8 Romantic Care Packages
Check out these wonderful care package ideas from Megan, a fellow military wife. She emailed me a treasure trove of packages from her husband’s last deployment (which was their first deployment as well). Megan says that making care packages kept her sane during deployment– that’s something a lot of us have experienced! Megan and her […]
19 Must-Follow Pinterest Accounts for Military Spouses and Significant Others
Over the past two years of Pinteresting, I’ve collected A LOT of material having to do with the military. And those pins and boards and pinners have really paid off. I have received a lot of neat opportunities from participating on Pinterest– I’ve found out about conferences and symposiums, I’ve made connections with others… I’ve […]
#JourneyThroughDeployment Twitter Party
This is NOT a sponsored post. Kathryn is a friend and I am terribly excited to help her promote her new book! Kathryn from Singing Through the Rain is celebrating the print edition launch of her book, Journey Through Deployment: Stepping Forward with Confidence During Military Separations. And she’s doing that with a Twitter party and a […]
Queen of Hearts: An Affordable Deployment Gift DIY
A few weeks ago, a wonderful reader, Megan sent me a series of emails containing pure gold. I mean that in the truest sense of the word. Megan and her husband dealt with their first deployment in 2011. The FRG wasn’t active, so she dealt with the deployment mostly on her own… by making […]
6 Tips for Saving at the Farmer’s Market
It’s no secret that I’m in love with the farmer’s market here. I won’t go into details, but suffice it to say, it’s one of the best things about our town. And I love our town. One of the great benefits of a farmer’s market is that the produce is (usually) cheaper than the grocery […]
Orange Glad: A June Subscription Box Review
Disclosure: I received product from Orange Glad for a review. I only review and endorse products that I enjoy and believe that my readers will, too. All opinions and goofy comments are my own. Every time I finish reviewing a box for Orange Glad, I don’t think it could get better. And then they send me […]
My First Year as a Military Wife
In just 2 days (ahhh!) we’ll be celebrating our first wedding anniversary! So much has happened this year– a PCS, major changes in my (un- and re-) employment, C school, totaled cars, new cars, new apartments! It seems both like we said, “I do,” much longer than a year ago… and at the same time, […]
I’m the Girl Who…
…has met Jimmy Carter and President Obama (and shook both of their hands) and saw George Bush, Sr. and Bill Clinton in person. I just need to collect George W. Bush to have seen or met every living president. …has visited every state except for North Dakota, Hawaii, and Alaska. …is opening an Etsy shop! (Yay!) …still […]
12 Care Package Tips from Military Spouses
Care packages are one of those things that are at the center of deployment for military significant others. For me, they were always a tangible way to connect with John and take care of him, even when he was 7,000 miles away. It was nice to know that, when he got mail, there would be […]
5 Free & Fantastic Resources to Prettify Your Blog
Almost half a year ago (wow!) I wrote a short post focusing on free programs to use for photo editing. Push came to shove and I put aside writing about blogging for a bit (after all, there are so many recipe and crafting posts to do!). But I’ve been steadily collecting resources and cool stuff related […]
