This year will be our second year celebrating Christmas in Japan. Last year was not only our first year, but it also was just...
It’s that time of year again, friends; the Christmas shopping season is upon us.
In every store we enter, expertly executed displays will entice us....
Moving overseas to a military post/base is one thing, but moving overseas to a place that is not affiliated with the military in any...
Nothing says Thanksgiving more than turkey (or tofurkey in some cases). Thanksgiving in the military often means spending the holiday away from family and...
Rainy days are the worst when you have an active toddler. By 9:30 a.m., we have already played with all the toys, watched 700...
I never imagined the mere mention of three seemingly benign letters would make my blood pressure skyrocket. "PCS," or Permanent Change of Station for...
I never buy anything at full retail price. Seriously, never. Why? Well, it’s a habit I developed in part due to my upbringing, but...
Being a military kid is hard! You might not have a lot of choice in where you live or what you do. There are...
The first time I remember my dad being gone was during a year-long deployment to South Korea when I was in the second grade....
This summer we moved overseas. For about 2.5 months, we lived in a variety of housing situations — the majority of the time spent...
This is part one of a series on fun and affordable things to do in Hawaii. This series also aims to highlight the need to...
My husband was in Afghanistan when we found out we had the opportunity to be stationed in Israel together. Instead of reporting at a...
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I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...
