TV Shopping without the Husband?!?

We were only a couple of weeks in to our most recent deployment and Murphy had reared his ugly head too many times to even want to remember! The last in our unfortunate incidences, the TV. One of my three wonderful children decided to take it out (with something apparently hard and sharp). This of [...]

I joined the Party!

We all probably started the New Year with a few resolutions. This year my husband and I wanted to be more healthy over all. No dieting here, we are making life changes and changing our way of eating was top priority.  I spent January focusing on the healthy eating aspect of our resolutions then February hit and [...]

How You Doin, 2012?

Ciao, bella! The last time I wrote I was celebrating and ready to welcome 2012 with open arms. I am happy to report, a little more than a month later, I am still full of love and energy for the new year. In my personal blog, I went back to review the resolutions I made [...]

An Unexpected Surprise

Last night while preparing to greet trick-or-treaters at a friends’ house in a military housing area, my children looked down the street and shouted “DADDY!” I realized they were looking towards a housing office so I assumed they saw another man in blue and became confused, as often kids do when seeing another man in [...]

The movers are coming, the movers are coming.

PCS Chaos – tears and all. Just another day in the life.

Girl time-Historical Romance Aids in Cardiovascular Health

I had a girly/chick-flick night. Of course, the only girl present was me. All in all, it was fabulous! I actually had a chance to kick up my feet and enjoy a movie that I picked. So often military wives are busy holding down the homefront and juggling a million things, we forget to or [...]

Relatable?: Random Thoughts of a Military Wife

On this week’s live Navy Wife Radio show (be sure to see the archives), Wendy talked briefly about how she hoped this blog could exhibit some transparency. Here I am thinking, She wants me to be see-through? She wants people to think I’m shallow? No, no, she wants us to be relatable. Well, what could I tell [...]

New Episode of Hey, Shipwreck!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUYkE344pk] Pat is really getting fancy with this LONG AWAITED second episode of Hey, Shipwreck! Funny episode Pat, I like the scene with the missiles in the background and going down the hallway…..getting pretty fancy with the graphics. I am always forgetting my passwords too! grrr! Interesting Fact:  On our show Navy Wife Radio, ET1 [...]

Feeding the Lonely: Snacks While He’s Deployed

Sure, your beloved is gone, and it’s tough. You find yourself giving in to cravings and trying to feed the pain. Your brain says “No”, but your taste buds and aching heart say “feed me”. You don’t want to pack on the pounds while he’s away. Truthfully, you want to look pretty svelte upon his [...]

Navy Reserve Recruiting Video

A new Navy recruiting video is out and making it’s rounds. It is very “untraditional”, and actually pretty good I think. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hiOcYXWwXc] Send article as PDF to

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