Frontier House Application

Family Name: Seelye

Occupations/Schools: Langley Middle School


Open answer questions (attach additional pages. All questions must be answered.):
What attracted you to this project?
Being outside in the wild on your own and having to survive

What hobbies and interests do you have?
Hiking, camping, volleyball, dance, softball

What image do you have of pioneer living?
I know that it's really hard and challenging but i think that in the end, you will have learned a lot about life.

What's the most challenging thing you and your family (or group) have experienced?
My family went sailing around outer islands in the Bahamas for six weeks. It was just us, some deserted islands, and the ocean.

If you were chosen what do you think you would most miss about modern life?
Music, but you can sing all you want so i guess its not that big of a thing to be missing.

What qualities do you and your family have that make you suited to this experience?
We've been out in the wilderness by ourselves before and all of us will be prepared for what we have to do.

What skills do you have that may help you?
I can prepare food, wash dishes and clothes, i'm good with animals, and I've had other experiences.

What would you hope to get out of the experience?
I would hope to learn a little more about life and its challenges without the advantages of the year 2009.

What do you think will be the most difficult challenge of pioneer life?
Probably maintaining enough food and having it last as long as you need to last it. Preparing for the Winter would also be a challenging part.

What skills would you like to learn from the experience?
How to rely entirely on yourself.

We'd like you to tell us:
What interests you about this project?
The experience of living back in 1883.

Do you have any concerns about your participation?
No, i have no concerns.

How much do you know about your family history -- do you have pioneer roots?
Not that I know of.

How did you hear about Frontier House?

Intimate Poem

Dear Fish
I just wanted to say
I'm terribly sorry
for killing your friends
the frogs

It wasn't intentionally
I accidentally fed them too much

I also want to tell you to
stop picking on the littler one
That's just mean
But I truly am sorry

Spring Break

This Spring Break I am going to go up to Mt. Baker, Forks, and La Push. (It wasn't my idea) :P I really want to go to Baker though. First we're going up to Forks and spending two nights. Then we're going to go to La Push and look around. We will probably go on some of the beaches and stuff. After that we're going up to Baker. I love snowboarding and i can't wait for that part. I'm the only snowboarder in my family though. Everyone else ski's. I used to ski until this year when I took the ski bus up to Stevens Pass every Saturday and took snowboarding lessons. That was a lot of fun and I'm really sad that its over. The cold weather here is really starting to bother me though. I love snow and being in a cold climate for a month or two but after that it starts to get old. I miss the warm weather in the Marshall Islands. The only bad thing about that though is that there's no snowboarding because there's no snow. haha figures right? I wish there was some kind of thing where it could snow one day and then be 80 degrees the next day. A teleporter would be cool too. I could go to Mt. Baker and go snowboarding one day and then i could teleport back to somewhere warm like Hawaii. That would be soooo awesome. But yeah! Thats my Spring Break........and my warm and cold weather issues haha

Just to say poem

The delicious cookies
in the cookie jar
have disappeared

I know you thought
they were going to be
as delicious as
Grandma's secret recipe

One minute they were in my hand
and the next they were gone!

What am I?

I'm dark and light
I'm mysterious yet known
I'm helpful but sometimes feared
I'm close but far
I'm a part of everyones life
What am I?

(Highlight below for answer)
The Moon



I run and fall
I'm life and death
I'm beautiful yet hazardous
I can be smooth or rough
I'm needed
What am I?

(Highlight below for answer)
Water