Tag: military
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In Defense of Christmas decorations on November 1
I can already hear the oh-so-festive sounds of groans and moans, the snide comments and the weeping for our future. The Christmas decorations are already in stores. Truth be told, I saw Christmas trees in Macy’s back in September (which was just weird), but now that it’s November, I’m a lot less bothered. I know […]
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Holiday party… in March?
Last weekend we had our very belated holiday party with J’s command. It’s a holiday party because, y’know, they missed ALL of the holidays while on deployment. Plus it was a homecoming party. It was nice, and a bunch of people who are becoming our friends came, and we had a good time. Mostly it […]
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Mexico Mission Photos
This post will have to be short as it’s already late and I’ve got a long day tomorrow. In case you haven’t seen them yet, there’s a new album over here with photos from the Mexico mission trip. I haven’t had much to blog about lately, not because I haven’t been doing things, but rather […]
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Re-enlistment
It’s late and I don’t have time to upload photos tonight, nor do I have time to give you an actual entry, but here are a couple of photos from J’s re-enlistment today. More later.
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Silk Scarves and Other Bribes
This weekend I received a box of what I call “bribes” — gifts from various port calls sent back so that I can enjoy them, too. Some might call them souvenirs, but as what I got was mostly from a place I’ve never been, I’m not sure that’s quite the right term. Anyway, I got […]
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Deployment Curse
I have it. Big time. Other people do, too. It’s an actual military superstition. Well, among military spouses anyway. See this. And this. And this. It’s like Murphy’s Law, except it only goes into effect when your active duty (or reservist) spouse deploys. And it can start in the week before they leave, but usually […]
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Kaneohe Bay Air Show
Oooh, two entries in one day! Amazing! Haha. This is mostly to let you know there are photos from Saturday when we went to the Kaneohe Bay Air Show. We had a great time looking at the static displays and seeing the flight demonstrations, including a helicopter that flies upside-down (though I didn’t get photos […]
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Arguing with the DoD
The housing manager for our community has just come and gone. He took a couple of photos and really was only here about five minutes, but we accomplished something important: I now have documentation that my house is badly insulated. Anyone that has come to visit me knows that the upstairs (especially the guest room) […]
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The Frocking Date
Today they held the frocking ceremony on J’s ship. What is frocking? It sounds kind of… bad, doesn’t it? Like it might even be painful. Well, back in the old days, the sign of a Petty Officer or commissioned officer was that they wore a frock coat. When they got promoted, it sometimes happened at […]
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Adventures on the AFB Part Two!
In which our Brave Heroine ventures once again onto Hickam Air Force Base in search of a Craft Store. Today I experienced the very best (I mean this both sarcastically and seriously) of military efficiency and helpfulness. Our story begins after lunch with J. We had to go by the ITT office to get aquarium […]
Joanna Volavka 