This is Patricia (don’t let the Dr. Dave fool you). Tonight we made our first batch of cookies…. …but not before a shopping extravaganza at Costco on Veteran’s Day. Bulk packs of eggs, butter, sugar, powdered sugar, oatmeal, dried cranberries, vanilla extract… …but not flour. There was a great deal on a 25 lb. sack … Read more
Today has been gray and rainy all day. Ugh. Dave is in Michigan for a Google Earth conference. I’m jealous. I love Google Earth and would LOVE to learn how to write code for overlaying data! So it’s just the boys and me tonight, so we had a laid-back afternoon/evening. We built Legos, ate macaroni … Read more
This past weekend we rented a camper from the Air Force base and drove it 280 miles west of here to the town of North Platte, Nebraska. They were holding their annual “Railfest”, this big Union Pacific Railroad/Town of North Platte celebration weekend. The UP sponsors everything, lots of fun for everyone. There’s a festival … Read more
Wild sunflowers are in bloom in E. Nebraska and W. Iowa. They’re just popped up all over the place, like how Queen Anne’s Lace pops up in PA and WV, and how wild thistle grows on the sides of the highways in NC. So I pulled a Maryann and pulled over on the side of … Read more
Today we paid a visit to the last day of the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln. Unlike the North Carolina State Fair, this is somewhat smaller, mainly because most of the competitions are for youth, through their 4-H organizations. The highlight for me was the demolition derby. We never made it to any of the … Read more
“So, Major Mom, how would you sum up Nebraska so far?” I’ve gotten that question a lot this week. From neighbors and friends who have been calling to check up Dave’s surgery recovery. So here are the pros and cons of Nebraska, and our new lives near an Air Force base. Pros: 1.) Nice People. … Read more
I got some good news today. “FINALLY! You’re going to tell us something good that happened to the Vollmer Family in Nebraska?” Now wait a second — I posted this a couple weekends ago. “Yeah, but then you were hit with that flat tire on the bike ride over to watch the airshow itself.” I … Read more
From 2008 08 23 Bo… Okay, I had been waiting to do this picture for some time — I wanted some nice pics of the boys in front of corn to welcome our fans to our new world. My car accident and Dave’s appendix, plus Jake starting school, kept putting this little mission in the … Read more
We didn’t want to fight the crowds, so we watched the show from the levee of Papio Creek on the bike trail near our house. We had a great view of the Thunderbirds show, Dave and I have seen it enough times that we didn’t need the narration anymore 🙂