BOOGIE SHOES: Last week was one of our busiest on record. So. Many. Things.
The biggest thing was helping host an auction/dance party/concession stand on Saturday afternoon. We've been working for months to gather auction donations, and I think the grand total of items available Saturday was over 80.
One of the biggest challenges regarding the event was getting a big disco ball to hang from the cafeteria ceiling ... which, unfortunately, is made out of concrete. That meant it wasn't a matter of simply using a few good sized screws. Instead, Christian rigged up a device using four big clamps around a concrete beam on the ceiling. Fortunately, it worked well, and the room was transformed by the mirror ball and spotlights. It was fun seeing the looks on kids' faces when they saw the dancing lights. I manged to not take a SINGLE picture of the set up or the event, if you can believe that. All I have to remember the event is a post-party photo of my 70's shoe and my snazzy galactic bell bottoms. :)
The primary reason I have no photos is I was too busy working in the kitchen, where we were making about 100 wiener wraps, 20 pounds of homemade "Hamburger Helper," and buckets of banana pudding for Nilla Wafer banana pudding desserts. (Can you tell the menu was '70s themed?)
Hopefully some of my friends have photos of the room. I'll have to ask around. ...
One of the biggest challenges regarding the event was getting a big disco ball to hang from the cafeteria ceiling ... which, unfortunately, is made out of concrete. That meant it wasn't a matter of simply using a few good sized screws. Instead, Christian rigged up a device using four big clamps around a concrete beam on the ceiling. Fortunately, it worked well, and the room was transformed by the mirror ball and spotlights. It was fun seeing the looks on kids' faces when they saw the dancing lights. I manged to not take a SINGLE picture of the set up or the event, if you can believe that. All I have to remember the event is a post-party photo of my 70's shoe and my snazzy galactic bell bottoms. :)
The primary reason I have no photos is I was too busy working in the kitchen, where we were making about 100 wiener wraps, 20 pounds of homemade "Hamburger Helper," and buckets of banana pudding for Nilla Wafer banana pudding desserts. (Can you tell the menu was '70s themed?)
Hopefully some of my friends have photos of the room. I'll have to ask around. ...
UP AND AWAY: On Sunday night, we tuned in to watch SpaceX successfully launch the SES-12 satellite to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Liftoff occurred at 9:45 p.m. our time, and the SES-12 satellite was deployed about 32 minutes after liftoff.
You can watch a replay of the launch webcast below and find out more about the mission.
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE: Today, a friend posted to Facebook about a series of short, geology-related videos by Central Washington University geology professor Nick Zentner.
In 2015, Zentner received the prestigious James Shea Award, a National Association of Geoscience Teachers award recognizing exceptional delivery of Earth Science content to the general public.
Zentner has a number of different video series. I think we're going to start with "Nick on the Rocks," which features Zentner taking viewers on "armchair adventures" through Washington’s diverse landscapes, including massive lava flows, the planet’s biggest Ice Age waterfall, and a flank of Mt. Rainier that traveled to Tacoma.
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