All this rain, made for a not so interesting last week. We did get our new furniture delivered though! We now have tables - coffee, end and dining. And of course, still trying to get everything put away. I also did a lot of cooking last week - made my first cheesecake! It was delicious and pretty easy. I've apparently also sent a lot of desserts into Eric's work. So much so, that this week they're already asking what's on the menu. :) They may be disappointed because at this point I wasn't planning any large dessert for this week. We'll see what happens.
While our week was not all that interesting, our weekend was pretty entertaining and exciting. On Saturday we ran a bunch of errands to start the day. The previous weekend we had noticed a pick-up truck in the mall parking lot that had a sign for crabs. So this weekend, we decided to stop by, check it out, and buy some crabs. We bought 2 - 2lb. ish Dungeness crabs for $6 a piece - ground beef is the same price as that up here! But they were live...and not rubber-banded. And they just put 2 crabs in a trash bag, 2 LIVE crabs in a thin trash bag. Crab claws are pretty sharp so they started tearing holes in that bag right away. I was a little freaked out the whole way home, as you could hear and see them moving around in the back seat. We were originally going to run more errands after picking up the crabs, but we're afraid if we did stop somewhere and the crabs broke out of the bag, we would never get them out of the car. So we stopped home, put them in a cooler and put about 40lbs. of weight on top of the cooler so they wouldn't get out.
As you can see they were pretty big suckers. Once we got back from our errands we then had to determine how the heck to cook them. Cooking them, actually, is pretty ridiculously easy. All you do is put them in a steamer and steam cook for about 10 minutes. The tougher part was getting the crabs from the cooler to the steamer. I let Eric handle this entire process... :)
Once cooked, the next hardest thing was cleaning them. You have to take the crab apart some to clean out all the guts... nicely said, huh? But that's how they describe it all when you search for instructions online on how to do this. Again, I let Eric handle all this. :) He struggled a bit with the first one, but the second one he cleaned with ease. Serve with a little butter and oh my goodness it was the best crab I've ever had! One of those crabs fed the both of us, so I used the other one to make a Crab and Artichoke dip, recipe provided by Laurel - delicious. So we may be eating crab every Saturday and we'll most definitely be making for guests - provided this pick up truck continues to sell crabs in the parking lot. :) Next time I want to get a few extras and make fresh crab cakes out of them! But we also need a bigger pot, as our largest could only hold one of these at a time.
We also tried to go to a Farmer's Market in town, hoping maybe we could get some better produce prices. Well... the only produce sold at this market was rhubarb. Everything else resembled a flea market - consisting of a whopping 4 tents. We will not be attending this 'farmers' market again. It was pretty lame.
For the 4th of July weekend, I was pretty excited for the fireworks. I thought it would be pretty cool to have the fireworks light up all the mountains and reflect off the channel. They were supposed to be Saturday night, but were canceled due to bad weather. So, they got postponed until Sunday night. Sunday morning we went to the 4th of July parade in downtown Juneau. It was pretty fun, although raining. The only downside was apparently they aren't allowed to throw candy anymore - they have to physically hand it to someone. Well that means that us 'big' kids aren't going to get the random pieces that fall to our feet. :) Our favorite thing was this dump truck that sort of danced down the street. I'm not really sure how else to describe it, but try to imagine a super huge dump truck bouncing to the left and right down the street. We were impressed, never seen anything like that before.That night the fireworks were a go! ... At midnight. Because, of course, that's when it gets dark around here. On the way downtown, the radio was hyping it up so we got excited for the show. It was a good show, up until the finale.. because there was NO finale! That's the best part of the fireworks! Eric claims there was a finale, but when they set off 10 fireworks at once and call that a finale... well I disagree. As we were walking back to the car, Eric jokingly said, "Outdone by Chicago on a Wednesday night." So that was a little disappointing but we brought the camera out to see how it would handle fireworks and we got some cool shots. Unfortunately, the weather was still really cloudy so we didn't get to see the fireworks illuminate the mountains, like I had hoped. But had fun, nonetheless.
Then, on Monday, since once again the weather was predicted to be bad. Eric and I painted the master bathroom a beautiful blue color. We also built an over the toilet cabinet for extra storage. It's amazing the transformation a coat of paint and some rearranging does. We used all the same fixtures and mirror as the previous owners, but by moving it around some and the new coat of paint, it looks 100 times better!
Then, the best part of the weekend, we also tried Skype for the first time! First with Dad and family. And then with Matt and Meagan to play Settlers! Surprisingly, it worked wonderfully! I'm in love with Skype. What a cool program, really makes you feel more at home even when you're thousands of miles away. And the best part? It's FREE!
Lastly, here are the pictures of our place that I promised. It's still a little messy as we continue to find places for things, but we are getting close and I'm starting to plan where pictures should be hung. But I'm also trying to decide, first, if I want to paint. Fortunately none of the walls are white, so it's just a matter of if I want to keep the walls the colors that they are.
A view of our living area from the upstairs loft. Obviously, this is our living room and kitchen. Notice the views out of our windows - just forest, hence why we see bears. When you lay on the couch you can see all the birds in the area flying close to the tops of trees.
This is our unfinished loft. The twin bed lying against the wall is one of the things the moving company broke - well they just lost pieces, but pieces necessary to build it. It will be our computer and art area, with a twin bed and tv in case someone wants to use it. Through the door, in the back, right corner is our "attic". It holds our water heater, but also serves as some much needed storage as well. It's a decent size which is really nice.
Standing in our living room, here is a photo of our kitchen, dining room and hall way - you can see the laundry closet. Through that hallway is our pantry, 2nd bathroom, and bedroom.
This is our Guest Bedroom, where all you will sleep when you come visit! It's a little messy right now, as it's kind of like our working room. We put stuff in there that we need to install or that we don't know where to put just yet. And it's also our donation room, all things we don't want we're putting in there. Our condo board discussed the option of doing a yard sale at the end of this month, so we're keeping everything for now, just in case we can make some money of it all. But our first guests come mid-August, so it will all be gone before then - sale or no sale.
Here is our Master Bedroom. The main door is to the right of the dresser, the other doorway is our walk-in closet that also leads to our bathroom. We have a nice large window on the wall I'm standing at, not photographed because the light was giving the camera too much glare, that you can see the top of the mountain from.
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