Life has been a bit chaotic since spring break ended. We had a ton of things going on at work, and I quickly fell behind on everything. Stuff I had to do at work, going to Pure Barre, grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry. Everything. I’m currently taking Counseling, and we spent an hour in class last…
Army life
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Why I have a CPA
***This is not a sponsored post. For clarity’s sake, my CPA is my sister, Leslie.*** While we had a few extra days, the impending doom of of filling out and filing taxes is upon us. Our tax situation has varied in our married life: we have filed taxes in four states in three years. We’ve…
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Post-Valentine’s Day thoughts
I took an epic nap when I got home from class on Saturday which resulted in 1) major insomnia and 2) catching up on blog reading. Most bloggers posted something about Valentine’s Day, so I clicked through to see what everyone did. Valentine’s Day is normally over a four-day weekend in Army land because of…
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Christmas 2015, an Amazon Prime production
I guess I should recap our Christmas break, right? We decided to go back east to visit our families in Virginia and Pennsylvania. Mac had block leave, so we planned an 11 day trip to maximize our time off. A major part of living away from family is getting yourselves, your cat, and your crap…
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Long distance Christmas prep
I’m recapping our full Christmas trip tomorrow, but I thought I would share how we prepared for Christmas in PA and VA while in Colorado. If you live away from family and are traveling over the holidays, you have a few options. Buy everything there. Depending on how much time you have before Christmas (or…
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Flying with a cat
File this under “We’ve officially lost our minds.” We are fairly crazy cat parents, and Mac felt extraordinarily guilty after we boarded Purrburger during our trip to Alaska. So the solution to guilt? Take a twelve-pound animal who associates the car with the vet or groomer, zip her in a carrier for hours, and bring…