Happy birthday to my wonderful mother! Stay-at-home wife, homemaker, or housewife. We have a bunch of different terms for married women who don’t work. I personally call myself a housewife with 1950s glam and vodka a la “Mad Men” in mind, but wearing yoga pants instead of pearls and pumps. But I do have…
As I mentioned yesterday, housing on post kind of fell through. Thanks for all of your supportive comments! Mac and I decided to pursue some of the apartment options. Back in February, we looked at two of the “luxury” complexes and managed to uncover the Blood / Crips rivalry of Augusta apartments. They hate each…
So Mac and I finally heard back from the Fort Gordon housing office. The woman at the office we had been working with didn’t send our application along to be processed, so we had to jump through a few more hoops. And bad news: they have no houses available for the next month. We asked…
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day! I must admit that Mac and I aren’t the most scintillating of couples. We’re homebodies at heart and are perfectly happy sprawled on a couch at home watching our latest Netflix movie (we’re on a roll, y’all). Maybe it’s because we’ve lived in Fayetteville for three years. This town isn’t…
Mac and I (and every military couple / family) have to decide our housing situation every time we move. The Army provides Mac with a basic allowance for housing (BAH) if he lives off post. This does not totally cover that cost, but it can help offset it. BuyA lot of military families decide to…
So I’ve mentioned a few times that we’re now moving in June. A big part of a painless move is preparing well ahead of time. We also have to begin paring down our stuff. DVDs and such. Mac and I have reasonably similar taste in movies and so own multiple copies of Gladiator, The Patriot,…