Recent Posts

Hearts Are Broken

My friend Tishia Lee’s post reminded me I wanted to write about this! I’ve seen a handful of people posting on twitter and on blogs about the coverage Michael Jackson got after he died. People were (and maybe still are frustrated at least) upset the coverage for soldiers dying at war are not getting the [...]

Tricare Issues

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Tricare is the health insurance we have in the military and so far, in the seven plus years we’ve been married I have had few (as in maybe one) issue with them. I had a great doctor when pregnant with Alice and after she was born, another great doctor with Jake and after [...]

New Blog – Left Face

There is a new blog for us military spouses of the liberal persuasion! Check out Left Face – lots of great people are contributing and a few posts are up already. Come on over and check it out!

Tragedy Aboard USS Neb

Over the weekend it was released that a sailor aboard the USS Nebraska had died. Rumors in these cases usually fly from the start because that’s just human nature.
The Nebraska is homeported in Washington, where we used to live. We have a handful of friends who have been on the boat over the past few [...]

Moving to Texas

Texas!

Chris and I on graduation day
Yes, I am as surprised as you. I guess I was hoping for Washington so much, I didn’t think there would be a problem going back! So Chris calls and says we can go here, here, Texas, or here. And none of those “here” locations were what I wanted. It [...]