Workin'

Here are some shots of some of the stuff we have been doing around the shack preseason. We worked to fill up the "goodie cans" which are these cook pots stuffed with all sorts of stuff, granola bars, coffee packets, candy, nuts, ect. to be dropped in to fires with us in our fire packs. We filled hundreds of these and and taped em up for Para-Cargo. We have been doing some rigging refreshers and rigging live chutes. First refresher gets done this week and Ill be in second Refresher come Monday. Time to jump again!

The Shower PIMP

So at work someone thought it a good idea to order a pink bunny bathroom suit so we could have a $5 flip ( "The shower Pimp flip") to see who had to wear it to and from the shower for the rest of the year. (I heard the suit cost about $75.00 ) The winner after many buy backs and eliminations was Shoe, the Shower PIMP for the year. Congrats Shoe! Doesent he look great in that thing

The Cabin

So here are a few more pictures of our Humble little Cabin. It is a bit smaller than cabin 3 at Dad's (very small) All we need though and an upgrade from the sterile environment on Fort Wainwright. Also, the Table, shelves, and bench in action. I have had a great time bouilding stuff for the cabin. My roommate thinks I'm crazy, but guess who's eating every meal at our new table and storing his stuff on the shelves???? hehehe

Building some furniture....

My Rookie Bro and I moved into a dry cabin over by the University. We have lived on the Army base for a couple years and it was about time to cut away and have a life beyond the base and work. We moved into a cabin about 300 sq ft and unfurnished; great except that a less than ideal piece of used furniture costs a small fortune. I decided to build a few things we needed. I figure it is the least I can do after the six months at the boat shop. With more confidence than before I delved into some projects and had a great time. I am happy to report that they have come out far better than the sad excuse for some drawers that I took part in building when in Homer visiting Rachel (though I hear they are operational, after Ben took the reins). At any rate, it felt great to work with wood and build something that will be used for the season up here. Here is some shots of the table and a book shelf that I whipped up.

EMT is over

After a hectic three weeks, EMT has came and gone. It was a heck of a course but we all managed to get it done (begrungenly at times) and come out the other side. We had a lot of fun working with one another. We laughed a lot and have some fond memories to look back on for sure.

It's been a long long while

Having been at the Carpenters boat shop for the past six months with limited internet access and very limited free time I have been not bad but terrible at updating this. I will try and I need to emphasis, try to keep up with this a bit better. I'm back in Alaska and back to work. I spent some time with Rachel in Homer and dropped off Shameus once again. I am currently taking EMT class (for a second time) but with IV training this time around which scares me more than almost anything in the World. I faced it thought and made my 5 successful sticks, I was 5 for 11 overall.....haha not to bad.