For the past 2-3 weeks, it’s been slowly warming here. I wish I had blogged a little more about the extreme bitter cold we experienced here, and the record-after-record-after-record snowfall we had here in the Omaha area since December. I’ll be updating our “Vollmer Weather Curse” post soon with this past winter’s craziness and I … 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
As most people know, Nebraska is more or less rolling prarielands, with very very few trees. The part of Nebraska we’re in has more terrain to it, and it also has some nice wooded areas. Particularly along the Platte and Missouri Rivers. We live about 5 miles north of the Platte, and I guess about … Read more
Today was a gloriously beautiful day! I can’t believe I was able to enjoy just about all day outside…I mowed the lawn for the first time this season, worked more on my garden, and planted a couple of containers with annual flowers purchased yesterday from Timmy’s child care center’s fund raiser. I enlisted Timmy and a … Read more
…More Nebraska weather fun. A cold front came through and plummeted our temperature from 53F at 9pm to 32F at 11pm. It got up to 60F today! No jackets! We can see our lawn again! Perhaps today should have been the day to take down the Christmas lights, while we could have stood on the … Read more
So…now that Dave and I have left the Raleigh, NC area, they’re getting snow! Again! Meanwhile, we’re still high and dry here in Omaha…but hey, it got down to 10 F this morning! Those who are closer friends with the Vollmers have heard the stories of the freak weather we bring to every location we’ve … Read more
It’s friggin’ cold here. Highs in the 30s, lows in the 20s…winds 15-20 knots, gusting into the 30s. It’s been like this since Thursday. It’s going to be like this for a while. Okay okay okay…I’m a wuss. I grew up on the coast. When you live near water, cold temperature spells are pretty short-lived. … Read more
Today has been gray and rainy all day. Ugh. Dave is in Michigan for a Google Earth conference. I’m jealous. I love Google Earth and would LOVE to learn how to write code for overlaying data! So it’s just the boys and me tonight, so we had a laid-back afternoon/evening. We built Legos, ate macaroni … Read more
At least for this week… …and part of next week… …and a teensy part of the following week. After a 2 1/2 month hiatus, Monday was my first day of doing any reserve work. My first workday since we moved to Nebraska. I’m working every day this week here in the local area, telecommuting with … Read more
This past weekend we rented a camper from the Air Force base and drove it 280 miles west of here to the town of North Platte, Nebraska. They were holding their annual “Railfest”, this big Union Pacific Railroad/Town of North Platte celebration weekend. The UP sponsors everything, lots of fun for everyone. There’s a festival … Read more