Monthly Archives:June 2006

Salmon Clock

June 15th, 2006 / Categories: Moose Nuggets / 4 Comments »

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A Clock ?

Scavenger Hunt Challenge #2, Week 11 of 13
Week beginning 6.10.06
Photos Due by 6.16.06

BONUS POINTS AVAILABLE:

1 pt. if the clock is an outdoor clock.
3 pts. if the clock is showing the hour.
5 pts. if the clock is showing Noon (or midnight).

?I tried hard for noon – even leaving work a bit early for lunch. Howsomever . . . the drippiness of the day began to get harder and soon I was standing in a downright downpour and shivering to boot. Not to mention the camera was getting wet – dinna want that! So – it’s a moment or two BEFORE? noon.

This is our fair city’s new town clock. Posted in a place that some think is town central – but we are so spread out that there really isn’t such a thing. It’s just a way for the town criers to make themselves feel better. Crafted by students and teacher at Kenai Peninsula College, the local campus of University of Alaska Anchorage.

Those are metal salmon swimming up a metal river. Kenai is home to the Kenai River which is home to the world’s largest king salmon ever taken on rod and reel. The record King weighed in at over 97 pounds – AFTER having sat in the bed of a truck for most of the day drying out. Imagine the weight fresh off the river! It is surmised to have been well over 100 pounds. Les Anderson was the fisherman of the day – week and decade. He is gone now, but the legend lives on – as does the stuffed fish which is displayed proudly at the Soldotna Visitors Center.

There – a bit of history on our area.

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karaoke? my husband?

June 15th, 2006 / Categories: MEN! / 2 Comments »

Well, okay, I guess it was his friend, but still! My husband stayed out last night – late for him – until nearly midnight. T wanted to go trolling for women karaoke-ing so out they went. Oh, they asked me if I wanted to go along – at 9 p.m. (ish). Um, no. I get up at 5 a.m. (ish) so just label me a big ol party pooper.

Pooped, that is. 😉 I was in bed before 10.

Did they come in quietly? Well, I’m sure they thought they did. But we have these squeaky boards . . . great for when the daughters were teens. We always knew when they came in. Hubby pretty much knows where to step to avoid making TOO much noise – but T wasn’t quite as astute. He was still asleep this morning when I left so I don’t know if his lack of clarity was due to over imbibing or not.

So, by the time hubby was “quietly” coming to bed – right near to midnight – I was awake (dratitall!) Good moosie-wife that I am, I asked “how was your evening?” “T’s pretty good!” hubby replied. “That’s good,” I say and try to go back to sleep.

Up at 5 – work out with Bob and the folks from The Biggest Loser – shower – breakfast while reading the paper and listening to local news – leave for work. Hubby is just stirring as I leave.

He needs to get up.

He has a grandmoose to pick up for breakfast and to take to summer school.

Then he and his buddy are supposed to go to Homer to take a boat trip to Halibut Cove. It remains to be seen if this last thing gets accomplished today.

One more week of this. 😉

Think Alfred

June 12th, 2006 / Categories: Moose Nuggets / Comments Closed

Hitchcock, that is . . .

Good eeeeev’ning . . . Oh, man! could he send a chill down your spine or what?

anyway – hope you are all well. Hubby and his buddy . . . it is like listening to a coupla little kids, I tell ya. Well, that is partially because they have known each other since 3rd grade. An awful lot of “remember whens” pepper their speech.

We drove through Old Town Kenai this morning after breakfast. Well, actually, we started by going to my workplace where I introduced T to my boss. Told him a little about the agency and the work that we all do there (and impressed him, btw). Then we went to the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center to see the museum display and the summer art show. T was very impressed with all of the old stuff and the stuffed animals on display and the like.

After that we drove through Old Town and pointed out the Russian Orthodox Church and my favorite little building:

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which I have shown here several times.

Then I was dropped at home and they took off for some boy time together. Went out and visited a friend of hubby’s and I don’t know what all else they did – might be a good thing I don’t, too. 😉

The mail came and I received my new Turbo Jam dvds from Beach Body. Now, I had already done one of the workouts from The Biggest Loser dvd, the Strength and Sculpt portion, but that was this morning and this was this afternoon. So, I opened the TJ packaging and read through the information and plugged in the beginner dvd and did the Learn and Burn portion.

gonna feel those abs tomorrow. Between the two . . . 😉 yep, we’re having fun, now.

Got cleaned up again and the boys came home – “want to go for a ride?” – and so we did. Out to the cannery where hubby moose and I lived our first winter in Alaska, and then to the one next to it, which is now a series of shops and restaurants and theatre and the like. It’s a bit early in the season – not all of the shops are opened, but we did wander through the historic buildings and take in the ambience. Took some shots of the river – will download and then upload tomorrow – and the surrounding buildings.

Drove a little way down to the beach and watched a set net – maintained by the Kenaitze tribe – put back into the river. They had taken a couple of salmon out of the net and were getting it back out for the next set. (thus the term set net) Talked with a fellow from New Zealand who was so excited to have seen the net pulled in and set back out. It’s a joy to meet excited and interested tourists.

After a short drive to pick up dinner (not sure exactly why I went grocery shopping Saturday!!!) and then home. Now the boys are out and about again.

I’m glad they are having a good time. It is back to work for me in the morning – only to see them each evening until Sunday when we will be able to share part of the day together. Then I will have to work again all next week because of a presentation I am giving Monday and Tuesday. He leaves from Anchorage on Thursday the 22nd – they will likely drive up Wednesday the 21st.

Well, someone has to work, right? Right. 😉

have a great evening everyone –

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Closer . . .

June 11th, 2006 / Categories: Family, Moose Nuggets / 1 Comment »

hubby and his friend are that much closer to “home” – they stopped at Freddie’s (grocery – big box store) in Soldotna and hubby called to let me know they’d be here “in an hour or so.” Oy!

They went to the Sunday Market in Anchorage, but only talked about going to the 3 Barons Renaissance Fair. Thought about going mining for gold at Crow Creek, but the friend got cold and the thought of digging into wet dirt and then sluicing it in the creek just made him shiver. So they headed this way. . . . only to stop at a store before coming home. Simply must shake head. Ah, well. The quiet of the home front the past day and a half has been very nice.

Dean Koontz! The Taking! A weird, steady, rainfall that smells faintly like semen, followed by a fog that glows purplish . . . if you like gooooooooooood scary stuff – READ this! Took me about 3 days – days of picking it up and then putting it down to do the necessary stuff around the house and such – to read it. Finished it about an hour ago and it is now in the hands of Lessa. She will finish it tonight or early tomorrow morning – if I know her, she will be unable to sleep before she finishes it. 😉

DO NOT – read the last page first – my sister likes to do that. Believe me, it will only confuse you and really, REALLY ruin the story for you. Read it straight through.

ahhhhhhhh! Gotta love a good read.

Saturday musings

June 10th, 2006 / Categories: Alaska, Family / Comments Closed

so hubby is off to Anchortown to pick up his buddy from Ohio. He has just called from about 30 miles outside town to let me know he has made it through the mountains safely. Not sure what they are really going to do after T’s arrival. They don’t have a place to stay – hotel rates are HORRENDOUS right now – it is June, you see, and that means TOURISTS to fleece – right along with the locals if they are foolish enough to stay in? a hotel.

Instead, hubby has blow-up mattresses and sleeping bags in the back of the van – he forgot pillows, so while we were doing our weekly grandbaby shopping trip this morning before he left town, we picked up a couple of pillows the grands will like – batman and dora. heh.

Hubby and T have known each other since like the fifth grade. They followed different paths through school and afterward, but they always maintained a kinship. T was the best man at our wedding 37 years ago.

They plan to attend Sunday Market in the morning. Hubby is also armed with info and maps to the Three Barons Renaissance Fair. They may also stop at Crow Creek Mine in Girdwood to pan for gold. Not sure when I will see them. But I have Monday off (because I have to attend a conference the following Saturday) so will get to visit for a bit then.

T will be here until the 22nd. He and hubby will have a grand time – most of which I will not be able to share because of my work schedule. But I imagine that dinner times I will see both of them. heh.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

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