Right after I hit “Publish Post” on that Labor Day blog post below, something dreadful happened. I got up from my spot on the couch where I do my blogging, walked to the half bath just outside the family room, and prepared to go to the bathroom. Before I could get started (thankfully!) my iPhone … Read more
Most of this text is stolen from a 21 November 2008 blog post about the crazy weather experiences we’ve had everywhere we’ve lived since we’ve been married. At the end of that blog post, I posed the question: “What will Bellevue, Nebraska bring?” Now that we’re wrapping up our Nebraska tour and headed toward our … Read more
Considering I’m in Nebraska, it makes sense that we should take some time to discuss corn here, right? The nickname “Cornhusker” was first adopted by the University of Nebraska football team in 1900. The little farm stands popped up all over the Omaha Metro, as they do every year in mid-July. I’m partial to this … Read more
Before I get going with my Colorado blog posts, I’m going to take a moment to discuss my feelings. “Really? You RARELY talk about your feelings….you fill this blog with things you’ve seen, things you’ve done, things you would like to do….” Yeah, I guess you’re right, my dear imaginary blogosphere friend. I think the … Read more
This week I’m volunteering at a fireworks stand. For those saying “Wow! How?”, let me explain a little. The state of Nebraska allows 10 days per year for free-for-all fireworks sales/use. There are some exceptions: none of this is legal in the Omaha city limits, and Lincoln only allows sales for 2 days. So starting … Read more
Yesterday morning I posted about the Hamburger Helper we were planning for dinner. I predicted that our dinner would be a beef-based gravy and it turned out that’s exactly what we ended up with. I know I had promised just a comment at the bottom of yesterday’s post about the outcome of the Hamburger Helper. … Read more
So…over here on the left is a DVD box set that I bought for my boys this week. 38 episodes of Tom and Jerry! It was $14.99 at our local Baker’s (read: Kroger) grocery store. My boys LOVE Tom and Jerry! I loved Tom and Jerry cartoons when I was little. I fondly recall watching … Read more
So here we are at Costco, for our quarterly stock-up trip. We were almost out of the big ticket items that I usually stock in bulk: toilet tissue, coffee, dinner napkins, kitchen trashbags, bar soap, etc. As usual, we ended up with stuff we don’t need, like a case of Mexicoke. But I have to … Read more
On two recent blog posts here, there are comments written in Chinese characters. This one: http://vollmerdp.blogspot.com/2010/03/big-top-cupcake-love-it-or-loathe-it.html And this one: http://vollmerdp.blogspot.com/2010/04/garden-season.html The first one went up on March 14th, and I get the comments sent to my e-mail account. So there’s all this Chinese in my inbox. What do you THINK I’m going to do with … Read more
This is a re-post from April 10, 2008…thanks again to Paul G. who had first enlightened me about this. Presenting the Do-It-Yourself Demotivational Poster Generator Dave and I have always gotten a kick out of those motivational posters, such as this one: But we get MORE of a kick out of the parodies on the … Read more