When Mac commissioned, he was a designated branch detail. His lieutenant years where spent in artillery then he transitioned to the signal corps at his promotion to captain. While I wasn’t totally a fan of Fort Bragg and Fayetteville, artillery is pretty freaking cool. Mac’s brigade hosted Molly Pitcher Day a few weeks before our wedding…
Army life
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Leather
Today is our third wedding anniversary and the second in a row we’ve spent apart. The traditional gift for your third anniversary is leather, so I bought Mac a new wallet and a new belt. Since he isn’t home, we will just have to celebrate when he’s back. Happy anniversary, Babe. I love you.
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Proud Military Spouse link-up
Today, I’m linking up with two good bloggy friends (Jen and Amanda) in honor of military spouse appreciation day. Tell us about yourself and your blog. I’m Lisa. I’m 26, and I graduated from Virginia Tech 5 years ago. I’ve been a military “significant other” for 6 years, and we’ve been married for about three and…
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I’ll bash his head in
Or, what we did this weekend. So Mac’s regiment had a ball on Thursday night. It was at the Antlers Hilton downtown and was quite a nice event. We wound up getting a hotel room because Mac had to be there several hours early to oversee the A/V set-up, he needed a place to change,…
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Wives’ coffee themes
The wives’ group in Mac’s new unit is hosting a taco-themed coffee this weekend. Most groups started out as coffee get-togethers; these days, a lot meet for dinner. I’m going to sign up to host one in the near future and have been thinking about themes. I hosted a pumpkin carving party at Fort Bragg, and, aside…
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Military friendly address book
An old adage in military families is to never write addresses down in pen. I’ve been looking for a nice address book for literally years. The ones I’ve owned didn’t have large enough lines for my out of control handwriting, weren’t cute enough, or didn’t come with lots of extra refills. So I decided to make my…