by suelarkinsweems | Sep 27, 2012 | On Military Life
Sorry I have been slacking. I am officially in a post-move funk, which has been compounded by typhoons every other week, middle school math, and the ever-present Murphy. Typhoons: Yes, we are having our fortnightly typhoon this Sunday Saturday. His name is Jelawat,...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 25, 2012 | On Family
Memphis had a great birthday weekend. Remember this summer when I whined because I felt so guilty that Cora Jo and Ransom never get a “friend-party” for their summer birthdays as we are always moving..blah..yadda..ya…blah. Memphis on the other hand, ALWAYS gets a...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 19, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
Well, hello there. We interrupt this dead blog space with signs of life. Where to begin? Hmmm…. Well, last week we had our fortnightly (been dying to use that word) typhoon party when Typhoon Sanba rolled in and out of Okinawa. I got my trampoline disassembly time...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 10, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
Had a busy couple of weekends. We put in 14.5 foot of chain link fence for Carolina (without the Mitchells, sadly) and reassembled Big Bessie Green, the trampoline. We had all KINDS of new friends visiting our yard this weekend. I got to practice my patience and...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 6, 2012 | Mumblings and Misadventures
I found a terrific plant nursery yesterday ALL BY MYSELF (This is significant in two ways: 1. I didn’t have the kids along to ‘help’ and 2. I didn’t have Matt along to REALLY help– like find the place, park, pay and ooze his chaps charm)....
