Enjoying the “now”

After much pontificating on the deeper things in life this past year, I’m really trying to enjoy every day as it comes.  Watching Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” especially, it’s so important to live each day to the fullest because you don’t know what can happen tomorrow.  You can’t put off having fun or enjoying particular things until [...]

Halloween memories

A few years ago when we lived in our last house, Obi-Wan was in the middle of a flooring project.  He was installing hardwood floors on our first floor and as it happens, he was doing this on Halloween.  So when it came time for the trick or treaters to hit the streets, windows and curtains [...]

Deadly popcorn

Warning - this post has nothing to do with Navy life whatsoever.  This is one of those occasional ramblings I have on random topics.  Today, the big shocker was the latest information about the toxic buttery fumes of microwave popcorn.  Seriously, what else is in store for us?  We can’t eat anything or inhale anything [...]