You know it’s terrible when a child brings a plant home as part of a school project and tells you NOT to touch nor look at it because they need to keep it alive. Or when you’re known at the store because you’re always buying a new plant because you keep killing them. If this […]
How Do You Manage Spending Important Days Away From Family?
Do you travel to family during the holidays? My first holiday “away” as a milspo was a Thanksgiving. My husband worked in training, so it wasn’t a day off, in fact, it was a day of regular scheduled work. Like it wasn’t a holiday at all. For him, it was no big deal. He’d spent […]
How to Save When Shopping Online
Do you like to shop online? It’s SOO easy to add something to your cart and then have it delivered to the house. It’s even easier when platforms offer apps that send coupons and free shipping — in fact, if you ask most bank accounts, it’s WAYY too easy to shop online. But when done […]
Start Your 2020 Strong
What’s your biggest flex? Go on, show us! It’s time to make this year your best yet… and we want to help you celebrate the joy you’re about to create going forward. Getting to 2020 is a HUGE milestone for me; 2019 started with my husband gone at a three-month school at the end of […]
How Do You Balance the Holidays and Self-Care?
How do you balance the holidays and self-care? The holiday season has started and goes to a few days after New Year’s. It’s a busy time of the year. It can also be a stressful time of year if you don’t take control. Between planning big dinners, hosting/attending parties, shopping for everyone (and their brother,) […]
Winter is making itself known! Are you ready?
The weather is changing. Winter is making itself known! Are you ready? I went to grab my winter gloves the other day because I was going to be walking around D.C., and it was a cold morning. Gloves and warm gear were needed. Well, darn! My gloves were like my socks. One was missing! Come […]
How to Cook for a Crowd
Cooking for a crowd? When my husband first came on the trail as a drill sergeant, I was used to cooking for our family. Occasionally we had guests, but overall, I topped out at a crockpot full of chili. A couple pounds of meat, doubling my usual recipe, and I called it good! But with […]
Helping Your Kids With Their Homework
Do you cringe when your kids ask you for homework help? During my girls’ elementary school years, it was good. Yes, I can help you. Well, up to about 5th grade. The game show, Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader is REAL! Some of the homework had me second-guessing myself, but we made it. […]