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Military Family Life

Home is Where the Navy Sends Us

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A modern design take on the classic saying.  We’ve got prints available now in our Shop! Some of us nomadic spirits enjoy the mobile lifestyle you get when you are a military family.  We’ve lived all over, and we always try to “Bloom Where We Are Planted.”  Each place we have lived has added to [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions for a Creative Mom

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I like to think of New Year’s Resolutions as more like a plan than a list of solid goals.  The goal is, as always, to be the best mom, wife and artist I can be.  I figure if i get around to most of these, I’ll be okay this year. TEN:  Quality reading for you [...]

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The Best iPhone Apps for Busy Moms & Dads

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I know you’re busy, so I’ll cut right to the chase.  I love my iPhone, and here are some of the reasons why.  This is by NO MEANS a complete list.  These are just a few apps I happen to have collected and use on a regular basis.  Have some better ones? Please add them [...]

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Inspiration for Mothers Day

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Juggling motherhood, military family life and a successful business is always a challenge.  My good friend Roxanne is a pro!  Read her motivating Q and A with Fox News.   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519199,00.html For more info on Roxanne and “The Original Design Company of Military Wives” (and to see some fabulous “Creative Mom Web Design”) Check out [...]

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Families Love Photos

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If your family is like ours, and most military families are, you have a wide net of family and friends spread all across the country.  We currently have family on both oceans, the gulf and sprinkled all in between.  Modern communication options like Email, Facebook and Skype make keeping in touch easy, but if I [...]

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An Hour in the Life of a Work at Home Mom

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Disclaimer: If frantic phone calls, poopy diapers, pineapples or nursing bras upset you in anyway, you don’t want to read this article.  We, the work at home moms, are a misunderstood bunch. No one can really identify with your day to day balancing act except for another gal juggling the same combo of kids, clients, [...]

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Top Ten Reasons It’s Time to PCS

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For some of us it is the price we pay for being a military family.  For some of us it is the reason we love being a military family!  Either way you always know when it’s past time to head on to the next duty station. 10. Everyone who lived on your street when you [...]

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Travels With Ernest – The Adventures of a Nomadic Navy Wife

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In the spring of 2006 my husband left for a deployment.  It wasn’t our first, and it certainly will not be our last, but it was his final deployment before we became parents.  I was able to take advantage of the flexibility of our before-kids lifestyle, and, among other things, I became a nomad, tried [...]

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What Is It Really Like When Daddy Leaves?

Military Family Life 05.23.2008

I always try to keep up to date with what is going on in the world, and I am always interested in reading insightful articles and news stories.  But, time is precious these days, so I have a filter, my husband.  He makes sure I get all the pertinent news of the day including articles [...]

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