I hooked myself up with a dual monitor setup yesterday, and as I was putting everything in it’s place on the desk, I was struck by how little brand loyalty I seem to have. Here’s what’s on my desk …MacBook Pro laptop 20″ HP widescreen monitor Apple bluetooth keyboard Microsoft Mouse Maxtor portable hard drive i rocks card...

We downgraded pools in our backyard last week. It’s not like the other one was huge or extravagant, but it did still require a bit of regular maintenance … which in the end, turned out to be too much, in proportion to the amount of people who were NOT swimming in it. I got in a couple of times with the girls, and we all frolicked around for an hour or...

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...

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...

Last summer, when I was at training in Florida, Ana bought one of those little above ground pools for the kids. It’s nothing fancy, I can set it up and take it down by myself, but it’s not a quick process, as the thing holds a couple thousand gallons of water. In the fall, before I left for Iraq, I drained the pool, took it apart, and packed it up...