June 15, 2018

When Nick was debating whether or not he should stay in the Navy, someone told him that in military life, the lows are lower than in civilian life……

May 23, 2018

We’ve hit the two-month mark! I’ve been rocking deployment for two whole months. The days are so busy and the weekends are so jam-packed that I often feel…

April 2, 2018

A few weeks before our husbands deployed, I got these cards from Modern Rosie to give out to some of my friends on his boat. On the back…

March 27, 2018

Well, friends, it’s here. I have been talking about Nick deploying for over a year, and he finally left. I know it probably seems like he’s been deployed…

March 5, 2018

Nick’s deployment is coming up. If we were having coffee, I would probably spend most of our time together talking about it. So let’s call this a coffee…

February 15, 2018

I’m spilling all of my secrets lately! Here’s one that most people don’t know about Nick and me unless you’re a fellow military spouse or a close friend….

February 7, 2018

I don’t think I’ve ever needed a vacation as much as I needed to get away with Nick to the Big Island over New Years. Nick has always…

February 1, 2018

So here’s something I’ve been wanting to talk about on my blog for a long time, but haven’t been able to find the courage to do. I have…

January 15, 2018

As people all around the world heard, Hawaii had a terrible scare for 38 minutes on Saturday. I was lucky. I slept through most of it. I probably had…

January 11, 2018

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