Good Morning Beautiful, the place we now call home.
It’s been just over 8 months since we made the trek across the country from GA to WA. It was a bit of a headache in the beginning, but we survived. I really didn’t want the Navy to move us for the...
View ArticleIt is indeed, Ipso Facto Murphy’s Law
My story of rolling with the punches this patrol. There is always that saying that a deployment looms over head and either right before the person leaving leaves or right after, the whole world falls...
View ArticleKeeping busy
With our first boomer patrol over, it’s nice to see that much hasn’t changed in the few years we’ve been on shore duty. Boat life isn’t for everyone, but for me it’s time to find myself again. During...
View ArticleThe little things
Sometimes the little things (or even the huge, gigantic big things) frustrate us all, and during those times it’s best to just take a break and do something else and come back to it later after you...
View ArticleMoney-saving and Thrifty ideas for laundry
When money gets tight I like to start thinking of ways I can spend less on our normal every day activities. Here’s a few ideas I thought I’d share about laundry. For almost a year now I’ve been making...
View ArticleGet Prepared!
As military spouses we have to get prepared for many things, in fact at times, it seems like we are in constant prep mode; deployment, pcs, new schools, new jobs, transitioning out, etc. And if all...
View ArticleTraditional Food Storage
Canned Greenbeans You hear of a lot of military spouses couponing and bargain shopping but you don’t hear of many military spouses canning, dehydrating, or cooking from scratch, fermenting and...
View ArticleVolunteering to stay sane
When I was involved in COMPASS (spouses mentoring spouses program for the Navy) and as a previous Ombudsman we always talked about the fact that spouses needed to get out and if nothing else,...
View ArticleAll together now!
This December has been a bit of a struggle for us, it started out fine but then our heater went out and was out for a week. If any of you know me, you know that our rental house has a few issues....
View ArticleGrowing up military
There is this unspoken (ok, sometimes loudly spoken) concern for kids of military parents. Will they adjust with the next PCS? How will they make friends? Should we stay here while our service member...
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