Spring Break Road Trip 2012, Part 3: Visiting Old Friends, Meeting New Friends!!!

One of the things I’m guilty of is trying to balance visiting friends with every trip we take back to the Northeast.  You know who you are!  There are many of you I haven’t been able to see in YEARS because we’re trying to see other friends. Now that I’m a GeekMom, there are a … Read more

Snow…the Lack of It!

So…now that Dave and I have left the Raleigh, NC area, they’re getting snow! Again! Meanwhile, we’re still high and dry here in Omaha…but hey, it got down to 10 F this morning! Those who are closer friends with the Vollmers have heard the stories of the freak weather we bring to every location we’ve … Read more

Hi Southern Girl!

I’m excited that another one of my friends has made the jump to the dark side. Southern Girl is one of the Original Playgroup* Mom friends from when I first moved to North Carolina in July 2005. She’s your classic North Carolina-born-and-bred lady, and her storytelling is all the proof you need that’s she’s a … Read more

Auf Wiedersehen

I’m packing up the contents of our hotel room in Cary, and the computer will be towards the end of the things to pack up, after all, it sits at the top of the pile of crap in our van, so we have to get the books, toys, house closing paperwork, uniforms, oh, and did … Read more

Homeless

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