This past weekend our family headed to the Spanish Trail Scout Reservation near Defuniak Springs and had a weekend campout. The scout council here calls it “Cub Scout Family Camp” and it’s a great weekend. Three weekends in October were made available expressly for Cub Scout-friendly activities. Any Cub Scout families could register for any … Read more
The GeekMoms drew me into this new world of video gaming: the MMORPG. “The WHAT?” I know, many of my readers (hi Mom and Dad!) may not have heard that term, so allow me to educate you. MMORPG = Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. A couple fellow GeekMoms got to be alpha- and beta-testers for … Read more
Those happy kids are creeping me out. It all started with a neighbor’s birthday party…not long after we moved here. One of Jacob’s new Cub Scout den-mates invited both Jacob and Timmy to his birthday party. It was a Beyblades tournament. Our sons weren’t familiar with Beyblades at the time, I had sent a starter … Read more
Wanna know a secret? I came in the Air Force about a year before my husband did. Many of you know this, but many of you don’t. Because I had switched to the AF reserves in 2005, the timing for competing for promotions became very different for the two of us. So even though up … Read more
Many of my more loyal readers know that in Nebraska Dave and I were able to grow hops in our backyard. We had a cool landlord/homeowner who gave Dave permission to dig up part of our backyard and string up trellises to grow hops (among other fruits and veggies). In summer 2009 and 2010, we had … Read more
When I was in Nebraska earlier this month, I was immediately greeted by the wild sunflowers that I loved all over the edges of the highways and empty fields. I had planned to take some pictures but forgot. Oh well. At least I have this blog post from September 2008 to remind me of how … Read more
I got home from Air Force Reserve duty Nebraska last Wednesday night. It was my birthday, and the boys picked me up at the airport and we went out for Korean food at our new favorite Korean restaurant, called Okie Dokie in Fort Walton Beach. It was a good week in Nebraska but it was … Read more
No, it isn’t working for me either. I’ll keep the title as is, okay? Greetings from Nebraska. I’ve been on Reserve duty for the past week. I hadn’t been here since May, so it was nice to see my colleagues and meet several new faces in my office. Many of you know this already, but … Read more
The box on the right was purchased in mid-July. I thought I needed two boxes of cake mix for something, but I only needed one. The box on the left was purchased this morning. Darned straight I took the box tops! But note the size difference….did someone think we wouldn’t notice??? I’m baking Jacob’s birthday … Read more
This is about 1/2 of the backyard in view here. You can also see our backyard on our weather webcam here. For some reason the homeowner removed every…single…tree…and…shrub from his lawn. On Google maps you could see an area of pine trees in the middle of the backyard, but no longer. More for me to … Read more