Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Saturday
Kate and I slept in the basement of the cabin, they have a bunch of beds down there for visiting children and friends. The two dogs that came are there too and I quickly learned that after about 6AM if you give any indication of being awake they will jump on you to be let out. They quickly descended when I checked my watch at 6:45.
Once I was up to take the dogs out I was wide awake so I had no choice but to I curl up with a book. Pretty soon Kate's parents were up to so they showed me around the kitchen so I could get some breakfast. Around 8AM Kate's mom asked if I would like to go kayaking with her, I gladly accepted! The Novich family has some great kayaks, very light and easy to maneuver. We went paddled along the shoreline for about a mile and a half. A half mile out the land turns from residential area to forest and the forest has tons of bald Eagles living there during certain parts of the year. On Saturday we only saw a few though.
Later in the afternoon Kate took me out on the motor boat and taught me how to drive it. It's so easy; no pedals or lanes, and very little traffic! While we were out we checked the four crab pot Mr and Mrs Novich had put out earlier. I learned how to pull the pots and pull out the crabs. I already knew how to tell male from female, so I was ahead of the curve :). I think we pulled up about ten crabs but only four were keepers.
Once back at the cabin Mrs. Novich taught me how to pick crab (how to pull the meat out of the shell after the crab has been killed and boiled). Because I had helped with the catching and because the Novichs kill the crab by quickly chopping it in half (instead of boiling it alive) I decided to have some crab with lunch. Bad idea. It was really tasty while I was eating it, but I had the worst stomach ache of my life for the rest of the afternoon and most of the evening. A few hours after lunch I puked up most of lunch. That helped the ache a little but it was mostly too late at that point, my stomach had already decided to throw a fit.
For dinner I made some excellent pasta, a fancier version of our traditional family olives and noodles (for me and my vegetarian-ness, the rest of the family adds sausage to theirs). It was olives and noodles and garlic, onion, mushroom, and feta cheese.
At night the sky was GORGEOUS! Tons of stars! Across the water is an Indian reservation, and for a while somebody was setting of some giant fireworks :). Around 9 PM the family set up this outdoor theatre screen and a projector and we watched Secret Window. It's a Johnny Depp suspense movie, it was interesting.
Once I was up to take the dogs out I was wide awake so I had no choice but to I curl up with a book. Pretty soon Kate's parents were up to so they showed me around the kitchen so I could get some breakfast. Around 8AM Kate's mom asked if I would like to go kayaking with her, I gladly accepted! The Novich family has some great kayaks, very light and easy to maneuver. We went paddled along the shoreline for about a mile and a half. A half mile out the land turns from residential area to forest and the forest has tons of bald Eagles living there during certain parts of the year. On Saturday we only saw a few though.
Later in the afternoon Kate took me out on the motor boat and taught me how to drive it. It's so easy; no pedals or lanes, and very little traffic! While we were out we checked the four crab pot Mr and Mrs Novich had put out earlier. I learned how to pull the pots and pull out the crabs. I already knew how to tell male from female, so I was ahead of the curve :). I think we pulled up about ten crabs but only four were keepers.
Once back at the cabin Mrs. Novich taught me how to pick crab (how to pull the meat out of the shell after the crab has been killed and boiled). Because I had helped with the catching and because the Novichs kill the crab by quickly chopping it in half (instead of boiling it alive) I decided to have some crab with lunch. Bad idea. It was really tasty while I was eating it, but I had the worst stomach ache of my life for the rest of the afternoon and most of the evening. A few hours after lunch I puked up most of lunch. That helped the ache a little but it was mostly too late at that point, my stomach had already decided to throw a fit.
For dinner I made some excellent pasta, a fancier version of our traditional family olives and noodles (for me and my vegetarian-ness, the rest of the family adds sausage to theirs). It was olives and noodles and garlic, onion, mushroom, and feta cheese.
At night the sky was GORGEOUS! Tons of stars! Across the water is an Indian reservation, and for a while somebody was setting of some giant fireworks :). Around 9 PM the family set up this outdoor theatre screen and a projector and we watched Secret Window. It's a Johnny Depp suspense movie, it was interesting.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Friday
This weekend was the best of the summer by far!
It started off normally enough with work. After a few hours I was contacted by a friend to see if I wanted to come over. Once I was finished in the lab I gave her a call and she came and picked me up (she was nearby shopping at Fred Meyer and it would take me an hour or so to walk to her house). Once there we chill playing N64 and Rock Band, we watch Moulin Rouge. After seeing it laying on the mantle, I commented that I had never seen Moulin Rouge before and apparently this was a serious gap in my movie knowledge that needed to be immediately rectified. It was a great movie! (All the songs in Moulin Rouge are medleys of other songs, this one is my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajuITcvjyPE )
At this point it is somewhere around 7PM and we're hungry. Debating various places to eat Boomers (a locally famous drive in diner in Bellingham) comes up. I hadn't been there before, another serious problem to be immediately rectified. The food is pretty good, it has solid 50's diner food that is brought out to your car. The burgers are supposed to be wonderful but I obviously stuck to a veggie burger.
On our way back to my place K- mentions that she has to go to see her parents at their cabin this weekend. I offer to go so she doesn't have to be alone with them and instead of staying home, I'm packing and soon on the way out!
It takes about an hour to arrive. The cabin is near Deception Pass and right on the water, the place is beautiful!
To be continued...
It started off normally enough with work. After a few hours I was contacted by a friend to see if I wanted to come over. Once I was finished in the lab I gave her a call and she came and picked me up (she was nearby shopping at Fred Meyer and it would take me an hour or so to walk to her house). Once there we chill playing N64 and Rock Band, we watch Moulin Rouge. After seeing it laying on the mantle, I commented that I had never seen Moulin Rouge before and apparently this was a serious gap in my movie knowledge that needed to be immediately rectified. It was a great movie! (All the songs in Moulin Rouge are medleys of other songs, this one is my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajuITcvjyPE )
At this point it is somewhere around 7PM and we're hungry. Debating various places to eat Boomers (a locally famous drive in diner in Bellingham) comes up. I hadn't been there before, another serious problem to be immediately rectified. The food is pretty good, it has solid 50's diner food that is brought out to your car. The burgers are supposed to be wonderful but I obviously stuck to a veggie burger.
On our way back to my place K- mentions that she has to go to see her parents at their cabin this weekend. I offer to go so she doesn't have to be alone with them and instead of staying home, I'm packing and soon on the way out!
It takes about an hour to arrive. The cabin is near Deception Pass and right on the water, the place is beautiful!
To be continued...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Arboretum
Between the apartment complex that I'm staying at this summer and the campus is Sehome Hill Park, more commonly referred to as The Arboretum. Occasionally I'll take a walk through there and I've found that the more I go, the more I find. Here are some pictures!
Trail...
Barred Owl! I pointed it out to a biker and we stood and watched it for about ten minutes as it flew around and called back and forth to an owl we couldn't see
Trail...
Barred Owl! I pointed it out to a biker and we stood and watched it for about ten minutes as it flew around and called back and forth to an owl we couldn't see
Downy Woodpecker! I saw several of these guys in different locations through the park
Douglas Squirrel. This poor guy i'm pretty sure was not long for this world. His tail was really ratty, he wasn't very concerned about the fact I was right next to him, and he kept bobbing his head like he was trying not to fall asleep. :(
Douglas Squirrel. This poor guy i'm pretty sure was not long for this world. His tail was really ratty, he wasn't very concerned about the fact I was right next to him, and he kept bobbing his head like he was trying not to fall asleep. :(Friday, August 6, 2010
Dinner
How to Make Dinner while at school:
Take a staple that goes well with anything: baked potato
Add some basic ingredients for filling and taste: black beans, onion
Then add whatever you need to use up in the fridge: shredded mozzarella, salsa
Mix and serve.
Voila!
Take a staple that goes well with anything: baked potato
Add some basic ingredients for filling and taste: black beans, onion
Then add whatever you need to use up in the fridge: shredded mozzarella, salsa
Mix and serve.
Voila!
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