Reading Update (2025 #40-42)
There are spoilers in the reviews of the last two books, marked by SPOILER. [40] Ferry Pilot: Nine Lives Over the North Atlantic by Kerry McCauleyNon Fiction / Aviation, heard about it another aviation book, Kindle Synopsis: Ferry Pilot follows Kerry McCauley’s crazy...
Breaking in some cylinders
We had plans to fly to Waterloo, Iowa last Saturday for our niece Ella’s birthday party. On Friday, Steven called and said “Skill called me” (Skill is the school we rent the planes from). It sounded like he had bad news! I immediately thought they...
Random Thoughts Thursday 499
I added this to the bottom of my latest flying post but I know no one makes it that far, so I will share it again here — we flew with Eric this Sunday May 18th, and it turns out that it was 12 years to the day to the only other time we flew with him, on a helicopter...
Flying to… Gary, Indiana lol
We live so close to Indiana and had never flown there! We decided it was time to remedy that. And pin a new state on our flying map! We picked Michigan City due to the type and location of the airport, and we saw some interesting restaurants and roasteries we could...
Random Thoughts Thursday 498
Do you recall how a local airport we flew to in March found my blog post about it and emailed me about some events (we have the plane booked to go to the Flour Drop!)? Probably not, lol. But it turns out the airport included my blog post in their May newsletter. I...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and work in an account management role. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂