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From the category archives:
Careers and Kids and Separations. And a bit about Homeschooling, too.
John just got back from attending a month-long course down in Texas for Air Force Officers of his rank (major) who are in his career field. The class was small, maybe a dozen officers or so, and they were (rather forcibly) encouraged to mingle and [...]
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As I mentioned in my last post, my husband is TDY right now, which is military-speak for a business trip. I don’t envy him being in West Texas in August! Although it hasn’t exactly been roses and rainbows up here in Ohio, either. Blech.
Military Per Diem: Excuse to Spend? Or Opportunity to Save?
When John [...]
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I’m not sure if that really makes sense. Just work with me here.
The Hubs is Home!
As of Friday night, well after Olivia and Peter were in bed. But it was nice for Conner to have his dad all to himself for a bit.
Hubs slept fine that first night, courtesy of complete travel exhaustion. The little [...]
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We haven’t done a do-it-yourself move in many years. I knew there was no way I was going to pay for the boxes we need – $2-$5 for each one when you buy them from a moving company.
I drove around for awhile yesterday and checked a couple of places for used boxes, but only managed [...]
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I’ve had these papers taunting me from the pile in the corner where I stuck them when my focus turned to getting this house put up for sale. Guess how many late bills are hidden in there?
Apparently, at least one. At least, I was assuming my phone got disconnected for a reason. I never paid [...]
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Wow, I hate to say I told you so. But I told you so.
We have an offer on the house. It’s not acceptable as-is, so we will counter. If they don’t accept our counter, that’s that. If they do…
We’ll be looking for a place to live for six months. Because here’s the kicker: The Hubs’ [...]
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Many, many years ago, in a tiny coffee shop on a corner of Alvarado Street in Monterey, California, just down the hill from a military language school, a young Army linguist-in-training spied a young Air Force linguist-in-training at a table with some of her fellow linguist-in-training friends. The young Army man was quite taken with [...]
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Hmm… You might notice a few things are missing. Like the base board, some quarter round, some grout in the tile… Oh, and a TOILET and some TILE ON THE WALL. You know, little things.
This is a problem because we need to sell this house. Yes, we are moving. Surprise!
Anyone wanna buy a wonderful family [...]
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Some of you have asked for an update on how The Hubs is doing on his deployment. Firstly — thank you so much for asking! That sure is sweet of you. Secondly — he’s doing just fine up there in the Kyrgyz mountains, where the weather is so erratic you’d think it was Kansas: sunshine [...]
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