Veronika Raelene
Pix from Sept, Oct, Nov and some from December 2010
Months 6, 7, 8, and 9
I will get around to captioning these pix, but I'm working on uploading pix from Dec, Jan, Feb and March.....
Wednesday, April 13
Friday, April 8
Friday, April 8, 2011
So we've been getting hit by some pretty big storms the last week or so! Last weekend we got hit with 100MPH winds and got over 2 feet of wet sleet/snow dumped on us, then on Monday the wind switched to a southerly and warmed up to around 50F and melted everything, then a couple days later we get hit with what the weather people are saying was no less than a category 3 hurricane. There was some damage in other villages around this area but everything was fine here in Akutan. Just had a coating of fresh salt water on everything from the wind picking up water off the bay and spraying it on everything! Then yesterday the weather cleared up for a bit and got warm - still not nice enough for a plane though.... then woke up today to strong and cold Northerly winds and a light dusting of snow. It's almost like winter isn't going to go anywhere without putting up a good fight!! It's been a while now since we've gotten a plane..... All I know is that there are a lot of boats anchoring out in our bay because they don't want to be out in the 35+ foot seas outside of our bay! I don't think I'll ever want to see seas that huge! 6-10ft seas are big enough for me!!
Veronika got her 1st ear infection, my poor baby.... and on top of it all she's wheezing and has to get nebulizer treatments to help clear her lungs up. She hasn't really had too bad a fever but at times her temp gets up to 101 or so, so I've been keeping her on infants tylenol when I noticed her temp go up. She's been a little fussy the first part of the week, but once her antibiotics kicked in she's been acting like her normal self once again. Thank goodness!! I was just about in tears when I had to take her to the clinic... I'm happy we got it in the early stages though! I still can't believe my baby is over a year old already.....
So we have the Alaska Volcano Observatory coming out this summer... not sure if that's a good sign or a bad sign about anything... it's been since 1996 since they last came to the island and put up monitors.... we'll find out more this summer when they come in. I'm thinking it has something to do with the plates moving and the earthquakes in Japan.... but like I said we'll know more this summer when they come in.
I have to talk with the airport people about their hotel reservations. I show they are supposed to be leaving soon but word has it they are staying longer... and if they are they have to let me know because I've been taking reservations for the hotel rooms that they are occupying since they haven't told me that they needed to extend their reservations.... so I have to get a hold of them ASAP and let them know what's going on with the hotel bookings. With the weather we've been having I don't think they've been able to get the work done that they wanted to get done by now!
The state ferry Tustemena will be here in a couple more weeks, the first of the year! I hope the weather is nice enough for them to come down! American Easter and Russian Orthodox Easter both fall on the same day (again) this year! I got Roni the cutest lil green dress for Easter! I'm excited to make Kulich (Easter bread) and color eggs with Roni! I got everything I need to make her a custom Easter basket! Most of the stuff I'm going to be eating anyway but she can have the stuffed animals!
Gosh 12 more days and I'll be celebrating my 28th birthday.... I don't know how the years are going by so fast, I don't feel like I'm going to be 28........ But I'm excited! I have my appt set up for a new tattoo when I head up to Anchorage!! I'm excited about that!! Its going to look soo awesome!! I've been waiting a long time to get this tattoo! I will share it with everyone once I get it done!! :D I won a $60.00 gift certificate to the Inked Monkey Tattoo by participating in KWHL's Tattoo Tuesday caption contests!!! So I figured I better put it to good use!! :D
Lets see now, Scentsy is working out great for me here in Akutan. I think I have a Scensty warmer in about 1/3 of the households here and they are all loving their products! I'm happy I can help supply them with all their Scentsy needs! I'd appreciate it if everyone can check out my Scentsy web page and get familiar with the product! Its a wickless candle system that uses a low watt light bulb to heat up a warmer, and you put these highly scented wax cubes into the warming bowl. Which then get melted and disperse the scent through out your home/office! I'm loving last month's Scent of the Month: Jumpin Jelly Beans!! This month's scent is called Flutter - it's delicate orange blossoms and whipped almond cream floating above a bed of bright lemon verbena, creating a dreamy fragrance, like a sweetheart's whisper in the night! I think it smells kind of like an orange cream ice cream bar!! Soo yummy!!! My website is: http://www.aprilpelkey.scentsy.us/ - to order click on the buy tab! Please get the word out to all you know!! You can also sign up to get newsletters via email! And if you'd like you can email me your address and I can send you the monthly fliers for the Scent and Warmer of the month with a "rub and smell" of that month's scent of the month!
Other than that nothing really new happening around this part of the world - other than Old Man Winter isn't going to let Spring in without a fight first! In about a month the island should be starting to turn green and the days will be longer and warmer! I'm looking forward to getting fish: halibut & salmon. I need to dry more salmon this year, I ran out earlier than I usually do! I love living off the land and sea!! Ugggg and I just remembered.... I better start getting my tax stuff ready and out in the mail next week :P I'm a procrastinator when it comes to my own taxes :P
Ok well bloggers have a great time, until my next post, Ta Ta For Now (TTFN)!!! :D
Pix:
My baby bell pepper after the flower petals fell off!
Veronika kicking back under a table in my office, She was kicking her little legs too it was so cute!
Playing with her new MegaBlocks kitchen set we got her! She has that "now what" look!!
My pretty Princess on April 2, 2011
Me! :D
Friday, April 1
Friday, April 1, 2011
April is here already!! Sorry I didn't get my blog posted yesterday like I promised! Nothing much going on in this part of the world, all the same as in the last post. Let me see what I can write about... hmmmm......
I did get in my Scentsy April Warmer and Scent of the Month fliers in and the Rub & Smell stickers for the scent of the month - which is called Flutter - Drift to sleep as the subtle perfume of a moonlit spring garden flutter through an open window. Delicate orange blossoms and whipped almond cream float above a bed of bright lemon verbena, creating a dreamy fragrance, like a sweetheart's whisper in the night!! I think it smells a bit like an orange cremesicle!! And I can't explain how much I am loving last month's Scent Jumpin' Jelly Beans! My whole office smells like a fresh spring day!! I have my co-workers drooling over it!! I handed out most of the fliers to people here in Akutan and mailed some out to some of my frequent buyers! Below is a picture of this month's Warmer of the Month:
To purchase go to my website: http://www.aprilpelkey.scentsy.us/ and click on the buy tab! Also I did my Monthly Drawing for a brick of Scentsy (a $20 value) today, and the winner is Karen Vincler! Congratulations Karen! :D To enter my drawing all you have to do is make an order from my website and your name gets put into the pot. Each time you make an order you get another chance at winning!! Winners are picked on the 1st of the following month!
I am still trying to get pictures uploaded of Roni from the last couple months, I think I'll just post what I have now and keep trying to get more uploaded, plus pictures from her birthday! I can't believe how fast the year has already gone by, in 20 more days I'll be turning 28!!! :\ I still can't believe that I'm going to be 28... I remember 10 years ago when I thought 28 was getting kind of old, now that I'm here I don't think that anymore!! Gosh, it's still hard for me to believe that I'm going to be 28 and that my lil girl is already past the 1 year mark! The years, days, hours just seem to go by so quickly!!
My puppies are doing great - they love to chew and tear up everything and I'm happy as long as it's something they are allowed to chew and tear up - like their chew toys and everything else I got them! They are definately some spoiled pups that's for sure! Obedience training with them is a bit difficult, but I'm slowly getting them trained. I think I need to start getting them out of the house more and socializing with other people!! It's just hard to pick which ones I want to take with me, plus with it being cold out I rarely take them out... hopefully the weather warms up soon and I can start walking them around town! (on leash of course).
I have moved Roni to eating Gerber 3rd foods and she's eating a lot of what we eat now (minus all the junk food). She loves to sit with us at the table and eat at meal times! She's getting better with me brushing her teeth now too! Now just to start trying to wean her.... I feel that's going to be really hard on the both of us, emotionally and physically! She's getting so much better at running around, but she's hard headed about wanting to keep shoes on her feet! She'd much rather run around in just her socks or bear footed! Silly girl! When I go to Anchorage I'm going to get her pictures taken with a big number 1!! I'm excited, but I feel like I want to cry at the same time.... she's no longer a baby but a toddler!!!..... But we are trying for another baby, so hopefully sometime this year I get preggo again! One or two more and I'll be done having kids!! A family of 4-5 is big enough for me..... at least that's my thinking for now! I have hoarded up a bunch of 4t and size 4 clothes for Roni to grow into. I think I have to start getting size 5! She's still fitting some 18 month clothes and all of her 2T clothes and some 3T clothes. I can't believe how fast she's growing! She's just over 30in tall and weighing in around 30lbs!
I have been trying to diet and lose weight. Between P90X, yoga, belly dancing, Wii Fit, My Shape on Xbox 360 Kinect, and EA Sports on Xbox 360 Kinect I should be able to whip myself back into shape. I can admit I kind of stopped watching what I ate because I was eating for 2 this whole time (while I was preggo and while breastfeeding) but I think it's time to get my body back into shape before it gets too hard to do that! It's so hard to limit my food intake, cut down my soda intake and not to indulge on snack foods.... but I know in the end it will pay off and I hope to stick to my plan!! By the time I get my body the way I want it watch I'll be preggo again and gain most of it all back again :P
The weather has been slowing showing some signs of spring! I noticed that my grass in my yard is growing, some of the plants around town are sprouting little buds, and the thick beach grass is about an inch and half tall! My bell peppers are putting out flowers and my apple tree is just under 4 feet tall! I think I have to get all my plants transplanted into bigger containers. This weekend I will start all my seedlings, which include: jalepeno, red chili peppers, cucumbers, green onions, and an assortment of herbs and a bunch of assorted annual flowers! I hope to get flowers growing all over in my back yard! Give me something nice to look at when I look out my bedroom window! I am trying to get my hubby to make me hanging flower baskets for our porch and in front of our windows so I can put flowers in those. I don't think my strawberries survived in my old BBQ over the winter, they just got too cold because they are lifted up off the ground. The ones I planted near my parents are looking great though, because they are planted right into the ground! I'm excited to get my green thumb going!
Today the weather is pretty nice and calm. With the smallest breeze that will come along! The temps are hanging just under 40F during the day and still dipping around freezing at night. I heard we are supposed to be getting a really big storm, but it still hasn't made it's way here. Yesterday the weather forecast said it was supposed to blow 50MPH, but it was just as nice as it is today!! The plane made it in a couple times already, but I heard they changed their scheduled flights to an earlier flt in the morning and a later flight at night. But so far they have been coming in as scheduled with a couple "chartered" flights for some of the companies that are working here.
Other than that everything has been going pretty great here on the island! I can't wait for summer time to come - fishing and nice warm weather, hiking and going out in the skiff, picnics and relaxing outside with my family!! Summers tend to go way to fast around here though....
Ok well until next time have a great April Fool's Day bloggers!!!
Monday, March 28
March 29, 2011
So yesterday was my lil girl's first birthday! Her party was great, lots of great people and great food! I'm happy that it all went off as good as it did! Now I can de-stress and look back at it as a great accomplishment!! The weather was a bit windy and cold but that didn't stop all the party go-ers from attending my lil Princess' first birthday party! We all had a great time, and even after all the cake and frosting Roni devoured she still made it to sleep on time last night!! She had fun opening her presents when we got home, she wasn't in the mood to open them at the party. A lot has been going on the past month since I last posted a blog. I was in Anchorage during the whole earthquake in Japan and the tsunami warning that they had to deal with here in Akutan. I had my hubby make him and the dogs an emergency bag with everything they would need for at least 5 days! I took my lil sister out to Benihana's for her birthday, we got all dressed up and had a great time with our daughters! I had training and was in Anchorage for a week, I actually made it up and back on my scheduled days, which doesn't really happen much around here! There still hasn't been much snow here... I bought a bunch of flower, vegetable and herb seeds to plant this spring and hopefully put outside once it gets warm. My bell peppers I started a month or so ago are putting out lil flowers/bell peppers and my apple tree is about 3.5ft tall!! The weather has been up and down all month... going a couple days of calm clear weather followed by the usual couple days of stormy weather. On the 19th we got hit with a really strong storm and actually made the news with our "hurricane" force winds. And here I was on the beach trying to get pictures of the huge waves we were actually getting in our bay!! The Airport project is coming along smoothly. I heard they hired some "sea otter" monitors (locals they trained) to count and keep track of the otter population so that they (the airport people and the project) doesn't impact the populations of otters. The boat harbor project is slowly getting started back up again also! They have it pretty torn up at the head of the bay. I'm still just proud of how Veronika was yesterday, she was just as happy as can be! I'm still trying to upload pix from the last couple months, then I'm going to try to post some pix from her party! I'm sorry I haven't been updating my blog as much as I want to.... just haven't been having time with getting everything caught up with in the office - especially since most of our time was spent getting the Shareholder's packets out for the annual meeting. That was a pain in the ass, but we got it done and out with. Talk about a waste of paper having to change everything out a couple times - with 86 packets to make sure have everything in them and the correct copies of everything... at least we got them done and out in the mail! Now to just wait for the proxy/ballots to come back to us! The Akutan Corporation Annual meeting is set for April 30, 2011! My puppies are getting bigger and getting into more mischief. I love them all to death though, they are just the cutest! I love how they get along with Veronika and how some of them love to nap next to her when she's napping, almost like they are keeping watch over her! She loves to run after them and chase them, then run from them as she lets them chase her, it's so cute!! By the way, yes she is up and running around, she's practically masted that in no time! Now she's all about trying to climb up stuff and jump off of it!! Scares the crap out of me but hey kids will be kids and she's just enjoying learning anything and everything she can!! Ok Bloggers, I promise I will get another post in before this month ends!! Take care and "see" you then!! And don't forget about the Monthly Drawings I'm having with my Scentsy business! For every order made in a calendar month, I will put your name into a drawing for a brick of your favorite Scentsy scent! (A $20 value!). To put your orders in go to: aprilpelkey.scentsy.us and click on the buy tab to place your orders! I love Scentsy and their scents! This month's scent of the month is called Jumpin Jelly Bean and I love how it smells!! So fruity and sweet! I can't wait to see what next month's scent smells like. The Warmer of the Month for next month is this really pretty light blue warmer with tiny white flowers adorning it!!
Tuesday, March 1
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Time is just flying by!! It's already March!! So much to do this month! My baby girl is going to be a year old already in 27 more days. I just can't believe how fast time has went by!! All the milestones my lil girl has acheived over the last 11 months makes me want to cry!! I told the hubby I think it's time to start trying for a lil brother or sister for Veronika!! I've been trying to upload pix but between blogger not letting me and our crappy internet connection it's taking forever to get done!!
I recieved the my order of stuff for Veronika's 1st birthday and realized I missed some crucial items that I needed to get so I ordered those and hopefully they get here in time! Another reason why it's good to order everything early in this part of the world! Always have to be prepared and order way a head of time due to where we are located and how our weather only lets us get so many flyable days - then we have to depend on the airlines to make sure they don't have too many people flying back and forth so we can expect space on the plane for the mail to make it in or go out!!
The weather has been just beautiful the last couple days, the suns been out, the water is flat calm and not a breeze in the sky! Our sun rises have been just breath taking - I got a picture I took yesterday which I hope to get posted! Awesome oranges, reds and pinks as the sun is rising - maybe just another sign that a storm is brewing up. We still haven't gotten any snow, but some mornings it gets cold enough for everything to get frost on it!
I sent home a bunch of flower, vegetable and herb seeds and see how those grow around my house this year! I made sure to get perennial flowers so I don't have to worry about replanting them again next year. I am also going to try to plant an apple tree out in front of my house, it's about 2.5ft tall now and I'm getting ready to transplant it once I find a bigger pot for it! I think I might order a new sprouting coconut palm tree to grow in my house. I had one before but I had some people watching my house and I guess they somehow fell on it and broke it and it died.... here I picked that one up in Hawaii back in 2007. I think I have to get my pineapples transplanted and see if those grow a pineapple or not! They have also been growing since 2007! I'm excited to see how my green thumb works out! :D
The airport project should be starting up this month. Everyone is supposed to be arriving here on the island around the 10th or so. I haven't noticed if any of their equipment has made it here yet though. But on the upside we'll be having a lot of people working and getting things moving in the right direction! I never thought I'd see us getting an airport for the village, I always joked not in my life time, but what do you know here we are getting one!! Going to be exciting!! I haven't heard anything on what's going on with our boat harbor lately, but they are working on the road from town to the head of the bay where the boat harbor is going to be located!
So today is the 1st day for the transition to the new Spring/Summer catalog from Scentsy. There are about 26 scents that have been discontinued and 25 new scents for everyone to enjoy!! Out of the new scents I really like Luna, Cherry Limeade, Go-Go-Goji, Honey, Do!, Sugar and Tea Party!!! There are also around 10 new large warmers, 4 new mid-size warmers and 3 new plug-in warmers! This seasons Charitable Cause warmer is called Piece by Piece, designed to represent the mission of Autism Speaks. 100% of the net proceeds from Piece by Piece will be donated directly to Autism Speaks!!! Also this season there are the new Grab Tabs for use in the plug-in warmers, which will let you chang out the wax in your Scentsy plug-ins!! I urge you to check out my website: aprilpelkey.scentsy.us to learn and purchase any of the Scentsy products!! I ensure you that you will love it as much as I do!!! The Scent of the Month is Jumping Jelly Beans - a scent with crisp pear and apple with zesty lemon and sugar!! Also March's Warmer of the Month is called Dotty -a sunny yellow glossy finish and white polka dots are bright and cheerful. The ruffled warmer dish adds a frilly accent like the trumpet on a daffodil. I totally love Scentsy!!!! I'd appreciate it if my fellow bloggers check out my website and learn more about the product and if you want to, buy from my website!
Sunrise at 9:30AM Feb 28, 2011
I recieved the my order of stuff for Veronika's 1st birthday and realized I missed some crucial items that I needed to get so I ordered those and hopefully they get here in time! Another reason why it's good to order everything early in this part of the world! Always have to be prepared and order way a head of time due to where we are located and how our weather only lets us get so many flyable days - then we have to depend on the airlines to make sure they don't have too many people flying back and forth so we can expect space on the plane for the mail to make it in or go out!!
The weather has been just beautiful the last couple days, the suns been out, the water is flat calm and not a breeze in the sky! Our sun rises have been just breath taking - I got a picture I took yesterday which I hope to get posted! Awesome oranges, reds and pinks as the sun is rising - maybe just another sign that a storm is brewing up. We still haven't gotten any snow, but some mornings it gets cold enough for everything to get frost on it!
I sent home a bunch of flower, vegetable and herb seeds and see how those grow around my house this year! I made sure to get perennial flowers so I don't have to worry about replanting them again next year. I am also going to try to plant an apple tree out in front of my house, it's about 2.5ft tall now and I'm getting ready to transplant it once I find a bigger pot for it! I think I might order a new sprouting coconut palm tree to grow in my house. I had one before but I had some people watching my house and I guess they somehow fell on it and broke it and it died.... here I picked that one up in Hawaii back in 2007. I think I have to get my pineapples transplanted and see if those grow a pineapple or not! They have also been growing since 2007! I'm excited to see how my green thumb works out! :D
The airport project should be starting up this month. Everyone is supposed to be arriving here on the island around the 10th or so. I haven't noticed if any of their equipment has made it here yet though. But on the upside we'll be having a lot of people working and getting things moving in the right direction! I never thought I'd see us getting an airport for the village, I always joked not in my life time, but what do you know here we are getting one!! Going to be exciting!! I haven't heard anything on what's going on with our boat harbor lately, but they are working on the road from town to the head of the bay where the boat harbor is going to be located!
So today is the 1st day for the transition to the new Spring/Summer catalog from Scentsy. There are about 26 scents that have been discontinued and 25 new scents for everyone to enjoy!! Out of the new scents I really like Luna, Cherry Limeade, Go-Go-Goji, Honey, Do!, Sugar and Tea Party!!! There are also around 10 new large warmers, 4 new mid-size warmers and 3 new plug-in warmers! This seasons Charitable Cause warmer is called Piece by Piece, designed to represent the mission of Autism Speaks. 100% of the net proceeds from Piece by Piece will be donated directly to Autism Speaks!!! Also this season there are the new Grab Tabs for use in the plug-in warmers, which will let you chang out the wax in your Scentsy plug-ins!! I urge you to check out my website: aprilpelkey.scentsy.us to learn and purchase any of the Scentsy products!! I ensure you that you will love it as much as I do!!! The Scent of the Month is Jumping Jelly Beans - a scent with crisp pear and apple with zesty lemon and sugar!! Also March's Warmer of the Month is called Dotty -a sunny yellow glossy finish and white polka dots are bright and cheerful. The ruffled warmer dish adds a frilly accent like the trumpet on a daffodil. I totally love Scentsy!!!! I'd appreciate it if my fellow bloggers check out my website and learn more about the product and if you want to, buy from my website!
Other than Scentsy, working and taking care of my baby girl not much else is going on right now here on the island! Hopefully the next post will have more information on the airport project and the happenings around this part of the world!! Until then, TTFN!
Sunrise at 9:30AM Feb 28, 2011
Friday, February 25
Friday, February 25, 2010
This month seemed to blow by pretty quick! I ordered almost everything I think I need to throw Veronika's 1st birthday party! I can't believe how fast she's growing! We went to Anchorage for a week for conferences I was attending. While we were up there she took her first steps for my sister Ivy while I was in the shower, then she did it again for my dad when I ran to taco bell to get something to eat! (I can admit I love Taco Bell tacos with lots and lots of Fire sauce!). I finally got to see my baby girl take some steps and I about cried! I can't believe she's going to be 11 months this coming Monday! She can say "mine" and point to things, she's getting really good at saying "bye" and waving when someone leaves or when we're leaving! She loves to be pushed around in a shopping cart and hates her car seat!! While in Anchorage she loved to play with her cousin Aaliyah, they were soo cute together!!
Weather wise it's been pretty warm here in the mid 30s to low 40's. Windy and foggy with some nice days once in a while. The plane has been making trips on the nice days, bringing in much needed mail and cargo! I've recieved almost all of my Scentsy orders, just waiting on payment from some people before I give them their order (I ordered it for them on my card). So far the people who did get their orders are in love with their products and are ready to make another order for more scents! I'm excited about the Spring/Summer scents and new products! I have passed out the new catalogs and I have the 25 new scent samples/testers here in my office for everyone to check out! They will be available starting March 1st! Until then there are 3 days left in this month to get most items 10% off. You can order from my website: aprilpelkey.scentsy.us I totally love Scentsy! I got Veronika and my neices each a Scentsy buddy with a scent pak! I hope my neices love it!! When I went to Anchorage I brought along a scent circle for my rental car and a travel tin to place in my sister's room that I was staying in! I love that I can bring it with me anywhere I go!! The hand sanitizer was great to have in my purse, I love that it doesn't smell like alcohol unlike most hand sanitizers!!
Nothing much going on around town right now, pretty soon it's going to be getting busy with all the airport people coming in and getting things started!! It's going to be exciting to see our airport finally being constructed, and going to be even more exciting once they finish it! Our run way is going to be aroun 5100 feet long (Dutch Harbor's is around 3500ft long)!! I'm hoping that we can get Alaska or Era to fly down here with bigger planes, it's going to be interesting that's for sure! There was a meeting last night for the naming of creeks for the road that is going to be put in from town to the boat harbor, that's located at the head of the bay. I wonder how that went I wasn't able to make it...
The Bayview Cafe is waiting for cooks to arrive so they can open back up here in Akutan. They've been closed for sometime now... Our original cooks, this really nice couple, are running the airport restaurant in Dutch Harbor and their parents are going to run the one over here - once they get a cook. Hurry up and wait I guess....
Well nothing much else to write about for now.... so until next time... ta ta for now!
Weather wise it's been pretty warm here in the mid 30s to low 40's. Windy and foggy with some nice days once in a while. The plane has been making trips on the nice days, bringing in much needed mail and cargo! I've recieved almost all of my Scentsy orders, just waiting on payment from some people before I give them their order (I ordered it for them on my card). So far the people who did get their orders are in love with their products and are ready to make another order for more scents! I'm excited about the Spring/Summer scents and new products! I have passed out the new catalogs and I have the 25 new scent samples/testers here in my office for everyone to check out! They will be available starting March 1st! Until then there are 3 days left in this month to get most items 10% off. You can order from my website: aprilpelkey.scentsy.us I totally love Scentsy! I got Veronika and my neices each a Scentsy buddy with a scent pak! I hope my neices love it!! When I went to Anchorage I brought along a scent circle for my rental car and a travel tin to place in my sister's room that I was staying in! I love that I can bring it with me anywhere I go!! The hand sanitizer was great to have in my purse, I love that it doesn't smell like alcohol unlike most hand sanitizers!!
Nothing much going on around town right now, pretty soon it's going to be getting busy with all the airport people coming in and getting things started!! It's going to be exciting to see our airport finally being constructed, and going to be even more exciting once they finish it! Our run way is going to be aroun 5100 feet long (Dutch Harbor's is around 3500ft long)!! I'm hoping that we can get Alaska or Era to fly down here with bigger planes, it's going to be interesting that's for sure! There was a meeting last night for the naming of creeks for the road that is going to be put in from town to the boat harbor, that's located at the head of the bay. I wonder how that went I wasn't able to make it...
The Bayview Cafe is waiting for cooks to arrive so they can open back up here in Akutan. They've been closed for sometime now... Our original cooks, this really nice couple, are running the airport restaurant in Dutch Harbor and their parents are going to run the one over here - once they get a cook. Hurry up and wait I guess....
Well nothing much else to write about for now.... so until next time... ta ta for now!
Friday, February 4
Friday, February 4, 2011
Well the last week seemed like it went by quickly!
The weather has been up and down, mostly up this week actually. Today its blowing out but the last couple days were nice enough for us to get our daily scheduled flights from Pen-Air. I've recived almost all of my Scentsy orders in and have been enjoying all the different scents in my wamer! I also got my starter kit in and have all the samples of all 80 scents set out in my office for everyone to come smell. I also have samples of all the other products available: scent circles, travel tins, Scentsy buddies, Scentsy scent pak, room sprays, hand sanitizer, a midsize and fullsize warmer, also the wax packs and bricks (for size comparison). I also have scent samples of January and February's scent of the month!
I'm looking forward to traveling sometime this month, conferences and what not. Gives me time to get some shopping done when I'm not in the conference! I've ordered all of Veronika's 1st birthday supplies now to just get her presents! I can't believe my baby girl is already going to be a year old! Just to think a year ago I was pregnant! I want to try to get pregnant again this year again! When it happens it'll happen though! I love having a baby, watching them grow and learn is just amazing! I still cry a bit when I look at some of the newborn clothes I saved and see how small they are!!!
Well I'm off to get my taxes done with and sent out! I'm still trying to upload pix... maybe I should just post them by month, cause I know I'm missing a lot of pix of Roni the last couple months! She's grown soo much since my last posting of her pix! After getting my taxes done I'll see if blogger will let me get some posted!
Ok well Bloggers I hope to be back on here later and updating you some more about the happenings here on The Rock!! Until then ta ta for now (TTFN)!!
The weather has been up and down, mostly up this week actually. Today its blowing out but the last couple days were nice enough for us to get our daily scheduled flights from Pen-Air. I've recived almost all of my Scentsy orders in and have been enjoying all the different scents in my wamer! I also got my starter kit in and have all the samples of all 80 scents set out in my office for everyone to come smell. I also have samples of all the other products available: scent circles, travel tins, Scentsy buddies, Scentsy scent pak, room sprays, hand sanitizer, a midsize and fullsize warmer, also the wax packs and bricks (for size comparison). I also have scent samples of January and February's scent of the month!
I'm looking forward to traveling sometime this month, conferences and what not. Gives me time to get some shopping done when I'm not in the conference! I've ordered all of Veronika's 1st birthday supplies now to just get her presents! I can't believe my baby girl is already going to be a year old! Just to think a year ago I was pregnant! I want to try to get pregnant again this year again! When it happens it'll happen though! I love having a baby, watching them grow and learn is just amazing! I still cry a bit when I look at some of the newborn clothes I saved and see how small they are!!!
Well I'm off to get my taxes done with and sent out! I'm still trying to upload pix... maybe I should just post them by month, cause I know I'm missing a lot of pix of Roni the last couple months! She's grown soo much since my last posting of her pix! After getting my taxes done I'll see if blogger will let me get some posted!
Ok well Bloggers I hope to be back on here later and updating you some more about the happenings here on The Rock!! Until then ta ta for now (TTFN)!!
Thursday, January 27
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wow has it really been around a month since I last filled in my blog! OMG so much has happened since my last post! Let me see where to start……
So Veronika was a great lil girl on New Years, watching me go out and “ring” in the New Year my shooting off some shells in my 12ga shot gun every hr starting at 9PM. Just after midnight she fell right asleep. She doesn’t really stay up late but it’s like she new to stay up that night! I’ve been trying to get pix of her uploaded from the last couple months, but blogger has been being a pain in the you know what, not to mention how reliable the internet is!
On January 7-9, we celebrated Russian Christmas, another 1st for Veronika! We went starring at people’s houses and ate lots of great food! It was such a blast, I am happy I’m able to share moment like that with her!
We still haven’t really gotten any snow yet this winter, lots of rain and wind… makes me miss my childhood days when we’d get like 10+ feet of snow! I mean it gets cold some days, but the wind blows away any snow we might get, then another storm will blow thru bringing warm temps and rain. Today it’s blowing a constant 40-45MPH, gusting up to 65+MPH with a temp of 44F! There are like 10ft seas in our harbor, with a bunch of boats taking refuge in our harbor. I don’t want to know what the weather and seas look like outside of our harbor if it’s this bad in it!!
I have recently become a consultant for Scentsy products! I love their wickless candles and the 80+ scents you can use in the wax warmers! I have a full size warmer and 2 plug in warmers at my house and a mid size warmer in my office!! I have absolutely fallen in love with their products!! My house and office smell soooo good! You can check out and order their products from my website: www.aprilpelkey.scentsy.us I am still waiting for my starter kit to come in with the 80 scent samples so I can throw a “Scentsy party “ and share the product with everyone else here in Akutan! I hope they love it as much as I do and get hooked on it! Some of the scents I’ve fallen in LOVE with are: Blueberry cheese cake, paradise punch, sun kissed citrus, citrus sun tea, coconut lemongrass, reggae sunset, pumpkin roll, sugar cookie, black raspberry vanilla – just to name a few! I’m still trying out new scents, OMG some of them are soooo yummy smelling! I encourage all of my blog readers to check out my website and get to know the product and hopefully buy from my site! I know you’ll love it as much as I do!!
The puppies are going to be 3 months old tomorrow, already! My parents had to give me back the one they were taking because their male Australian terrier was too aggressive towards her. She’s the runt of the pack, but I love having her back. I just love having all my Chihuahuas to go home to! They all have great personalities and couldn’t be any cuter! And they are just great with Veronika, she loves to play with them and hand them toys and pet them (all supervised of course!) Once in a while she’ll grab one by the ear or tail but they seem to tolerate her abuse and will just lick her.
So speaking of my lil Princess, she will be 10 months old tomorrow; she’s weighing in around 29lbs and still around 30in tall. She’s all about standing up on her own now and “cruising” on anything she can hold on to! I’ve baby proofed the house – installing cupboard latches, plugging outlets and got the door knob “locks” on (its this thing that goes over the knob and you have to press these like button things on both sides and squeeze so it grabs the door knob so you can open it) I’ve also went thru on my hands and knees and removed anything that she could pull down onto herself. She gets around really good! She’s fitting 2T clothes, soon to be in 3T clothes and she’s officially in size 5 diapers! I can’t believe how fast the last 10 months have gone by, pretty soon Roni will be celebrating her 1st birthday!! I’m ready to start trying for another baby!
On a sad note, last week Saturday the 22 we lost the oldest person in Akutan, my great uncle George McGlashan, who lived a great 84 yrs! He married my hubby’s grandma and helped to raise her children, so my hubby had him for a grandpa all his life. It is really sad to lose him; we had his burial at 2pm this last Monday. He will be greatly missed by all of us. My sincere sympathy goes out to my in-laws – my hubby’s parents have been closest to and taken care of George for the longest time. I know it’s going to be hard for them to get used to him not being around anymore. I’m happy that he was at least able to meet Veronika and be in her life the last 10 months! Veronika is and always will be his BOSS!
Everything at the Corporation has been going smoothly, but kind of slow this time of the year. The internet went out for a week last week; I ended up getting a lot of stuff done! I even shampoo-ed the carpets here in the office! The Airport project should be starting up in March, that’s exciting! I haven’t heard much on the boat harbor project, but we had some people here to survey the road that’s supposed to go from town to the boat harbor. That will be interesting to see how they want to go about doing that!
Oh my hubby finished his second model of the tug Gyrfalcon, which he gave to the 1st mate Paul H. He’s being making that tug for the last couple years, and it turned out great! Hopefully I can get some pictures of it posted, when blogger lets me get my pix up! I am proud of all the hard work he did on it and how it turned out! He really likes to pay attention to the smallest details and make sure everything looks good on it, I tell him it’s his OCD that gets the best of him sometimes!
Let me see what else has been going on…. I still can’t believe the 1st month of this year is already going to be over with!! Pretty soon it’s going to be Valentine’s day next month, then Veronika’s birthday in March, then my birthday in April, and then my hubby’s birthday in May, then summer time, and time to put away salmon and halibut…. I swear the years are going by way too fast! I will be turning a young age of 28 this year, already! I remember when I was 17-18 and thinking that 28 was “old”…. Now that I’m at that age I don’t feel old!!
Ok well I’m going to try to get my pix uploaded from the last couple months to the ones I’ve recently taken!! Until next time TTFN!! Hopefully I don’t wait another month to update my blog! I’m sorry it’s taken me forever to get back on here!!
So Veronika was a great lil girl on New Years, watching me go out and “ring” in the New Year my shooting off some shells in my 12ga shot gun every hr starting at 9PM. Just after midnight she fell right asleep. She doesn’t really stay up late but it’s like she new to stay up that night! I’ve been trying to get pix of her uploaded from the last couple months, but blogger has been being a pain in the you know what, not to mention how reliable the internet is!
On January 7-9, we celebrated Russian Christmas, another 1st for Veronika! We went starring at people’s houses and ate lots of great food! It was such a blast, I am happy I’m able to share moment like that with her!
We still haven’t really gotten any snow yet this winter, lots of rain and wind… makes me miss my childhood days when we’d get like 10+ feet of snow! I mean it gets cold some days, but the wind blows away any snow we might get, then another storm will blow thru bringing warm temps and rain. Today it’s blowing a constant 40-45MPH, gusting up to 65+MPH with a temp of 44F! There are like 10ft seas in our harbor, with a bunch of boats taking refuge in our harbor. I don’t want to know what the weather and seas look like outside of our harbor if it’s this bad in it!!
I have recently become a consultant for Scentsy products! I love their wickless candles and the 80+ scents you can use in the wax warmers! I have a full size warmer and 2 plug in warmers at my house and a mid size warmer in my office!! I have absolutely fallen in love with their products!! My house and office smell soooo good! You can check out and order their products from my website: www.aprilpelkey.scentsy.us I am still waiting for my starter kit to come in with the 80 scent samples so I can throw a “Scentsy party “ and share the product with everyone else here in Akutan! I hope they love it as much as I do and get hooked on it! Some of the scents I’ve fallen in LOVE with are: Blueberry cheese cake, paradise punch, sun kissed citrus, citrus sun tea, coconut lemongrass, reggae sunset, pumpkin roll, sugar cookie, black raspberry vanilla – just to name a few! I’m still trying out new scents, OMG some of them are soooo yummy smelling! I encourage all of my blog readers to check out my website and get to know the product and hopefully buy from my site! I know you’ll love it as much as I do!!
The puppies are going to be 3 months old tomorrow, already! My parents had to give me back the one they were taking because their male Australian terrier was too aggressive towards her. She’s the runt of the pack, but I love having her back. I just love having all my Chihuahuas to go home to! They all have great personalities and couldn’t be any cuter! And they are just great with Veronika, she loves to play with them and hand them toys and pet them (all supervised of course!) Once in a while she’ll grab one by the ear or tail but they seem to tolerate her abuse and will just lick her.
So speaking of my lil Princess, she will be 10 months old tomorrow; she’s weighing in around 29lbs and still around 30in tall. She’s all about standing up on her own now and “cruising” on anything she can hold on to! I’ve baby proofed the house – installing cupboard latches, plugging outlets and got the door knob “locks” on (its this thing that goes over the knob and you have to press these like button things on both sides and squeeze so it grabs the door knob so you can open it) I’ve also went thru on my hands and knees and removed anything that she could pull down onto herself. She gets around really good! She’s fitting 2T clothes, soon to be in 3T clothes and she’s officially in size 5 diapers! I can’t believe how fast the last 10 months have gone by, pretty soon Roni will be celebrating her 1st birthday!! I’m ready to start trying for another baby!
On a sad note, last week Saturday the 22 we lost the oldest person in Akutan, my great uncle George McGlashan, who lived a great 84 yrs! He married my hubby’s grandma and helped to raise her children, so my hubby had him for a grandpa all his life. It is really sad to lose him; we had his burial at 2pm this last Monday. He will be greatly missed by all of us. My sincere sympathy goes out to my in-laws – my hubby’s parents have been closest to and taken care of George for the longest time. I know it’s going to be hard for them to get used to him not being around anymore. I’m happy that he was at least able to meet Veronika and be in her life the last 10 months! Veronika is and always will be his BOSS!
Everything at the Corporation has been going smoothly, but kind of slow this time of the year. The internet went out for a week last week; I ended up getting a lot of stuff done! I even shampoo-ed the carpets here in the office! The Airport project should be starting up in March, that’s exciting! I haven’t heard much on the boat harbor project, but we had some people here to survey the road that’s supposed to go from town to the boat harbor. That will be interesting to see how they want to go about doing that!
Oh my hubby finished his second model of the tug Gyrfalcon, which he gave to the 1st mate Paul H. He’s being making that tug for the last couple years, and it turned out great! Hopefully I can get some pictures of it posted, when blogger lets me get my pix up! I am proud of all the hard work he did on it and how it turned out! He really likes to pay attention to the smallest details and make sure everything looks good on it, I tell him it’s his OCD that gets the best of him sometimes!
Let me see what else has been going on…. I still can’t believe the 1st month of this year is already going to be over with!! Pretty soon it’s going to be Valentine’s day next month, then Veronika’s birthday in March, then my birthday in April, and then my hubby’s birthday in May, then summer time, and time to put away salmon and halibut…. I swear the years are going by way too fast! I will be turning a young age of 28 this year, already! I remember when I was 17-18 and thinking that 28 was “old”…. Now that I’m at that age I don’t feel old!!
Ok well I’m going to try to get my pix uploaded from the last couple months to the ones I’ve recently taken!! Until next time TTFN!! Hopefully I don’t wait another month to update my blog! I’m sorry it’s taken me forever to get back on here!!
Wednesday, December 29
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
So the last couple weeks I've been taking care of the Post Office since our post master left to Anchorage. She's been stuck in Dutch Harbor now for almost a week waiting for a plane to come home. We got about 4 flyable days this month. All the mail is sitting in Dutch Harbor waiting to come over. I still never got Roni's, my hubby's or my Christmas presents in yet. Not to mention my dogs are running really low on kibble. The puppies ate up all the puppy food and are eating adult food, which I don't have much of anymore. I ordered their food just after Halloween too!!
The weather has been acting funny. Some days it's cold out with an even colder wind chill... other days it's in the low to mid 40's, calm but foggy. Today is one of those warm, calm foggy days! I was able to get my Christmas cards in on one of the planes and got most of them back out (all but 10 that I need addresses for). They are finally getting to people the last couple days. Late but at least they got out!!
Veronika had a great 1st Christmas, opening presents from the grandparents, Aunts and Uncles!! We had a couple for her that we got back when we went to Seattle in Sept-Oct. I can't believe that she's already 9 months old!! She's been out of me for as long as she was in me!! She has all 4 top and bottom teeth for a total of 8 teeth!! She's currently 28lbs and 30.5in long!! She loves to pull up to standing and "cruise" around on anything she can hold onto! I've been slowly getting her to eat more chunkier foods, she loves fish and veggies and fruit!! I'm waiting on more baby food that my sister Ivy send down for her from Wal-Mart and Fred Meyer. Oh and I finally put her in size 5 diapers! Here at the Post Office she's been able to try out a walker, but only goes backwards! I think it's funny!!
The puppies are going to be 9 wks old tomorrow, time goes by way too fast. I already have to administer their 9wk puppy shots tomorrow, which I am not looking forward to doing. They all know their names and are learning simple commands. They are fully weaned and eating kibble now. Next week Chi Chi and Ashes will be ready to go to their homes! The rest I'm keeping, which includes Diego, Juarez, Tinker Bell and Snookii! So in a lil over a year I should have more puppies to sell - all of my puppies have full registration, fully de-wormed, will have their 2nd puppy shots and hopefully get their rabies vaccinations! The parents have great temperaments and I am getting them pad trained (potty trained). I just love having Chihuahuas! They will fall in the 6-8lb range! I am currently writing up a puppy contract by combining the contracts from my 3 previous Chi's!
Other than that the island has been pretty quiet. Josy and Tim threw a big dinner at their place on Christmas Eve, which is also the birth date of their youngest boy Ian! Veronika had fun being around all the family and friends, but by 45 mins I believe she got overwhelmed with everyone and started to get fussy. But there was a lot of great food and I had a great time! On Christmas we had a big ham dinner at my parents house with more family and friends! I love living where we are with most of our extended family!!
My nieces had a great time enjoying all the gifts I got them for Christmas! I had a great time shopping for them. I am still waiting for some stuff to come in for them. I heard I have like a plane load of stuff sitting at Pen-Air cargo waiting to come over to me. All the stuff I ordered from Kohls, Petsmart, Walmart, Amazon, Victoria's Secret, Wet Seal and a hand full of other places!! Well most is UPS, which is considered cargo and the rest was sent thru the USPS. Either way I should have a lot of stuff over there waiting to get to me that I've been waiting almost 2 months for!! Hopefully the weather clears and we can get some planes in and get all the stuff sitting over there over here!!
I still can't believe it's going to be 2011 already... I remember the whole Y2K frenzy like it was yesterday!! This year went by way too fast!! I am trying to upload pix of Veronika over the last couple months but blogger is having one of those days where it doesn't let me upload pix and when it does it goes super slow... but hopefully soon I'll have updated pix of her over the last couple months!!
Well I hope everyone has a prosperous, safe, fun New Years!! Take care Bloggers and we'll be "seeing" you next year!! Much love from my family to yours!!
The weather has been acting funny. Some days it's cold out with an even colder wind chill... other days it's in the low to mid 40's, calm but foggy. Today is one of those warm, calm foggy days! I was able to get my Christmas cards in on one of the planes and got most of them back out (all but 10 that I need addresses for). They are finally getting to people the last couple days. Late but at least they got out!!
Veronika had a great 1st Christmas, opening presents from the grandparents, Aunts and Uncles!! We had a couple for her that we got back when we went to Seattle in Sept-Oct. I can't believe that she's already 9 months old!! She's been out of me for as long as she was in me!! She has all 4 top and bottom teeth for a total of 8 teeth!! She's currently 28lbs and 30.5in long!! She loves to pull up to standing and "cruise" around on anything she can hold onto! I've been slowly getting her to eat more chunkier foods, she loves fish and veggies and fruit!! I'm waiting on more baby food that my sister Ivy send down for her from Wal-Mart and Fred Meyer. Oh and I finally put her in size 5 diapers! Here at the Post Office she's been able to try out a walker, but only goes backwards! I think it's funny!!
The puppies are going to be 9 wks old tomorrow, time goes by way too fast. I already have to administer their 9wk puppy shots tomorrow, which I am not looking forward to doing. They all know their names and are learning simple commands. They are fully weaned and eating kibble now. Next week Chi Chi and Ashes will be ready to go to their homes! The rest I'm keeping, which includes Diego, Juarez, Tinker Bell and Snookii! So in a lil over a year I should have more puppies to sell - all of my puppies have full registration, fully de-wormed, will have their 2nd puppy shots and hopefully get their rabies vaccinations! The parents have great temperaments and I am getting them pad trained (potty trained). I just love having Chihuahuas! They will fall in the 6-8lb range! I am currently writing up a puppy contract by combining the contracts from my 3 previous Chi's!
Other than that the island has been pretty quiet. Josy and Tim threw a big dinner at their place on Christmas Eve, which is also the birth date of their youngest boy Ian! Veronika had fun being around all the family and friends, but by 45 mins I believe she got overwhelmed with everyone and started to get fussy. But there was a lot of great food and I had a great time! On Christmas we had a big ham dinner at my parents house with more family and friends! I love living where we are with most of our extended family!!
My nieces had a great time enjoying all the gifts I got them for Christmas! I had a great time shopping for them. I am still waiting for some stuff to come in for them. I heard I have like a plane load of stuff sitting at Pen-Air cargo waiting to come over to me. All the stuff I ordered from Kohls, Petsmart, Walmart, Amazon, Victoria's Secret, Wet Seal and a hand full of other places!! Well most is UPS, which is considered cargo and the rest was sent thru the USPS. Either way I should have a lot of stuff over there waiting to get to me that I've been waiting almost 2 months for!! Hopefully the weather clears and we can get some planes in and get all the stuff sitting over there over here!!
I still can't believe it's going to be 2011 already... I remember the whole Y2K frenzy like it was yesterday!! This year went by way too fast!! I am trying to upload pix of Veronika over the last couple months but blogger is having one of those days where it doesn't let me upload pix and when it does it goes super slow... but hopefully soon I'll have updated pix of her over the last couple months!!
Well I hope everyone has a prosperous, safe, fun New Years!! Take care Bloggers and we'll be "seeing" you next year!! Much love from my family to yours!!
Thursday, December 16
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wow really I haven't blogged at all this month?
Nothing really to blog about. The weather has been crappy all month. Blowing 60mph+ and gusting even higher. We haven't had a plane all month :( I'm patiently waiting for all my christamas gifts and cards to come in so I can get them back out in the mail. And I here I ordered everything last month!!
The temps have been hovering around freezing, the wind chill getting into the teens and 20's. Some days it warms up to around 40, melting all the ice. We still haven't gotten any snow yet that's stuck on the ground....
My puppies are getting bigger and bigger, I gave them their first puppy shots last week. I think it was harder on me than them. Everytime I'd give one a shot they would start to scream and run around like 10 secs after getting the shot and I would just want to cry.... but at least they are getting their vaccinations!! They are officially 7 wks old today... only a couple more weeks and the ones that are leaving us can go to their permanent homes! They all have such great personalities and know their names well now! I am starting to teach them basic commands such as sit, lay down and come here. I love when I go home and call for them and all my chi's come running to me!!
Veronika is getting bigger and bigger too! She's all about wanting to stand and "cruise". She'll walk if you hold her up! She's been able to get out ma ma and da da when she wants. She loves to play patty cake and clap her hands! And when she hears this certain bath toy that sings she gets so excited knowing she's going to take a bath! I'm starting to feed her more solid foods, but she still loves to eat her Gerber baby foods and cereals! I moved her into size 5 diapers this last Sunday and she's fitting 18month and 24 month/2T clothes! I just can't believe how fast the time is going by!! In a couple weeks she'll be turning 9 months old!! I still bring her to work with me, once I get her weaned I can start to leave her home with her dad, or if they grandparents want her she can go visit with them!
I missed the season finale of Hell's Kitchen last night due to power outages. I think the city needs to upgrade our generators and get all new ones. These ones are getting pretty old and starting to break down more and more.... it would only be smart to replace the generators since we got all new wiring laid down in town! Gosh my house got cold in the hour that the power was off, and I need to invest in more flashlights. Veronika didn't seem to care that the power was off as long as we had the flashlights lighting up our room! The puppies were scared and wondering why it was all dark though!
Oh please oh please I'm begging Mother Nature to give us a break in this crappy, windy weather for some flyable days so we can get mail on and off the island!! I would really like to get my neice's their christmas presents before christmas!! And I'd really like to be able to get my christmas cards in so I can get those out too.... We took pix of Veronika and family pix by using the timer mode and made picture christmas cards! Just hope the weather breaks so we can start to get planes once again....
Yesterday the Tribe threw an Elders Recognition Potluck (which they plan on doing every month). They recogonized George McGlashan, who happens to be the oldest person in the village at a young age of 84. There was lots of food and a really good powerpoint presentation of his life and family. He is my great-uncle (my grandma's brother). It's really nice for the Tribe to do that for our elders! Looking forward to the next one! I was soooo full when I went back to work, they had the potluck at lunch hour. Veronika was happy to eat all the great food there too!
I can't believe there is only 15 days left in 2010 and 9 days until Christmas!! I swear this year went by too fast!!
OK well take care and happy holidays bloggers and blog readers!! Until next time, ta ta for now (TTFN)!!
Nothing really to blog about. The weather has been crappy all month. Blowing 60mph+ and gusting even higher. We haven't had a plane all month :( I'm patiently waiting for all my christamas gifts and cards to come in so I can get them back out in the mail. And I here I ordered everything last month!!
The temps have been hovering around freezing, the wind chill getting into the teens and 20's. Some days it warms up to around 40, melting all the ice. We still haven't gotten any snow yet that's stuck on the ground....
My puppies are getting bigger and bigger, I gave them their first puppy shots last week. I think it was harder on me than them. Everytime I'd give one a shot they would start to scream and run around like 10 secs after getting the shot and I would just want to cry.... but at least they are getting their vaccinations!! They are officially 7 wks old today... only a couple more weeks and the ones that are leaving us can go to their permanent homes! They all have such great personalities and know their names well now! I am starting to teach them basic commands such as sit, lay down and come here. I love when I go home and call for them and all my chi's come running to me!!
Veronika is getting bigger and bigger too! She's all about wanting to stand and "cruise". She'll walk if you hold her up! She's been able to get out ma ma and da da when she wants. She loves to play patty cake and clap her hands! And when she hears this certain bath toy that sings she gets so excited knowing she's going to take a bath! I'm starting to feed her more solid foods, but she still loves to eat her Gerber baby foods and cereals! I moved her into size 5 diapers this last Sunday and she's fitting 18month and 24 month/2T clothes! I just can't believe how fast the time is going by!! In a couple weeks she'll be turning 9 months old!! I still bring her to work with me, once I get her weaned I can start to leave her home with her dad, or if they grandparents want her she can go visit with them!
I missed the season finale of Hell's Kitchen last night due to power outages. I think the city needs to upgrade our generators and get all new ones. These ones are getting pretty old and starting to break down more and more.... it would only be smart to replace the generators since we got all new wiring laid down in town! Gosh my house got cold in the hour that the power was off, and I need to invest in more flashlights. Veronika didn't seem to care that the power was off as long as we had the flashlights lighting up our room! The puppies were scared and wondering why it was all dark though!
Oh please oh please I'm begging Mother Nature to give us a break in this crappy, windy weather for some flyable days so we can get mail on and off the island!! I would really like to get my neice's their christmas presents before christmas!! And I'd really like to be able to get my christmas cards in so I can get those out too.... We took pix of Veronika and family pix by using the timer mode and made picture christmas cards! Just hope the weather breaks so we can start to get planes once again....
Yesterday the Tribe threw an Elders Recognition Potluck (which they plan on doing every month). They recogonized George McGlashan, who happens to be the oldest person in the village at a young age of 84. There was lots of food and a really good powerpoint presentation of his life and family. He is my great-uncle (my grandma's brother). It's really nice for the Tribe to do that for our elders! Looking forward to the next one! I was soooo full when I went back to work, they had the potluck at lunch hour. Veronika was happy to eat all the great food there too!
I can't believe there is only 15 days left in 2010 and 9 days until Christmas!! I swear this year went by too fast!!
OK well take care and happy holidays bloggers and blog readers!! Until next time, ta ta for now (TTFN)!!
Wednesday, December 1
Monday, November 29
Monday, November 29, 2010
As November is starting to end, we are still lacking snow! But we did get some frost this morning! The mountains are frosted over with some of the white stuff, but it's definitely not the fluffy white stuff we've all been waiting for!
So after over a week of stormy weather, good 'old Mother Nature decided to grace us with some nice weather and the planes have been able to fly! I'm slowly getting in some of my orders from a month ago... still patiently waiting for all my xmas gifts to come in! I have been shopping up a storm online lately with all the great sales!
Yesterday we put up our tree and decorated it! Veronika had a blast watching me put all the decorations on, then you should have seen her bouncing and swinging her arms while giggling when I finally plugged the lights in!
We had an awesome Thanksgiving! My mother and aunty Jen cooked up a feast and the whole family ate at my aunty Jens! Veronika filled herself up on turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and some cranberry sauce! On the 23rd we got to celebrate a big thanksgiving dinner at the Safe Harbor Church - a big thanks to everyone who helped Gary and Margo with that. Then they auctioned off some quilts that some of the local ladies made (they are trying to get money for more quilting supplies).
My puppies are going on 4 weeks and 4 days today! They have had their second de-worming and are starting to run around and play, getting into everything! I have 2 long haired chi's and 4 short haired chi's! They all have their own personalities already! It's so cute!! I love chihuahuas!! I got their CKC registration papers in and am waiting for the AKC to get back to me so I can see if I can have them AKC registered too. Veronika loves the puppies!! I don't let her get too close because I know she'd probably hurt them by grabbing them too hard. She's really good with petting my adult chi's and she loves our lab Tug!!
I met with this really nice couple today who have been keeping updated by my blog! It's always nice to meet with my blog followers! Their son and daughter-in-law were here in Akutan taking care of the Safe Harbor Church, it was nice to hear how they were doing!
I have to get a move on my Christmas photo/cards. I am still trying to figure out if I want to use older photos or just use the self timer and try to take new ones. But I have to get going on that before Christmas passes! I still can't believe how fast this year has gone by and that we only have 32 days left in 2010!!!
Else where in town everything is slowing down. The boat harbor project is stopped right now as far as I know, so that the workers can celebrate the holidays at home, not to mention it's winter time. But we do have people coming in to look at the possibility of where to put the road that will take us to the head of the bay where the boat harbor is being built.
We've had some local City employees working on parts of the boardwalk, fixing broken boards and reconstructing some of the bridges that needed to be replaced. The store has been getting in some Christmas toy and gifts in the mail, but they won't be ready until most of it comes in and gets priced. We usually put it all down in the store all at once when it's ready and people come and "power shop" for gifts! I'm happy I have all my shopping done with already!!
Here are some recent prices to some of the stuff sold at our store: a can of soda is 1.00 but a 6pk is $4.50, onions and potatoes are both $1.14/lb, milk is $1.70 and $1.95 for 2% and whole, meats are reasonable priced: hamburger is $3.60 for 1lb, ribeye steaks are around $5-6.00 per 1/2" steak. Bacon is $5-6.00, chicken nuggets and fries are $5.00, bread and eggs are both $2.25, candy bars are $1.10 each, toilet paper ranges from $2.50 for 4 rolls (angel soft) to $16.75 for 12 rolls of Charmin, paper towel is $7.65 for 3 rolls, sliced American cheese and 1/4lb brick cheddar are $5.00 each, yogurt is $1.15. A twin box of chicken stuffing is $3.75, a taco bell taco dinner kit is $5.20, chips range between $4.75 and $5.75, breakfast cereal between $4.75 and $7.00, can milk is $2.75, a pack of cigarettes is $9.30. From the city #1 diesel fuel costs $3.21/gallon and #2 diesel is $3.16, gasoline is $3.48/gal. Those are some of the recent prices we pay for stuff here on the island. Occasionally the store gets produce from either the cannery or from Safeway in Dutch Harbor. So that gives you an idea of some of the prices for stuff here in Akutan, which isn't bad compared to most rural villages! We're lucky that the freighter (Coastal Transportation) come here from Seattle (where we get most of our groceries) and we don't have to air freight it all in!
I've been sprouting some bell peppers and will see how great I can get those to grow. I also have an apple tree sapling I'm trying to grow. The bell peppers will be for my canary Sylvester, that's if I can get them to grow, they are just starting to sprout out of the ground. I have a red-factor canary. I just love how he sings!! Doesn't take back the fact that I miss my cockatiels.... they were starved when we were down in Seattle... so I ended up getting a new bird. There was no way I could replace my hand-raised from a chic cockatiels so I got a completely different kind of bird. My parents had a canary when I was younger, I loved the songs those birds could sing. So I figured we'd get one to sing for us! He's a great bird!! Veronika loves to sit and watch him flutter along in his cage, sometimes when she's in her high chair she just sits and stares at him instead of paying attention to me while I'm trying to get her attention to eat!! What can I say, I love animals. It was a dream of mine to be a veterinarian... that or a flight attendant! One of these days I'll move out of the village and pursue one of those careers...... but for now I'm loving my life here in Akutan, raising my daughter in my home town! I'll always love it here, this is home!
Well until next time TTFN!!
So after over a week of stormy weather, good 'old Mother Nature decided to grace us with some nice weather and the planes have been able to fly! I'm slowly getting in some of my orders from a month ago... still patiently waiting for all my xmas gifts to come in! I have been shopping up a storm online lately with all the great sales!
Yesterday we put up our tree and decorated it! Veronika had a blast watching me put all the decorations on, then you should have seen her bouncing and swinging her arms while giggling when I finally plugged the lights in!
We had an awesome Thanksgiving! My mother and aunty Jen cooked up a feast and the whole family ate at my aunty Jens! Veronika filled herself up on turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and some cranberry sauce! On the 23rd we got to celebrate a big thanksgiving dinner at the Safe Harbor Church - a big thanks to everyone who helped Gary and Margo with that. Then they auctioned off some quilts that some of the local ladies made (they are trying to get money for more quilting supplies).
My puppies are going on 4 weeks and 4 days today! They have had their second de-worming and are starting to run around and play, getting into everything! I have 2 long haired chi's and 4 short haired chi's! They all have their own personalities already! It's so cute!! I love chihuahuas!! I got their CKC registration papers in and am waiting for the AKC to get back to me so I can see if I can have them AKC registered too. Veronika loves the puppies!! I don't let her get too close because I know she'd probably hurt them by grabbing them too hard. She's really good with petting my adult chi's and she loves our lab Tug!!
I met with this really nice couple today who have been keeping updated by my blog! It's always nice to meet with my blog followers! Their son and daughter-in-law were here in Akutan taking care of the Safe Harbor Church, it was nice to hear how they were doing!
I have to get a move on my Christmas photo/cards. I am still trying to figure out if I want to use older photos or just use the self timer and try to take new ones. But I have to get going on that before Christmas passes! I still can't believe how fast this year has gone by and that we only have 32 days left in 2010!!!
Else where in town everything is slowing down. The boat harbor project is stopped right now as far as I know, so that the workers can celebrate the holidays at home, not to mention it's winter time. But we do have people coming in to look at the possibility of where to put the road that will take us to the head of the bay where the boat harbor is being built.
We've had some local City employees working on parts of the boardwalk, fixing broken boards and reconstructing some of the bridges that needed to be replaced. The store has been getting in some Christmas toy and gifts in the mail, but they won't be ready until most of it comes in and gets priced. We usually put it all down in the store all at once when it's ready and people come and "power shop" for gifts! I'm happy I have all my shopping done with already!!
Here are some recent prices to some of the stuff sold at our store: a can of soda is 1.00 but a 6pk is $4.50, onions and potatoes are both $1.14/lb, milk is $1.70 and $1.95 for 2% and whole, meats are reasonable priced: hamburger is $3.60 for 1lb, ribeye steaks are around $5-6.00 per 1/2" steak. Bacon is $5-6.00, chicken nuggets and fries are $5.00, bread and eggs are both $2.25, candy bars are $1.10 each, toilet paper ranges from $2.50 for 4 rolls (angel soft) to $16.75 for 12 rolls of Charmin, paper towel is $7.65 for 3 rolls, sliced American cheese and 1/4lb brick cheddar are $5.00 each, yogurt is $1.15. A twin box of chicken stuffing is $3.75, a taco bell taco dinner kit is $5.20, chips range between $4.75 and $5.75, breakfast cereal between $4.75 and $7.00, can milk is $2.75, a pack of cigarettes is $9.30. From the city #1 diesel fuel costs $3.21/gallon and #2 diesel is $3.16, gasoline is $3.48/gal. Those are some of the recent prices we pay for stuff here on the island. Occasionally the store gets produce from either the cannery or from Safeway in Dutch Harbor. So that gives you an idea of some of the prices for stuff here in Akutan, which isn't bad compared to most rural villages! We're lucky that the freighter (Coastal Transportation) come here from Seattle (where we get most of our groceries) and we don't have to air freight it all in!
I've been sprouting some bell peppers and will see how great I can get those to grow. I also have an apple tree sapling I'm trying to grow. The bell peppers will be for my canary Sylvester, that's if I can get them to grow, they are just starting to sprout out of the ground. I have a red-factor canary. I just love how he sings!! Doesn't take back the fact that I miss my cockatiels.... they were starved when we were down in Seattle... so I ended up getting a new bird. There was no way I could replace my hand-raised from a chic cockatiels so I got a completely different kind of bird. My parents had a canary when I was younger, I loved the songs those birds could sing. So I figured we'd get one to sing for us! He's a great bird!! Veronika loves to sit and watch him flutter along in his cage, sometimes when she's in her high chair she just sits and stares at him instead of paying attention to me while I'm trying to get her attention to eat!! What can I say, I love animals. It was a dream of mine to be a veterinarian... that or a flight attendant! One of these days I'll move out of the village and pursue one of those careers...... but for now I'm loving my life here in Akutan, raising my daughter in my home town! I'll always love it here, this is home!
Well until next time TTFN!!
Tuesday, November 16
Tuesday, Novembe 16, 2010
Darn how did 2 weeks blow by so quickly? I'm getting bad at trying to keep this updated... I'm on my facebook all the time though..... Facebook can be addicting!
So the puppies are starting to try to walk and their eyes are open! They got their 1st deworming on the 11th (2wks old). They are just the cutest! I love chihuahuas!! Still waiting on their CKC regirstration papers to come in, but I got in their puppy shots (2 for each puppy at weeks 6 and 9).
Veronika is mastering sitting up on her own, she's starting to try to climb up stuff if it's in her way. She's such a tough little girl! She finally got caught up on her vaccinations last week. She was a little late due to no vaccinations avail on the island here. Had to wait for a doctor to bring them down. So now she's all caught up with all her shots, just needs to go in next week for her 2nd flu shot and she'll be good until her 1st birthday. I can't believe how fast the last 8 months have went by.... what happened to my little 7lb 10oz baby?!?! She's about 25lbs and just under 30 in long now! Next week I'll make sure to get her official weight and length for her baby book!
She loves to eat anything we eat! She had some ham last night, and loves steak (I chew it up for her 1st). She loves mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, peas, turkey, carrots, pears, apples, bananas. I just started to give her Gerber yogurt and the Gerber graduates meltaways and puffs. She's getting good at crawling with her tummy off the floor, she's quick too! I have her in #4 diapers still but thinking of putting her in #5s here soon. She's squeezing into 12 months clothes still but I mostly put her in 18 month clothes but she's getting ready to move into all the 24/2T clothes I got for her when we were in Seattle.
The weather here has been pretty nice actually... but that doesn't stop the airlines from not making trips. One day the plane broke down and they had to wait for a part to come in, other times they use the Saab flight that goes from Dutch to Anchorage (or Anchorage to Dutch) to give them the weather - but then the Saab is usually flying up in the cloud level and they say that its foggy inbetween.... the Saab needs to fly lower in order to give the right weather and not be above the clouds when they give the weather. The Goose doesn't fly up as high as the Saab does! I'm still waiting on some movies that I ordered 3 weeks ago..... mail has been moving sooo slow.
Speaking of mail, I ordered some xmas stuff for my neices! I hope they like what I got them! I love shopping at Kohls and getting Kohls cash!! Today I think I'll use my Kohl's cash and order some stuff for Roni! I can't believe it's already the holiday season of the year! I need to get a good picture of my family for xmas cards! Think we'll do it the same as last year and send out picture cards!
The temps have been going up and down lately. We get snow then it rains the next day, then it snows again. We have windy days and calm day and foggy days. The usual for this time of the year! But the hills have been staying frosted with snow at least, looks better than the dead brown grass look that we'll be stuck with until the island starts to turn green again.
Nothing much going on in the construction department. Parts of the board walk are being repaired/replaced including a bridge that needed to be taken care of awhile back. Happy they are getting that taken care of. The new LED street lamps are installed, make it looks like someone is holding a bright light over my yard at night!! Other than that pretty slow everywhere else. I haven't heard much about the boat harbor project, but the company taking care of that are still here doing their thing.
King Crab season is coming to an end, most of the boats have put away their gear, made the last of the deliveries and heading home until oplilo season starts. I wasn't able to make it up to the cannery to take any pictures since most of the boats came in at night time, and I don't like to take Roni out in the cold unless I HAVE to! A 10K box of crab was 198.00 this year from the cannery here on the island.... that's like 5.00 more than last year! Still didn't stop me from getting a box! I've been undulging on it lately... I love it dipped in melted butter... if not another way I like it is stuffed in halibut and baked!! Mmmm mmmm good!!
My hubby is currently making a model of the tug Gyrfalcon for one of the Captains. He's been slacking on making it... mostly the small detailed stuff left to do, but he's busy working on it to hopefully have it ready around xmas time to give to him.. if not by this new year. It's tedious work, but it's beautiful once he's done with it!
Lets see what else is going on here on the Rock..... The school is planning their yearly trip that's funded by APICDA, not sure where they are going this year but hopefully it's informative and a great learning experience for the kids! They usually have a great time! I remember going on our "fisheries" trips when I was in school!! Great times!
Ok well I hope all is going great with everyone else out there! Take care and until next time TTFN!!
So the puppies are starting to try to walk and their eyes are open! They got their 1st deworming on the 11th (2wks old). They are just the cutest! I love chihuahuas!! Still waiting on their CKC regirstration papers to come in, but I got in their puppy shots (2 for each puppy at weeks 6 and 9).
Veronika is mastering sitting up on her own, she's starting to try to climb up stuff if it's in her way. She's such a tough little girl! She finally got caught up on her vaccinations last week. She was a little late due to no vaccinations avail on the island here. Had to wait for a doctor to bring them down. So now she's all caught up with all her shots, just needs to go in next week for her 2nd flu shot and she'll be good until her 1st birthday. I can't believe how fast the last 8 months have went by.... what happened to my little 7lb 10oz baby?!?! She's about 25lbs and just under 30 in long now! Next week I'll make sure to get her official weight and length for her baby book!
She loves to eat anything we eat! She had some ham last night, and loves steak (I chew it up for her 1st). She loves mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, peas, turkey, carrots, pears, apples, bananas. I just started to give her Gerber yogurt and the Gerber graduates meltaways and puffs. She's getting good at crawling with her tummy off the floor, she's quick too! I have her in #4 diapers still but thinking of putting her in #5s here soon. She's squeezing into 12 months clothes still but I mostly put her in 18 month clothes but she's getting ready to move into all the 24/2T clothes I got for her when we were in Seattle.
The weather here has been pretty nice actually... but that doesn't stop the airlines from not making trips. One day the plane broke down and they had to wait for a part to come in, other times they use the Saab flight that goes from Dutch to Anchorage (or Anchorage to Dutch) to give them the weather - but then the Saab is usually flying up in the cloud level and they say that its foggy inbetween.... the Saab needs to fly lower in order to give the right weather and not be above the clouds when they give the weather. The Goose doesn't fly up as high as the Saab does! I'm still waiting on some movies that I ordered 3 weeks ago..... mail has been moving sooo slow.
Speaking of mail, I ordered some xmas stuff for my neices! I hope they like what I got them! I love shopping at Kohls and getting Kohls cash!! Today I think I'll use my Kohl's cash and order some stuff for Roni! I can't believe it's already the holiday season of the year! I need to get a good picture of my family for xmas cards! Think we'll do it the same as last year and send out picture cards!
The temps have been going up and down lately. We get snow then it rains the next day, then it snows again. We have windy days and calm day and foggy days. The usual for this time of the year! But the hills have been staying frosted with snow at least, looks better than the dead brown grass look that we'll be stuck with until the island starts to turn green again.
Nothing much going on in the construction department. Parts of the board walk are being repaired/replaced including a bridge that needed to be taken care of awhile back. Happy they are getting that taken care of. The new LED street lamps are installed, make it looks like someone is holding a bright light over my yard at night!! Other than that pretty slow everywhere else. I haven't heard much about the boat harbor project, but the company taking care of that are still here doing their thing.
King Crab season is coming to an end, most of the boats have put away their gear, made the last of the deliveries and heading home until oplilo season starts. I wasn't able to make it up to the cannery to take any pictures since most of the boats came in at night time, and I don't like to take Roni out in the cold unless I HAVE to! A 10K box of crab was 198.00 this year from the cannery here on the island.... that's like 5.00 more than last year! Still didn't stop me from getting a box! I've been undulging on it lately... I love it dipped in melted butter... if not another way I like it is stuffed in halibut and baked!! Mmmm mmmm good!!
My hubby is currently making a model of the tug Gyrfalcon for one of the Captains. He's been slacking on making it... mostly the small detailed stuff left to do, but he's busy working on it to hopefully have it ready around xmas time to give to him.. if not by this new year. It's tedious work, but it's beautiful once he's done with it!
Lets see what else is going on here on the Rock..... The school is planning their yearly trip that's funded by APICDA, not sure where they are going this year but hopefully it's informative and a great learning experience for the kids! They usually have a great time! I remember going on our "fisheries" trips when I was in school!! Great times!
Ok well I hope all is going great with everyone else out there! Take care and until next time TTFN!!
Tuesday, November 2
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
OMG I am getting so bad at updating my blog I'm so sorry about that everyone!
Gosh I have to look back to see what I last wrote about :S
well I'll just start from a couple days ago. So Halloween went off great, except for the fact that like 8 of the younger kids didn't make it to my house for trick-or-treating so I ended up with way too much candy. Not to mention that I took Veronika out trick-or-treating and ended up with a lot more candy! She was the cutest little black kitten!!
Veronika now officially has 4 teeth that have popped out of the gums and 1 more that might come out any day now. She's just over 7 months old, and is starting to crawl, but she still prefers to roll to get around! She's at 29in long and 24lbs 8oz at her 7 month mark, she also got her first flu shot!!
On October 28, 2010 around 4:55pm I was made a grandma!! My pups Cali and Roscoe had their 1st litter of puppies!! 6 beautiful little pups were born - all ranging in color from black and white, to brown and cream! There were 5 females and 1 male. I am probably going to keep 4 of them for my "breeding" stock so that in a couple years I can start producing beautiful purebred chihuahuas for people who want them. I'm probably going to charge between 300-400 a pup, and they will have their CKC registration papers! I am looking into AKC and seeing if I can get them registered with them too (Cali is registered with both, Roscoe is CKC and Dante is AKC)
We officially have snow on the ground as of yesterday!! Been getting colder and colder everyday! I carved 2 pumpkins this year, one is an owl on a branch and the other is Tinkerbells face! They turned out really good. I hope to get some pix posted here soon!!
Well I'll make sure to try to keep up on my blog, again sorry about that I know I have to stop procrastinating with it!! Hopefully more tomorrow!!
I woke up early and voted today!! Every vote counts!! I hope everyone else is casting their votes!!
Well until tomorrow, TTFN!!
Gosh I have to look back to see what I last wrote about :S
well I'll just start from a couple days ago. So Halloween went off great, except for the fact that like 8 of the younger kids didn't make it to my house for trick-or-treating so I ended up with way too much candy. Not to mention that I took Veronika out trick-or-treating and ended up with a lot more candy! She was the cutest little black kitten!!
Veronika now officially has 4 teeth that have popped out of the gums and 1 more that might come out any day now. She's just over 7 months old, and is starting to crawl, but she still prefers to roll to get around! She's at 29in long and 24lbs 8oz at her 7 month mark, she also got her first flu shot!!
On October 28, 2010 around 4:55pm I was made a grandma!! My pups Cali and Roscoe had their 1st litter of puppies!! 6 beautiful little pups were born - all ranging in color from black and white, to brown and cream! There were 5 females and 1 male. I am probably going to keep 4 of them for my "breeding" stock so that in a couple years I can start producing beautiful purebred chihuahuas for people who want them. I'm probably going to charge between 300-400 a pup, and they will have their CKC registration papers! I am looking into AKC and seeing if I can get them registered with them too (Cali is registered with both, Roscoe is CKC and Dante is AKC)
We officially have snow on the ground as of yesterday!! Been getting colder and colder everyday! I carved 2 pumpkins this year, one is an owl on a branch and the other is Tinkerbells face! They turned out really good. I hope to get some pix posted here soon!!
Well I'll make sure to try to keep up on my blog, again sorry about that I know I have to stop procrastinating with it!! Hopefully more tomorrow!!
I woke up early and voted today!! Every vote counts!! I hope everyone else is casting their votes!!
Well until tomorrow, TTFN!!
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