Written on February 25, 2009
His job: Student naval aviator (advanced – tailhook), just finished a bunch of formation flights. The first plane in the movie is being flown by him. My job: Illustration and teaching kids. In one word? “Coloring” sums it up pretty well (of course I do other things too). This is what I did at work…
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Written on February 24, 2009
I couldn’t call my blog Domesticity by Trial and Error if there were never any errors, right? I thought it was a good idea, and the guy seemed to like it well enough but I’d actually put this into the ERROR category… probably won’t be making it again, at least not without some huge modifications….
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Written on February 20, 2009
This is a very easy yummy recipe I discovered when we were living in the CBQ while waiting for a house to open up on base. So it’s a repeat, but worth typing up again. Basically you throw some pork cutlets into foil packets with some good stuff… The good stuff is (pork sprinkled with)…
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Written on February 17, 2009
My sweet guy got sick last week and didn’t get to fly from Sunday until this past Sunday… an entire week with no cockpit time. There was only a little bit of this: But there was a lot of grumping around and being angry at not being able to fly. But homemade turkey noodle soup…
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Written on February 12, 2009
First of all… if you haven’t already bought the Motivated Moms planner, and your house isn’t spotless (thereby giving you an excuse not to need it)… GO BUY IT. It cycles through all the random crap you normally wouldn’t think of. Changing the air filter, checking your credit report, cleaning your welcome mat, etc… Today’s…
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Written on February 10, 2009
Zora learned spinning a long time ago, but I’ve always had to move my arm in a big circle as the cue to spin… so for the February training challenge for an online dog training community, I wanted to teach her how to do it with a more subtle cue. With some GOOD treats (turkey…
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Written on February 7, 2009
Last weekend we went on a little trek to visit Bonita Lakes, one of Meridian’s (two?) attractions. Seriously though, the lake is really pretty, and it looks like a very well-maintained area. There are trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding as well as a paved walking path around part of the lake. There are…
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Written on February 3, 2009
My little camera is starting to get on in years. It’s slowing down, and part of that may be that it just needs a new battery because the current one is reacting more slowly… but it also has some dead pixels where it doesn’t record any info. Normally you can’t tell but if that pixel…
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Written on February 1, 2009
Mini muffins are the last thing you’d expect as Superbowl fare, but when they’re jalapeno cheddar cornbread muffins, there could hardly be anything better! Jalapeno Cheddar Honey Cornbread You Will Need: bacon grease or Pam Cooking Spray 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1/4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 cup milk…
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