military life

Training and Moving

June 23, 2010
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** You have one more day to enter my giveaway!! The last couple of weeks have been a little chaotic since I have decided to race the day before I move back to the U.S. I have the Baumholder Triathlon this coming Sunday with a: 1200 meter swim 32 mile bike 8.5 mile run The [...]

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It’s Times Like These

June 11, 2010
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Warning: This is not a very upbeat post. However, I need to get some things off my chest, and it is my blog, and I can write whatever I want on it, right? Right. I have to admit that the past couple of months have not been easy for me. My husband coming home and [...]

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Survival Guide for Spouses of Deployed Service Members

May 5, 2010
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My husband came home today after being deployed for only 4 months. To say the least, I was VERY, VERY excited!! I was on my way to the airport this morning when I got a call letting me know that it would be another 6 hours until I saw my husband.  The news didn’t make [...]

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Military Fitness

April 1, 2010
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This week was filled with ups and downs in the cycling area of my life. I couldn’t help but be sad when my cycling guru taught her last class at the gym on Wednesday. She was quitting after 20+ years of teaching because of the programs coordination at the gym. Many other instructors are following [...]

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All The Single Ladies, All The Single Ladies!

February 3, 2010
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This post is dedicated to all the single ladies out there who put up with crap that women with spouses don’t have to! For the past week, I have really been awakened to how much the hubby does for me on a daily basis.  Every single time he deploys (we are a month into this [...]

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Deployment and the Military Spouse

January 6, 2010
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Yesterday morning the hubby deployed.  I’m one of the lucky ones because he is only gone for 4 months instead of 6, 12, or 15 months.  Nonetheless, it was and will continue to be difficult to see him leave. When we woke up, I decided to make him his favorite pancakes before he left.  These [...]

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We’re Booked: Spain, Morocco, Canary Islands, Madeira

November 1, 2009
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(This is a pic of somewhere in the the Canary Islands!!) Well, Steve and I are officially booked for a cruise set for the end of November!  We are so excited!  The weather will be especially gloom during that time in Germany, and it will be so nice to get out and enjoy the nice [...]

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