Looking for an easy dinner tonight. Try this easy recipe. Super healthy, loaded with yummy veggies and chicken over a bed of rice. Ingredients: 1 chicken breast 4 TB soy sauce, divided 4 tsp cornstarch, divided 1/4 tsp ground ginger 1/3 cup of water 3 TB olive oil 1 large carrot, thinly sliced 1 […]
It is another Tuesday and another prompt word. This week’s prompt is BELIEVE. I don’t really know where this post came from. It is one of my favorite parts about prompt word writing. You find out what is inside your mind waiting to come out. I hope you enjoy this post and how it ties […]
GroVia the Cadillac of Cloth Diapers If you end up liking prefolds and would like to take the jump to something easier, but still helps to keep landfills empty. You can upgrade from prefolds to All In Ones (AIO) cloth diapers. There are a number of different brands available to try, Bumgenius , Fuzzi Bunz […]
How to get started with cloth diapers: Prefolds If you are going to be a new parent soon you might be asking the question, “Should I use cloth diapers?” I know I had that question when our bundle of joy arrived. After asking friends and even doing a Facebook poll my husband and […]
Every Thursday night before I go to bed I check to see what the Five Minute Friday prompt is so I can write for five minutes and take a break from blogging. Today my husband is on a short business trip and my son wasn’t in the mood to go to bed. So he is […]
Afghanistan through pictures from my Afghanistan deployment as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). It is adapted from a funny presentation my co-worker made right before it was time to head home. It will show you where we worked and pictures from around the base and Kapisa Province. We were at Forward Operating Base Morales […]
These black bean burgers are easy to make and only require 4 ingredients. I hope you enjoy them. They work great as a side or on a bun with all the fixings. Ingredients: 1/2 cup salsa (any brand will do, pick your spice level) 1 16 oz can of black beans 1/4 cup of diced […]
It takes time to get settled when you move. Time to make each new friendship. Time for your house to feel like a home. And it takes time to know you way around town. When I left Ohio I had friends for play dates, hiking and having fun. Now I live in California and luckily […]
It is time to reach for the stars… Don’t hold back… Dream big… I think often times I think about doing something and something inside of me tells me that I can’t do it before i even try. I’m not really sure why. I wonder why do I beat myself up and not give myself […]
I deployed to Afghanistan as part of a Provincial Recontruction Team in 2010. Today I’m sharing part of my experience of when we went to the capital to meet women in Afghanistan. If you would like to learn more about my deployment click here. Mission to the Capital of Kapisa to meet women in Afghanistan […]
I am a former Air Force officer who has transitioned to being a stay at home mom and Air Force wife. My husband and I have lived in New Mexico and Ohio and now California. I left the military in 2013.
Here on my blog I share stories incorporating life experience from veteran/milspouse/motherhood perspective while occasionally throwing in my past letters home from my Afghanistan deployment.
My goal is to inspire others on their life journey and hopeful find some encouragement along the way I help military leaders transition into mom life so they can thrive.
