tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post4164005443434968549..comments2024-01-12T05:15:38.548-06:00Comments on My Journey to Fit: WWU is Boring; Let's Talk About the Solar Eclipse Instead!Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-14129536743197812752017-08-30T03:43:39.714-05:002017-08-30T03:43:39.714-05:00That must have been so special. Of course we have ...That must have been so special. Of course we have seen it on the news here and I have seen some amazing photos. Not going to experience this in my lifetime. Next time it's here I am long gone already. <br />It was even on the news here that americans for once had something positive to share that had nothing to do with politics. Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287705328335828286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-29992919312897406302017-08-25T09:09:42.433-05:002017-08-25T09:09:42.433-05:00You know, until we read the directions I thought y...You know, until we read the directions I thought you were supposed to aim the box directly at the sun - glad we didn't do that!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-40872526138533773422017-08-25T09:08:07.322-05:002017-08-25T09:08:07.322-05:00I didn't know we needed this as badly as we di...I didn't know we needed this as badly as we did until it happened.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-82843752542407108232017-08-25T09:07:26.974-05:002017-08-25T09:07:26.974-05:00Haha, I know what you mean about wanting to look a...Haha, I know what you mean about wanting to look at the sun! Maybe by the next eclipse, they'll have developed even better glasses for the viewing. We will be in a near-totality area right here, so I'm super excited about 2024, too!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-9746105099240954592017-08-25T09:05:53.362-05:002017-08-25T09:05:53.362-05:00What a perfect opportunity to see the full eclipse...What a perfect opportunity to see the full eclipse! Thank you so much for sharing your goosebump moment; that had to have been so cool to experience! Your daughter's themed brunch sounds perfect, too. And I'm glad your brain's worry didn't come true, eek!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-2807342990085674862017-08-24T18:38:50.830-05:002017-08-24T18:38:50.830-05:00We were fortunate that one of our kadults lives in...We were fortunate that one of our kadults lives in the path of totality, so we camped out at her house for the eclipse. We were on campus at Oregon State University and hung out on the quad with a great crowd. I was a little skittish about looking at it even with the eclipse glasses, but am so glad I did! When the sun finally winked out, all the street lights and the library lights came on and everybody cheered - it was a real goosebump moment. Princess then followed up with an eclipse themed brunch that included bagel "suns" with cream cheese topped with Canadian bacon "moons". I agree that it was nice to focus on something besides gloom and doom, though I confess to having a niggling worry that millions of us Americans lined ourselves up quite nicely if anybody wanted to do something dastardly - see the ridiculous things my brain cooks up? Anyway, I love that ya'll went all old school on it with your cereal box, and that were able to share with the family :-)Emmaclairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075275421271190384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-87274034974992511922017-08-24T09:13:56.875-05:002017-08-24T09:13:56.875-05:00I have to say I have never wanted to look at the s...I have to say I have never wanted to look at the sun so bad LOL! It was hard not to. John made viewers for us with cardboard tubes and they worked great. We had about 70% totality here. It was really weird to be outside during coverage and not need sunglasses. Everything just seemed dim even though there wasn't a cloud in sight. Very cool. We are going to be about an hour or two driving distance from full coverage at the next eclipse - pretty excited about that!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781375451012608773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-91830386803353684422017-08-23T15:51:31.520-05:002017-08-23T15:51:31.520-05:00Thanks for sharing how Allie made the cereal box v...Thanks for sharing how Allie made the cereal box viewer. I was wondering how that was going to work. When the eclipse happened here, it was just like a cloudy day so not much excitement over it here. I did watch the live NASA feed from South Carolina and couldn't believe how dark it got. It was nice that our country was all engrossed in something that was bigger than ourselves. Fairytales and Fitnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11771224209536216240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-64916406851070547622017-08-23T15:20:13.793-05:002017-08-23T15:20:13.793-05:00I was talking to a family member Saturday and sayi...I was talking to a family member Saturday and saying exactly that - it's so nice to have everyone talking about something (mostly?) nuetral and not political. Our country DOES need that. Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03201592937889358953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-6417555499997939812017-08-23T11:19:22.116-05:002017-08-23T11:19:22.116-05:00I know what you mean, it was hard to not look up! ...I know what you mean, it was hard to not look up! But how interesting that your roosters crowed and the dogs howled! Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-84602507734094554942017-08-23T11:17:07.647-05:002017-08-23T11:17:07.647-05:00Humanity, yes. That's what I felt, too. LOL ...Humanity, yes. That's what I felt, too. LOL on the zygotes being wowed by the box viewer!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-50087320553171206092017-08-23T11:14:31.864-05:002017-08-23T11:14:31.864-05:00That was another thing I loved, seeing the picture...That was another thing I loved, seeing the pictures of people wearing glasses, all looking in the same direction. :)Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890227462052573887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-64742806327028484002017-08-23T08:36:08.827-05:002017-08-23T08:36:08.827-05:00This was so fun to read, and I agree, I think a lo...This was so fun to read, and I agree, I think a lot of people around our country thought that it was a great unifier. <br /><br />Here's my eclipse experience. I didn't know exactly when it was coming, but I decided to not go outside to look at it, because I was pretty sure I'd look at the sun, just like I did when I was a kid. So I was in on my bed doing my exercises, looking out the window just like always, and I noticed it getting darker and darker! I don't know what percentage we were at, but it never got night-time dark. But just when it was the darkest, all the roosters started crowing and the dogs started howling!debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17967505760808535408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-28681233904962070082017-08-23T08:11:14.474-05:002017-08-23T08:11:14.474-05:00I made a box viewer as well! Our HR dept. got the...I made a box viewer as well! Our HR dept. got their hands on one pair of the glasses that they left downstairs for anyone in the building to use but I wanted to try the old fashioned way. Everyone ended up using it along with the glasses and said they couldn't believe how fun it was. Mind you, most of these people are zygotes and couldn't believe when I told them this is how we learned to do it way back in the day.<br /><br />I agree that it was so fun to see friends and family from all over sharing this experience. Brought a little humanity back to the craziness of the past couple weeks.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308631304554235792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067665701316634699.post-89532403744055368602017-08-23T07:06:13.392-05:002017-08-23T07:06:13.392-05:00As fun as it was to see the eclipse, I loved seein...As fun as it was to see the eclipse, I loved seeing all the folks from the hospital where I work outside, sharing the glasses! It was just the coolest experience. Wendy at Taking the Long Way Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934786207724059919noreply@blogger.com