From 2008 02 12 Bo… Tonight I made “Boot Track” cookies for dessert for the family. I saw the recipe in Eating Well magazine a few months ago and told myself, “I need to make that for the family.” The recipe called for whole wheat pastry flour, which is an unusual find, but today I … Read more
As most of my loyal readers know, the Vollmer family has a move coming up. Dave has orders to Offutt AFB, Nebraska, and this week he got the first batch of paperwork verifying things. He had to select what date we want to leave North Carolina…and that resulted in a lot of discussion. It turns … Read more
This advertisement was on the back of my latest issue of National Geographic: From AllState I found this pretty interesting. The statistic, that is. I never gave that much thought to how long I planned to stay out of full-time work. Sometimes I wonder whether I’d go back into meteorology, or if I’d pursue some … Read more
From 2008 02 03 Ki… Paul and I were making our monthly junk-food shopping trip Friday (recall my post about Rice Krispie treats from January) and this time we stopped at Super Walmart, since it was across the highway from the number-five-choice-for-dinner Japanese joint, Osaka. While Paul stocked up on such junky fare as bottled … Read more
From 2008 01 31 Pi… I took some pictures of the boys last week attempting to get something good for a Valentine’s Day gift. For fun, I made a collage out of the shots and I was reminded of the Beatle’s album: “A Hard Day’s Night”. Ironically, the movie was on IFC tonight. The Beatles … Read more
*okay friends, name the film!Okay, I’ll have to admit I wasn’t too thrilled with Eli Manning’s draft stunt in the 2004 draft. As many of you know, I have this…THING…for Kerry Collins. Not really a crush, it’s not like I have lustful dreams about him (he’s married too!), but let’s just say that I’m happy … Read more
Greetings from Sumter, SC! I’m drilling this weekend, but I have wireless in the lodging room on base (so long as I’m near the window, and not at the desk). That’s me, the “Moody AFB, GA” hit on the Feedjit.com applet on the right. The open internet access routes via Moody AFB, I guess. What … Read more