Do you pledge?Being a school teacher, the Pledge of Allegiance isn’t just something that I left behind in grade school or that I say every now and then at a special event. It’s an every day thing. It’s a stop what you’re doing, stand, and say it with conviction kind of thing. When I taught out in…
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Day 17 – A Book You’ve Read That Changed Your Views on SomethingAfter physically glancing at my bookcase and not feeling inspired, Margaret Anderson’s Thinking About Women comes to mind and I’m more than satisfied with that response. This textbook was the required reading of the first Women’s Studies course I took at UCLA. That class completely changed the course of my undergraduate education. I started off an…
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99 Things (Stolen from Megan Dub-Yuh)I stole this today from Megan Dub-Yuh. Seemed like the thing to do while I was eating lunch. The ones I’ve done are in bold. Copy, paste, and update with your responses, if you please! 1. Started your own blog – Whoo hoo! I’m all over it! This is blog #3, in actuality. One is…
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It worked!Either it was my crossed fingers or your good thoughts, but it worked! There’s a glimmer of hope on the horizon! Not a long-term solution, but a great fix in the meantime! DH in-processed into his new Reserve unit today, as I had previously mentioned. None of his paperwork from his old unit arrived, which…
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Day 16 – Someone or Something You Definitely Could Live WithoutAttitudes spring to mind, right off the bat. I can live without bad attitudes. I deal with them every day, from start to finish. Moody teenagers are the worst. Cut that crap and let’s do something productive here. If your body is here, you may as well get something done. If you aren’t going to…
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Day 15 – Something or Someone You Couldn’t Live Without……because you’ve tried living without it. I’ve gotta send this one out to DH, just because there’s a cute story to go with it. I’ve been pretty forthcoming on here about the fact that we had a rocky start to our relationship. There’s been more than a couple times where we’ve talked about splitting up,…
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Crossing My FingersI’m crossing my fingers and hoping that tomorrow is the start of a brighter week for our family. Tomorrow, DH finally checks into his new reserve unit. I’m hoping that we’ll get a copy of his drill schedule, since that’s a new thing for us to get used to. I’m hoping that it means that…
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Day 14 – A Hero That Has Let You Down (letter)Dear X, I remember meeting you when I was just a child. You were getting ready to marry a relative of mine. I was enamored with you, although I can’t remember why. Maybe it was because you seemed so beautiful, so young and in love. I wanted to grow up and be like you –…
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MilSpouse Weekly Roundup #7Looking for more milspouse blogs to read? Oh, who am I fooling? You probably found me through one of these link-ups anyway, which means you’re already reading milspouse blogs. I’m not high up there on the totem pole for people to find me first. 🙂 I threw my hat in the ring for this…
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MilSpouse Friday Fill-In #18More Friday fun from Wifey at Wife of a Sailor! 1. Are you a night owl or an early bird? I’m leaning towards early bird, realistically. I like to get ready for bed at 10 pm, and I hate it when my shows come on really late. Thank God for the DVR! I like to sleep…
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