Lisa

  • Care packages 101: the basics

    I’m going to do a series of posts on care packages. Feel free to leave comments about your own ideas and helpful tips!  This deployment, I have a much better idea of how to prepare and mail care packages to Mac. My plan is to send at least one box a month. You can…

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  • With a kiss goodbye…

    ** I wrote this after Mac left but didn’t publish it right away because of obvious OPSEC reasons.** So Mac is on his way to deployment #2. I wish I could say that I was the stoic wife, used to her husband leaving for days, weeks, months at a time. But I’m not. Mac’s flight…

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  • Quality content

    Lately, I’ve been researching ways to grow my blog. I’ve stayed away from doing giveaways (because I’m not willing to part with my monies) and guest posting on other blogs (because I can’t think of blog topics for my own blog, let alone someone else’s). One of the suggestions I see a lot is to post…

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  • Token cold weather status

    In case you’ve been hibernating and not watching the weather, it’s cold outside. Apparently, a lot of people were strangely fascinated to see how quickly the temperature would drop as this polar vortex swirled chaos and anarchy into our lives. I was no different, and you lucky ducks even get to see how cold it…

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  • Meal planning for one

    Another January, another endeavor to get healthy. But this time around, I’m cooking for one and hoping to avoid eating cereal or toast three times a day. I’ve noticed that my two food problems are snacking excessively (normally just too much overall as opposed to too much at once) and dinner (why eat healthy when I…

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  • Sunday Social: 2014 goals

     1. Do you plan to change any of your eating habits in the new year?Yep. I’m writing a post about how I plan to eat this year. 2. Any workout tips to get us back in shape after the Holidays?Just do it. For me, the hardest part of the workout is getting out the door….

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