So like most of the population, I’ve been hitting the gym to start off the new year. I even went to the gym last Tuesday when it was 9 freaking degrees outside (then caught the plague and couldn’t move without coughing). But I’m not going to any gym. I’m going to Pure Barre aka 55 minutes of torture that I still like enough to keep going plus I already paid for… View Post »
Sunday Social: a reintroduction
1. What is the name of your blog? How long have you been blogging?Sorority Life to Army Wife. Almost two years! 2. Why do you blog?A creative outlet that is significantly cheaper than crafting. 3. What is the first blog you ever followed?Not really sure. Adventures of Our Army Life? 4. What is your favorite post you wrote in 2013?I wrote almost 400 posts last year, and I have to… View Post »
Care packages 101: the basics
I’m going to do a series of posts on care packages. Feel free to leave comments about your own ideas and helpful tips! This deployment, I have a much better idea of how to prepare and mail care packages to Mac. My plan is to send at least one box a month. You can ship boxes a whole bunch of ways, but I personally prefer the Post Office’s large flat rate… View Post »
With a kiss goodbye…
** I wrote this after Mac left but didn’t publish it right away because of obvious OPSEC reasons.** So Mac is on his way to deployment #2. I wish I could say that I was the stoic wife, used to her husband leaving for days, weeks, months at a time. But I’m not. Mac’s flight was originally scheduled for Saturday night. We ran a few errands that morning, met my… View Post »
Quality content
Lately, I’ve been researching ways to grow my blog. I’ve stayed away from doing giveaways (because I’m not willing to part with my monies) and guest posting on other blogs (because I can’t think of blog topics for my own blog, let alone someone else’s). One of the suggestions I see a lot is to post quality content. What exactly is quality content? To me, these posts should be about interesting topics… View Post »
Token cold weather status
In case you’ve been hibernating and not watching the weather, it’s cold outside. Apparently, a lot of people were strangely fascinated to see how quickly the temperature would drop as this polar vortex swirled chaos and anarchy into our lives. I was no different, and you lucky ducks even get to see how cold it got here in Falls Church. Our high today is a brisk 19 degrees Fahrenheit. Compare… View Post »