Army life

  • Throwback Thursday: my first military ball

    A few of my fellow milspo bloggers have attended balls recently, and I got to thinking about the first one Mac and I attended. Technically, we went to a dining in while he was in ROTC, but our first official formal after he commissioned was in August of 2010. It was awful. Everyone raves about…

    Read more
  • Home buying for military families

    ***I am not a Realtor, a financial planner, a lawyer, or anything like that. This is not a sponsored post and is based on my own personal experiences.*** As an Air Force brat turned Army wife, I’ve lived in a lot of houses (9, if we ignore the three different places I lived while in…

    Read more
  • House hunting during deployment

    It sounds shallow and terrible, but one of the only perks of deployment is the extra pay. We’re going to use the extra money we’ve saved to buy a house, we think. As I mentioned on Saturday, we put in an offer for a house. So how exactly did we find a house in Colorado while…

    Read more
  • Colorado recap

    After an exhaustive four days in Colorado, I’m back in Virginia and sleeping for the next week. I flew into Denver Tuesday night and then drove to Colorado Springs. We had contacted a Realtor (Mike) in town about a really nice house a few weeks ago. Sadly, it already had 3 offers lined up, so…

    Read more
  • Drumroll please

    If you’ve been playing along, you’ve reached the finished line of our PCS game. If you checked Instagram last night, I might’ve let the secret slip! You’re welcome for a grainy photo taken from the plane. That’s right, we’re moving to Fort Carson!!! I consider Colorado Springs to be where I grew up, so I’m…

    Read more