Three Hundred Ninety Pounds, I repeat, Three Hundred Ninety Pounds.
Ya, you'd be a little squeamish too!
Ya, you'd be a little squeamish too!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Memo to Self:
When cooking chocolate mousse and deciding to double, do not double everything but the chocolate chips.
Turn off the oven.
When you are cooking rice pilaf and you have to sautee the onions separately do not put them in the same bowl as the diced carrots, cardamom pods, ginger slice, and cauliflower.
Stop dropping all the spoons after you dry them.
Do not throw the egg whites down the sink until you have read the rest of the recipe.
To Undoubtedly Be Continued...
Turn off the oven.
When you are cooking rice pilaf and you have to sautee the onions separately do not put them in the same bowl as the diced carrots, cardamom pods, ginger slice, and cauliflower.
Stop dropping all the spoons after you dry them.
Do not throw the egg whites down the sink until you have read the rest of the recipe.
To Undoubtedly Be Continued...
Monday, July 16, 2007
One Near Death Experience After the Other
I have a really good story for you. Ok, seriously this was without a doubt the scariest moment of my life. So there are tons of hiking trails around so Brittany and I try to get out a few times a week and go hiking, but a lot of times the trails are grown over and we end up getting off track. So a couple of days ago we are going along and the trail just ends, so Brittany jumps down to this ledge and keeps going and I tried to follow where she went but I guess I jumped to a different ledge and I totally went sliding down the mountain. I looked below me and saw I was about to fall over all these slate rocks so I dug my elbows into the mountain and was able to stop myself. In truth I didn’t really have time to get scared, but once I could stand up again and realized what had just happened I couldn’t stop shaking. Wow, talk about intense. Haha, but really I am ok, just a few cuts on my arms.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Blood & Gore
So I do actually have some exciting Alaskan things to add from yesterday, but I have to get pictures from other people so we will get to that later. Sorry, y'all.
So here is today's excitement. I would like to start with a short explanation of one of my pre-worries about coming to Alaska... I don't handle blood well. The first time I tried to get blood drawn- and we are talking a little vial for a test, not even enough to donate- I was passed out before the needle was even ready. So working in a fishing lodge I knew that I would be seeing things like fish being ripped to pieces and Brittany told me that there was a dead bear being cut up before I came. I have seen plenty of disgusting things here that should have put me over the edge.
This morning I was awake and feeling pretty good for the morning and we're all in the kitchen laughing about whatever, when I, in short, mistook my thumb for the carrots I was chopping. I saw my skin cut through and it suddenly blood filled the cut quickly and I ran from the back pantry to the kitchen. I threw my hand in the air and said, "I hate blood!" Dana grabbed me and brought me to a chair and held my thumb with a paper towel. Tears were streaming down my face and I was chilled and I knew it was coming. Dana helped me up to lay me down on the couch and -I should say this next part was told to me afterwards because I honestly don't remember this next part- my knees went out and she lifted me up over to the couch. I sat there for maybe 15 minutes before I finally felt a little better and got back up. I must say I was pretty freaking grateful to have a med student in the kitchen. Haha.
I should say that the cut really was not that bad. It is about half a cm deep if that. I did just realize that I cut through the nail. I mean it's not bad, but I got it pretty well. This picture doesn't even do if justice. Haha.
So here is today's excitement. I would like to start with a short explanation of one of my pre-worries about coming to Alaska... I don't handle blood well. The first time I tried to get blood drawn- and we are talking a little vial for a test, not even enough to donate- I was passed out before the needle was even ready. So working in a fishing lodge I knew that I would be seeing things like fish being ripped to pieces and Brittany told me that there was a dead bear being cut up before I came. I have seen plenty of disgusting things here that should have put me over the edge.
This morning I was awake and feeling pretty good for the morning and we're all in the kitchen laughing about whatever, when I, in short, mistook my thumb for the carrots I was chopping. I saw my skin cut through and it suddenly blood filled the cut quickly and I ran from the back pantry to the kitchen. I threw my hand in the air and said, "I hate blood!" Dana grabbed me and brought me to a chair and held my thumb with a paper towel. Tears were streaming down my face and I was chilled and I knew it was coming. Dana helped me up to lay me down on the couch and -I should say this next part was told to me afterwards because I honestly don't remember this next part- my knees went out and she lifted me up over to the couch. I sat there for maybe 15 minutes before I finally felt a little better and got back up. I must say I was pretty freaking grateful to have a med student in the kitchen. Haha.
I should say that the cut really was not that bad. It is about half a cm deep if that. I did just realize that I cut through the nail. I mean it's not bad, but I got it pretty well. This picture doesn't even do if justice. Haha.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Gather Round Kids, It's Story Time!
It’s been awhile, but now I have some good stories for you all.
Story #1: A few mornings ago Frank came and woke us up because we had a visitor out front about 30 feet away from the dock. Guess what it was! No, really guess. What? No! It was a humpback whale!
No joke! It was the coolest thing I have seen up here. It just came up to the bay and was chilling for about 2 hours swimming in circles out front. We were watching from the window when Dana told us that we should go out front and sit in the boat and watch it so we could get the sound effects. I thought she just meant the water splashing or something, but oh my gosh are those things loud. Aeeruuuurgh! It was pretty sweet, I must say.
Story #2:
Well if the water tanks job did not have you convinced that Brittany and I are totally macho and can do anything in the world, then this will… we put together a grill! Yay us! Ok, now that I am writing it I guess there is not much of a story to tell, but I was pretty dang excited. I called my friend Emily and told her and she said, “Now you don’t need a husband!” Haha.
Story #3: When my dad bought his boat he also got Amber and I shorty wetsuits. (to your knees and elbows) Well I knew Amber wouldn’t be needing hers in the 120F weather in Arizona so I thought I would bring them up here for Brittany and I. Little did I know the water here is absolutely ridiculously cold, but nonetheless I didn’t drag those things 2000 miles for nothing. So Brittany and I whipped them out the other day and went for a swim. Yes, it was a very cold and very short swim, but how many people can say they’ve been swimming in Alaska? Probably a lot of people, but not any I know.
Story #4: We just had a family with a son and daughter who just barely left, but while they were here they went halibut fishing. The little girl was probably Brittany’s height and like 85 lb.
She caught 2 fish. One was 103 lb and the other was 230 lb. Do you know how big that is?! It’s huge. Also I would just like to mention that in case you didn’t know halibuts’ eyes are both on the same side of their head and they swim that side up and the other down. And in case you didn’t know, it is hilarious.
Story #1: A few mornings ago Frank came and woke us up because we had a visitor out front about 30 feet away from the dock. Guess what it was! No, really guess. What? No! It was a humpback whale!
No joke! It was the coolest thing I have seen up here. It just came up to the bay and was chilling for about 2 hours swimming in circles out front. We were watching from the window when Dana told us that we should go out front and sit in the boat and watch it so we could get the sound effects. I thought she just meant the water splashing or something, but oh my gosh are those things loud. Aeeruuuurgh! It was pretty sweet, I must say.Story #2:
Well if the water tanks job did not have you convinced that Brittany and I are totally macho and can do anything in the world, then this will… we put together a grill! Yay us! Ok, now that I am writing it I guess there is not much of a story to tell, but I was pretty dang excited. I called my friend Emily and told her and she said, “Now you don’t need a husband!” Haha.Story #3: When my dad bought his boat he also got Amber and I shorty wetsuits. (to your knees and elbows) Well I knew Amber wouldn’t be needing hers in the 120F weather in Arizona so I thought I would bring them up here for Brittany and I. Little did I know the water here is absolutely ridiculously cold, but nonetheless I didn’t drag those things 2000 miles for nothing. So Brittany and I whipped them out the other day and went for a swim. Yes, it was a very cold and very short swim, but how many people can say they’ve been swimming in Alaska? Probably a lot of people, but not any I know.
Story #4: We just had a family with a son and daughter who just barely left, but while they were here they went halibut fishing. The little girl was probably Brittany’s height and like 85 lb.
She caught 2 fish. One was 103 lb and the other was 230 lb. Do you know how big that is?! It’s huge. Also I would just like to mention that in case you didn’t know halibuts’ eyes are both on the same side of their head and they swim that side up and the other down. And in case you didn’t know, it is hilarious.
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