Lisa

  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year from me to you, dear readers! I hope everyone had a safe and fun-filled end to 2013. After a trip to the Hokie bar Wilson Tavern to watch our Hokies lose (why can’t we win bowl games in a row?), we headed over to the hotel. My BFF and I caught up…

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  • 2013 wrap-up

    Does anyone else think that 2013 just breezed by? Hopefully, 2014 goes as quickly. Here’s some of what we did this year.  I started off January with my 25for25 challenge. In February, we made man-catching beignets for the Super Bowl. We celebrated Mac’s 27th birthday and our fourth dating anniversary in March. I spent most of April watching Downton Abbey….

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  • Army Wife First World Problems

    **This is meant to light-hearted and sarcastic. Don’t get your panties in a bunch. If you don’t like my jokes, don’t read my blog.** You ever see those ridiculous first-world problem memes where people complain about how great we have it in the greatest country in the world? I decided to contribute my first world…

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  • Sunday Social: New Years’ Eve

     1. What is the best New Years Eve you’ve ever had?Probably 2011. Mac had just come home from his first deployment, we were married about two weeks before, and we were in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl.  2. Are you doing anything for NYE this year and if so what?Planning on our…

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  • Another yellow ribbon

    Back in 2010, I had absolutely no clue how to prepare for or how to even approach dealing with deployments. Mac had zero interest in our FRG, and we were still dating. Looking back with the benefit of hindsight, I really wish I made Mac sign me up for the FRG (the commander wasn’t particularly…

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