Dear Deployment, Can I ask just what in the frick you think you're doing?  I realize you and your schedule run the show right now, but do you have to be such a jackass? How is it that you have NO CLUE when and how much my husband will be paid this month?  Huh?  Tell me.  ...

I am ready to get this show on the road. I know that's awful.  I can't believe I'm even typing it.  I can't believe I'm even thinking it.  At some point, I will complain about him being gone and someone will refer me back to my own post.  I know all those ...

I dread 'big talk' moments,  but I have to admit that as a military wife and an attorney, I have no excuse for not recognizing the times in life when a 'big talk' moment has come.  I'm not one to wait until the last minute, though, so we had the 'big talk' las...

Dear Deployment, Although I understand that we are not strangers, I did want to set forth a few ground rules and observations before you officially begin your timeline.  First and foremost, please remember that I despise surprises so should you feel the need to visit again before my husband re...

It's cold outside!  Really, REALLY cold!  Okay, so it isn't like AWTM Nebraska cold, but it's still not weather in which I want to be gallivanting.  I thought for sure the girls' two-hour delay (which meant they attended my dentist appt. with me) would turn into a c...

It's always a race to the finish during the holidays and, surprisingly, when I had a holiday break that coincided with the kids, I was still scrambling at the end.  Toss in a 40-hour-per-week job and it only becomes more interesting.  No one at my work, save the lady who answers the ...

There was a time when we first moved back to Virginia when I wasn't sure how to marry this creative, crafty, finding-me-again blog with the whole military lifestyle. Remember? And I wasn't sure anyone even cared what I think about it or how I deal with it. But judging by the comments to this post, I...

Our military ball Saturday night turned out as the majority of them have--only fun because of the people we attended with and their abject disappointment in what was going on too.  I mean, if you're the only person not having a good time, you're the wet blanket.  If everyone thinks it blow...