“So, Major Mom, how would you sum up Nebraska so far?” I’ve gotten that question a lot this week. From neighbors and friends who have been calling to check up Dave’s surgery recovery. So here are the pros and cons of Nebraska, and our new lives near an Air Force base. Pros: 1.) Nice People. … Read more
Dave went to the emergency room at about 4pm Wednesday with pains near his appendix. After a CT scan at 7pm, it was inconclusive whether it was really appendicitis, but Dave and the doctor made the decision at about 8:30pm to perform a “laproscopic appendectomy” Wednesday night. The surgeon (an Air Force doctor, actually, with … Read more
We didn’t want to fight the crowds, so we watched the show from the levee of Papio Creek on the bike trail near our house. We had a great view of the Thunderbirds show, Dave and I have seen it enough times that we didn’t need the narration anymore 🙂
The Thunderbirds are practicing and I can watch the show from my backyard! Offutt AFB is having an airshow this weekend.
I get to blog about cooking again, yay! Vegetarians, avert your eyes! One of the perks of being back near an Air Force Base is the commissary benefit. You’ve heard me talk about the awesome-awesomeness of getting to shop at commissaries, so I won’t go through all that again. Incidentally, the Offutt AFB commissary just … Read more
Dave and I finally had a chance to work out the final routing…follow the pale blue line heading north, then west out of central NC. We are stopping in Martinsburg, WV, Wright-Patterson AFB (near Dayton, OH), Scott AFB (near St. Louis), before ending our journey at Offutt AFB (near Omaha, NE). We leave this Wednesday … Read more
I am stunned! For the uninitiated in the Air Force/military lifestyle, Dave and I are what you might consider “middle management”. The tasks we do often involve having to tie Airman issues with “the bigger picture”. Example: “Ma’am, I’d like to deploy to Iraq and work with the Army.” In this case, the Airman might … Read more
I subscribe to an e-mail US Air Force news service called “AIM Points” which comes from the Secretary of the Air Force’s Public Affairs office. It collects AF-related news articles from throughout the media and consolidates them into one reader. It also pushes messages from our Air Force leaders. For example, this week they’re pushing … Read more
Grey’s Anatomy is my favorite show. Now it’s going to have to struggle to keep my loyalty. Let’s start here. I was very very shocked to see them put one of the gay lovers in a no-kidding Army uniform, complete with 2nd Infantry Division unit patch and combat patch (by the way, since there’s a … Read more
Hey — if anyone knows how I can break into the blog-format code so I can maximize the blank space on the left and right sides of my blog, please send me a note or leave me a comment. I’d be happy to send you the blog code and you can edit it for me. … Read more