Okay you are not going to believe what we did this evening – Remember who is writing, how long I have been in the Alaskan Bush and now make sure you go the bathroom before you read any farther (Please go the bathroom) swallow that soda – GO TO THE BATHROOM!!!!
Alecia and I took a test and failed – It was on the internet – I think I have been in the Alaskan Bush way to long. Have no idea why we even were on this website – Alecia and her stupid questions (Beth it is your fault if I could have called and asked the question we never would have done a web search for the answer). Are you ready … the test was:
“The Conception Quiz” That’s right I failed the quiz on how to get pregnant. Here are my results:
You answered 5 items out of 10 correctly.
Your score is 50%. Be sure to take lots of questions to your doctor/midwife appointments.
Alecia is now taking an “Are You Pregnant” Quiz – Question are you having food cravings? They obviously haven’t lived in the Alaskan Bush – we have food cravings all the time not like we can do anything about them – Haven’t seen a banana in over a month. Next question: Have you out grown your clothes – Again we have sat on our A$$ for the past 5 months because it is too cold to do anything but run to and from the school so of course we have out grown our clothes. Next question: Have you had a positive pregnancy test lately? Well, if we could buy one in Kongiganak might do it just for kicks. Critical question they never asked – Have you had sex lately? My answer - with WHO??? I have been in Kongiganak for 5 month’s.
Well that has been our exciting Friday night. Maybe I should think about getting a TV next year. Maybe the internet is not such a good idea.
Hope you have a great week. I can’t wait to see everyone, only 10 more days of school and then 10 weeks of sun and fun.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Spring???
Happy Spring – I guess it is spring, I have been told that it is spring time by those of you living in the lower 48, we had a “spring-break” at school, the calendar says it should be spring, there are only 14 teaching days left in the school year, but it sure doesn’t seem like spring outside. It has warmed up – current temperature is 54 degrees and it does only get down into the 20 at night but there were snow flurries yesterday and we still have quite a bit of snow on the ground. It is difficult to get out and do things right now – not enough snow to ski, but the board walks are still covered with snow and/or water in places so walking isn’t that easy either.
Spring Fever, Cabin Fever, Homesick whatever you want to call it has set in good and hard and I am counting the days until school is out. The last day is Friday, May 24th and most of the teachers are heading out on the late afternoon flight. Me, I am hanging out here for a few extra days. I want to get some things in my room organized for next year and I am taking a class in Anchorage June 1-6.
Update since my last blog a month and half ago (sorry). I did have a “Spring-Break” a five day weekend. Actually my friend Pam came up and visited for a week here in the village and then we went to Anchorage. While she was here she helped me paint most of my house and helped make it more like a home rather then just a shelter from the weather. We used colored paint on the walls to help hide the defects and nail heads. We hung coordinated valances and black-out blinds (they match my comforter and re-organized my spare room so that I can now use it to work-out in.
In Anchorage, Pam learned first hand what it is like to live in the bush and spent the first day back in civilization helping me purchase, pack and mail my 9 weeks worth of supplies back to the village. Then we took of for a little exploration – we went out to a glacier and spent a couple of hours out there – check out the pictures on my flicker account. I spent the next day down hill skiing and Pam went cross country skiing at the local ski resort – (Bogus Basin in Idaho is better). It was so nice to see mountains and trees.
Well, that would be about it – things continue on out here in Kongiganak – days are defiantly longer – The sun is up before 6:30am and it is still light out at about 11pm – thus the black-out blinds are becoming a necessity. I hope to be back outside (in the lower 48) around the 7th or 8th of June, the only plans that I have for the summer are to head to Maine and to go White Water Rafting with Alecia (hopefully I don’t end up with a paddle across the back of my head). Golf, Hanging at the Beach and Biking are on the to-do list. Oh yeah rumor has it Bev is also making a to-do list for me, not sure what it entails but probably not a lot of things I really would look forward to doing.
Counting the days.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
The TRUTH – (according to Lacy)
The TRUTH – (according to Lacy)
It is COLD here in Alazona and what is this crap. The only good thing is I do have my one couch next to the heater – THANK GOD!! I barely want to go outside to use the restroom and Megan keeps trying to make me go skiing – is she nuts. I have finally figured out that if I just sit and stare at her when I have had enough she will turn around and take me back to the couch – I went a whole 200 yards one day. Boy was she mad. Another time after about 15 minutes I just turned around and headed home without her. I need to figure out how to get into the house without her (opposable thumbs would be good). She often makes me go with her to the store and Post Office. The Post Office isn’t so bad because I go in with her and the big store has a large artic entrance were I can sit but when we go to the little store I just head home as soon as she goes inside.
I have made a few aquatints here in the village but boy do those village dogs make a lot of noise with all of their barking. Justices is pretty cool I just have to keep reminding her who is boss in my house – she slobbers on ALL the balls when she comes over (she is almost a dumb as Fargo.)
Well that’s about it – dog treats and stuffed toys (with squeakers) would be appreciated.
It is COLD here in Alazona and what is this crap. The only good thing is I do have my one couch next to the heater – THANK GOD!! I barely want to go outside to use the restroom and Megan keeps trying to make me go skiing – is she nuts. I have finally figured out that if I just sit and stare at her when I have had enough she will turn around and take me back to the couch – I went a whole 200 yards one day. Boy was she mad. Another time after about 15 minutes I just turned around and headed home without her. I need to figure out how to get into the house without her (opposable thumbs would be good). She often makes me go with her to the store and Post Office. The Post Office isn’t so bad because I go in with her and the big store has a large artic entrance were I can sit but when we go to the little store I just head home as soon as she goes inside.
I have made a few aquatints here in the village but boy do those village dogs make a lot of noise with all of their barking. Justices is pretty cool I just have to keep reminding her who is boss in my house – she slobbers on ALL the balls when she comes over (she is almost a dumb as Fargo.)
Well that’s about it – dog treats and stuffed toys (with squeakers) would be appreciated.
Update
I have been informed that I haven’t updated my blog in a while so I thought I would get to it. (I will also up load pictures to flickr today) Spring has arrived here in Kongiganak, Alaska. The temperature has been in the 20 the past week and even got up to 40 yesterday.
Last night Lacy and I went out last night to take some pictures of the sun set. The sunsets have been beautiful the past week or so. With the warmer temperatures Lacy and I have gotten a little skiing in. For a couple of weeks it was just to cold to anything more then go out to pee (according to Lacy).
Basketball has been the big activity since Christmas. Our school played host to 1 Jr High tournament and 2 high school tournaments. (Due to the travel involved typically three or more teams play at one school each weekend – and they play Friday night, and Saturday morning/afternoon, unlike the Friday night game most of you are use to). Our High School Boys did make it to districts and should have done well but they didn’t and should be on their way home today. We had hoped to watch their games over the Polycom (video conferencing) but unfortunately due to a couple of schools getting weathered out (bad winds or poor visibility – thus plans can’t fly) they moved the games up and they where played during the time we were in class thus we were unable to watch.
Not much else exciting happening here – My friend Pam arrives in three days, weather permitting, (standard for any and all travel). She is staying here in the village with me for about a week and then we will head in to Anchorage for an extended weekend. While she is here in the village she has the task of helping me paint my house. I may even put her to work helping some of my students with their math. She thinks she is going to take daily walks with Lacy – I wish her good luck. It is 10am and Lacy is still in bed, I have been up for almost two hours. Lacy is very LAZY (note the pictures).
So that’s the update – hope everyone is doing well and enjoyed their winter.
These are a couple of pictures standing on the river – notice how the river has pushed the ice up – and there are cracks on the ice because the water is still flowing bellow – but yes it is safe. In Bethel they drive trucks and everything on the river.
*can't upload pictures at this time will have to try later.
Last night Lacy and I went out last night to take some pictures of the sun set. The sunsets have been beautiful the past week or so. With the warmer temperatures Lacy and I have gotten a little skiing in. For a couple of weeks it was just to cold to anything more then go out to pee (according to Lacy).
Basketball has been the big activity since Christmas. Our school played host to 1 Jr High tournament and 2 high school tournaments. (Due to the travel involved typically three or more teams play at one school each weekend – and they play Friday night, and Saturday morning/afternoon, unlike the Friday night game most of you are use to). Our High School Boys did make it to districts and should have done well but they didn’t and should be on their way home today. We had hoped to watch their games over the Polycom (video conferencing) but unfortunately due to a couple of schools getting weathered out (bad winds or poor visibility – thus plans can’t fly) they moved the games up and they where played during the time we were in class thus we were unable to watch.
Not much else exciting happening here – My friend Pam arrives in three days, weather permitting, (standard for any and all travel). She is staying here in the village with me for about a week and then we will head in to Anchorage for an extended weekend. While she is here in the village she has the task of helping me paint my house. I may even put her to work helping some of my students with their math. She thinks she is going to take daily walks with Lacy – I wish her good luck. It is 10am and Lacy is still in bed, I have been up for almost two hours. Lacy is very LAZY (note the pictures).
So that’s the update – hope everyone is doing well and enjoyed their winter.
These are a couple of pictures standing on the river – notice how the river has pushed the ice up – and there are cracks on the ice because the water is still flowing bellow – but yes it is safe. In Bethel they drive trucks and everything on the river.
*can't upload pictures at this time will have to try later.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Teacher Almost Dies
Is what the headlines should read if we had a paper here in Kongiganak. I am sorry I don't have pictures or video, so you'll just have to use your imagination. Last night I made the fatal mistake of going out with three of my students on one of their four wheelers and letting them drive. It was after dark when Maggie, Jayleen and Julia came knocking on my door offering to take me for a ride on Maggie's four wheeler. Of course I accepted. Julia took the "front" seat, sitting backwards facing the driver and Jayleen and I sat on the back. I found out later that the front is a better place to sit - your less likely to fall off. I was literary hanging on with my finger tips at times. Maggie's average speed was probably about 25-30 and she went for every bump there was. My butt is very sore today from all the bouncing and so are my biceps from hanging on so tight. At least a dozen times in the 20minutes I was out with them I was seriously concerned about flying of the back of the four wheeler and was hoping not to injure anything seriously (snow is soft when you land right?). Wait until I grade their test today!!!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Almost went skiing
Well I almost went out cross country skiing today, but Lacy had other plans. Incase you haven't been paying attention the temperture has not gotten above -5 in the past two weeks so the outside activities have been limited to peeing for Lacy. We did make the trip to the lagoon on Sunday to dump the honeybucket but that's it. So today after school the sun was shinning and even though it was still a negative 12degrees I thought we could go for a quick trip. Lacy went as far as the school and said "THAT'S IT!!! I AM DONE AND I AM GOING HOME TO MY COUCH. OPEN THE DOOR NOW!!!!" So basically it took me longer to get dress then I it did to ski to the school and back. My SLED DOG is a wussss. And that's all I have to say about todays trip.
These are pictures of the river from last Wednesday - It looks beautiful but it about -12.
This is a picture of the frost on my railing from a couple of weeks ago when we had freezing fog (this is one days worth of frost) The freezing fog lasted for a week no plans for 6 days thus no mail and no Site Administrator (he was stuck in Bethel all week.
Finally this is a picture of them delivering a new couch to one of the teachers - yep they had to remove the side of her house.
These are pictures of the river from last Wednesday - It looks beautiful but it about -12.
This is a picture of the frost on my railing from a couple of weeks ago when we had freezing fog (this is one days worth of frost) The freezing fog lasted for a week no plans for 6 days thus no mail and no Site Administrator (he was stuck in Bethel all week.
Finally this is a picture of them delivering a new couch to one of the teachers - yep they had to remove the side of her house.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Happy Feburary
Okay so I couldn't come up with a better title - Once again our temperture has dropped. Todays high I beleive was -14 with a low of -27. It is Sunday and although it looked beuatiful outside it was a day to enjoy from inside. So I spent most of the day watching the first season of Will & Grace. I did go empty my Honey Bucket (a weekly chore (rain, shine or below zero tempertures) and I walked with Alecia to the new housing because a villager was giving away Carrabo meet. Lacy chose to stay on the couch didn't even question it. In the afternoon she thought she might enjoy playing ball so I put on her coat and took her out - Yeah that last about four throws and then she took the ball home. Guess that was enough for her. She is back on the couch and not likely to move until I drag her out to go potty for the night.
Plane didn't fly all last week - Our Site-Adminstrator was suppose to come back last Sunday from meetings and he spent the week - until Friday morning in Bethel. No mail nothing for us here in the village.
If you haven't checked out my Flickr account in the past couple of weeks do so I have added some photo's. I have a few more to add in the next week or so.
Well that's about it for know - I'll try and keep everyone posted.
Plane didn't fly all last week - Our Site-Adminstrator was suppose to come back last Sunday from meetings and he spent the week - until Friday morning in Bethel. No mail nothing for us here in the village.
If you haven't checked out my Flickr account in the past couple of weeks do so I have added some photo's. I have a few more to add in the next week or so.
Well that's about it for know - I'll try and keep everyone posted.
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