Since about 75% of the bloggers I follow are currently pregnant, I keep seeing the semester or pregnancy essentials posts about what they use or need to get through the baby-gestating process. Around these parts, I am not growing a baby, so I decided to spoof their idea for my deployment essentials. 1. Wine. I don’t know how prego wives survive deployment. Wine is a friend in a… View Post »
Easy cookie bars
I saw this recipe the other night and decided to give it a try. While I love cookies, I also love the sheer laziness of cookie bars. All the taste and chewiness of cookies without the hassle of scooping dough. You also don’t have to soften butter or chill the dough. The base of the recipe is a boxed cake mix. You just add melted butter and eggs. I prefer… View Post »
Life as a grandcat
It’s Purrburger here today. I’m hijacking Mommy’s blog, so I can share my adventures in our new house. These days, life is pretty good. I miss Daddy, but I have two new humans to cater to my every whim. And they’re much more willing to feed me than Mommy. 5:30 am. Time for my morning warm-up. I prefer to wander upstairs and meow. Loudly. 6:30 am. Breakfast. Finally. I’m… View Post »
Hometown tourist
Mac and I have been planning stuff to do while he’s home on leave. We’re not going on vacation, so we’re sticking to this area. Since I didn’t grow up in Northern Virginia, I love visiting Washington, DC and doing fun, touristy things. Here’s some of the stuff we want to do. See DC from the top of the Washington Monument. It’s now open again! Source Take a Ducky tour… View Post »
Fourth of July recap
Friday, I headed up to Baltimore to meet my parentals. If flying were half as wonderful as Amtrak, it would be halfway decent. We checked in and headed down to the Inner Harbor. We decided to walk around to Fort McHenry which is a much further walk than it seems. It was really cool to spend the Fourth of July in the same place where the words that became our… View Post »
Happy Independence Day!!!
Happy birthday, America!!! I hope everyone has a safe and happy Fourth of July. My parents and I are off to Baltimore for the today then Annapolis tomorrow. Follow me on Instagram to keep up with my adventures! Here’s a sneak peak!