That beautiful garden from last March-May? All but dead. The insane heat, plus the lack of rain earlier this summer made it tough to maintain after our vacation. Between the tomato hornworms, blossom end rot and other crap, I just said “forget it”. It was too hot to even stand outside to prune. No fun! … Read more
Today was the first day of school in our boys’ public school system. Unlike our experience in Nebraska, where the boys walked to school and the parents were requested to spend the first hour of the first day of school with the kids…here the parents met with the teachers last week and the kids were encouraged to take the buses and get dropped off.
Dave and I didn’t have much to document this morning, since it was just them getting on the bus, but here are the pictures we did receive. Enjoy!
Who here is a fan of Groupon! Go ahead, raise your hand! Don’t be shy…. I started using Groupon in the Omaha area ($5 Omaha Lancer’s tickets!), but quickly transferred my settings to Pensacola when we got here. I’ll admit that I don’t care about most of the deals that come our way (half price … Read more
Maryann’s and my latest adventure: Canoeing on Florida’s Blackwater River. Geologically, Florida’s Blackwater River is a “blackwater river“: tannins are leached out of the local vegetation giving the water a diluted-tea color. Yesterday we took the kids up to Blackwater River State Park (about 25 miles north of our house) and picked up a pair … Read more
We learned this already on our drive to Orlando last weekend. Navarre, Florida to Orlando is about 6 hours worth of driving. We were able to get from Raleigh, NC to Washington, D.C. in less time. But when we started doing our driving planning for our annual June trip to central PA for Dave’s family … Read more
I found this flyer that was handed to me when I turned on the Disney World Tickets last Thursday. I remember stuffing it into our backpack as soon as I got it, and while cleaning out the backpack yesterday I found it. This is the no-kidding real fine print about the extension to the Disney … Read more
**I’m reminded of all those Disney reprise movies: Return to Neverland, Return from Witch Mountain, Return to Halloweentown, Return to Snowy River, etc. Semi-impulsively, this past weekend we took a “short” trip down to Disneyworld and joined our friends Suzy and Andy’s family, and along with their neighbor’s family. They flew down from Ohio for … Read more
Isn’t he cute???? So here’s our first watermelon. There are two of them growing right now. This thing is TINY! We’re talking about the size of my thumbnail…see how big the blades of grass look? Our garden is doing well, although the lack of rain has made it a struggle. Yesterday afternoon and overnight last … Read more
I call it “Pulling a Maryann”. I see something while driving down the road, so I pull over and take some pictures. When it’s in my neighborhood, that’s one thing. I don’t have many problems doing that when I see some pretty flowers. But today I screeched onto the shoulder off Highway 98 (4-lane, speed … 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