Reason 99 to Love USAA – No Debit Card Fees

(Getty Images) Today the news was filled with stories of Bank of America announcing it will soon charge customers $5 a month to use their Debit Card for retail transactions. This move after Wells Fargo and Chase tested similar fees to their customers. For the 38.7 people who carry Bank of America cards, they will [...]

The vacation debate.

The debate on where to travel when you are in the military can be tricky for a number of reasons. Certainly, money is often a factor. Heck, most of us survive on couponing, who has the extra funds nowadays for a trip? Nonetheless, sometimes you need to get away and you just want to go [...]

My full time job

For the past 11 years I have been a Residential Executive, or whatever the fancy term for housewife/ stay at home mom happens to be today.  My job just grew into a full time I haven’t realized before.  The business of moving out of state with the military is a full time job.  My husband [...]

Photography and Your Duty Station

When we first moved to Germany in 2006 everything was exciting and I enjoyed getting to know the new country.  By the end of 2007 I was ready to move back to the USA.  The only problem was that we had a few more years left before it was time to PCS.  In the spring [...]

10 years ago…

So many of us have similar stories of working or just starting our days when we heard the news. It was life altering. It still is in so many ways. My heart continues to ache for all those affected. I can clearly remember the moments and the disbelief of it all. I was sitting at [...]

Family Support Centers are becoming my favorite resource

As you all know we’re new to this military life.  We’re quickly approaching our first PCS in something like 27 days.(AAHHHH)   Now that I got that off my chest maybe I can actually focus on the task at hand, the paperwork of moving.  It all started the day my husband got his orders, I hit [...]

2011 Sears Heroes at Home Wish Registry Re-Opens

The 2011 Sears Heroes at Home Wish Registry is open to U.S. Military currently on active duty. If you already registered for the 2011 Sears Heroes at Home Wish Registry, Sears has announced you’ll need to register again. This also means if you missed the registration window you now have a second chance. The registry [...]

The Woman I Once Was…

This time of year is one that is filled with an array of chaos and emotion.  Back to school of course is exciting and as a mom of now 2nd grader and preschooler my home is filled with the smell of new crayons and sharpened pencils.  Behind the child centered joy there is a lingering [...]