33too. But, these next few days we're
10. 0:36going to be here in Anchorage and we're
11. 0:37going to be doing some shopping, getting
12. 0:39ready for wintertime because if you're
13. 0:41new around here, we live in the middle
14. 0:42of nowhere in Alaska where the nearest
15. 0:44store is 200 miles away and you have to
16. 0:47have everything flown in. There's no
17. 0:48roads in or out. So, we just went
18. 0:51through a very busy lodge season where
19. 0:53we didn't really get to or have to make
20. 0:56our food. Let's go do some shopping.
21. 1:00We have a few days here in Anchorage.
22. 1:01Come join us
23. 1:03for the whole ordeal.
24. 1:07Our first stop today is the Costco
25. 1:09Business Center in Takotna. There is a
26. 1:11difference between Business Center and
27. 1:13wholesale. A lot of people don't know
28. 1:15about the Business Center and it's
29. 1:17actually more catered towards like
30. 1:20restaurant style businesses. So, you'll
31. 1:21see aisles that are just like
32. 1:24pots and pans and things like that. So,
33. 1:26yeah, it's pretty pretty fun and
34. 1:30we're going to head there first.
35. 1:32This is not a necessity,
36. 1:34but oh my goodness,
37. 1:36it's all like Alaska soda.
38. 1:40I think we're going to have to do it.
39. 1:47Sweet treat.
40. 1:48>> I guess they
41. 2:00>> I think people are going to be mad at my
42. 2:02cart choices already just because it's a
43. 2:04lot of
44. 2:06uh snacks stuff not the healthiest
45. 2:09options. Um
46. 2:11that's just at the beginning of the
47. 2:12stories, okay? Calm down a little bit
48. 2:14before you start judging us too hard.
49. 2:20This is what I mean by like restaurant
50. 2:23style
51. 2:24stuff. I'll show you more as we keep
52. 2:26going, but
53. 2:28lots of like big big packages of
54. 2:31like pasta and other things. My goal
55. 2:34with this trip is to fill our pantry and
56. 2:37freezer up enough to where we don't have
57. 2:39to do another big grocery haul for
58. 2:42hopefully the whole winter or at least
59. 2:44for the next 6 months.
60. 2:59>> Let's buy Oh, okay. Good.
61. 3:02>> Nice.
62. 3:07You get two?
63. 3:09Let's go ahead and get two.
64. 3:20Yep, got to get all the boxes.
65. 3:23I need onions, but I'm going to wait to
66. 3:25go to a smaller store to get a smaller
67. 3:27bag cuz this is overkill for us.
68. 3:30We found some boxes that we're going to
69. 3:32go to the air taxi and repackage
70. 3:34everything into these once we're done
71. 3:36shopping.
72. 3:38This whole room right here is a big
73. 3:39refrigerator. It's pretty cool.
74. 3:43In this room they have things like
75. 3:45berries,
76. 3:47mushrooms,
77. 3:52cabbages,
78. 3:53all different types of cheeses.
79. 3:58We're going to try this and see how it
80. 4:00goes. Never had this before.
81. 4:02Something at our local
82. 4:04Alaska Costco. Different types of like
83. 4:07Alaska
84. 4:09sausages.
85. 4:16Also something we need to try
86. 4:19that might be yummy.
87. 4:20I've never seen this before. That's
88. 4:22crazy. We're not going to get it, but
89. 4:24wow.
90. 4:25The other The other side of that room is
91. 4:27also meat, which we don't have a whole
92. 4:29lot of room in our freezer right now.
93. 4:30So, I'm not looking for some stuff to
94. 4:33add to the freezer like meat. So, we
95. 4:36have a little bit more We have a few
96. 4:38more aisles to go through and then we'll
97. 4:40go check out, but the cart's already
98. 4:41looking pretty full.
99. 4:43This is one thing I will add to my
100. 4:45freezer, though. It's quick and easy
101. 4:47meal.
102. 4:49These are the best little bread bites
103. 4:50ever and they're on sale.
104. 4:53Yes, please.
105. 4:55Jared knows what to do. Get all the
106. 4:56boxes.
107. 4:57Even if it feels like an overkill on
108. 4:59boxes right now, we're definitely going
109. 5:00to be filling them and we can replenish
110. 5:02the stuff at the air taxi, too, cuz
111. 5:04they're going to need to package stuff
112. 5:05up for other people dropping off
113. 5:07groceries as well.
114. 5:08I do want these, but I'm going to get
115. 5:10them from a smaller store cuz I don't
116. 5:11need that big of a thing of them.
117. 5:14Something else you'll find at
118. 5:16Costco Business. It's a whole lamb.
119. 5:19That's crazy. They used to hang them
120. 5:22over here,
121. 5:23but that's changed since a while ago.
122. 5:27I have these at home already. They're so
123. 5:29good and well worth it.
124. 5:39I think with how full our cart's
125. 5:40getting, we better go check out and take
126. 5:41it to the air taxi. What do you think,
127. 5:43Jared?
128. 5:45Here we go.
129. 5:47It's one cart. It looks much better once
130. 5:50we have it all organized. Take a wild
131. 5:52guess how much this one was. I'll give
132. 5:53you 3 seconds. Pause the video if you
133. 5:55need to.
134. 5:57Okay, you ready?
135. 5:59First cart,
136. 6:01$536.69.
137. 6:04So, not bad.
138. 6:22Stop number one is complete. We
139. 6:24definitely could have gone longer if we
140. 6:27got a flatbed. Jared [music] literally
141. 6:28suggested that in the beginning.
142. 6:30I should have listened to you, babe.
143. 6:32Now, something that's a little unique of
144. 6:34a situation today because it is Sunday,
145. 6:37the freight office at the air taxi is
146. 6:38closed. So, we have to go to the
147. 6:41reservations office to drop off our
148. 6:43freight, which is fine.
149. 6:45It's just how it is for
150. 6:47today because, you know, this is like
151. 6:49one of our only days to shop. But,
152. 6:51that's what you're going to see
153. 6:51different today in my shopping video
154. 6:54compared to like previous shopping
155. 6:57Costco videos. Same [music] air taxi,
156. 6:59just at the reservation side. Oh my
157. 7:01gosh, that's so cool.
158. 7:27We're going to avoid Costco immediately
159. 7:30after
160. 7:31church on Sunday. Oh my gosh, it's
161. 7:33probably going to be crazy busy over
162. 7:34there. So, we're going to hit the
163. 7:37big three, Target, Walmart, Fred Fred
164. 7:40First stop, Target.
165. 7:52I've actually never had that one before.
166. 7:58I feel like this is going to be really
167. 7:59yummy. I don't need more coffee.
168. 8:01>> Pistachio?
169. 8:02>> Yeah, but that actually looks really
170. 8:03good. I'm going to try it.
171. 8:26Look at this.
172. 8:28I'm so excited about this. So pretty.
173. 8:31Our haul from Target was $269.36.
174. 8:37I will put a running total up here. The
175. 8:39thing is
176. 8:40we're not just shopping for, you know,
177. 8:42necessities, also some upgrades. Oh,
178. 8:46there goes Jared. Upgrades on some
179. 8:47things and then also some stuff for
180. 8:49Christmas because I don't know
181. 8:52if and when we'll be back to go shopping
182. 8:55before Christmas.
183. 8:57I mean, you're going on a hunt in
184. 8:58November
185. 9:00but you're not going to be able to go
186. 9:01shopping.
187. 9:04Exactly. So, I know it's October and we
188. 9:07just got stuff to carve pumpkins. We're
189. 9:09also buying stuff for Christmas.
190. 9:16Okay, Jared and I were literally just
191. 9:18talking about the different things we
192. 9:19remember in the small stores growing up
193. 9:22and we're talking about how, you know,
194. 9:23Walmart used to have like the fish, like
195. 9:26you could buy. And he said the one back
196. 9:28in Michigan had like live lobsters you
197. 9:30could buy.
198. 9:31Crazy. Didn't know that. Um, but I
199. 9:33remember at the Fred Fred here, yeah,
200. 9:35they used to have a place where you
201. 9:37could literally drop off your kids and
202. 9:39they'd be watched by somebody like a
203. 9:41worker or whatever and then you just
204. 9:43come pick up your kids afterwards when
205. 9:45you're done shopping. No, it was like
206. 9:47one of those places where it was like
207. 9:50you literally just like dropped your kid
208. 9:52off and there's like a little like mat
209. 9:54and some toys and I don't remember all
210. 9:56what was in there and then you could
211. 9:58just like go shopping and then come pick
212. 10:00up your kid after.
213. 10:02And I remember like there was another
214. 10:04store here in Anchorage that had like a
215. 10:05TV in the corner and we would go watch
216. 10:08TV while my mom shopped. I think it was
217. 10:10probably like Old Navy or something at
218. 10:12one of the malls.
219. 10:15Crazy.
220. 10:17Our second stop
221. 10:19Fred Meyer.
222. 10:21Should we splurge?
223. 10:23I think we should.
224. 10:25Our total this time around was $114.98
225. 10:28and I didn't show much because most of
226. 10:30what we got was Christmas gifts. I did
227. 10:32get
228. 10:33some roses for me
229. 10:36and you guys saw the soda but also an
230. 10:39Advent calendar for Jared. So we did
231. 10:41this 2 years ago and we didn't do it
232. 10:43last year so we're bringing it back.
233. 10:45This is the one he's going to do during
234. 10:47Vlogmas this year.
235. 10:49Next stop
236. 10:51Walmart.
237. 11:00This one's my favorite right here.
238. 11:02So good.
239. 11:16Oh gosh.
240. 11:22Crazy that the Spam is locked up at the
241. 11:26Walmart here.
242. 11:27For not having much uh fridge and pantry
243. 11:30space
244. 11:31we're doing well.
245. 11:32Now we go to the toy section for uh
246. 11:35Christmas gift type stuff. Um
247. 11:37yeah, but sorry, I'm not going to show
248. 11:39you
249. 11:40what we get there, but
250. 11:42uh I love Christmas.
251. 11:44Nearly $200 later,
252. 11:47we are done with Walmart. We're going to
253. 11:49go drop off some of the fridge stuff at
254. 11:51the air taxi, go to lunch, then go to my
255. 11:53aunt's and grab totes so we can package
256. 11:55up the non-perishable stuff to be sent
257. 11:58back in totes. everybody, it is day two
258. 12:01of shopping. We actually just went to
259. 12:04Target to get some stuff for a
260. 12:08basket
261. 12:09auction that's happening at our school,
262. 12:13local school in
263. 12:15There's once in the fall time they do
264. 12:17like a harvest fest and there's games
265. 12:19for kids, a costume contest, um a cake
266. 12:23walk, a basket auction, and all the
267. 12:25money goes to the kids in the sports
268. 12:28program. So, we grabbed a holiday-themed
269. 12:32basket for my mother to be auctioned
270. 12:35off. Then I also got a couple things for
271. 12:37my sister as a thank you for watching
272. 12:39our cats while we have been away for
273. 12:41literally over 2 weeks.
274. 12:44But now, we head to Costco
275. 12:46and finish the rest of our shopping
276. 12:49because guys,
277. 12:50yesterday I meant to take you along for
278. 12:52more of the day, but I was so tired. I
279. 12:54was falling asleep. I guess I don't need
280. 12:56this light on. I was falling asleep. I
281. 12:58was barely keeping my eyes open and I
282. 13:00had no motivation to film. I think just
283. 13:02after traveling and the hormone crash
284. 13:04and exhaustion from everything we just
285. 13:07did with IVF, I was not going to keep
286. 13:11going to keep going with the filming for
287. 13:13the day. So, sorry for leaving you guys
288. 13:15hanging, but I'm feeling much better
289. 13:16today. Feeling much more like myself
290. 13:20and it feels like a good day to finish
291. 13:22up the shopping.
292. 13:24We're here at Costco.
293. 13:25If you're an executive member, so
294. 13:27someone with the black card, you can get
295. 13:30in at 9:00 a.m., which is so nice
296. 13:32because less people, less crowded. So,
297. 13:35so nice. So, that's what we're doing
298. 13:38this morning. It's a little after 9:00.
299. 13:42>> [sighs]
300. 13:43>> Feels good to get the shopping done.
301. 13:47Look what I just found.
302. 13:49Costco
303. 13:51and they have t-shirts.
304. 13:53We're getting it.
305. 14:06We just refill them, I think.
306. 14:09Pretzel bagels. I've seen them online.
307. 14:12Didn't think I'd have a chance to
308. 14:13actually get some. So, we're going to
309. 14:14get some.
310. 14:18Venison?
311. 14:21Yeah. Yeah.
312. 14:22We just use a lot of this
313. 14:25kind of stuff that I want to make sure
314. 14:27we have plenty of it.
315. 14:29I'd say get two of them.
316. 14:37This one looks really yummy.
317. 14:47I know. This looks really good.
318. 14:55Cuz it's yummy and we eat a lot of it.
319. 14:58They're doing some changes, so I have no
320. 15:00idea where like all the fridge
321. 15:02and freezer stuff went. Um, cuz normally
322. 15:05like this is cheese and I need some very
323. 15:08specific things that I'm looking for,
324. 15:10like frozen veggies, um, and I haven't
325. 15:12been able to find them, so
326. 15:14we'll go searching.
327. 15:22Okay, we're going to check out. My dad
328. 15:24did call and asked if I would pick these
329. 15:26up for the student government at the
330. 15:29local school. So, we're going to do that
331. 15:31on a separate check, but everything else
332. 15:33is ours. Take a wild guess how much this
333. 15:36is going to be. I'll let you guys know
334. 15:37once we're checked out.
335. 15:43Okay, so we just got to the air taxi.
336. 15:45I've been on the phone with my dad, so
337. 15:47been a little bit delayed uh giving you
338. 15:49the final number. But, minus the ice
339. 15:52cream that we got for student
340. 15:53government, our total was $398.16.
341. 15:58And that's because I used my like my
342. 16:00rebates check from
343. 16:03the past year. And that check was
344. 16:05$132.36.
345. 16:07So, that helped a lot bringing the total
346. 16:09from 530 to 398.
347. 16:19Mhm.
348. 16:29Our very final stop for the day
349. 16:34is Walmart. We're going to get cleaning
350. 16:37supplies maybe a few other things, but
351. 16:39mostly cleaning supplies.
352. 16:49Quick connect.
353. 16:52It's our last day here in Anchorage. We
354. 16:54leave back to Port Alsworth today.
355. 16:57And
356. 16:58look
357. 17:00look what's happening outside.
358. 17:02Oh my gosh, you can't even see it, but
359. 17:03you can see it's snowing
360. 17:06out there. Oh my goodness, the roads
361. 17:08aren't horrible yet.
362. 17:10But, dad said tonight it's going to
363. 17:12freeze, and that's when it's going to
364. 17:14get slippery. So, good thing we're going
365. 17:15home today.
366. 18:54>> [music]
367. 19:01[music]
368. 19:08[music]
369. 19:14>> Yeah.
370. 19:14>> [music]
371. 19:28[music]
372. 19:33[music]
373. 19:49>> We're
374. 19:50home. Now we got to walk home. Jared's
375. 19:52going to go get the four-wheeler and
376. 19:53trailer and then come pick up
377. 19:56all of our stuff
378. 19:58from being gone and
379. 20:00shopping.
380. 20:02We're home.
381. 20:06Back at the house, there's so much to
382. 20:09put away. I'm going to put time lapse
383. 20:11on.
384. 20:13>> Okay, we're golden.
385. 20:15>> That's so good. Jared, like the box
386. 20:18fumbled [snorts] when Jared was bringing
387. 20:19it up the stairs and it was the one with
388. 20:21the eggs, but the eggs look good, so.
389. 20:24Okay.
390. 20:25I'm going to do the time lapse on this
391. 20:26and on my phone, so.
392. 20:28Here's the look before.
393. 20:33Oh my gosh, and Jared is carrying all of
394. 20:34this up to the second story.
395. 20:38And then here we go.
396. 20:40Everything else.
397. 20:42It's a lot to put away.
398. 20:46I'm so thankful I don't have to worry
399. 20:47about dinner. My mom's going to make
400. 20:49dinner and we're going to go to her
401. 20:50house.
402. 20:51I'm so thankful. Okay.
403. 20:53>> [snorts]
404. 20:54>> Time to put stuff away.
405. 20:56>> [music]
406. 21:08[music]
407. 21:14>> We're still in the process of putting
408. 21:15some of this stuff away, but I am
409. 21:17exhausted. I actually have a full tote.
410. 21:20How do I point? Right there?
411. 21:23Full of canned goods that I don't even
412. 21:25have room for in my pantry. So, [music]
413. 21:27I think I'm going to have to spend a lot
414. 21:29of time
415. 21:30tomorrow
416. 21:31>> [music]
417. 21:31>> reorganizing and doing all that, but
418. 21:33that's tomorrow's problem.
419. 21:34>> [laughter]
420. 21:35[gasps]
421. 21:36[sighs]
422. 21:36>> Or the next day, I don't know.
423. 21:38Eventually, I'll get [music] to it. Pull
424. 21:39some stuff from my freezer, so I have
425. 21:41space for other stuff in my freezer that
426. 21:44we just got. And [music] it's like a
427. 21:46quiche I made this summer that we'll
428. 21:48have for breakfast tomorrow. And then
429. 21:50chicken enchiladas, [music] which I made
430. 21:51this um April, and we'll use them for
431. 21:56dinner tomorrow. [music]
432. 21:57So.
433. 21:59We're going to get into a routine. Joe
434. 22:01starts work tomorrow. They're working on
435. 22:03our house. I can't wait to show you
436. 22:05guys.
437. 22:06It looks so different. Thanks for
438. 22:08joining along on this shopping journey
439. 22:10as we get ready for winter. We'll see
440. 22:12you guys in the next one.
441. 22:14Bye.