Worldwide Easter Egg Hunt Iowa Style

I couldn’t think of a more fitting post today than to talk about one of my latest obsessions. Which has turned into a year long quest for those elusive special eggs. I am still only at 99% with 4 eggs to go to 100%. I was going to talk about it anyway but then saw the posting on the facebook page about the local newspaper article announcing the creator of Hatchlings is up for the 2010 Prometheus Awards. Brad Dwyer is one of 36 people nominated for the award this year. (more…)

Posted on 4 April '10 by tessa, under From the Cornfields, Iowa the Ties that Bind. No Comments.

The things you hear while flying…

From the mailbag:

In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control facility, all aircraft in the Persian Gulf AOR are required to give the Iranian Air Defense Radar (military) a ten minute ‘heads up’ if they will be transiting Iranian airspace.

This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and destination.

A guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard (emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to Dubai . It is too good not to pass along. (more…)

Posted on 7 February '10 by tessa, under From the Cornfields. No Comments.

I bring you flowers and …. Cheese Whiz??

Ok all, get your mind out of the gutter the cheese whiz was just sitting there but it got your attention didn’t it. (more…)

Posted on 15 September '09 by tessa, under From the Kitchen Table, Good Morning Iowa. No Comments.

Monday Mailbag: Some Good Advice

This nice little gem cropped up in my inbox as of late, and wanted to pass it along to you. Some good advice from my sista to you….

Plus as an added bonus the super-awesome (yes I said it)… “If Today Was Your Last Day” by Nickleback off their Dark Horse Album. The clip is an embed courtesy of www.mtv.com
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Posted on 17 August '09 by tessa, under From the Cornfields, From the Kitchen Table, Good Morning Iowa. No Comments.

Monday Mailbag: The YaYa Sisters

Be Sure to Read the Diet at the End….

The YaYa Sisters

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Posted on 3 August '09 by tessa, under From the Cornfields, Good Morning Iowa. No Comments.

A Warning to all Women!

A WARNING TO ALL WOMEN!

You’ve heard about people who have been abducted and had their kidneys removed by black-market organ thieves..? (more…)

Posted on 9 May '09 by tessa, under From the Cornfields. No Comments.