So — the first day of Spring has come and gone. What does that mean? Flowers, April Showers coming, pollen, allergies, deciding between Zyrtec, Allegra and Flonase… Oops, sorry, not the direction I was headed. It also means that when you go to the clothing retailers, the first items that will catch your eyes will … Read more
My boys love Pez. “Hey, I love Pez, too…I don’t see anything wrong with that.” Yeah, I remember getting Pez dispensers when I was little, and I remember loading it up with the candy, and then gobbling it down. “Those were the days, indeed. They seem like reasonable gifts for the boys…” I got each … Read more
In part because I’m sick of all the references to Terminix and Ant Farms for sale at the top of my page, and in part because I’m tired today, allow me to vent! For the unaware, Apex, NC is this “special” location on the former Seaboard Air Line RR: the highest point on the line … Read more
Well, while the enthusiasm is there to have our family live with just the one car, in practice we discovered some “issues”. First, Dave usually leaves his office around 5:30pm. If I’m doing a labor-intensive dinner, such as a stir fry where I’m chopping veggies and standing over the stove for a few minutes, taking … Read more
So…we own two vehicles. Dave drives the Toyota Prius to/from work (20 miles per day), while I take the boys around in a Honda Odyssey (more than 20 miles per day, usually closer to 50). Don’s blog now has an RSS feeder streaming his favorite news articles related to Electric (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) … Read more
I’ve been seeing this commercial by Jaguar on FoxNews, I have always liked the song (“Hush” by Deep Purple), so to tie it to this INCREDIBLY SEXY car is really cool. Author’s Note: I doubt I’ll ever get to own one of these, I like having both of our cars paid off. Starting at ~$50K, … Read more
…here’s Dave. I’m almost home, dear! You’re doing great!
…you buy ice cream and your freezer freezes is SO hard you can’t enjoy it? Yesterday I bought a pint of Ben and Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream at the commissary. It’s VERY rare for me to do this — I last had this over a year ago! So put it in the … Read more
Greetings from my Annual Tour at Shaw AFB, SC!!! For two weeks out of the year I’m put on orders to work in my “real” job — the position that I’m trained to do should I get activated full time. For these two weeks, I put on an “active duty” hat and work on Director-of-Operation … Read more
Okay everyone, put on your black ties, full-length gowns and diamonds, it’s Oscar night ladies and gentlemen! I LOVE watching the Oscars. Sure, you could make several arguments about the political messages infused into the monologues and that perhaps the awards themselves are fixed. I don’t care about all that. I tend to feel that … Read more