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 awesome dance in your best clothes. I'm talking about the date-ever-changing, feels-like-the-first-time, stress-about-what-to-wear, shave-every-part-of-your-body, try-not-to-cry homecoming. You know the one ;) It's the thing that every military spouse lives for (not everything leading up to it, just this one day) and the common theme is t

Oh my goodness, I accidentally took a couple week hiatus! October ended up being a pretty busy month, involving the Sailor's birthday, a friend's wedding, a family emergency, our 6 month anniversary, a trip to Busch Gardens and Halloween (Below are pictures from the wedding, road trip and Trunk-or-Treat)! But I haven't forgotten about y'all and this blog! I have also been busy with work (my job still rocks!) and with the Family Readiness Group. While I was living in North

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 in the Navy. I didn’t see myself as a “milso” or a navy girlfriend, and I was very hesitant to claim that title. I didn’t even know the term milso existed until I went onto Tumblr and found some other military wives and girlfriends and saw it being used. It was usually used along with a story about how they’ve seen their husband/boyfriend