Week 15: NO MORE NO. SAY YES TO YES! I was reading an article in the April issue of Parents magazine called Saying ‘No’ to No, in which the author challenged herself to remove the word “no” from her interactions with her children. According to the experts she quoted, the overuse of the word can […] Read more…
Look Who’s On Facebook and Twitter
I have finally joined the modern age! Come visit my Facebook fan page, friend me (I’m Roller Coaster), and follow me on Twitter (I’m @WifeontheRC). I’m still trying to figure the whole Twitter thing out, and quite frankly, I’ve only tweeted a few times, but hopefully soon I’ll be a regular. Anyone else on Facebook and Twitter? Leave […] Read more…
Awards!
It’s Awards Time! I’d like to thank a handful of my blogging friends for passing some awards my way! (Sorry for the delay on some of them…I promise I didn’t forget about you.) Thank you to Amberlynn over at Fugitive Firefly, JG at Me and My SoldierMan, Requires Heavy Lifting, Ashley at Raising Brats, and A Deployment Diary {in […] Read more…
Top 10 Questions NOT to Ask a Military Spouse
As a military spouse, I’m often faced with good-intending yet frustrating questions from civilians. Not frustrating because of the innocuous questions themselves, but frustrating because I just can’t answer them. I either don’t know the answer or I’m sworn to OPSEC secrecy or it’s impossible for civilians (myself included sometimes) to truly understand the sacrifices our service members […] Read more…
The Conspicuous Absence of Presence
The roller coaster has begun. The deployment, still in its infancy, is gradually sinking in. Sometimes I feel like my husband is simply on routine travel, and he’ll walk through that door any day with a bag full of dirty laundry and homecoming presents for the kids. But deep down I know it’s different this […] Read more…
Operation: Technological Implementation
Week 14: IMPLEMENT ADVICE I WAS GIVEN AT THE BLOGGING CONFERENCE Not only was the Milblog conference fun, but I learned a lot about blogging and social media in general. The most important thing I learned is that I have a lot to learn! Apparently, I am the only person on this earth who doesn’t […] Read more…
