By Mandy Rebmann
Maybe you’ve just started thinking about owning a home, or maybe you already have a property in mind. One of the biggest questions facing potential homeowners is how much of a loan can they get? Can you really afford that perfect house you’ve had your eye on? Or, if you haven’t fallen in love with a house yet, what should your ceiling price be?
There are a lot of jokes about how a messy desk equals a creative mind. But does it equal a boss who is happy with your work?
More specifically, what story does your desk tell about you and what could it mean for your next evaluation? Most of us believe that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. The reality is, most of us do just that.
In June, members of the Iraqi military were taken prisoner by ISIS. And they haven't been heard from since. ISIS claims to have massacred 1,700 Iraqi security force members.
Their families, military families, were confused, angry and terrified. They wanted answers. They demanded answers from the government they bravely served as the wives, children, parents and siblings of the nation's protectors.
A group of 100 of them stormed the parliament in Baghdad in early September. And they refused to leave until they were given answers.
We might have done the same.
I spent last evening staring at the bookshelf downstairs.
It’s very heavy and dark and wooden, and, well, it’s putting a real damper on my new light, airy and clean living room.
Or the new light, airy, and clean living room I’m envisioning in my mind’s eye, anyway.
Still, I want to move that bookshelf.
For the last year, I have volunteered for two different military organizations. Years ago, before I had my family, I did not volunteer because I didn’t think I had the time. Long days in the office and commuting were exhausting and I wanted to relax on my days off.
It's back to school time and everybody's kids are selling something. From school, to sports, to service organizations, the fundraisers are plentiful. But should you be selling things at work if you want to move up in the company? If you do sell, when is enough, enough? And when can your pedaling of fundraiser goods be potentially damaging to your professional image? 
It’s pretty well-known that my life is up for public consumption on my blog. If I have a thought, even an unpopular one, as they may be, my name is attached to it. There’s no doubt. But that’s not always the case.
Welcome back! We know it’s the first day of school and you may have the jitters, you may be nervous or you may have the utmost confidence. In any case, your day just became a lot busier.
Now begins the months of finishing dinner, your homework, your kids’ homework and all their afterschool activities in the same three-hour span – every single night. Now begins the late nights when your homework didn’t quite get finished.
I’ve been Googling school supplies lately, the internets have deemed all of their “suggestions” for me be scholarly in nature. One of the recent suggestions was an app called “Titto”, which is supposed to be an alternative to purchasing or renting books through, say, Amazon or Chegg.
This was a busy PCS year across most of the services. Thousands of families moved. Thousands of spouses left jobs they loved behind.
Now, the search begins. But finding a job in a new town can be daunting, and, take a very long time. Our family has heard from friends around the country, both veteran and civilian, who are still out of work after six months of plastering their resume around town.
And for many, the future looks bleak.
Hopefully, the impending holiday seasons can help turn things around for many of us.
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