Comet

 I don't remember the name. It's long. But this is only seen once every 80,000 years( really? Who could possibly KNOW that?!?!)

But we found it! 

We drove out west and waited and watched. I got a photo. It's very faint, but it's there!

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) ☄️ 

Then I came home it was positioned perfectly between houses and trees, so I got a better photo! So cool .

Mike and I had friends over for dinner tonight. A new member in our ward, and his wife. They are in their early 60's , perhaps late 50"s. Talk about a hard knock life. Both of them. But they are on good paths now. Many years of sobriety now between the two of them. But, I practically pushed them out the door in order for me and Mike to take our drive to find the comet! To be fair, we did first offer to take them for a ride with us,'West'. To get a better view of the horizon. They declined. 

I'm a nerd. I thought it was great to find it AND get a photo. Especially since my phone was almost dead.

I spent my ENTIRE  day in the kitchen. I DO love my kitchen. And it's a good thing.

I made:

One big apple pie with good home made crust. 

One batch of jalapeno corn bread. 

One BIG bowl of cole Slaw. I have SOOOOO much cabbage. 

One batch 8 pints of bottled salsa. 

One batch  4 1/2 quarts of bottled applesauce. (I left the peelings on this time... I won't do that again. ) ]

Heavenly halibut. 

Green beans. 

Sliced tomatoes. It was a really good dinner.

And we are stuffed. Nearly all from the garden, too!!

2024 St. George Marathon. SWOOSH!

 Damian ran the whole marathon, not just the half as originally planned. And he did it without Don, as he was injured at the last minute. Weight-lifting incident. 

I decided last minute to go watch him finish. Saturday , October 5, 2024. I tracked him on the app. I even helped another person track THEIR runner while waiting since she didn't have cell service.

And then I missed him! I thought I saw him, but it wasn't him... And then I didn't understand the app...it said he'd finished. But how? It wasn't time.

He sprinted the last few blocks, passing about 100 people ( including one cardiac arrest victim!)! When it looked like he was close on the app,  I approached the fence, I watched on tippy- toes, I didn't see him. Then my phone's camera kept turning off during the wait, so I did a practice video. 

AND HE SWOOSHED BY SO FAST I DIDN'T EVEN SEE HIM!

But my camera caught him. So glad I checked it before deleting the "practice" video. Go, Damian!

I have the video, buts its too long to put on my blog. Tell me how to edit it and I'll put in a clip of just him so you can see how FAST he was. It totally messed with the Marathon app algorithm. Ha!