On March 3, 1969 the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of its pilots. Its purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to insure that the handful of men who graduated were the best fighter pilots in the world. They succeeded. Today, the Navy calls it Fighter Weapons School. The flyers call it: TOP GUN. Happy Top Gun Day, everyone! It is my all-time fave movie. Here's how I'm celebrating: Listen to the TG soundtrack on the way ... View the Post
Experiment: phun with photography
Happy Good Friday! Guess what? I found the sun! I enjoyed my morning cup o' joe in the (periodic) sunshine. After an intense arm and shoulder workout followed by rock hard abs, which my muscles are kindly reminding me of today, I decided it would be okay to splurge a little on dinner. Pizza, anyone? With advice from Sondra (Alex's mom) I have fallen in love with this homemade pizza recipe. Last night's din din. Homemade Pizza Preheat pizza stone (I just got a new one from Pampered ... View the Post
riding the storm out.
Hey, hey, y'all. How is your Friday going? It's rainy and angry here. Since 9 this morning we've been under tornado warnings on three separate occasions. No damage yet, but it's not over. We're about to get hit again. In fact, the tornado sirens, conveniently located right across the street from our house, are wailing as I type. It's nasty. Thankfully, I was able to get all my work done earlier than normal today so that I could get home between storms. I came home to ... View the Post
Working for the weekend.
Merry Monday, everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. Did you do anything fun? I heard the weather in Iowa was good, bad and otherwise this past weekend, so I hope you were able to enjoy some of it! Our weekend started off with a great Supreme 90 work out and, of course, Thai Food Friday! Drunken Noodles for me. Pad Thai for Alex. Thai food has been a major part of our lives for about 2 years now. Alex's mom and sister took us out for our first Thai experience in Waterloo, IA and ... View the Post
Because life is mostly the little things…
Big things happen once in a while, but the little things happen every day. Simply said: life is made up of a bunch of little things. I love the little things in life. One thing Alex and I have come to love is Thai food. Hard to believe if you know us well. For those who don't know us that well, we are p-i-c-k-y, picky, picky. Onions, bell peppers, cucumbers among many other foods are not welcome in our house. Generally unique food is out, also...so it is rather surprising that we love Thai ... View the Post