I think military wives who start their own businesses are absolutely incredible!! That’s why I am now featuring milwifepreneurs. These ladies work from home moving their businesses every 3 to 4 years, all while raising their children (sometimes all alone if the hubs is TAD/deployed/in field), and dealing with the constant in’s and out’s of…
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I have never been to a Cirque du Soleil show before, but have always wanted to. I have heard so many people talk about how amazing their shows are, so I jumped at the chance to go and see the premier of TOTEM. Honestly? I’m having a hard time putting into words just how…
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Between my pallet garden and my wine bottle gardens, you can easily see what my two favorite items in my crafting projects are. What can I say? I love pallets and there are just so many things you can do with them, and yet I see so many pallets just sitting on the sides of…
I love to garden. I wouldn’t say that I’m a pro, but do really enjoy it. If I had to guess the shade of my green thumb, I’d say it’s somewhere in the ballpark of Jade and Sea Green. So after I made my pallet garden, of course winter came and all of the…
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Times are still tough and no one knows better than the military community just how hard it is to make ends meet. They’re standing in lines in San Diego. They’re waiting outside churches and warehouses in Virginia and in Arkansas for help with feeding their families. Food distributions operated by food banks, churches and other…
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As a military spouse the nightmare of uniformed men knocking on my door to share news of my loved one’s life being lost in a time of war is one I’ve had more than once. I wouldn’t say it’s an experience I am in any way prepared for, but it’s a fear I had actually…
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Waiting sucks. I hate it. I know hate is a strong word, but waiting and I don’t get along. Waiting requires patience; patience is a virtue I don’t really have. It has gotten a heck of a lot better in the last year but I wouldn’t consider myself a person with a ton of patience….
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I think the hardest job in the military is not that of the spouse, like you commonly hear, it is being a child of a military family. Childhood should be filled with yellow, sun-colored memories and laughter, and sometimes you don’t get a lot of that as a military child. These kids endure moves every…
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My inspiration is Duke, our beloved American Bulldog. We rescued this big love in 2007 and have been devoted to him since. Faithful, couch potato, glutton for food, gentle giant, and loving. This and more describes our Duke. I didn’t know I or we needed it, but we didn’t rescue him, he rescued us. This…
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