So What’s Up With This New Look?

16. July 2008 · Comments Off on So What’s Up With This New Look? · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,

“Why the new look, Major Mom?”

Many of you have known of my quest to find a blog layout that took advantage of the space on the left AND right sides. As much as I enjoyed the color schemes in the previous layout, enough was enough.

When Dave started putting together his new train blog, he was exploring the Blogspot layouts and came across several layouts that included a “stretch” variation.

So I reached out and grabbed one of those. There’s a little bit that I still need to get used to, and once I have my desktop computer back in a couple weeks (our goal is a 1-2 August delivery in Nebraska), I can pretty things up a little more.

I like the ability to make my pictures appear a little bigger, and hopefully you don’t have to scroll as much to read my pontifications… 😀

S.C. Route 441 Near Dalzell, SC

14. July 2008 · Comments Off on S.C. Route 441 Near Dalzell, SC · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,
Okay, if you’re a USAF Safety Officer, stop reading!
I drilled at Shaw AFB this past Sunday and Monday. I left the office at about 4pm and drove east from the base, behind a cold front that brought thunderstorms to the base about an hour earlier.
So I was behind the line of thunderstorms driving out of town and saw this beautiful cloud. I photographed it through my front windshield with my phone and then e-mailed it to my blog.
Yes, I was driving while I did it, but I didn’t have to type anything more than “v”, the first character of the e-mail address that sends the pic to the blog.
This cloud is GORGEOUS and I had to share it with the world.
Today was the last drive I’d be making between Shaw AFB and the Raleigh area, so today I took a more scenic route that didn’t seem to add more than a couple minutes to my trip. It was nice to drive past the cotton, corn and tobacco fields. The variety was certainly nicer than what I’ll be seeing in Nebraska!

Durham Bulls!

13. July 2008 · 6 comments · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , , ,

Our Humble…But Empty…Home

12. July 2008 · Comments Off on Our Humble…But Empty…Home · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags:

Welcome home!!
Many of you already know that we are intending to live in our nearly empty house for the next week or so…
But as you can see in the picture, it really isn’t so bad. We held on to our small TV/DVD combo unit, our Direct TV DVR reciever, and our Wii. All that stuff is sitting on a lightweight aluminum camping table. This week we let Jake buy Lego Star Wars, The Complete Saga for Wii and he’s really been enjoying it.
You can also see the small camping chair next to Jacob…that’s Timmy’s.

Does This Look Cool or What?

10. July 2008 · Comments Off on Does This Look Cool or What? · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags:

This is our stairway…these guys were sending the boxes FLYING down
our stairs…

I’m very glad the boys didn’t see this!

Helpful Hint #2 for Packing

08. July 2008 · Comments Off on Helpful Hint #2 for Packing · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,
Throw everything you DON’T want the packers to move into one room, close/lock/put a tape “X” over the door and make it the “Do Not Pack” room. In this case, you’re looking at Timmy’s room, emptied of his belongings. Pardon the mess, today we were trying to keep one step ahead of the packers, coming up with additional things that we needed to stash in that room.
Once the movers are through, we will redistribute what’s in this room a little better. We’re staying in our house for 9 days until closing…then we’ll stay in a hotel for 4 days. By the way, everything in this room has to fit into our Odyssey, Prius, and the car top carriers for both vehicles…plus space for the boys and the dog. I have a U-Haul small trailer reserved just in case we’re WAY overboard, but I don’t think we will be.
PS: Ever heard of Freecycle? It’s my new best friend for getting rid of stuff without having to load it all into the car. I’ve signed up for both Wake County, NC’s and Sarpy County, NE’s. This past weekend someone Freecycled a new X-Box!!!! I’ll be offering up a lot of stuff once the movers are done here. Some of it is on Craig’s List right now, but not going anywhere.

It’s For Real Now

08. July 2008 · Comments Off on It’s For Real Now · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,

Dave is really, truly, completely DONE!

Mission Accomplished!

I couldn’t be more proud — it’s an amazing accomplishment! I love you!

Helpful Hint #1 for Packing

07. July 2008 · Comments Off on Helpful Hint #1 for Packing · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags:

Tape the remote to the home electronics. Do this with any pertinent
cables too.

It’s Time to Pay It Forward!

07. July 2008 · 2 comments · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , ,

I have been sitting on this for long enough. My poor brain kept prioritizing things all wrong, so now it’s getting sorted out. I need to pass on the Excellent Blog Award before I pack up this laptop tomorrow, since the ExcellentBlog.jpg file is on this hard drive. Tee hee.

I had actually decided on this Memorial Day weekend, when this individual posted 7 times on Memorial Day alone!

Fotomom, you’re getting the Excellent Blog award! Your fun mix of watching your boys grow up with your beautiful photos of flowers, animals, and the ever-shrinking central North Carolina countryside is most awesome. Keep up the great work, I’ll definitely need you to when I’m in NE and it’s the only way I’m going to see Joey and Johnny (sniff sniff).

Bye Bye KNCAPEX18!

06. July 2008 · Comments Off on Bye Bye KNCAPEX18! · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: ,

As of 1800 Sunday, July 6th, 2008, we have to bid farewell to the KNCAPEX18 Weather Station site on Wunderground.com. The packers start tomorrow and the weather station needs to come with us to Nebraska. Stay tuned for our weather station’s new location in Bellevue, NE sometime the first week of August.

Sniff sniff…

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