Month: May 2010

• May 31, 2010

  Visits from the Sister

  I’ve been bad at writing lately. In my defense, I’ve had company for nearly two weeks, and then entirely too much going on this weekend. Time for an update! My sister came and spent 11 days with me, and we did more things than I can even remember all at once. We made a list…
• May 15, 2010

  The Disenfranchisement of Military Spouses

  I’m getting on a soapbox. You have been warned. This has been brewing in the back of my head for a long time, but I wanted to wait until I was calm before writing about it. You see, every so often something happens that makes me really angry at the way military spouses get treated.…
• May 3, 2010

  Memories of Being Nine.

  This weekend I went to a Spongebob themed birthday party for a girl turning nine. It took me longer than I thought it would for me to pick out a gift for her, because nine is a difficult age. At nine, kids are too told for “little kid” toys, but too young for “pre-teen” things…