Allied Shirts {A Guest Post}

You can now make specialized shirts to welcome your loved one home from deployment! During my husband’s last deployment I made a banner over at BuildASign.com to welcome him home. It was a lot of fun to create something unique and special for the occasion. I remember standing at the end of his gate at the Dayton …

Valentine Care Package Ideas

Looking for the perfect way to send some love to your favorite valentine in a valentine care package? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered! 6 fun things to send in a Valentine care package  Homemade heart gummy treats  You didn’t think I would write a list of fun things to send in a valentine care …

Deployment Commandments

 In case you missed any of the five deployment commandments they are now all in one place!  Deployment commandments are those little things you promise yourself that you will not do every time your spouse deploys, but will ultimately break. It is always easier to say this deployment I am not going… than it is to …

The 5th Deployment Commandment

It doesn’t matter if this is your 1st or 100th deployment, how prepared you are; spouses everywhere make a list of commandments that they promise themselves they won’t break, this time. Yet, every deployment they end up breaking most if not all of them. This is number 5 on my list of commandments that every spouse breaks during …

The 4th Deployment Commandment

The 4th Deployment Commandment: Thou Shall Not Get Frustrated At Thy Spouse  Every deployment I try so hard to not let little things get to me. I try so hard to let things roll and to always be cheerful and positive when talking with my husband. I try to not get frustrated with my husband when certain …

The 3rd Deployment Commandment

It is time for the 3rd Deployment Commandment Deployments are a part of the military lifestyle. Deployments come in all shapes and sizes, some are long, some are short, some seem harder and others seem to “fly” by. But regardless of how long the deployment will be, how prepared you are, or what number deployment it is for you …