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Vacation is great but any day together = perfect

At the end of my last post, my husband and I were hours away from leaving for our long awaited honeymoon. As excited as I was, I also felt a little nervous. We have been together almost 12 years, so it wasn’t like a first date kind of nervous, but more like a "I cannot remember the last time I spent this much time alone with my husband” kind of nervous.

I guess I worried that I might be a little boring.

Blogs We Love: Surprise, I'm Home!

If the play on the field at this year's Super Bowl left you feeling blah, some of the commercials may just have warmed your heart and even, drew a tear or two.

Social media was abuzz in the weeks after the game with talk of the military-themed commercials and specifically Budweiser's 1-minute spot welcoming home Lt. Chuck Nadd of Winter Park, Fla. Even for those of us who have endured dozens of welcome home moments, that wave of emotion during a joyous homecoming never gets old. The tears flowed freely across the nation in that one, hot minute.

Snowbound: Southern Military Spouses, Dread Northward PCS Orders

I am a native Floridian. 

I know how to wear SPF 100+ sunscreen and weather a hurricane with nothing more than a mattress and some ice blocks.

Lord help me if we ever get stationed above the Mason-Dixon Line, though.

Groton, Conn. is one such option in our fairly near future. I quake at the thought of it. Not because I actually loathe the idea of living in New England. I’m not even afraid of the cold.

The College Spouse: Study what you love or what you need?

I’m a word girl. Always have been. I love books and writing. I’ve always been a fan of the creative arts.  Ever since I took the leap and went back to school to pursue a degree, I’ve aimed my goals toward that point on the academic compass. 

When we PCS’d to a new duty station, I had to transfer schools. I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t the smoothest transition. 

Happy Healthy Heart Day - Love is good for you!

It's Valentine's Day and this day-long love fest may not exactly be your thing.

I love my husband and sure, I like to be appreciated and fawned over, who doesn't? But we've never really made a big deal out of Feb. 14th's comings and goings. We prefer to celebrate days that are more intimately entwined with our lives.

And when I was single, well, St. Valentine came and went without nary a notice.

When the Gnome Strikes

Freaking Deployment Gnome. 

Ugh. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve uttered this phrase during this deployment. What’s the Deployment Gnome? Oh, that pesky little creature who shows up the minute your soldier deploys and begins to wreak havoc on every aspect of your life. 

Retirement Chronicles: Forever Young, For Now

You know what is awesome about military retirement? We are nowhere near old enough to fit the profile of the typical retiree.

Young privates who check my military ID at the gate do a double take to look at the box marked : RET. I secretly say a silent 'thank you' to the universe for insuring that I do not yet look like a retiree caricature.

Dreaming of a Year Without Deployment

Every Navy wife I know has it printed somewhere in her house.

On a refrigerator magnet. On a picture frame. On a Pinterest board.

Me? It’s saved as my laptop background. It’s a photo of a diving submarine with the words, “Sometimes I blow kisses to the bottom of the ocean.”

It’s trite, I know. But every submariner’s wife loves it, especially for moments like this past New Year’s Eve.

Military Budget Cuts - Are We Being Greedy?

Congress knew there would be a fight. They had to. When they sliced 1 percentage point off of military pension's annual cost-of-living increases, they must have known that the discussion would hardly end with the passing of the budget.

But did military members expect part of the public outcry to declare those in uniform as greedy and selfish?

Changes

Something happened this deployment that I never thought would: I got a book deal. Suddenly, my little “write to fall asleep” hobby materialized into the job I’d always dreamed about. But what blessed us simultaneously? The baby we’d been waiting for two years to appear was dropped off at hockey practice and we became instant foster parents.

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