Nature's Cool, Man

 

The Difference in Rainbows

Nichole sent me this picture of a rainbow she saw while on campus one evening.

I went outside to get my own picture from home. Ha Ha Ha Ha.

Then Nichole texted me a bunch of facts about rainbows. 

The End.

Birding Trip

Road Trip!

 

We are trying to do the Utah County Birders challenge this year. The challenge is to get 26 species of birds in certain counties of Utah to spell out U C BIRDERS! For example, for U, we needed to get both Utah and Uintah counties. We had some success earlier in the year. Some counties we needed and need to go back to to get the rest of our birds.

So Saturday, October 18, we got up early and headed down to Beaver County to look for some birds. Since we got a good start and happened to pick good spots for birds, we were able to get the birds we wanted in the morning. We only needed a few more birds for Iron County so we were going to head down to Cedar City. The last birds we found in Beaver County were closer to the highway than the freeway so we decided to take the highway into Iron County. 

As we were driving, we decided to stop at the Parowan Gap Petroglyphs again. We enjoyed that last time we went there in May. Maybe we could get a bird or two there. We did.

Then we continued to drive through the Parowan Gap and happened to get the last birds we needed for Iron County. Woohoo. We didn't need to drive all the way to Cedar City. We took the freeway home and made it there before evening. Hooray! 

I took a nap because I needed it. 

 

Since October 18 was National Pasta Day, people ate pasta. 

 

It was a successful birding day.

We do need to do a few more trips to complete the challenge. We're not going to get all the letters but we are aiming for five for the Bronze level (that's still 26 bird species in each of 9 counties). Wish us luck. 

Shwarma and Sourdough

Thursday, October 15, was National Grouch Day. Lucky accused me of celebrating that holiday.

It was also Shawarma Day so I made shawarma while watching some MCU stuff, including some stuff with the Avengers.

 

I also got out a toy that is kept in the freezer a lot. I was watching some Fantastic 4 so the invisible woman toy hung out with me. Her uniform is dark in the freezer but in room temperature she turns "invisible."

By the way, going back to the shawarma, the best recipe I found for pita bread is from A Season of Family Meal Plans, volume 1, by Jordan Page. They actual work as pockets. 

 

That night was another Relief Society activity about sourdough. I learned some things the last time we had one so I learned some new things and actually knew some questions to ask since I've had a little experience since. 

 

Friday, October 16, was World Food Day. I took time to work on the sourdough some more (since it is a multiple day process). I also prepared food for a trip we took on Saturday.

I baked the loaf this morning. 

I still have a lot to learn (especially about shaping the dough). I just need to take the time to practice. Sigh. 

 

P.S. It turned out better than I expected actually, and it was a hit with the family. 

More Holidays

Let's talk more holidays.

 

October 12 was International Moment of Frustration Scream Day. I did get frustrated. I did not scream, though.

I think Jet celebrated enough for all of us that day.

 

October 13 was Silly Sayings Day. There were plenty of silly sayings going around in our family.

It was also International Skeptics Day, though I don't really believe it was. 

 

October 14 was National Fossil Day. We had dino nuggets. Tee Hee.

Teenage Cuteness

I don't know what to say. My kids are such hams. I love it.

Moldy Sandwiches?

October 8 was Fluffernutter Day. We made fluffernutter sandwiches.

October 9 was Moldy Cheese Day. I took a picture of some cheese I found in the back of our fridge a couple weeks before. I held onto the picture (and threw out the cheese) so I could show people on the holiday. 

 

At a random restaurant in Denver, Colorado (I've never been to Denver), Breakfast Burrito Day is celebrated on October 10, so we celebrate Breakfast Burrito Day on October 10, even if I don't take pictures of what we eat, even if I have intentions of doing so. Oh well.

 

October 11 was It's My Party Day. I didn't cry but I sang about it, and I made excuses of "it's my party" in order to not do some things like make sausage pizza for National Sausage Pizza Day.