This was Jake when I picked him up from school today. He had a great day and is really looking forward to tomorrow. I can’t believe my baby is in school now! Jake gave a nice debriefing about his day, to include even the details of how he gave 50 cents to the lunchlady for … Read more
Dave and I took a splurge and got a small fire pit for the back porch. There's no shortage of sticks and branches in the yard to burn up right now. I can't wait to use it this fall and teach the boys to roast marshmallows!
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 … Read more
The current battery count. This takes care of all the boys’ toys. This weekend I’ll take care of the remote controls and spare flashlights. I’ve had to upgrade to a larger storage container.
I don’t consider myself an extremely proud person. I’m proud of my boys, my husband, even my well-behaved puppy dog, but I don’t often get too proud of myself. A couple weeks ago, I know, I was proud of my clean house (which isn’t that clean anymore)! Here’s something else I’m pretty proud of: Maryann’s … Read more
This show is SO twisted…it’s like a car wreck on I-95…you can’t help but watch! Nip/Tuck, Tuesdays at 10pm on FX
As most of my loyal readers know, the Vollmer family has a move coming up. Dave has orders to Offutt AFB, Nebraska, and this week he got the first batch of paperwork verifying things. He had to select what date we want to leave North Carolina…and that resulted in a lot of discussion. It turns … Read more
Not to sound like Jerry Seinfeld, but it’s a topic of conversation Dave and I have every year. Why do we need to have a New Year’s Resolution? I think Dave put it right yesterday during the Dick Clark New Year’s show when this girl was going thru the crowds asking everyone’s resolutions: “If I … Read more
So…after all this time of enjoying other peoples’ blogs, Dave (my Weather Warrior husband) convinced me that setting up my own blog might be long overdue. After all, I’ve suggested other people start blogs, I’ve incessantly called Dave over to look at other people’s blogs, my sister has a really cool one (a plug for … Read more