Hooray!!! Blogger is back up and running! Raise your hand if you were starting to have anxiety attacks every time you tried to log on to your blog and you got the message, “Sorry Blogger is currently unavailable.” What would we do without our blogs? I think the world would end. Or we’d all make […] Read more…
Hooray for Sponsors!
When I first started blogging, I signed up for Google AdSense. Why not? I could make some money without lifting a finger. I didn’t care for some of the ads (like the ones for dating services that were plastered under my posts) and I wasn’t thrilled with the way they seemed to clutter the look of my blog, […] Read more…
Top 10 You Know You’re a Mil Spouse When…
As military spouses we’ve grown accustomed to living a certain lifestyle, a lifestyle developed and honed through years of adaptations and mandatory training in independence, flexibility, and self-sufficiency. Our perspective of normal is skewed because we don’t know any other normal. Because of this unique way of life that we somehow consider normal, we tend to exhibit tell-tale signs […] Read more…
Be Still My Beating Brain
Yesterday was Mother’s Day, a day to celebrate all the hard work we do as moms. When I was gearing up to celebrate my first Mother’s Day 7 years ago, I had visions of breakfast in bed, tear-jerking Hallmark cards, and lavish gifts, all orchestrated by my attentive husband who would stop at nothing to show […] Read more…
Happy Mother’s Day!
I vaguely remember what life was like before I became a mother. I didn’t have Goldfish crumbs in my purse.I didn’t have a time-out corner in my kitchen.I didn’t stub my toe on mountains of toys. I could go on impromptu dates with my husband.I could sleep in.I could close the door when I used the […] Read more…
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
“Our service members and their families seldom ask for support or recognition. They carry out their duties to family and country with the quiet courage and strength that has always exemplified the American spirit. On Military Spouse Appreciation Day, we have an opportunity to not only honor the husbands and wives of our service members, […] Read more…
