This week’s Friday Fill-In! Enjoy! 1. Have you and your spouse agreed to live in separate locations (a geographical bachelor tour) knowing that the short-term inconvenience would have long-term benefits for your family? How did it work for you? submitted by When Good People Get Together The answer is “almost”. When I was still on active … Read more
Tonight I’m making chicken tikka masala for dinner. I never thought in a million years I’d be cooking homemade Indian food, but here I am! I don’t keep a ton of fancy spices on hand, they tend to expire before I use it all up. But for the past few months I’d been seeing these … Read more
In 2009 I had tried hand-pollinating pumpkins for the first time. (If you click the link, make sure to start at the bottom and work your way up, the posts are appearing in reverse chronological order). After seeing award-winning pumpkins at the NC and NE State Fairs, I wanted to learn more about how one … Read more
This is not the dead fish itself, but the calicos I killed looked VERY similar. Yeah. That would be me. I killed not one, but FOUR fish today. Back in December I mentioned the four 6″+ beautiful koi who were living in our water feature in the front yard of our current house when we … Read more
The webcam on my HBTS Rexford St. Weather Underground setup is dead. I don’t think it’s the webcam itself, it’s most likely the laptop that was hosting the webcam. That dastardly “kitchen laptop” that I’ve kept alive all. these. years. Anyhoo, since the screen on the laptop isn’t working, I have to plug it into … Read more
I’m excited I have time to fit this week’s “Friday Fill-In” into our crazy schedule! I’m attending the spouse’s part of a “Squadron Commander’s Course” all week with Dave. I’m very glad we chose to attend the local course here (he was also offered the chance to attend one at Langley AFB in Virginia); it’s … Read more
I was planning to be scarce from the blogosphere while Dave and I attend a “Squadron Commander’s Course” at the base all week. The kids were going to the before- and after-school child care. But on Tuesday, Jacob came home from school looking and feeling pretty poor, and had a 101F fever. I kept Jacob … Read more
Doing this nice and early because the rest of my Thursday is pretty crazy! 1. With PCS moves happening every few years, do you take the time to paint and decorate your home? submitted by Life as Mrs. JPT That would be YES! When we own our house, we have always taken time to paint, not … Read more
My dear husband and me at the 135th anniversary Battle of Antietam Reenactment, September 1997. Can you spot the one anachronism in the photo? We joined about 35,000 fellow reenactors in the largest ever American Civil War reenactment to date. Don’t expect a 150th Anniversary Antietam — no one stepped up to lead the planning … Read more
* Name that tune! Oh, never mind! Here’s the whole song, just for you! This Carol Channing act sent my sister and me into a flurry of giggle when we were little. Prepared to have it stuck in your head for a while, ha ha! With all those strawberries I brought home on Monday, I … Read more