Do you remember a few weeks ago when I shared in this post how my dad is famously known for his one-liners of wisdom? I want to share another one that’s stuck with me for years that’s been so applicable to the constantly-changing seasons in my adult life. At the end of my sophomore year of college I abruptly changed… Keep Reading
Deployment Chit Chat
I read this article last week (during the middle of the night when Sadie was having a dance party in my belly) that compared the middle of a deployment to mile 13.1 of a marathon. You feel so good that so much is behind you, but the weight of how much you still have to go is majorly confidence-shaking; You wonder if… Keep Reading
Guest Bathroom Flooring: Tile That Looks Like Hardwood
It’s almost ridiculous how much I love fixing up this house. 18 months later and I’m still just having a field day! I haven’t done anything big around the house the last six months or so because we’ve been a little preoccupied with, oh say, deployments and baby prep, but it’s felt so good to get back in the game by… Keep Reading
Real Parenting Moments: Vol I
The last few weeks I feel like I’ve been completely consumed by “all the feels” of parenting a two year old. One minute I’m on the phone with Jamie begging and pleading for him to please come home and save me before I sell our child to her grandparents, and the very next minute I’m on the floor laughing because of… Keep Reading
Can You Be a Teacher and a Military Spouse? Five Reasons It’s Hard
A couple of weeks ago I included a question within my survey asking readers if there is a particular subject they’d like to see addressed in a future post, and I had several people ask me to address the same thing – if I ever saw myself being able to balance having a teaching career and being a military spouse…. Keep Reading
Slice of Life – 2/22/16
Though we haven’t done anything big worth writing home about lately, I’ve really enjoyed soaking up time with my little sidekick – occasional toddler tantrums and all. 🙂 Here’s a more lengthy slice of our lives from the last 10 days or so! We were so excited to see a florist van pull up with Valentines sweetness for Hadley and me… Keep Reading
Parenting Mistakes and Things I Want to Do Differently with Newborn #2
Chances are high that eight-ish weeks from now we’ll have a baby in our arms (I can’t even believe it), and I’ve found myself thinking lately about the things that I consider “successes” with Hadley that I want to try again with Sadie as well as the areas that I want to do better at, or at least differently. Because we’re often… Keep Reading
11 Essential Hostess Items
Today’s topic is a fun one: entertaining! One thing that entertaining party guests and painting your home have in common is that they both become very easy (and potentially inexpensive) to do if you already have a stockpile of the necessary staples on hand that you use over and over again. Both tasks used to cause me a decent amount of… Keep Reading