Happy Black Friday friends! I occasionally have done the first-thing-in-the-morning thing on Black Friday. Of course, that was back when Black Friday had a morning to it. Now it’s more of a Black Thursday Night, since that’s when you have to get going to make it to the stores for the “doorbusters”. I’m too old, … 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
Yeah, you know what’s about to happen!If you’re interested in how we did this, you can check out this website that explains it pretty well, and tries to sell you the apparatus we have here, the Geyser Tube by Steve Spangler Science. I picked up ours at our local Hobby Lobby store and stuck it … Read more
The boys received PixOs starter kits from Grammy Vollmer for Christmas. It was something they wanted, they asked her for it and she delivered! Thanks Grammy! The boys love it! For those who might not remember, Pixos are a “new formula” of craft bead developed in response to the massive Aqua Dots Recall that took … Read more
Happy Holidays friends! We had a fun day yesterday…I have to admit I went a bit overboard with the holiday shopping for everyone. I guess I was counting on the extra money I’d earned from my 3 weeks in Florida. I haven’t gotten paid for it yet, but I hope I get the paycheck soon … Read more
Merry Christmas, my wonderful friends/colleagues in the BLOGOSPHERE! I’m sure you’re all excited about what my gift will be to you, right? Well, after having the honor of flying the nation’s skies this holiday season during BOTH the Thanksgiving and Christmas rushes, I thought I’d offer these travel tips to the world to help friends … Read more
My sister sent me a couple funny links to Santa-related blog posts. A good laugh. You can see them too: here and here. I got to thinking (uh oh) about those guys sitting in those chairs for hours on end at the mall. Children from all walks of life sitting on their laps. In various … Read more
I have a link to Amazon on the left. If you buy from Amazon by clicking through this blog, I guess I get Amazon.com credit or something. I thought it was cute, so for the remainder of holiday shopping, feel free to check it out. It’s allegedly showing you things that it thinks readers of … Read more
So which will it be? One of these pictures is going into the Vollmer Christmas Card….the boys, and Howie, were all great sports about it!
This is my last cookie posting for the time being. I’m going to the Florida Panhandle on Monday for some AF Training and will be back the weekend before Christmas. Yes, I could think of better times to be away from the family, and I will do what I can from Florida in terms of … Read more