Army Life Archive

Monday, August 8th, 2011

What’s Left Behind

Every time a military family moves, a lot gets left behind. These are sometimes donated, sometimes gifted, often times pitched & then there’s jewels like these – the abandoned. When my friend & her family moved back to the States in June, she left behind the lilies she had purchased & planted last year. Stargazers [...]

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

How This Is Gonna Work

Moving 6 times in 7 years, I’ve come to pick up a thing or two. And every freakin’ time we have to move again I think, “there’s got to be an easier way”. [This is where a good spiral notebook comes in handy - small & portable.] The first step to figuring out just what [...]

Friday, July 29th, 2011

Wheel of PCS Fortune

With 130 days left in Korea we still don’t know where we going yet. It’s the question everyone asks. And I get it…but  believe me, I want to know more than you do. Because it would kinda be nice to start figuring out the best neighborhoods to live, what I’ll have access to again…{crossing fingers [...]