While I’ve never served I can say I have watched from the sidelines how deployments affect people in various ways. I’ve watched my husband deal with the effects of his tour and friends of those who spouses served at the same time as mine’s. Depending on what circumstances occurred during one’s tour will be the […] Read more…
Celebrating Life With Army Wife 101 & USAA Plus a $300 Visa Gift Card Giveaway
Disclosure: Our day out was provided by USAA. All opinions are my own and do reflect the thoughts of USAA. I love spending quality time with my family and thanks to past deployments and TDY’s catching up on time together has been extremely important. My son’s birthday was last month and he had been expressing […] Read more…
Gifts For Military Kids: New Book “Coming Home” Captures The Excitement And Emotions Of Homecoming Day For A Child
When I was a kid I loved reading and of course at a young age pictures were everything in a book to me. I loved having lots of words in a book because I never wanted the story to end , but the pictures are what literally took me into the story as if I […] Read more…
10 Things That Can Happen Or Military Spouses May Think About While Shopping In The Commissary
The commissary is one of the best perks (after free healthcare) of military life. It is the meeting place of the military community and there tends to be a lot of conversation surrounding it when it comes to the people, the prices and the products sold there. In true Buzzfeed style here are 10 things that may […] Read more…
Murphy’s Law: 10 More Things That Most Likely Will Go Wrong During Deployments
It’s like the deployment gods know when he leaves and they have it in store for you. They are determined to make this pain in the arse, no good, very bad time even more of a challenge. And guess what? They usually succeed! Here are 10 more things that usually go wrong or come at […] Read more…
AAFES Brings Back Fee Free Layaway In Time for Holiday Shopping
Nope Halloween still isn’t here and neither is Thanksgiving , but somehow we are already working on Christmas. AAFES is joining in the beginning of the holiday season with what I consider the best way to do any major shopping …LAYAWAY! On September 12th AAFES aka the PX begin waiving the fee applied to purchases […] Read more…