Well it has been a long time since I last posted on my blog and I am extremely sorry for that. Life has been crazy, hectic, and fun. In my second year of teaching I have been learning and growing by leaps and bounds! The growth has been welcomed and has benefitted me greatly but there have been growing pains along the way. Being is such a small school (135 kids, 9 full time teachers) every staff member is extremely important to school climate, activities, and educational demands. We have 3 new staff members out of 4 in the high school staff. I have been taking on new responsibilities and teaching new classes which have been the source of most of my growing pains. With that one complaint filed I can say it was a wonderful 1st semester and 2nd semester has started out great as well. My schedule for 2nd semester is Power Technology, STEM, Business Software, Employability 2 and of course a PE class. A very interesting class schedule for sure!
Wrestling season has come and gone. We had a mediocre season unfortunately. I was hoping to see some improvement from my wrestlers from last year. Some did improve but the team as a whole stayed about the same. In the championship meet 4 out of 5 Kiana wrestlers won a spot on the podium. I was hoping for a perfect 5 for 5 but it was not in the cards this year, maybe next year.
This fall/winter we had a Hercules cargo plane land in the village. What an amazing sight! It used every inch of runway to land but only used about half to take off, what power! The plane also carried cargo for free for the studnet store that seniors run as part of their senior trip fundraising. We had to get a picture of the kids in front of the plane for a thank you card.
The holiday season has come and gone as well. It was a great Christmas and new years! I was able to spend the holidays with my family, friends and awesome girlfriend Sam. We spent the break at my parents houses in Coure d'Alene and Kennewick. It was quality time spent eating, visiting, going to movies and enjoying ourselves. We were able to go skiing on Christmas eve at silver mountain and many memories were made! Sam gave me snow shoes and a jet boil stove for Christmas! ! What an awesome girlfriend! I got her a kitchen aid mixer because she wanted one SO BAD! Before I left the village for break I was put in charge of cutting a Christmas tree for the school. I took about 5 students out on snowmachines with a chainsaw and sled with hopes of finding a tree to make Clark Griswold envious. Welllll that didn't really happen. The tree we were able to find could have possibly made Charlie Brown jealous but it was not of the Griswold family Christmas caliber. I also taught about 30 kids how to make sugar cookies and frosting to give to the elders of the village. They had a great time and the cookies turned out pretty good!
Winter is here and now it's time to trap! I am so excited for this season. I already have traps in the woods. I took the plunge and finnally bought some gear this year. A new snowmachine, a skidoo expedition 600 ho etec http://m.ski-doo.com/#vehicle?serieID=Expedition&categoryID=LE A new sled from Northern sled works http://www.northernsledworks.com/Cross_Fox.html some leg hold and conibare traps. I did spend a bit of coin but my investments should pay off in the form of keeping my sanity.
Whenever you get new traps it's best to boil them to get all the oil and grease off them. Then you need to seal them with wax or a wax based coating that will protect the traps and make them odorless. I have been running a 30 mile circle every other night to see if I got lucky and trapped a wolverin, wolf, lynx, or marten. Some nights I decide to pick up some dinner, by way of a Ptarmigan or two. They are a little gamey but still delicious.
I feel like I say this every time but I will try to do better and keep up with my blog. Thank you for reading and taking the time to check out my Greater Northern Adventures!
Wrestling season has come and gone. We had a mediocre season unfortunately. I was hoping to see some improvement from my wrestlers from last year. Some did improve but the team as a whole stayed about the same. In the championship meet 4 out of 5 Kiana wrestlers won a spot on the podium. I was hoping for a perfect 5 for 5 but it was not in the cards this year, maybe next year.
This fall/winter we had a Hercules cargo plane land in the village. What an amazing sight! It used every inch of runway to land but only used about half to take off, what power! The plane also carried cargo for free for the studnet store that seniors run as part of their senior trip fundraising. We had to get a picture of the kids in front of the plane for a thank you card.
The holiday season has come and gone as well. It was a great Christmas and new years! I was able to spend the holidays with my family, friends and awesome girlfriend Sam. We spent the break at my parents houses in Coure d'Alene and Kennewick. It was quality time spent eating, visiting, going to movies and enjoying ourselves. We were able to go skiing on Christmas eve at silver mountain and many memories were made! Sam gave me snow shoes and a jet boil stove for Christmas! ! What an awesome girlfriend! I got her a kitchen aid mixer because she wanted one SO BAD! Before I left the village for break I was put in charge of cutting a Christmas tree for the school. I took about 5 students out on snowmachines with a chainsaw and sled with hopes of finding a tree to make Clark Griswold envious. Welllll that didn't really happen. The tree we were able to find could have possibly made Charlie Brown jealous but it was not of the Griswold family Christmas caliber. I also taught about 30 kids how to make sugar cookies and frosting to give to the elders of the village. They had a great time and the cookies turned out pretty good!
Winter is here and now it's time to trap! I am so excited for this season. I already have traps in the woods. I took the plunge and finnally bought some gear this year. A new snowmachine, a skidoo expedition 600 ho etec http://m.ski-doo.com/#vehicle?serieID=Expedition&categoryID=LE A new sled from Northern sled works http://www.northernsledworks.com/Cross_Fox.html some leg hold and conibare traps. I did spend a bit of coin but my investments should pay off in the form of keeping my sanity.
Whenever you get new traps it's best to boil them to get all the oil and grease off them. Then you need to seal them with wax or a wax based coating that will protect the traps and make them odorless. I have been running a 30 mile circle every other night to see if I got lucky and trapped a wolverin, wolf, lynx, or marten. Some nights I decide to pick up some dinner, by way of a Ptarmigan or two. They are a little gamey but still delicious.
I feel like I say this every time but I will try to do better and keep up with my blog. Thank you for reading and taking the time to check out my Greater Northern Adventures!
