DIY Christmas Centerpieces (Budget Friendly)
We pared down a lot this holiday, to include our holiday decor that hadn’t lasted the years. This left our table bare, and me scrambling …
Utter and Complete Insanity
My husband has been stuck in a 8-5 course since last Monday. For two weeks, he’s been attending this Sexual Abuse Prevention course (yes, not …
First Band Concert and Celebrating “The Firsts”
The day he was to “try out” to get into band, he was unfortunately sick. In fact, he forced himself to go to school that …
Steelers + Christmas Fun + Hot Cocoa = Magic
Steelers game on deck? Check.Jingle Jam holiday celebration on post? Check.Surprise hot cocoa and chicken nugget tater tot casserole* to warm us up after being …
‘Twas A Good Day
(Preface: Today was one of those hair-on-fire, MACH-10 kind-of days where I bounced around like a pinball between both elementary schools for events, but oh, …
Breakfast for Dinner
Every so often, you’ve got to do it. You know? Sometimes, it’s just gotta happen, when breakfast for dinner is warranted. When I was a …
Military Housing Woes. Flooded. Again.
On March 4th, several weeks after we’d complained about a leak, Picerne Military Housing finally sent guys out to dig up our front yard to …
Hair “Pretties” and Mom’s Losing It
I woke up yesterday with a sore arm, because I slept with a hair “pretty” on my wrist all night, and for anyone who’s ever …
Army Wife Freaks Out, Film at 11
Today is a finger-wringing, nervous-stomach, lip-biting, neck-jingling kind-of day. I woke up to this love note from my husband: Bird = airplane. My husband jumps …
Just A Day in the Life
I went to hang up my daughter’s purse collection (as seen here), and the hook fell off the wall. “Mommy, it’s bwoten (broken)!” “Yes, baby. …
Traveling and Our Family Bucket List
We spent time looking out over the ocean for Thanksgiving, visiting my parents, drinking in the sea air as we trolloped all over coastal Florida …