What Modern Military Spouses Worry About
I have this very vivid, picture-perfect memory from childhood. I was in third or four grade and watching Oprah. They were covering heart disease and ways to combat plaque build up. I should have gotten super bored, flipped to Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and forgotten about it. That’s what most normal 8-year-olds would have done. […]
10 Facts You Don’t Know About the TRICARE Dental Program
This post was sponsored by the MetLife TRICARE Dental Program as part of an Ambassador Program for Influence Central. When I first became a military spouse, I was a little skeptical about the health care services available to me. After all, I had heard a lot of complaining and cynical comments about it all. It […]
Powerful Resolutions for Military Spouses (That Will Last Past January 1!)
I am terrible at resolutions. Every year I decide I’ll do something better and by the end of January– really, January 2nd– I’ll have already jumped off the bandwagon. I don’t even remember the resolutions I wanted to keep for last year. I just know I didn’t keep them. This year, I’m focusing on smaller […]
The Most Popular Jo, My Gosh! Military Lifestyle Posts of 2015
Three years ago, sitting in my apartment writing at 5 AM or 11 PM at night during John’s first deployment, I never would have imagined what Jo, My Gosh! would look like today. Now, as I sit down to write this third yearly round-up of post, I am so excited to see where we’ve come […]
10 Care Packages Hacks for When You’re Totally Burnt Out
Deployment gets the better of us all at one point or another. It doesn’t matter if it’s your first deployment or your 500th. Something happens that knocks us off our equilibrium. We all hit a wall at some point. And it gets hard. We feel burnt out. And there’s still a dude or chica somewhere […]
7 Cleaning Hacks for When You’re Struggling with Military Life
iRobot, maker of Roomba, compensated me for this post with a product. This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are my own. One thing that John and I have struggled with over the past few years is maintaining a schedule… for everything. For almost two years, John had a pretty crazy watch schedule which had […]
8 Tips for a Healthier Halloween for Military Families
I am not one of those no-candy-at-Halloween people. When I was a kid, I was a count-out-all-of-your-candy-and-strategize-which-pieces-are-the-best-and-which-should-be-in-a-hostage-exchange-with-my-sisters kind of kid. As an adult, I’m sad that we live in an apartment complex without trick-or-treaters–I’d love to buy bags of candy and open the door a million times in one night. No really, I mean it! […]
