Fort Hood, being the largest Army base in the world, actually has two big PXs; along with about 6 or 7 shoppettes. A lot of people get a little excited about the big PX when they find out they’re coming here. For us though, it was actually a bit of a let down … We came here from Hawaii in 2009. And among many other things that Hawaii has, there is...

For some reason, my wife is not a huge fan of the big purple guy. As for me, I’m not at all ashamed to admit that I love Barney! … especially as the parent of a toddler. To say that Jaiden is a “active” little girl, at just under 2 years of age, is a bit of an understatement. Lately it seems like it’s gotten to the point where she...

Yesterday Evening my son Justin and I took a little trip down to the creek behind our house. I took my camera with me so that he could show me some of the wildlife that he seems to encounter every day on his trips back and forth to the skateboard park. So far he’s seen everything from deer, to water moccasin snakes, to tarantula spiders; and then the other...

Ok, so I open my google reader earlier, and see that my friend Mitch has written a post about a blog discussion he was involved in that’s gotten a bit personal. I recognized the blog he was talking about, as I’ve commented there before. So of course I had to head over and add in my two cents … Basically, they’re on a kick about how...

At least 3 or 4 days a week, we do a normal military PT workout. But every Friday is “fun” PT day here at Fort Hood’s 3rd Weather Squadron. We still get together over on the tennis courts for announcements and about 30 minutes of stretching and calisthenics … then it’s off to the field for some real exercise. Teams are picked, the...

I was vaguely aware of the fact that we have Tarantulas here in Central Texas, and more specifically, right on Fort Hood. However, up until recently I hadn’t actually seen any of them myself. For the past couple of weeks, Justin has actually been telling me about the tarantulas that he sees along the path on his way to and from the skateboard park …...

This seems to be a recurring theme for me. I take people’s pictures, and they flip me the finger. The guys at work in Hawaii did this to me all the time. I did figured I’d have at least a few more years before my youngest daughter rebelled in this manner. But no … tonight as I’m going through the pictures I took earlier, what do I...