As military spouses, we often find ourselves looking forward to the day we get to decorate our homes with no rules, restrictions, or repainting involved (or maybe that’s just me as an HGTV girl).
HGTV Girl in a Housing-Restricted World
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Across 13 Augusts
Back in August 2006, I was thrilled to be overwhelmed with slightly nervous excitement. It was near impossible for me to understand the full impact of accepting a job in my chosen career field—elementary education. I was going to be a first grade teacher!
6 Quick Tips to Fire Up FRGs
Family Readiness Groups can be such a wonderful asset to military spouse life. It can be a great place to connect, meet people, and receive important information about all things mission-based.
Unfortunately, all it takes is one rough FRG experience to make military spouses a bit hesitant or skeptical to participate. (It certainly follows the concept of “One bad apple ruins the bunch.”)
25 Things to Love About America
When living overseas, it’s very easy to quickly begin missing certain things about the good ol’ US of A. It’s not that other countries necessarily “get it wrong,” but rather that it’s different from what Americans are used to. Over time, we adjust to the host nation’s culture, and it becomes our new normal.
But really, we still kind of miss certain things.
PCS, Marriage, and Microwave Placement
A couple of days ago, I stood in our scantly-equipped kitchen. Our little family was finishing up our latest PCS. We had arrived at our final destination, found a wonderful house that met our needs, and now we were waiting on the delivery of our household goods.
So, yes, there I stood, looking around our bare kitchen, dreaming, planning, thinking… all of which are fave hobbies of mine with any PCS.
Feeling Stuck and 10 Ways to Break Free
Feeling stuck. Been there? Currently there?
I’ve been feeling stuck since January, longer really, but some circumstances since January have me feeling trapped. These are big decisions that don’t have right or wrong answers.
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