Major Mom When I was in Nebraska earlier this month, I was immediately greeted by the wild sunflowers that I loved all over the edges of the highways and empty fields. I had planned to take some pictures but forgot. Oh well. At least I have this blog post from September 2008 to remind me of how … Read more
I got home from Air Force Reserve duty Nebraska last Wednesday night. It was my birthday, and the boys picked me up at the airport and we went out for Korean food at our new favorite Korean restaurant, called Okie Dokie in Fort Walton Beach. It was a good week in Nebraska but it was … Read more
No, it isn’t working for me either. I’ll keep the title as is, okay? Greetings from Nebraska. I’ve been on Reserve duty for the past week. I hadn’t been here since May, so it was nice to see my colleagues and meet several new faces in my office. Many of you know this already, but … Read more
The box on the right was purchased in mid-July. I thought I needed two boxes of cake mix for something, but I only needed one. The box on the left was purchased this morning. Darned straight I took the box tops! But note the size difference….did someone think we wouldn’t notice??? I’m baking Jacob’s birthday … Read more
This is about 1/2 of the backyard in view here. You can also see our backyard on our weather webcam here. For some reason the homeowner removed every…single…tree…and…shrub from his lawn. On Google maps you could see an area of pine trees in the middle of the backyard, but no longer. More for me to … Read more
I haven’t done too much blogging this past week, things were crazy with Dave having a medical procedure last Friday. Then we were stuck in the house for 3 days straight as tropical storm conditions and tornado warnings dominated the Florida Panhandle. It was challenging keeping the kids entertained, but we came through it just … Read more
Canadian illustrator Andrew Kolb decided to illustrate a children’s book with the story told in David Bowie’s hit song “Space Oddity“. Now, you should know why this is interesting to me…. Mr. Kolb had put a link to the PDF of this book on his homepage earlier this week, but then he received a cease … Read more
When my boys were doing the Turner Field Running of the Bases earlier this month, there was a photographer sitting just past 2nd base taking pictures of the boys. Some dude handed us parents a flyer with a website and asked us to note the time because the pictures of the kids are displayed by time.. … Read more
Last weekend Timmy was finally able to don a Cub Scout uniform like his big brother. They sold popcorn at our local Lowe’s store for about an hour. They both did really well and they don’t think fundraisers suck. We’ll see how long that lasts…. I remember when Jacob used to be Mr. Smiley. Now … Read more
You usually see these things curled up about 1/2″ down in your lawn. Not crawling across your street in 90F temperatures! Kudos to my iPhone camera for getting some nice (or not so nice?) closeups!