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Where the hell have I been? At SargesList.com!

  Right? It has been insane the past few months – A lot of what I thought to be true within my military life was tested and negated. It made me feel confused, lost, but not alone. There were lot of “I told you so’s” from friends who choose to stay distant from the daily [...]

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Where the hell have I been? At SargesList.com!

  Right? It has been insane the past few months – A lot of what I thought to be true within my military life was tested and negated. It made me feel confused, lost, but not alone. There were lot of “I told you so’s” from friends who choose to stay distant from the daily [...]

Are Combat Spouses Jaded?

My husband takes bombs apart for a living, and that is hard for “normal” people to process. It is all I have known for the last 8 years and all of my friends are EOD spouses. We talk about the guys on deployment, rolling over IED’s, stepping on land mines, and whether or not the [...]

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Creating a Deployment Countdown

I like to find positive and creative ways to get my kids involved with deployments. Now that they are old enough to count, I can set up a “Deployment Countdown Jar.” Many of my friends do this, and it is really easy to set up. Here are the basics. Start with two containers. Transparent vases [...]

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Freebies and discounts

Frugal once had a negative connotation. You were considered a cheap person, someone who wouldn’t let go of a dollar for anything. Now, frugal is a life style. Everyone loves to tell someone they saved money, found a sweater on sale or talked a sales person down on the price. It’s almost as if we [...]

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JobPadHQ Offers Free Service to Lower Military Spouse Unemployment

Finding a job as a military spouse is hard work.  Did you know that according to the Department of Defense there are 1.2 million military spouses and 80% of them want to work but have a difficult time finding jobs and getting hired? A couple years ago when we lived in Washington, I attempted to [...]

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Best Unique Deployment Gifts for Care Packages

I’m not a fan of the more traditional gifts, like the superimposed pictures on pillow cases, or t-shirts with the kids faces on them. They’re sweet sure, and some people enjoy them…but the type of guys that my husband is around are the type of guys that would pull the pillowcase or t-shirt to shreds [...]

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Where the hell have I been? At SargesList.com!

  Right? It has been insane the past few months – A lot of what I thought to be true within my military life was tested and negated. It made me feel confused, lost, but not alone. There were lot of “I told you so’s” from friends who choose to stay distant from the daily [...]

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