If you live in the same place for years, you may or may not understand this story, but I gotta share it anyway. I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that we are a Navy family, this means we move every couple of years. Besides the stress of moving, there’s the stress of just having your circle … [Read more…]
The Navy Supply Corps celebrated their 222nd birthday this year. It was a fantastic night dancing the night away with my sailor. We are currently stationed in Hawaii, still, brand new to the island and learning all the cool and beautiful things about it. Last weekend, hubby and I attended the Supply Corps Ball and … [Read more…]
Before I became a Military Spouse (Navy wife), I didn’t know, understand, nor care about anything dealing with our military. I respected and supported the sailors, soldiers, airmen, marines and coast guards, but their lives were not in the forefront of my life. And oh, I REALLY DIDN’T get the spouse. Because I mean, she … [Read more…]
Finding a flexible and portable career is one of the greatest challenges to military spouse employment. Unpredictable servicemember work hours and long deployments place military spouses in a single parent role that often makes a traditional 9-to-5 job impossible. Other hurdles for traditional jobs come from relocating to remote or overseas duty stations where … [Read more…]
There’s nothing like a smile on a child’s face when they’ve reached a goal. The Softball Chef, Equestrian Girl Forever and Fashion Diva Girl all had the biggest smile the day we said, “yes, Carlos will be joining us in Hawaii.” No, I wasn’t going to actually leave him, but we told the girls they had … [Read more…]
When I first saw KitHub’s Motorized Bot, I had to check it out. This was the perfect opportunity to have my children build a motorized robot kit. My eldest daughter is in STEM Academy in our county school district. It’s a fantastic program where kids can apply beginning in 4th grade. They accept 48 children from … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago my family had to make a major decision. This decision consisted of a few tears and a lot of emotions. I won’t lie, I was one filled with emotions and wanted to have a full tantrum in the middle of the field. Like that two-year-old tantrum going down in the middle … [Read more…]
Every Friday I have a standing date with another mama. It’s our weekly ritual; we call it Mamas and Coffee. Two mamas that met along the way deciding we needed to take a bit of time each week for ourselves to talk and laugh. Just to let our hair down and enjoy being who … [Read more…]
