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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Don’t Feel Much Like Celebrating? Do It For The Kids
Holiday time can be very stressful for a military family with a deployed parent. I’m glad to not be celebrating as a single parent this year. Having Horatio at home has made this holiday season much more festive than the … Continue reading
Origami Owl Tagged Jewelry makes a great gift
A representative from the Origami Owl Jewelry Line, known for its Living Lockets line, contacted me to promote their new TAGGED™ collection, which is modeled after military dog tags, making them a great gift for military servicewomen and wives, in … Continue reading
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Tagged army, blue star family, dealing with deployment, deployed spouse, deployment, dog tags, giveaway, isabella weems, jewelry, Jill Biden, joining forces, marines, michelle obama, military, military blog, military blogs, military families, military family, military family blog, military freebies, military jewelry, military kids, military spouse, Navy, navy wife, origami owl, single mom, single parenting, US Navy, young entrepreneur
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Help for Military Families
Boy do I wish I’d known about this great organization when Horatio was deployed. What a great thing they are doing to help families of deployed service men and women. I agree with the Blue Star Families lifestyle survey’s findings … Continue reading
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Tagged army, blue star family, dealing with deployment, deployed spouse, deployment, help military families, Jill Biden, joining forces, marines, married single mom, michelle obama, military, military blog, military blogs, military families, military family, military family blog, military freebies, military kids, military spouse, navy wife, parenting, single mom, single parenting, snow removal, US Navy
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Permanent Effects of Deployment
The toilet overflowed today. Bob came downstairs this morning and said, “I think our toilet is broken. There’s lots of paper in it and it won’t go down.” So, there went my plans for the morning. I’d gotten up early … Continue reading
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Tagged army, autism, blue star family, dealing with deployment, deployed spouse, deployment, joining forces, marines, married single mom, military, military blog, military blogs, military families, military family, military family blog, military freebies, military kids, military spouse, Navy, navy wife, parenting, single mom, single parenting, US Navy
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Best New “Classic” Holiday Book
Two days ago, we received a copy of The Night Santa Got Lost: How NORAD Saved Christmas and it is already a favorite in our house. The book is written by Michael Keane and illustrated by Michael Garland. The story, … Continue reading
Posted in Product Review
Tagged air force, America, army, blue star family, christmas book, Christmas poem, christmas poem parody, coast guard, dealing with deployment, deployment, joining forces, marines, michelle obama, military, military blog, military blogs, military christmas, military families, military family, military family blog, military kids, military spouse, Navy, navy wife, Night Before Christmas, norad, parenting, santa, santa book, sweepstakes, the night santa got lost, US Navy
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Strength Finds Us
These days, four months after Horatio returned from his 20 month deployment, people still say they don’t know how we did it. Horatio gets looks of pity for having been away from his family for so long, and friends and … Continue reading
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Tagged asperger's, autism, dealing with deployment, deployed spouse, deployment, deployment blog, home sweet home, married single mom, military, military blogs, military families, military family, military family blog, military kids, military spouse, Navy, navy wife, parenting, single mom, single parenting, US Navy, women, women's strength
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Domeo Transforms The iPad!
Horatio bought himself an iPad while he was deployed. He used it to Skype and Facetime with us and during his rare down time, he watched movies. Since he has been home, though, the family has tried to take over … Continue reading