Tag: army wife

• Yet Another Life Update

  

  Well, it’s been about three years since I gave a life update. The last time I gave an update, we were relocating from Virginia to Ohio so that Dave could get his MS in nuclear engineering. And, of course, we were eagerly waiting for Fischer Homes to do something (anything) to complete our house. A…

• 2024 Travel Bucket List

  

  PCS years make it tricky to plan any big vacations. We decided to focus on saying goodbye to some of our favorite places in Ohio and Kentucky, then exploring our new home in New York and the surrounding states.

• PCS Season is Coming

  

  The Army – Congratulations, you’re moving again! We already know where you are going and when you have to be there, but we can’t just TELL you that right now. We have to wrap it all up in lots of red tape. We will let you know next month. Or in a few months. Maybe.…

• Pros and Cons of Moving a Lot

  

  I like to joke that I move “more often than an escaped convict on the run.” It’s funny, but also pretty accurate. I’ve moved 7 times in under 7 years, and it’s been a wild ride. I feel like for a lot of military spouses, you either love moving so often, or you hate it.…

• What To Do At: Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio

  

  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio Updated on August 1, 2022, to reflect almost a year of living in Ohio. Ohio is a move that has been a long time coming. Ever since Dave was accepted into FA52, we knew we would eventually end up here for him to go through grad school. I was…

• What To Do At: Fort Lee, Virginia

  

  Fort Lee Petersburg, Virginia Fort Lee is probably the most familiar base to us at this point. I lived in Virginia Beach (less than two hours away) for my last two years of college, and Dave was stationed at Lee when we first met. We lived there for several months back in 2016 while Dave…

• What To Do At: Los Alamos National Lab, New Mexico

  

  Los Alamos National Lab Los Alamos, New Mexico We lived in Los Alamos for one year, 2018-2019, for my husband to work as a guest scientist at the lab. Dave was in awe every day to work at the site of the Manhattan Project and walk where some great scientists like Oppenheimer walked. We found…

• What To Do At: Eglin AFB, Florida

  

  When Dave and I first started dating, he was stationed at Eglin AFB to go through EOD school, and I was down for long visits on a pretty regular basis. It was a magical place to begin our relationship, and we hope to end up living there again someday. We actually had a BNR from…

• What To Do At: Fort Carson, Colorado

  

  Fort Carson Colorado Springs, Colorado I lived in Colorado from winter of 2014 to spring of 2016 — which was quite a long time ago. I recognize that there might be better restaurants or activities now, but I’ll still share some things I enjoyed while living there. Where to live off post: I still hold…

• What to Do at What Base: Round 2

  

  It’s been over three years since I first shared my blog “What to Do at What Base.” Since that post, I have moved three more times — and one of those moves returned me to Fort Lee, where I discovered just about everything had changed since the first time I lived there. Upon doing more…