Hurlburt Field had their first ever Air Force Birthday Ball last weekend. For those who might not have been aware, the US Air Force celebrated their 65th Birthday on September 18th. They oversold the ball by several hundred tickets. I manage the website and Facebook pages for our base spouses’ club, and I put up … Read more
So…the last time I did one of these was precisely 52 weeks ago (9 Sep 2011). I guess it’s been a while. I got a bit lazy and now that I’m not running around crazy with my Hurlburt Spouses’ Club responsibilities, I have time to do this again and I’m so excited about it! For my … Read more
How many pounds of the kids’ worksheets and schoolwork I was able to purge this afternoon. I did not need to keep every spelling test and multiplication drill. The artwork, major projects and certificates were enough for great memories of this school year. See my post about clearing out the kids’ school paperwork for more … Read more
As the school year wraps up around here (my boys finish on June 8th) I’ve started thinking about sorting and storage of the boys’ school papers. I’m sure other school systems are similar in that the kids bring home volumes of paperwork: completed worksheets, tests, readings, PTO newsletters, classroom newsletters, announcements about summer camps, sports, … Read more
I’m trying out a new commenting tool on my blog: LiveFyre. I’ve seen it work well on a friend’s blog, so I thought I’d give it a go over here. One of the things it’s supposed to resolve is tying together Facebook and Twitter comments with the blog’s own comments. So they’re all in one … Read more
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. ?”I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” It came across my @BreakingNews Twitter feed this evening. Before CNN, before FoxNews…Yahoo news had apprently caught it from Yonhap News Agency. I did get a grin out of Korea Central … Read more
I just got home from the Hurlburt Spouses’ Club Charity Auction. This year was the 25th year of the auction. The auction is the year’s biggest fundraiser for the organization’s scholarship fund. Being that this was my first HSC auction experience, I didn’t really know what to expect. All the ladies said “It’s a really … Read more
Today Dave’s parents came into town. I had to drive out to Panama City Beach to their relatively new airport to pick them up. It was a nice drive, about 90 minutes. Once you get east of the congestion in Destin, the highway really opens up and it’s a very low stress drive the rest … Read more
Happy Veteran’s Day friends! I am just getting this in under the wire for my daily post, trying to keep with my NaBloPoMo challenge! Dave Update: First of all, it got pretty tough for us last night with Dave’s back. He started getting some intense muscle spasms that weren’t resolving with the medications he had … Read more
My military spouse blogger friend at Wife of a Sailor has published a thorough list of military promotions for Veteran’s Day. This list had circulated among currently-serving servicemembers’ e-mail accounts this past week. Check out the list here! You’ll see that many businesses actually offer their promotions year round (such as Anheuser-Busch theme parks, Lowe’s, … Read more