A full fantastic weekend. . .

Wow. Another busy and great weekend! Saturday consisted of the normal laundry and minor cleaning, along with massive amounts of reading for the class I’m taking right now. In the afternoon, I got to learn how to knit a hat (thank you Nancy!) and drove to the end of the Unalakleet road with Bill and Erin to view the beautiful surroundings. The fall colors are fading, but the scenery is still breath taking.


Toward the end of the road, we were reminded of the fact that there used to be an army base in the area. There are some haphazard, scary reminders strewn about on the tundra. Makes you think twice- thinking that you live in a clean, pollution-free, isolated area. . . but there is no escaping it, even out here.

As the winds pick up and the temperatures drop, it makes me realize that I’m ready for the snow to come. I hope it comes earlier than last year- I wasn’t able to put on a pair of skis until January!!

Sunday, I had brunch at my place with Bill and Erin, Stacie, James and Abbie, and Deb with Cate and Ben completing the group. The husbands (well most of them) were out of town, and it was a great time to get together and visit (not that we don’t like to visit when the husbands are here, but it gave us an opportunity to talk about them :) heehee).

James was introduced to my cat, Rijah, during breakfast and decided to put his best face forward to capture the moment :) isn’t he a doll?!?!


Everyone brought great goodies, and I must admit that I was very proud of my sticky-buns . . . probably the best I’ve ever made!! Soft and sweet, and don’t forget sticky!! Um, um good!! The rest of the day was spent at school planning and grading- it was productive and a good use of time- so that makes it feel like it was worth it!

I hope you all had a great weekend as well. We’ve got one more week in the quarter (where has the time gone!??!) and then next week is spent at inservice meetings here in Unalakleet. I’m looking forward to some good sessions, and visiting with friends coming to town. Especially the Holt’s!! It will be a great week of visiting, and oh yeah, learning :)