Today was a new day for tastes...For those of you who live under a rock (haha), seal and fish are a huge source of nutrients here on the island. Seal oil is a fat that is liquid at room temperature and is great for giving you energy and keeping you warm.
So you take half dried herring and soak it in seal oil for a few weeks, take it out and eat it.
Not my favorite taste but hey, don't nock it till you try it lol
Monday, January 20, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Coming back...
I flew back to Alaska a day early "in case" the weather got bad. Instead I was able to hang out with the Whites and the Johnsons (my people in Bethel) and had a blast! There was Catan, movie watching, yummy food eating, AND A TRAPPING TRIP via snow-go!
Rafe, Jerry, and I, got onto our own snow-go and started on an adventure over the river and through the marsh!! Haha It was totally the Alaskan adventure I have been looking for, even got to handle some weaponry :D
Got weathered in an extra two days in Bethel (darn...) and had a "work day" in the airport on Monday. I got to hang out with my Newtok, Toksook, and Nightmute people...sooo much fun!
Pictures from break:
Rafe, Jerry, and I, got onto our own snow-go and started on an adventure over the river and through the marsh!! Haha It was totally the Alaskan adventure I have been looking for, even got to handle some weaponry :D
Got weathered in an extra two days in Bethel (darn...) and had a "work day" in the airport on Monday. I got to hang out with my Newtok, Toksook, and Nightmute people...sooo much fun!
Pictures from break:
Rafe, Jerry, and I on the trapping trip!
Me and Beta!
Be and the PUPPY!!!
Finally got to see my closest sprinkle :)
At the Tobey Kieth bar with mommy...how cute is she?!?!
Christmass in Florida!
My brother..the red neck super model lol
We got to see MIMI!!!!
Fried cheesecake...how can you do better than FRIED CHEESECAKE?!?!?
Matt and his Beer Baby lol
Woohoo Capitol One Bowl!!
Christmas Break Recap
Hello everyone! Long time no bother :)
Here's how getting out of Tununak and headed home worked:
Dec 19 - First weather hold at noon, we were supposed to fly out at 1:30...definitely did NOT happen!
Dec 20 - Continuous weather hold, no one got out. I made calls to reroute my planes and wasn't going to be able to get to Chicago till Christmas Eve. Needless to say I was in tears...
Dec 21 - Got a call from Bessie (ERA agent in Bethel) telling us that if we could get to Toksook we would be able to get on a plane there and fly to Bethel. So seven people and all their luggage hopped onto two sleds pulled by two snow-goes (snowmobiles) and started the long journey to Tooksook...6 miles straight over the hill but almost double that going around...guess which one we took?
Yup yup, the long-frozen-bumpy-crazy trip around the hill. I am pretty sure I messed up my tail bone and lost some cartilage in my knee, BUT BOY OH BOY WAS IT FUN!!! :D
Landed in Bethel around 1pm, bought a ticket on an earlier flight than I already had and flew out of Bethel to Anchorage at 4:30pm. Luckily too! Because the runway lights went out right after we took off and no one was able to get out for another two days!
Got into Anchorage, immediately got myself a burger and a beer, and flew into Seattle around 2am. I was home by noon on Dec 22, I am sooo greatful!
Was able to visit family in Traverse City, my closest and very bestest sprinkle, family in Chicago, and Florida. I even got to see the Capitol One Bowl in Orlando!!! Yipee Badgers :) They lost but it was still super fun!
Gosh I missed home!
Here's how getting out of Tununak and headed home worked:
Dec 19 - First weather hold at noon, we were supposed to fly out at 1:30...definitely did NOT happen!
Dec 20 - Continuous weather hold, no one got out. I made calls to reroute my planes and wasn't going to be able to get to Chicago till Christmas Eve. Needless to say I was in tears...
Dec 21 - Got a call from Bessie (ERA agent in Bethel) telling us that if we could get to Toksook we would be able to get on a plane there and fly to Bethel. So seven people and all their luggage hopped onto two sleds pulled by two snow-goes (snowmobiles) and started the long journey to Tooksook...6 miles straight over the hill but almost double that going around...guess which one we took?
Yup yup, the long-frozen-bumpy-crazy trip around the hill. I am pretty sure I messed up my tail bone and lost some cartilage in my knee, BUT BOY OH BOY WAS IT FUN!!! :D
Landed in Bethel around 1pm, bought a ticket on an earlier flight than I already had and flew out of Bethel to Anchorage at 4:30pm. Luckily too! Because the runway lights went out right after we took off and no one was able to get out for another two days!
Got into Anchorage, immediately got myself a burger and a beer, and flew into Seattle around 2am. I was home by noon on Dec 22, I am sooo greatful!
Was able to visit family in Traverse City, my closest and very bestest sprinkle, family in Chicago, and Florida. I even got to see the Capitol One Bowl in Orlando!!! Yipee Badgers :) They lost but it was still super fun!
Gosh I missed home!
Friday, December 20, 2013
The snow finally comes...bad timing!
Two days in a row, flights are canceled out of Tununak...visits to Denver, most of Michigan, and Wisconsin are out. ON top of that I experienced some shadiness that is going to make next semester not so pleasant.
Oh well, at least I wasn't flying in unsafe conditions, that's a positive. I have booked flights from Bethel to Chicago the 22-24th as long as I can get to Bethel on the 21st...here's to hoping :)
Oh well, at least I wasn't flying in unsafe conditions, that's a positive. I have booked flights from Bethel to Chicago the 22-24th as long as I can get to Bethel on the 21st...here's to hoping :)
Friday, December 13, 2013
Ahhhhh!!!!
This week has been very rough...I've got a few students that just won't try...its not even a "I don't get it" issue...its a "They won't even try"...
I find myself feeling pretty useless because I cannot get them motivated at all. Ive sugarcoated, Ive dangled carrots, and I've given them reality statements...what do I do?!?!
Gosh I need this break, hopefully next week will be better.
I find myself feeling pretty useless because I cannot get them motivated at all. Ive sugarcoated, Ive dangled carrots, and I've given them reality statements...what do I do?!?!
Gosh I need this break, hopefully next week will be better.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Rough Week..
This week has been pretty rough...I think its a combination of MAPS testing and Christmas break almost being here...also the fact that I am out of peanut butter thats really the bad part haha
Anywho, Im attaching pictures of a fun day. My 7th graders are working with the 3rd graders on a Christmas assembly song, one they already know, and I have been so proud of them watching them teach the little ones and taking bride in that task :)
Anywho, Im attaching pictures of a fun day. My 7th graders are working with the 3rd graders on a Christmas assembly song, one they already know, and I have been so proud of them watching them teach the little ones and taking bride in that task :)
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