Did you know… Mission: Milspouse published its 3000th blog post in 2023 and is still growing!
My Turn for a Career?
Now that my spouse is retired I’m thinking more about what I want to do to further my career.
Time for A Vacation (Finally!)
When was the last time you went on vacation?
Whether alone or with friends or family, everyone deserves time to get recharged and do something fun. Vacations or time away from daily grinds are great for your mental health, and who doesn’t like taking time to relax, try out new restaurants, or do a little leisure shopping? I know I sure do!
A Girl’s Best Friend: Being a Military Pet Owner
Growing up, my family had cats as pets. Living on a farm there were a few years I remember a pig, horses, one cow, lots of bunnies, gerbils, a mouse, and one dog we fostered named Sparky Barkle. My father served in the military but didn't make a career of it, so...
Milspouse Life, A Better Me
Like many spouses of military servicemen and women, I get caught up in all the reasons why it is not fun to be a military spouse. From deployments, having to spend thousands on hidden costs like the new pinks and greens uniforms and PCS season where essentially everything you own is scooped up into a giant washing machine. And, like a washing machine, everything gets tumbled around, sometimes things are destroyed, and sometimes things are lost (like that one sock).
But while out for a run the other morning at our new duty station, Fort Lee in Virginia, I had time to think about the positive changes military life has brought to me.
The Uncivil Civil War: Brothers in Arms
Percival Drayton, captain of the USS Pocahontas, was saddened that not only had the country become so divided, but this divisiveness made its way down to his family unit. His older brother, Thomas, loyal to his native region of the south, took up arms against Percy’s formidable northern charge for freedom for all. Although the brothers met as enemies at Port Royal, November 1861, they both survived the battle.
My Top 5 Kitchen Essentials
Today, I’m sharing my top five kitchen essentials. When bringing items into my home I try to make sure the item is multipurpose. Ideally, I’d prefer using a simplistic approach, however, that isn’t always the case.
4 Ways to Cope in Temporary Lodging
PCS season is underway, and if you’re moving this year, you know what that means.
Time for “creative” dinners with the last remnants of your pantry! (Really, someone needs to create a cookbook with recipes designed to use up a case of ramen, the final squirt of a mustard bottle, a dusty bag of Craisins, and a gallon of peanut oil.)
Along with your not-so-master-chef debut, you’ll also be sorting through closets, overseeing the movers, cramming a forgotten toy into a suitcase after the moving van pulls away, checking into temporary lodging, checking out of temporary lodging, along with all the wrangling of pets, children, plans, and sometimes… our service members!
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