I haven’t done a very good job this year of writing as much as I wanted to. Every month in my bullet journal one of my goals is to write...

The first time I saw the Sailor in a uniform changed my life. We weren't even dating, he had just come back from his first deployment, an...

The Sailor and I got married what many would call "old" in the military community. We didn't date in high school, he didn't join right a...

I recently got an email from a woman whose husband had just enlisted in the Navy. She said that she enjoyed reading my blog (hooray!) an...

I was very excited when my husband decided to reenlist for shore duty, mostly because that meant NO DEPLOYMENTS. He would be tied for th...

Homecoming. Not the one from high school where your football team played against the rival team and won big and then you went to a super...

So a few months ago, the Sailor and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary! Which is crazy! It feels so short, but also like the ap...

Hey guys! I know it seems like I fell of a cliff and let me tell you, life has been pretty crazy. The Sailor and I bought a town home i...

I’m sure you’re reading all of this and saying, you married a man in the military, you should know you’re going to be around guns! And yeah

Here’s a list of things that I sent the Sailor: 1. Letters – not the “open when” kind, all of them had random themes, like my favorite food

Like I have said before, I didn’t really own the term “Navy girlfriend” for quite a while, so I started off being pretty in the closet ab...

Everyone's list may be different, but here's what has helped me get through this lifestyle ;) 1. Wine – for all the things you cannot cha...

I’ve said this before and I will say it again: I hate change. Then you’ll say, what the hell woman, you married a man whose career is go...

Sending things to your loved one can be daunting. The first time I did this, I was so flustered and it took someone helping me at the po...

Hey guys! I know I've been super slack about posting, apparently November is just as busy as October was so far >.< Anyway, as a little...

Oh my goodness, I accidentally took a couple week hiatus! October ended up being a pretty busy month, involving the Sailor's birthday, a...

For a long time when the Sailor and I first started dating, I didn’t really feel official. Like, I was dating a guy, who happened to be ...

So the other week, the Sailor had duty on Friday, and I thought I could be a cool wife and come by and see him after I got off work. I t...

As a general rule, I am a person who hates change. I like planning and schedules and routines and things to look forward to every day an...

So I seem to have gotten my first real meeting with Murphy’s Law the first day of the Sailor’s month long underway. Granted, some of the...