MAJOR news. Mac has been picked up for promotion to major! His promotion board met last fall, so he submitted his promotion file in August. The waiting game began and finally ended when the list was released a few weeks ago. In the Army, you attend a course called Command and General Staff College (CGSC)…
Army life
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4 easy tips to reduce your Tricare costs
This post is sponsored by 1 Natural Way. All opinions are my own. Mac and I will celebrate our seventh anniversary this weekend. Like many military newlyweds, we decided to enroll me in Tricare after we got married. I had health insurance through my employer at the time, but Tricare offered the same coverage…
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We bought another house!
Surprise! Mac and I closed on a four-bedroom, three-bathroom house in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Friday, and we are officially homeowners again. This home buying process has been completely different from our first experience in Colorado. It was honestly stressful and kind of a headache, so I’m very glad that it’s over (even if I’m much…
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When you forget where you live: hurricane edition
We’re prepping for hurricane #2 in just over a year here in Augusta. I filled up my tank and grabbed groceries for next week, so I won’t have to run errands during the storm. I’ve spent about half of my life in the South aka where hurricanes hit. My first hurricane experiences came when we…
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Our Georgia bucket list
I realized yesterday that I never put up our Georgia bucket list. When we moved to Colorado, I decided to make a bucket list of things to do while we lived there. Life happened (Mac was gone basically every month while I did my Master’s on the weekends), so we weren’t able to cross everything…
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Advice for a new military spouse
I originally thought of this blog post at my brother-in-law’s wedding in 2016. He’s also in the Army, and his wife was brand new to the military life. As a third-generation military dependent and an Army wife, I think I’m a pretty good source for advice for a new military spouse. The military life does…