Super lunar eclipse - the Bood Moon

The last one was in 1982, the next will be 2033, so I made sure we watched this one. The moon went into eclipse at 8:11 pm, total eclipse 9:11, then started to show again at 10:23 (Central time). Very cool to watch.





Not my pics, I didn't try to take any, these are much prettier than any I could have taken.

All the Christian preppers had been going crazy for a couple of months, this is the end!! They had all their reasons, something to do with every 7 years something bad happens, earthquakes that would destroy some of America, stock market crashes (which I and many economists think is still eminent), etc, all according to Jewish calendar and blah, blah, blah. People had cashed in their 401k and bought food supplies, $7,000 tents (yes, you can buy a tent worth that much), some probably headed for their bug-out place.

I'm not denying something bad will probably happen in the future. Something bad is always happening someplace. Plus, no civilization has lasted forever. I'm reading a short book on the North, Meso, and South American native peoples. Archaeologists don't have any idea why many of these great civilizations failed, like the Olmec, Anasazi, Hopewell, Mound Builders, Inca, Aztec, Mayan - there seems to have been about 20 known groups (my rough estimate, I didn't count them, so don't quote me) that populated these 2 continents. We know that the Spanish decimated a few of them, but no idea about the others.

What does God have planned for this earth? Jesus said the time no man knows, not even the angels in heaven. Prepare? Yes, but sensibly. And continue living, meanwhile.

Pizza

Chris' fav food is pizza. He can eat it anytime, anywhere, any style, hot or cold. He found a pizza book on Amazon, The United States of Pizza, and put it on his wish list. Alyona saw it and ordered it for him. So, of course, yesterday we needed to make pizza.

Chris choose a dough recipe; he and I made the dough yesterday morning. My dough makers have all either died or I have given them away, and I like kneading by hand better anyway, but Chris said this dough needed to be kneaded for 30 min. We took turns. Finally he pronounced the dough was ready to rest (with a little help from me saying I was done kneading).

Last night at 6 he began to make the red sauce, which takes 1 hour or more. We began baking at 7ish. The pizza was delish and totally worth the extra fuss.

Grandmother Jensen

Zoya driving the car

I showed this pic to Macy and Stella; one of them asked me if she was really driving. Now, that would be a smart doggie!!

Utah beauties

Scott was driving home from work at Park City yesterday and called to FaceTime me to show the beauties of the scenery. It was absolutely wonderful, like he said just reaffirms that God created this all. It would take too much faith on my part to believe that it is all just chance. I grew up going camping in the Rockies in Idaho; all the pics he showed me and put on the Photo Stream reminded me so much of my childhood.

Last morning

Rick and I had a wonderful time taking care of the ggrrls while their parents were gone to Disney World. It was tiring, but loved it, we have such sweet and adorable little ggrrls.

This is the last morning with Stella at the bus stop.

Dress up with Stella and Macy

Looking at Halloween decos and costumes at Target



Macy with princess dress

 

Stella with costume and water  bottle

Motorcycle mamas

Macy and Stella

On the Harley Hog, ready to rumble

Marwidge

The wreckers

Rick and Chris went to his new house and ripped out all the kitchen cabinets. Rick cut his hand quite badly and bled "like a stuck pig" to quote him. It was a ton of work, but Home Depot wanted $2-3,000 to do the same thing.

Chris and Alyona returned another day and cracked, pounded up the tile on the floor and backsplash. They punctured, then wet all the wallpaper in the kitchen, and proceeded to scrap it all off.

Oh, and Chris and Rick also ripped out the part of the kitchen doorway that they want to extend and make larger.

The power was supposed to be turned back on yesterday, but wasn't. So tomorrow it's supposed to be back on. Alyona has been tearing up a lot of plants and greenery she doesn't like in the front and back yard, then planted a garden. But without electricity it wouldn't pump water, and she needs to keep it watered.

The gas was supposed to be turned on sometime between 8am and 6pm today, someone just needed to be there to let them it. Chris understood they would call and give notice before arriving. They called at 2pm, I rushed over there, the person had left a note saying they were there at 2:05 and couldn't get in. It takes about 18-20 min to get there. So he rescheduled it for Sept 22. I will be home and can go over there; Chris will probably just leave a key, which he didn't want to do (leaving the house unlocked with a lot of expensive equipment) but will probably do on the 22 if he wants to get gas turned on.

They have met several neighbors, seems like a super friendly street.

The dangers of shampoo, please read

Random thoughts on the passing scene

The other morning Chris got up with Zoya and sat on the back patio swing while she did her duties. He came in and I saw a red nickel-sized welt on his back where some spider had bitten him. I immediately put on OraJel (my go-to med for bug bites) with a band aide to keep the ointment on. Rick then went out with his bug poison and sprayed all the patio furniture. Sayonara, spiders and bugs!

 

I love getting texts from Eric with his thoughts on the passing scene from Mackay, Idaho. Quite enjoyable and brings back wonderful memories of growing up on the farm. I love to hear about the foxes, fish, moose, deer, dogs, haying, etc, that comprise his life. Also fun to exchange recipes (his sour dough bread is delish and simple). I'm sure he will love Colorado Springs when he arrives to play and help with gkids.

 

Chris and Alyona close on their house this Friday, but have some renovations and other work to do, so they won't actually move until Oct or maybe Nov. Then I will really miss them, even tho they will only be 17 min away!!

 

Little Zoya is quite smart. That same spider bite morning, she knows she's supposed to get a walk after her morning food. Chris had fed her, but went upstairs and didn't walk her. She sat in front of the basket downstairs that holds her vest and leash and whimpered. When that didn't get the desired effect, she pulled the vest and leash out of the basket onto the floor. Soon she got her walk.