Army life

  • I got my mind on my money

    And my money on my mind. I finally bit the bullet and started working on a budget. First, I created an Excel spreadsheet: I listed our incomes at the top, our monthly bills, and monthly expenses. As I book classes and get paid, I’ll update how much I make. Excel has a bunch of great…

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  • Furniture window shopping

    As I mentioned, we’re going to buy some more furniture in the not-so-distant future. We’ve gone furniture window shopping a few times in the past months to kind of gauge what we like and what we should expect to pay. In all, we own a bedroom set, a guest room bed, a desk, and few…

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  • Semi-employed life

    Please enjoy some Third Eye Blind / somewhat post title inspiration. Apparently, this song is about meth addiction? I missed that when I was 9. Then again, I also missed that “Hotel California” was about drug addiction. I asked Mac. Of course, he knew it was about meth addiction. Clearly, I’m not as wise in…

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  • Looking forward, standing still

    I’ve had moving on the brain a lot lately. It all started about several months ago when Mac and I almost (and should have) moved out of his brother’s house. Growing up as an Air Force brat, I’m used to moving and almost welcome it. We’re coming to the end of our time here in…

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  • Oh Captain, my Captain

    I do love a cheesy post title. Today Monday last month, my beloved was finally (I do mean finally) promoted to Captain! The Army has decided to extend times between promotions because they’re slowly reducing the number of active duty officers and soldiers. My camera had the nerve to die after this picture, so the…

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  • Top 12 of 2012

    As the year draws to a close Since I procrastinated in posting this, I’ve decided to look back at my favorite moments from 2012. 1. Spending a whole year (well, he was stateside for all of it) with Mac. 2. Celebrating our wedding with our friends and family. 3. Starting this blog and watching it…

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