Got Crabs?

Today's Friday! Things are going great. When the girls got off the bus after school they came home to 6 Tanner Crabs crawling in our grass. So when I came home I made a phone call to Sharon and she and her husband Dean had about 30 crabs in their Cod Pots, so they brought us some. Well we called over Jason from next door to show Lars what to do. You take the 4 left legs and bend then at the base of the body until they pop out. Then you throw them in a boiling pot of water about 2 inches deep with a little salt and put a lid on and steem for 20 min. Wala! We froze half of them and ate the rest! Sharon called and asked if I wanted to bring Trace over to her house to see the octopus they had in one of the pots. Trace wouldn't even get out of the truck at first. I tried to get him to hold one of the legs, and he said No Way Jose! I even tried to get him to hold a crab and got the same response. We came back and took over a crab to Marlene and Paul and watched Waylon Jennings Documentary. Awesome!!! We are going to buy it. The girls went to their first KC dance. No one would dance so the girls got out there and showed them how it's done. Saije was doing some twirly thing and ate it in the middle of the whole school. She is so cute. Tomorrow is Trace and Lars' Birthday party. Trace invited all of the Head start kids, it should be fun.

Happy B-Day Lars

Well thank goodness the day didn't start like yesterday. Lars is officially 39. Just think if Trace was really 10! EEK! That is Traces new work, eek. He says it all the time. Trace and I had to stay home from school today. He woke up with a kink in his neck. Poor little guy. It is pretty hard to get him to sit still on a heating pad. He did let me rub some heat cream on his neck and give him some asprin. He felt alot better by 11:00 but he still couldn't turn his head t0 the left. Trace and I made Lars a birthday cake and some Salmon with dill sauce. I hope they like it, something new to try.
It has been raining off and on today, so we will probably stay inside. Lars got some basketball shoes from Marilyn and I. Hey Marilyn he's on the phone with you! I hope that he will start going to the gym with me. Well see. It's a pretty good hint to go, don't ya think? Well Lars never made it to the gym with me. He was buisy visiting with an 8 ft. Bear. He rode up the creek looking for Ptarmigan. He said that once he got up in the Alders that there was no way out just straight uo to the base of the Volcano. Well he came around an Alder and there sat the bear on his honches. Lars let go of the handle bars and grabbed the gun. The Bear stood up scratched his chest and sniffed the air. Lars stood up on the seat and aimed right for his head. The Bear sat back down and Lars stayed right were he was. The Bear then stood back up and stretched his arms out to the side and roared. Lars felt that it was standing it's ground so he did the same. The Bear landed on all fours and took off. My dads bigger than your dad! Lars is very lucky that it wasn't an momma with cubs. She would have had him for dinner. He needs to stop going out alone. It would be very hard to go look for him if anything happened.

The Blame

Well today out alarm clock never went off and since I am the one with the damn alarm clock on my side of the bed I am to blame! Well Lars left for school at 8:00 instead of 7:15 and the girls left at 8:30 instead of 7:40. Trace had to go to pre-school at 10:00 instead of 8:00 and I was right on time! oops! smile. That got everyone started off in a very bad mood, even myself because I was the blame! After that the starter went out again, in the Gypsy. We need a new one bad. The girls had to walk to practice with the bears! They got a ride 1/2 way so they lived to BLame me for it! We all came home, yelled at eachother then went to bed!

Trace is 10?

Trace woke up and Said Hey Mom!, I'm 10 now! Do you know how old that makes the rest of us?
Sorry Trace you are 5! Oh he's a cuttie pie! We went to school and took the cupcakes. The kids couldn't have them until snack time which is right before their parents come, Yea! This bunch can't have any sugar! Trace has an admirer. Her name is Soskia. She kept chasing him and hugging him. At first Trace kept complaining about it. After trying to get her to stop, I saw him falling just so she would have to lug around dead weight. She is about 3 inches taller. Amazon girl friend! Anyway we are trying to get her to just HI-5 with him so she dosen't keep hugging him. She told me that all she wanted to do is tell Trace something. So, I got Trace to come over so she will leave him alone and she said out loud "I love you, Trace." EEK! Trace screamed out loud and almost passed out! This is not going to be as easy as we had hoped. We came home after school and made some salmon dip from the salmon Marge gave to us. She gave Lars a jar and Trace a jar. Dang it was good! I went to work out and ended up playing 2 Basketball games. My body feels alot better today. When I got home Lars told me about his ride up the valley. He came head to head with a huge bear. I hate when he goes out alone. Anyway It was sitting on it's honches and then stook up. So crazy Lars stood up on the 4 wheeler with his gun. The bear stretched out it's arms and pounded his chest then sat down again. Lars stayed standing and tried to find the quickest way out of the Alder bushes. Which there was only the way he went in. Oh how I love that man. Then the bear stood up again and sniffed the air and growled and patted his chest with one paw and landed on all four and turned and walked the other way. I swear Lars has 100 lives. And that's good cause he needs them. The phone rang after I got the whole story and Sharon Bug called me. Everyone ends names with bug, it's kind of cute. They call me Ree Bug! AHH! Her husband just got off the boat with fresh Tanner Crab and wondered if we would like some. Duh! Anyway she came over and there were 2 nice Crabs. Lars was in heaven. He is just lucky to be here to eat some! Oct. is King Crab season. This year the crabbers have quotas to match so they hope the weather gets better. It is the most dangerous job in the world.

Girls and sports

Today was just another Monday. Everything went great. The girls had volleyball practice. Who ever plays the best at practice gets to play the games. There are 4 boys and 4 girls. 2 Boys & 3 girls will play each game. Saije had basketball practice. She did pretty good for never playing ball. Trace and I baked cupcakes for his class mates tommorow. I can't believe he will be 5. We are gona have his party on Sat. You are all invited! Hope to see ya there! Smile- Lars' party will be that night. We are going to have over the neighbors that are always feeding us. Happy Birthday Adam!
We hope it's a good one!

Food anyone?

Today we woke up at 10:00, 5 hours of sleep. I felt pretty good. I went to get up and almost fell to my knees. I am soooooo soar. Every muscle in my body aches. Lars told me that I will be in for alot of pain and he was right. We don't go to the gym on Sundays and so I get to recover. I had to make marshmello brownies and sugar cookies for the girls fundraiser to go to Washington DC. They requested that I make chocolate chip cookies *Marilyn's recipe, every sunday. I wanted to make a variety and let them taste all the awesome fattening things that I can make. Well Lars caught 4 more silvers today so I made salmon and then we got invited to go next door and have Sunday dinner with the family. There was steaks, vegtable tray, hamburgers, ribs, BBQ chicken, rice, Salmon, Brownies, sugar cookies, heck you name it we had it. Now I really need to get to the gym tommorow. Well we are cleaning salmon and then hittin' the sack!
Cherie is out!

Party all the time

Today I coudn't get out of bed. I had the biggest migrain. I have never had a migrain. We were out of asprin and Lars was down at the docks picking up our food that came in. It took him an hour to find the unloading area, then the frozen section. Ordering from Seattle is so much cheaper. You can get cake mixes for .88 a box. Here they are 2.00 to 3.00. Holy! At about 1:00 he came back with asprin and the girls and I put the groceries away. Kim called me and it was time to go to the gym. I think that I am so out of shape and that was the reason I got the migrain. Dehydration! Well I knew that I had to get back to the gym and play Or I would never go back. So Trace and I took off. Trace made 3 baskets. He is getting pretty good. I only played one game and walked a mile and worked out. Came home and Lars just pulled up on the 4 wheeler. He had to go help the ambulance go find a guy that rolled on his 4 wheeler. He couldn't sit up, but he could feel his toes and fingers. I hope that he didn't break his back. They flew him to Anchorage. Well we showered and we all went over and played cards at Kim and Jasons. When we got done it was 5:00 am. Holy\Here time flies so fast. Everyone has stories to tell and they are good ones. The Kids play x-box and watch movies. Everyone hangs out with their family, all the time. It's cool.

It was just a game

Today was friday and boy am I glad. The weather makes everyday go by so quickly. We have a nice sunny day today. The kids all wanted to play at the play ground today and right when we were getting ready it began to rain. Oh well! We went to the Teacher appreciation night at 5:30. The food was great. It was held at the Russian Orthodox Church. Trace got up on the piano and played a crazy tune. I had to chase him around the podium to get him out of there. That's my boy! After that Kim and Roxi came and picked me up and we went to the gym at the High School and worked out then ran and THEN Played 3 games of basketball fist team to 10. Hello, I am soooo out of shape! But I did hang with them and showed them some good "D". I made 2 baskets a game. Not good, but if I keep it up I can only get better. It is just a game anyway. I came home showered and worked on the blog so all you fine people can read my family journal. Peace out, Girl Scout! I AM OUT!

Bears,Bears and more Bears

Well Trace went to school with his awesome haircut. No one made fun of him or made him feel bad. The girls got their physicals for Co Ed Volleyball and Basketball. Good luck girls! We got home after the appts. and ate dinner. Lars went out to kennel the dogs and there were cops and people on their roofs. I tried to get a picture but it was too dark. The cops had been called three times today to run off this huge yellow bear. I guess the older they get the blonder they get. So this one is a grandpa. The cops had these huge guns and these ear muffs that look like a sonar or something. Well the bear took off and cruised over to our house and ended up at the city building. So yea, once again we didn't get to see the bear. I cut Traces hair before he went to bed and he was so upset. He wanted to go to school with his own hair cut! I tried to tell him that it will grow back and he finally got over it. He shouldn't have cut his hair. Poor little Trace, But he was a proud little Trace.

got dsl?

Today was nothing but harsh wind and rain. No planes flew in or out. It was so loud that it was hard to hear in the class room. When we got home the phone company came over and hooked up our dsl! yeah now i can do everything from home. well while i was helping the computer man Trace was in the bedroom cutting his own hair. It was eye shocking. He looks just like a cross between Lloyd Christmas and Joe Dirt. Wait till you get the picture on the blog. I told him that I wont be able to fix it until after school tomarow and that some kids might make fun of him. He said no they wont and comfertable going. We will see how it goes.

Cherie goes full time!

Today I got upped to 21 hours a week with the head start. That means i am eligable for benefits. Yeah!I will work Monday-Friday and get off work when the kids do. We are still working on pay schedule but it is more than I would be sitting at home alone while Trace is at school. Lars went fishing after school and brought home four nice Silvers. Our freezer is getting full. The girls are keeping up in school and Trace and I play with a lot of play dough! Elyse has been asked out by a boy named Andrew Wilson, he stopped by unanounced and watched the Longest Yard with us. He seemed to be nice enough to take her out when she is 20. I just dont know anyone very well and i am very protective.

Trace starts Preschool

Today was Traces first day of preschool. Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays; 8:00am to 11:30. He goes to Head Start Tue. through Fri.; 11:30 to 3:00. He really likes it alot. He seems to not mind having me there in class with him. If he gets his feelings hurt, He tries not to run to mommy. Today we had a bear in the backyard of the neigbors. They got out a gun and it started to run into the Alder bushes. We didn't even get to see it. Lars was gone fishing for Silvers and brought home 6 nice fish. Our camera cord is MIA. I thought I left it a Lisa and CJ's, but that wasn't were I found it. It was in Lars' desk at school. So now we are going to down load and try and get some pictures of King Cove on the Blog. Neisha has been studying for Drivers Ed. Lars and I have to take the test also. We have to get new licenses if employed in AK. We ate salmon for dinner and hit the sack.

Windy King Cove

Today was bad. Windy, rainy and just plain crappy. Lars couldn't even fish. The girls made brownies and cookies for the bake sale to raise money for the fundraiser so they can go to Washington DC with student council. We all just hung out at home and played Pin Ball on the computer.

Shake N Bake Pizza

About Last night. We got that Pizza we ordered and when I opened the box it must have been swung around or carried upside down. The delivery boy was 8 yrs. old and is the Pizza Ladies grandson, our neighbor. He was so proud that he got to deliver the pizza that he probably got ver excited. It was still awesome! While we were eating the pizza we got a call from the neighbors that there were 5 bears in the neigborhood and to keep a look out. The police spotted on and were trying to run it off and it turned on the cop so he shot it in the face and it ran away. A bear is bad, but an injured bear is worse. This season is when the bears run through town and everyone needs to be very careful. Well this morning started out nice. I made my first Salmonberry Jam. It was great. Really good on french toast. We had to go to the dump and I was driving. As soon as we came through the gate we turned to back in and there in front of me was a bear! My first bear in King Cove! I froze and Lars had to slap me to get me to come out of it. At least that's what he said he slapped me for? The girls got invited to their first B-Day Party. (Across the street) It makes me feel better when can see them. When they got home I smelled there breath and tucked them in. You can never be overprotective, can you?

Bears, Kids & Mud

Last night We had every dog in the damn neighborhood on my front porch eating the dog food. How they figured out how to get inside the dutch oven is beyond me. I woke up in a panic thinking that it was a bear on the porch. Lars jumped out of bed wondering why I jumped out of bed. Our hearts were pumping, then madder than hell when we found out it was a pack of dogs. Saije stayed home sick again. The girls have been riding the bus so they don't have to get up at 5:00am anymore. And Trace and I watched Young Guns and ate cereal. Today was a wierd day. It felt so slow. And the kids knew that it was Friday so they were bouncing off the walls. We ended up taking them outside and blow bubbles so that they could get a little energy out of them. The sun is out and the mud is awesome! I think we will do some riding this weekend. We are going to order pizza tonight for dinner and get a movie. I live for my weekends! Lars is also very ready for the weekend. He has been doing great and the kids love him. Weather we are here next year is up to the towns people. There is a huge bear hanging out at the dump and the kids came to class today telling us that we need to go see it. It is an old fat one. We miss you all and wish that you were here to see the bear!

Kids, you gotta love 'em

Well one more day till Friday! Yipee! Saije feels alot better today. She got up and liked like someone gave her two black eyes. Today the kids played with this stuff called Oogleck. It is Corn Starch and Water. It is cool. You can ick it up and it is hard then it melts imediately and runs like melted butter. The kids love it. Tonight we have a School Open House at 7:00pm and Lars has to be there until it is over. We are heading home and having chicken tonight. Maybe Trace will eat!

Saije is a sicko

Today went a little better. One of the little boys, Baby. Had a very bad day. He screamed if he didn't win or couldn't go first. Poor boy. Some days I feel like that. Saije had to go home sick today. They thought she had pink eye. I knew that she didn't because I had been having her put ice packs on her eyes for the last 3 days. She has a pretty good cold and her eyes just run. So After aiding all day off I went to the Dr. office. I spent 2 hours there and had plenty of time to fill out the entire families medical records. She didn't have pink eye and ended up with a sinus infection! Yuck! She has to take a antibiotic 3 times a day for 10 days. She is going to stay home tomorrow and try and get better. After getting home we ate Halibut and Trace ate only rice, again! Poor kid is going to stay little if he dosen't get over what ever he is going through. We have been trying to get the internet hooked up. They said it will be 5 days. I hope it will be sooner so the kids get off my back about it! Today I am really ready for bed!

Playing for a job

Today is my first day of being an official teachers aide. It sure is alot to keep up with. We have 7 Kids and trying to keep up with them drains you. We start with lunch. They each serve themselves and clean up their tray. Then it is time to go to the gym. One of the boys ripped off my toenail. He didn't mean to, but if I can keep it that would be nice. Trace first stepped on it last week and I about fainted. Saije thought I was dieing and Trace began crying, all within a second of eachother. When we get back to the room we play games and then read on the rug. At 2:30 we began snack time and then the kids all brush their teeth and then GO HOME!
I went home exhausted! I am glad that I don't have 7 kids under the age of 4. I am suposed to go to the gym with Kim, but I think that I will have to get used to this first.

Cracking the whip.

My mornings still begin at 5:00am. I am the jailor, and I get results! Trace and I went back to bed after everyone left. We did some shopping after Lars came home for lunch and gave me the Bourban. Man the food bill is going to break us! I wish that we could grow eggs and milk. Lars and Trace headed out got some silvers at Lenords Bay. They caught Humpy's, Yuck! He also ran into a Local that was realing in Silvers one right after another. He showed Lars the rig and now he should have better luck. They also went over to the dead bear and tried to get a claw or a tooth. It was still too stinky. Trace said that it was as big as the couch! I am going to do parent time in class with Trace tomorrow. I hope that it is a good experince for us both.

Lazy Day

Today we have been lazy. Not much to do but Laundry! Trace and Lars went fishing, still NO Silvers! The weather dropped to 47 degrees. It was to cold to play so we never went out side. Trace dosen't have school on Monday's so we are going to hang out.

Tace's first time at a Bday party.

Woke up late today! We stayed up til 2:00 am at the Newman's. They love to visit and entertain. They had the kids playing games and making shakes in the pizza parlor. They had video games, movies and food! Those bears emded up over at the neighbors and they tore up their satilite dish. The girls got invited to go riding to Belkoski Bay. When they came back they were muddy from head to toe! They actually had fun. Lars ended up going also with the neighbor, Les. While he was gone Trace was invited to a birthday party of a classmate named Jalaya. She is now 5. He never got off my lap the whole time. Well he did go in to see the baby chicks in the bathroom. They were so cute. When it was time to hit the pinata he refused to put on the blind fold and stayed on my lap. Jalaya got a Dora the Explorer tent and Trace anounced to everone that he will not go in a girls tent, EVER! I am very glad to hear that! When we got home Lars pulled up covered in mud. He said that they had a better ride than the first time we went. He only got stuck 4 times instead of 20. I am the only one in KC that cuts hair and the word is getting out. I had my first hair cut today, Kim. She didn't want anything fancy but she is a paying customer! After dinner we all sat down and watched Sahara then fell asleep on the couch.

A visit from the 3 Bears

Today is finally friday. I got the kids to school and Trace to the Babysitter. I had a meeting with the Principal this morning and I turned down the Subing position. He was suprised but understood that I applied at headstart and need to be with my son. The Interview went great. I was very happy with my answers and they kept commenting on how well I interview. When I got home I got the call and I got the job! Marty told me that they kept wanting to have me transfer to Sandpoint and work there. Oh No! I am staying right here. Tonight we are going to go to Kim and Jasons parents house 3 doors down. They also own the only pizza place in town and it is in their basement. We had a great time . While we were there the police were at our house taking care of the Three Bears. I thought that it was Goldielocks that visited not the other way around! well they got them taken care of and we got in our house safely.

Back to babysitters?

Well no one could get out of bed this morning and I am subing for the rest of the week. Trace has to go to a Babysitter for the next 2 days. He seems to be ok. I will take him to her house at 7;15 and she will bring him to the school at 11:30 for head start. The Secretary is very sick and will be out for a few weeks. They need to hire someone for her position and the principal is looking at me to do it. I have talked to Lars and I am not going to do it. I want to spend time with Trace and that is that. the girls have met some friends & are going to the teen center tonight. I hope they get along and stay out of trouble. We are going to fry up some Halibut and hit the sack.

Three more days til friday

I am starting to get on a schedule. It's alot to go to bed at 9:00. School is going OK for the girls. They also have been working on getting the dance company going after school. I think it will be fun for them and give them alot of experience in teaching. Trace is really doing great in school. I hope that he keeps doing well if I am in the classroom with him. Lars has had a pretty crazy day. I get to interview for the head start position tomorrow. I am the only one that applied so my chances are good. They have a strict interviewing process and all of my experience should help out.
Wish me luck!

Back in the swing of things

This morning 5:00 came way to early. I Am to sub all week for the school secretary. The one sec. does everything that the 4 sec's did at WHS. Well you have to also consider that we have 93 students to there 993! Anyway, the girls degan their rutine as they shuffle from station to station getting all beautified! I made breakfast and got Lars and Muck up at 6:00. Trace was so tired he couldn't even eat his maple syrup soaked pancakes! After we were already to leave Trace had to make a quick pit stop. He never came out so I went in! His poor little face said it all He was wet from his knees down. He couldn't even explain it, But I could! He was still asleep! So we had to do a quick bath and head to school! Maybe tonight he will go straight to bed! Mucks words for the day: He took ahold of LArs's cheeks and looked him straight in the eyesand said;"Dad, shen I snap my fingers you need to do what ever I say. And do it NOW!" I wonder where he got that from? Well 3 more days til friday!

Labor Day in King Cove!

Happy Labor Day! I hope you all got to have a day off! Today we got laundry done and we were invited to BBQ at the Beibers. We first met them on the Tustamena Ferry. Heidi is the special aide teacher, Don is the PA at the Clinic. they have their 3 daughters, Grace, Heather and Kelli. Saije and Kelli crochet up a storm. Trace got to play with a ship game just like uncle Nick left at Grandma and Grandpa Larsens house! It was nice to hang out and not dig our selves out of the swamps or river! We have school tomorrow and so we are calling it a night! The summer is officially over!

The things we people do!

We went on a 4 wheeler ride to Lenards Harbor to catch some silvers. We had to cross the
"stinking" river a hundred times. Oh all the dead fish, They were everywhere! And the smell....Oh my Hell! Everytime the water would splash on me I would about puke! Trace had to plug his nose it was so sick! When we finally got to the fishing hole, there were bear tracks all over the place. We all had guns and were on the look out constantly. The kids all cought fish. No Silvers, but those stinky Hump's as Trace would say. We went with 3 other families and ate Burgers and Hot Dogs. We even had smore's! I thought that was a Utah thing. Things that make you go, Humm? The girls drove up with a girl named Charlene. They followed us in her 2 wheel drive truck! They made it all the way. Then it began to rain. Well not thinking how mwny times we had to re-cross the river and how much it had risen since it began raining! Hello! The truck got stuck in the middle of the river! When we got the girls out they opened the doors and the water came gushing out! They had water up to the seats! This was not a Virgin river it was a large stream so we had everything under control and no one got hurt! Well when we finally got home,Lars and Paul had to go pull his daughters truck home because it ruined the engine. I couldn't belive that they drove that truck into water in the first place! All in all we had a great time. And we still haven't seen any bears!

Come and get it!

Last night I did nothing but dream of biquits and gravy. I woke up starving! So at 8:00am I made the most awesome gravy ever! I don't think that I did anything different, I think it was because I was STARVING! Well we took off and worked in the music room for a few hours. Lars said that he has never seen an OLD collection of band music quite like this one. Albums, sheet music, you name it! The old music teacher never threw anything away. After doing some heavy dusting and getting caught up on my blog we headed home. For dinner we ate pizza. I should start selling those things! I am getting pretty good at it! It's damn sure better than the chinesse around here. We watched 3 Alien shown, read the Hobbit and and listened to 3 bears out side torment the neighbor hood dogs! That was so crazy! It is a good thing that the dogs are in the trailer at night! Then we hit the sack!

When you give the Muck a glass of milk.

Well we got invited to lunch over at Kim and Jasons because they had tons of food left over. The Aluet people are very generous. Lars and Trace went down to the Stinking Hole! I call it that because of all the dead fish that are done spawning! It is truely amazing how many fish are in the river. Well Lars couldn't stand the smell and came right back home. See I told you! We ate Soup and Sandwiches and had a book writting astraviganza! Tonight we are going to see who wrote the best book. You know the ones that are, If you give a Moose a Cookie or a Pig a Pancake? We have one if you give Muck a glass of milk! This should be good!

A little BBQ and R & R?

Everyone woke up early and did their chores and we walked up the street and did some visiting! Everyone has made us feel welcome and reassured that if we ever loose our roof or 4 wheelers that they will be right there to help us! Boy that makes me feel better! But what really makes me feel better is that if we do loose our roof we won't have to pay for it! Now our 4 wheelers we are staking down along with the trailer. They don't strap stuff down just for fun! For dinner we got invited to a little BBQ. Kim and Jason made a feast! I made some cinnimon rolls and they had everything else covered. We sat around and got to know eachother and the girls got to watch Fuse, finally! Trace played motorcycle video games, and now he wants one from Santa Clause. Lars went to bed early and never even came over to eat. He is a tired boy. And for the last 2 days our neighbors had their music booming and we didn't get to sleep until 12:00am. I was ready to go our on the deck and shoot the shot gun in the air to get somebody's attention so I can get some sleep! But I didn't , Lars slapped some sence into me and I put in some ear plugs and went to sleep! Oh, we were informed that there is a mens and womens Basketball league. It starts up in a few weeks. I can't wait to get some exersize! I hope Lars gets involved so he will stay out of trouble. He has been asked to help out with the Basketball team ao he should be way distracted. Smile! And Bear season started today! EEK!