Lisa

  • 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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  • On being a cotton-headed ninny-muggins

    In the whirlwind rush to pack the car and the cat in pouring down rain on Sunday en route to my parents’ house, I managed to overlook a few Christmas presents for my parents and left them in Virginia. Funny enough, I had this constant nagging feeling that all of our presents weren’t wrapped as I…

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  • Nostalgia

    The other night, my sister and I were talking about the various Air Force ceremonies we’d attended with our father growing up (because of Mac’s graduation). She and I distinctly recall Daddy’s promotion ceremony to Lieutenant Colonel. We rocked super stylish matching navy velour dresses. We wore them a few months later at our grandparents’…

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