I knew we couldn’t be the only military couple to experience it. You know, that last night before he leaves or the first night reunited, when you want everything to go smoothly but it often doesn’t. Between stress, emotions, and expectations, I was too unhappy to enjoy our last big overnight date before deployment. What […] Read more…
Life With Krystel: I Went To Applebee’s and Realized I’m Old!
I decided to come to my home of Long Island, New York for a few weeks because I hadn’t seen my family in quite some time. I come from a family of lots of cousins and I am the 3rd oldest of 20+ immediate cousins. I have babysat the majority of my family members ,so […] Read more…
No Spaghetti Strap Dresses Allowed…Ugh The Freaking Agony!
A few weeks ago my fourteen year approached me with the words that I figured I still had time before I heard them” Mom we have a dance coming up at school…can I go”? My baby is a good student and a good kid and very rarely asks to go anywhere so of course I […] Read more…
Pet Peeve Tuesday: Should Military Wives Really Speak on Other Soldiers Weight Issues?
My video says it all but I was truly bothered today by the just rudeness and harsh judgement some wives were passing on a specific topic that in essence had nothing to do with the original question asked on a Army wife FB page (not Army Wife 101 by the way). Either way take a […] Read more…
Work At Home Companies Sign On To Hire Military Spouses Through White House Initiative…What’s Wrong With That?
I have always talked about working from home. In fact I started working from years ago ,first as a dispatcher for an adult phone company and then as a customer service representative for a company where I took orders for informericals. Before you judge me on the adult phone thing , I will have you […] Read more…
Lifetime Moms Ask: What Is The Biggest Misconception About Military Wives?
You may have seen some military related articles that I have written for Lifetime Moms (yes the same Lifetime that Army Wives comes on) a few weeks back. Recently I and two other military wives did a series of videos for their “We Had To Ask” series …Military Edition! Our first video rolled out last week […] Read more…