Hey, there. Purrburger here again. I’m writing to you from my new home, though I’m not totally certain where we are. They keep calling it Colorado, but I’m a cat and I don’t know what that means. All I know is that I spent 3 days trapped in the Terror Dome before I could finally…
Army life
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Culinary adventures
Way back in 2011, I subscribed to a bridal version of Groupon. Right before we went to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, they had a deal to buy $100 in Restaurant.com gift certificates for $10 each. I bought $1000 of gift certificates for just $100. My original plan was to use them for our…
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A month of home-ownership
It seems like a lot longer, but we’ve been homeowners for a whole month! We left Virginia on Monday and got here Wednesday night. Since then, we’ve replaced the dishwasher, shopped at about 10 different stores, and slept in our bed for the first time in over a year. I think all we have left is…
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Adjusting after redployment
Redeployment, the official term for soldiers returning home, is a time of crazy emotions. On the one hand, you’re incredibly relieved and happy your soldier is home. On the other hand, you’ve spent their entire deployment coping with their absence and your carefully planned world is thrown upside down. Mac’s first redeployment was a learning experience….
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Movies you shouldn’t watch when your husband’s deployed
I’ve been plowing through my Netflix queue and finally watching some “must-see” movies. A few months back, “Saving Private Ryan” found its way to my mailbox, and I was excited to watch it. While it is a fantastic movie, it’s not the ideal choice for the wife of a deployed soldier. Obviously, it’s a war…
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Homecoming, round 2
If y’all didn’t see my post at 4 am yesterday, Mac is home! He wound up coming home a week early in his year-long tour. His flight was originally supposed to arrive around 8 pm. They were delayed in Germany because of weather (during the delay, the child sitting next to him made her self literally…