One Year Anniversary – 50 Things to Ask Your Spouse

Last Saturday the Mr and I celebrated our one year anniversary! One year of officially dating, 14 years of unofficially being in love with each other 🙂 To celebrate, we’d had our eye on a fancy German restaurant in town …

No-Spending Challenge Check In – Week 1

  So we just completed week 1 of our No-Spending Challenge and I have a confession to make: we’ve already fallen off of the band-wagon…twice.  I’m ashamed to say, but it’s true. And I can honestly tell you it wasn’t for any …

2013 Run Amuck!

Run Amuck The Mr and I have successfully completed another obstacle 5k! The first obstacle 5k I ran was last year’s Warrior Dash. I had just come out of a bad relationship and it was the first thing I did …

Things I Want to Steal From William Sonoma

My mother sent me a link to William Sonoma’s Agrarian line of products the other week and I simply died. I absolutely love every single piece of this agro-eco-friendly line of products. The only rub? The price! Naturally I started …

No-Spending Challenge

I recently came across Andrea Dekker’s No Spending Challenge and thought that it was a fantastic idea! The Mr and I are about to sit down for our quarterly check-in on our finances and thought that this challenge would be a fantastic …

MIA – Beach Wedding

So  I apologize for being MIA the last week or so! We went back down to the Jacksonville area of NC for my Mr’s best friend’s wedding. He has just recently been medically separated from the Marine Corps and was waiting …

Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

So moving…

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Espirit de Corps

I don’t often reblog content, but this post hit home…and was so honest and raw and real I figured I couldn’t ever do it better!

The Truth About Moms and Blogs

Today! -hang on a minute, I need to clear my throat.

*ahem*

TOdaaaay.-whew!!! So much better!!

I would like to call out every movie, every book and every tv show that has ever made loving an active duty service member look like some sort of beautiful, romantic, fairytale. And the tag chasers that fell for that silliness.

Are. You. Freaking. Kidding me?!

Loving a service member isn’t romantic. Or fun. There are no break out into song moments. -trust me, I’ve pleaded with my guy friends while they were picking songs at a karaoke bar to sing “you’ve lost that lovin feelin” at least a dozen times. It doesn’t happen. Now ask them to sing “1 bourbon, 1 scotch n 1 beer” and you’re golden. But that’s a whole nother story.- there are no moments in which a service member in uniform lifts a woman up and carries her into…

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From Camouflage to White Collar: Finding a Job After the Military

Photo credit latarmy.com   Once you retire or leave the military, you might find the process of getting back into the civilian way of life challenging, especially if you’re trying to find a job. Job-hunting presents a challenge for everyone, …

Onion Wedges

Onion Wedges Another one of my favorite take-out home spoofs is onion wedges! Sort of an easier version of a bloomin’ onion and so easy to make! 1 large white onion, cut into wedges 1 cup bisquick 1 egg 1/2 …