Skylar’s Blog

Last night went out to observe what was left of the yearly Perseids meteor shower. It was a beautiful night and the sky was ablaze with stars. We would have gone out the night before during the peak of the shower, but unfortunately Corvallis was socked in. Only saw a few meteors, but they were thrilling and beautiful ones. Apparently the Perseids Meteor shower is a yearly event that occurs because there is a trail of space debris flowing through space, and every year around August 11 or 12 we pass through it, giving us a “shower” of meteors. Also, there are several other meteor showers of varying intensity that happen throughout the year, one of the most prominent being the Leonids, which occur around November 17th. I shall be waiting with Excitement.

I kind of wish i that i would have kept up with the star watching a bit more. I feel like i have missed really learning half of the sky, as winter approaches, the first constellations i learned are quickly approaching, and i won’t have opportunities to learn the ones i missed until next year. (at least learn from actual sky observation)

Also living in Corvallis, I feel i really benefit from living in a flat area, sooo many more stars are available for viewing. I do miss the telestar 114az Telescope though, as it really provided some depth to the sky. I believe that it was just the right amount of power to make things in the sky readily visible without picking up too much interference with the atmosphere, and it was possible, tho at full power constantly necessary, to track with objects as they moved across the sky. Mountains actually look like mountains on the moon. Saturn’s rings were readily visible, as were the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. Eh, it is only a 2 hour drive to my Pops house.

telestar 114az

Well, more than 7 months after my first post, perhaps it is time to update a bit on things that i have accomplished from that original list. I’m just gonna list things that i did do, and not worry about the rest, some of those things were pretty long term goals anyway .

As of now, i have:

Baked bread from scratch. many times over now. I love it, cooking, baking, it’s fun!! So i have baked white bread, wheat bread, and banana bread, and while i was still at my dad’s house, i had been baking the wheat bread on a fairly regular basis. very tasty! Not hard to do, just mix the ingredients, let the yeast make it rise, punch it down, let it rise again, bake it, and walah! bread! dash gone good bread too Now that i am in own apartment, haven’t begun the baking yet, but i do have the ingredients .

This year i did help immensely with the home garden, and i have been enjoying the fruits of labor since the beginning of summer. now that i am out of the house, i don’t have as easy access to the tasty plants, but i have tried to have some on every visit to my dad’s house. I also built several planters out of the same boards i made that crazy sled out of during winter, and have the planters set up at the new apartment on the balcony. haven’t planted anything yet… soon soon….

The learning of Russian hasn’t been a real hardcore thing, but i do feel like have learned a lot, and have become at least a little familiar with the language. i hear… like… every 3rd or 4th word .

At the end of this spring, i finished up an associates degree! word, not that it will get me far, but i am working on the next step here at OSU in the fall. New goal: B. S. in two or so years.

Remember that t-shirt thing? well, never did actually make a t shirt for cameesa, but did put that stuff on Cafe Press, and… have so far sold 2 tshirts!!!! woot woot! made 5 bucks… split between me and Oksana. wow, profits just rollin in…..

Totally made a white wings.

I was working on Learning the night sky pretty hardcore at one point, but then kinda slacked. I learned a lot, and feel pretty familiar with several of the major constellations, but i would definitely say my knowledge is incomplete. a little harder to keep up with here in Corvallis too, but i think i can handle finishing this one up in the near future.

Though i haven’t really reaped any profits from a website, i have started a project in the direction, in collaboration with my good friend Tom, with Goji Berries Facts. I may consider putting google ads here at this blog as well in the future. At this point the blog does get regular traffic, but not much, and mostly for insignificant and un-focused keywords. Certainly, won’t be pulling in more than a few dollars anytime soon, but money is money.

So, that’s the story. I pretty happy that i could say all that had been done actually. Perhaps the next blog will be an updated list and what i see for myself in the near future.

In other news, I am engaged! And getting married within the month! It’s craziness, but i am filled with Joy