200!
This is my 200th postand my blog is a year old this month.It's been such a fun ride so far.I've learned so much, met some amazing peopleand had the best time venting and expressing.I am working on a offshoot of this blogso look for that coming soon!For now, I thought it might be fun to do a feature post about myself,for those who are new or just want to know more about me.~Job Title: I used to call myself a Freelance Writer,but I recently heard the term Independent Writer.I fell in lo

Yours, Mine and Ours
{Cute movie. Both of them.}~The last few weeks have been fullof Navy life... all kinds of events.And I've found myself saying"When we joined the squadron,""When we leave the squadron,"or "Our tour."You see the problem there, right?I'm not IN the Navy.I wasn't assigned to that squadron.Or was I?I mean I vowed to stay with him through better or worse.(ie. Awesome or Sucky duty stations /Shore duty or Sea duty)And in doing so, I follow him wherever he goesand join the Spouse Club of

YooHoo!
Thanks to those who have been wondering where I've been.I've been right here, on the other side of this screen,but I've been busy with work.I've been writing for DemandStudios (highly recommend),working on a new article project (about sign language),trying to stay up with my grant clients (whom I DO love)and working out a new blog idea.(Do you know a milspouse with her own business...)~Anyway... I've had a couple people ask me with pityhow I'm doing as I've been so busy with work,but the truth is I adore it!I would rather spend 12 hours in my office,

Friday Favorites - Projectiles
We have a problemwith weather and flying objects.Maybe it's our own little Butterfly Effect.Hubby does some flying,objects come flying at us.~ Two years ago,we were in S. California.Completely unaware of the Santa Ana windsthat were about to haul wildfires away...that was until our table umbrella in the front yardflew over our house and landed in the backyard.It was like some freaky Mary Poppins moment.Last night, as I was sitting in my office, I heard a boom and intense scratching. It was Really dark out

Noah, Where are you?
So it's raining here...A LOT.A WHOLE LOT!~And this morning, we lost power.My Hubby was in quite a hurryto get to work.Apparently, my pouring tepid waterinto a coffee filter of grounds over a pot,although appreciated,creates less than Starbucks quality.I told Hubby, rather casually,that everything is shut down in the area,and that they tend to do that around here.Weather Weanies!They don't do that "where we come from."He just laughed..."Like the Navy is going to shut down for rain.