Having Fun???

 Soni and the "boys" are in Tucson!!!

I'm sure they are having a BLAST!

It looks like it's been COLD out there.

It's been absolutely gorgeous here this week.

Just in time for Gary and Lisa and their family

to come and enjoy the theme and water parks.

They are leaving this morning.

As a cold front is coming in.

The high yesterday was 84 at my house.

We hit the high for today at 7:30 am.

It was 66.

It's 62 now.

Awesome.

At least its not FREEZING and we aren't

getting any snow.

While I was teaching my final class for the week

this morning, Kyle put another load in the 

freeze dryer. Raspberries (THE BEST)

and some of the mangos from our tree.

And some of the blueberry's from Rod's

brother's blueberry farm.

Fingers crossed it will all be delicious.

Meanwhile.

Rod had to work from 6-2 today.

They rotate working Saturdays.

Anyhow.

Last week I finally got around to making

MY Christmas present from Kyle.

We bought some chunky yarn for him

and I "arm knit" a blanket for him to 

throw over himself while watching TV in his room.

And he loved it.

So he bought more chunky yarn for me

to make myself one.

But I didn't love arm knitting.

It's hard on my arm and my bony wrist.

And the holes are really big.

So he researched and found a YouTube that

taught how to do rib stitch just sitting at 

the table.

So last weekend I sat at the table and did it.

It's nice and big and super warm and snuggly!

It's BEAUTIFUL.

Meanwhile...

We are watching Astra get ready to launch their

very first little rocket.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

It's LITTLE!

Watching on Kyle's phone...

It's just barely bigger than the light pole!

Kyle is having a great time teasing them.

It reminds us of the Boy Scouts standing in a field

with a big red button.

No fuel tanks,

two semis.

The WHOLE ROCKET fits in semi trailers.

The company said they only need a launch pad,

internet, 

and a fence.

It's on an "official" launch pad, but not one

of the big ones they launch other stuff from.

It kind of looks like its just out on the road.

Unfortunately its pretty cloudy today,

so we probably won't be able to see it.

And since it's tiny, we might now have been able

to see it anyway unless it was dark out.

Split screen of the rocket on the right and their

little mission control in California.

(It's a small walled off room in their factory.)

Notice the guy on the back row!

He put googly eyes on his computers!!!!

These people know how to have fun at work!

But it's exciting!

Fun to see new companies trying to expand

the space industry.

Wish them LUCK!

Oh darn....

while we were watching they had to scrub

because somebody was in their range.

Darn it.

(SpaceX had to scrub last week because a 

CRUISE SHIP launched during their window.

Sheesh. Some Harbor Master is getting a fine!!!)

They'll try again tomorrow.

Meanwhile...

I washed the floors and now I'm heading

back out into the main house to make some lunch

and ... clean something, I just can't remember what it was.

Hahahaha

(Oh, and practice the hymns for tomorrow.)