My mom always used to say, “You play, you pay.” I don’t know when or why that mom-ism became a regular in my household growing up, but I remember hearing it those times when I stayed up too late at a sleepover party or when my mom’s phone call to my college dorm room interrupted my hangover. And […] Read more…
Top 10 Highlights of the MilBlog Conference
So here it is Tuesday again and time for a top 10 list. I contemplated forgoing a top 10 list to write about the hot topic of the week (well actually, the hot topic of the decade), but there isn’t anything I could write about Osama Bin Laden that hasn’t been written already in the […] Read more…
Post Blogging Conference Brain Fog
Over the weekend I attended the 6th annual MilBlog Conference in Arlington, Virginia. The weekend was jam-packed with interesting speakers and business cards and introductions and free stuff and old friends and new friends and Facebook status updates and opportunities and late nights and copious amounts of wine and most importantly, lots and lots of […] Read more…
Off to D.C.! And Mil Spouse Weekly Roundup #34
I know I’ve been light on blogging this week, but I had no idea how much I had to do before leaving for D.C. today for the MilBlog conference! I’ve got one foot out the door, but before I leave I wanted to remind you that it’s Mil Spouse Weekly Roundup #34! So go link […] Read more…
Top 10 Differences Between Spring Break Then and Spring Break Now
Last week was Spring Break. And because of my job as a teacher, it was the first year in a long time that I found myself getting really excited about a week off from school. In fact, the last time the words Spring Break made me so giddy was my senior year in college when my […] Read more…
MilBlog Conference!
Today is Monday. I’ll be spending my day trudging through Spring Break withdrawal and cursing myself for not getting ahead on everything I need to get done this week at work. I already know it’s going to be a crazy busy week, and that’s never an uplifting thought on a Monday morning. But I keep telling myself that a huge […] Read more…

