A billion years ago, in one of my meteorology classes, I was taught the temperature ranges at which snowflakes will form their different potential shapes. I remember getting tested on the information, too. “At what temperature ranges will capped columns form?” Heck if I know now, but I can now find out with the click … Read more
Around Halloween, it got cold enough in our basement that I had to bring my worm bin upstairs to the living room. I keep my house pretty cool, but for the past 2 months my worms seem happy enough. We have been giving them about a pound of food scraps per week. Other than giving … Read more
**Yes, I know this is in Iowa, but it’s easily something that someone in Nebraska could do. Today the family took a day trip to Mount Crescent Ski Area in Crescent, Iowa. Dave and I can now proudly add this small mountain to our “I didn’t realize there was skiing there!” locations that includes Mad … Read more
From 2009 12 19 WDW Vacation Day 2 I didn’t make a big deal out of this beforehand, but for Christmas the Vollmers took a vacation to Walt Disney World! We were there from December 18-23rd and the flight home on the 24th was pretty scary. Dallas-Fort Worth Airport cancelled the next flights to Omaha … Read more
A couple nights ago Dave and I were riding in the car, twirling through all of our Christmas music options — we have 2 local stations offering holiday tunes, plus the “Holly” station (XM Channel 23 — we have a 90 day free trial with the new truck) and our respective iPods have Christmas music … Read more
Just call me Heidi Fleiss. After all, I was pimping out my pumpkin flowers earlier this summer. Winter has finally arrived here this week. It’s 26 degrees F outside right now, with a low of 22 expected overnight, and lows in the teens later this weekend. And windy too. So our house is beginning to … Read more
With Thanksgiving on our horizons — despite the retail industry jumping straight into Christmas shopping — I thought I’d share a Thanksgiving anecdote with you. Like many other things in my culinary world, it’s Alton Brown’s fault. For those who don’t know, or hadn’t noticed from many of the other recipes I’ve shared, I’m a … Read more
I’ve been thinking…. “Great, here we go again!” No…no…these are just some thoughts I’ve been having in general. About goal-setting, future plans, life in general. Today a friend is taking her GRE. She’s in her 30s, like me…and has young sons, like me…and is an Air Force wife, like me. UNLIKE me, she’s gotten off … Read more
…to start planning for… (drumroll please!) BLACK FRIDAY! I don’t know if it’s the thrill of the hunt or what? Or perhaps seeing America at it’s gluttonous worst (I’ve seen outright FIGHTS over $250 laptops at Walmart at 5 in the morning!) But I enjoy the early-morning Black Friday shopping experience. I don’t do it … Read more
I’ve quite a queue of potential blog posts in my mind…mainly things that have been happening in our lives, and every once in a while something happens about which I think “That would be a fun/funny/silly/insightful blog post.” I think I’ll be improving in the next week or so, as the boys’ soccer seasons wrap … Read more