Our friends Tara and Loren, brought over about 30 pounds of moose meat for us today! Tara is a Writing teacher in the jr. high and Loren is the president of the Wells Fargo bank in town. Loren got the moose and they have spent the whole week cutting it up after work. Their freezers are full and they brought over the stuff that they can't fit any where for us, Caleb and Sarah, Maile and Doug and his wife Crystal. They still have another leg to finish butchering and will share that with us too. It's really nice cuts too, roasts, steaks, jerky strips.
As a thank you we bought them a Penzey's Grill and Broil spice kit. Hopefully they'll be able to use it with some of their steaks!
Andrew just went to school and I will hopefully get some lessons written here this afternoon. Tonight we are going to a potluck for people in our building. We're bring enchildas and rice pudding.
Sorry we won't be able to be at the lake raking for MEA, it will be sad to miss it. Mom asked if Alaskans do anything in the fall, and from what I can tell it's mostly hunting and gathering. People were out looking for blueberries and fishing, then moose season came, now it's crane season.
Happy Sunday!
Current temp 37 degrees (feels like 28)
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Friiiiiiiiiiiday
It's Friday! Andrew and I both have our employee physicals today. Mine is in the morning, and I have been warned that it can take several hours to get through an appointment at the clinic here. However, after the crazy week that we've had, sitting in a waiting room might be better than watching 80 jr. highers run wild between classes!
Andrew and I both are really enjoying our jobs, the other teachers, the school and (most) of the students. That being said, the 7th grade class has offically become priority #1 for the entire school. The jr. high has had more kids suspended than the high school this year, and not for stupid little things. Yesterday a 7th grader was suspended for extorsion (spelling?). His probation officer said he probably won't be back. We have the "Phantom Pee-er" who is leaving his mark around the school, my student who was picking his nose in class, and loudly yelled "look at this, it's red!" during a lecture, and the girl who punched another guy in my classroom because he wouldn't give her back her hair tie.
Most of the kids are great, especially on a one-on-one basis, but it is stressing out the entire school staff.
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful fall weather and colors. The tundra changes colors too, and it is beautiful, even without trees. Happy Friday!
Andrew and I both are really enjoying our jobs, the other teachers, the school and (most) of the students. That being said, the 7th grade class has offically become priority #1 for the entire school. The jr. high has had more kids suspended than the high school this year, and not for stupid little things. Yesterday a 7th grader was suspended for extorsion (spelling?). His probation officer said he probably won't be back. We have the "Phantom Pee-er" who is leaving his mark around the school, my student who was picking his nose in class, and loudly yelled "look at this, it's red!" during a lecture, and the girl who punched another guy in my classroom because he wouldn't give her back her hair tie.
Most of the kids are great, especially on a one-on-one basis, but it is stressing out the entire school staff.
Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful fall weather and colors. The tundra changes colors too, and it is beautiful, even without trees. Happy Friday!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Anvil Mountain and other outdoor adventures
It's been about a week since our last post so we thought it was high time to add another one. A lot (there you so Steve :)) has happened this past week. I (Andrew) took a hike up to the top of the big hill behind our apartment to check out the big old satellite dishes. It was a lot further than I thought it was going to be but was unbelievably beautiful. The satellite dishes are mammothly huge, and you could see forever in just about every direction, which was why they built them there. Then on Friday, Erin and all the 7th and 8th graders took a hike up to the top of Anvil Mountain. She said it was a lot of fun but she had to stay with one of the slower students and it took them 30 minutes longer than the other groups to get to the top.
Friday night we went over to another teachers house for a get together. There were abut 14 people there by the end of the night. It was really fun, and nice to know that we have a community of friends here to hang out with. At the party I was invited to go Moose hunting on Saturday the 13th with two other teachers. It was a long but fun day. We were out on ATVs for about 12 hours trying to find a moose. We did see 3 cows but no bucks. We also saw four brown beer and about 8-10 Musk Ox. All in all it was a great weekend.
Friday night we went over to another teachers house for a get together. There were abut 14 people there by the end of the night. It was really fun, and nice to know that we have a community of friends here to hang out with. At the party I was invited to go Moose hunting on Saturday the 13th with two other teachers. It was a long but fun day. We were out on ATVs for about 12 hours trying to find a moose. We did see 3 cows but no bucks. We also saw four brown beer and about 8-10 Musk Ox. All in all it was a great weekend.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Juvie Hall, Hall Sale, and Japanese-Italian food
Friday was a busy day at Nome Beltz Junior high. The principal of the high/junior high was gone at the Cross Country meet in Anchorage so only the AP was there. On the bus in the morning, 3 students spat on another one and called him racial slurs. We had to call the cops, and suspended the three kids. Juvie hall in town was called and went to the houses of the kids to arrest them. A sad story for kids who already have a life.
Last night we went to Milanos, the Japanese-Italian resturant in town with a bunch of teachers. It was really fun. The food was alright. Andrew said his ravioli was like a sausage patty with pasta around it. My hawaiian burger minus the bun was really good. They had huge sushi portions which alot of the other teachers enjoyed. It was a nice way to end a stressful day.
Today our next door neighbor is having a "garage" sale in the hallway of our apartment. Not sure how many people will come, but garage sales are a pretty big deal around here.
Today we are going to the grand opening of the new grocery store. There's a bbq and it's something to do!
Hope the Little Fall shoppers are having fun and that are leaving things for other shoppers to buy!
Erin
Current temp 39
Last night we went to Milanos, the Japanese-Italian resturant in town with a bunch of teachers. It was really fun. The food was alright. Andrew said his ravioli was like a sausage patty with pasta around it. My hawaiian burger minus the bun was really good. They had huge sushi portions which alot of the other teachers enjoyed. It was a nice way to end a stressful day.
Today our next door neighbor is having a "garage" sale in the hallway of our apartment. Not sure how many people will come, but garage sales are a pretty big deal around here.
Today we are going to the grand opening of the new grocery store. There's a bbq and it's something to do!
Hope the Little Fall shoppers are having fun and that are leaving things for other shoppers to buy!
Erin
Current temp 39
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Our First Box
We got our first box from Full Circle Farms. Maylie and I went to the Church of the Nazarene and you just grab it. When I opened it up at home and started putting away the food, it actually smelt like it came off the farm. We got grapes, necterines, peaches, potatoes, peppers, celery, pluots and carrots. Everything that we have tasted so far tastes wonderful.
Not much else going on up here, staff meeting today.
Erin
Current temp 51
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Nome Movie Theater
I went to go see Mamma Mia! last night with 3 other teachers. I think the Nome theather has the right idea. They are located in a Subway and you can have your food delivered to your seat during the movie. The seats are like any other theater and way nicer than the Safari!
School today was good. There are lots of kids gone this week Moose hunting. My 5th hour class has half of the kids gone this week. The families that hunt will use this meat as their main source of protein for the upcoming year.
Tomorrow we get to pick up our Full Circle Farms box. They are a competely organic farm out of Washington state that sends either a small, medium or large box of produce. It is all stuff that is in season, and when we priced it out, signifacantly cheaper than the produce we can buy here in town. We are getting a small box this week, but in two weeks we will get a big box and split it between Caleb and Sarah, Maylie and her husband John, and Andrew and I. Lots of the teachers at school get the boxes and they say it's really nice to get the produce you can't buy in Nome.
Hope everyone had a great 1st day back to school and that the heat and wind have died down! I can't imagine many things that smell worse than a classroom full of sweaty kids (especially if they just came back from gym class!)
Erin
Current Temp 58
School today was good. There are lots of kids gone this week Moose hunting. My 5th hour class has half of the kids gone this week. The families that hunt will use this meat as their main source of protein for the upcoming year.
Tomorrow we get to pick up our Full Circle Farms box. They are a competely organic farm out of Washington state that sends either a small, medium or large box of produce. It is all stuff that is in season, and when we priced it out, signifacantly cheaper than the produce we can buy here in town. We are getting a small box this week, but in two weeks we will get a big box and split it between Caleb and Sarah, Maylie and her husband John, and Andrew and I. Lots of the teachers at school get the boxes and they say it's really nice to get the produce you can't buy in Nome.
Hope everyone had a great 1st day back to school and that the heat and wind have died down! I can't imagine many things that smell worse than a classroom full of sweaty kids (especially if they just came back from gym class!)
Erin
Current Temp 58
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