Life in Tee Harbor, Alaska

Payday in Alaska

Today our permanent fund dividend (PFD) was deposited in our accounts.  All Alaska residents receive this money each year.  The dividend this year is $1100.  The fund was set up in the 70's from the oil money and now each year a portion of the earnings on the fund is returned to the residents.

The money is much appreciated in our household, but it sure can go fast!  Pay the house insurance and fill up the oil tank and there isn't much left.  I wanted to buy one fun thing - homestead related - before putting the rest in savings.  I have been looking for a grain mill on ebay and found one this weekend.  It is a Lehman's Best hand crank grain mill with interchangable burrs.  It will get me started grinding my own grains.  It should be arriving this week - here is what it looks like: