This is a guest post by Melissa Nauss of Stars and Stripes Doulas. I'm happy to have her voice on the blog today! Stars and Stripes Doulas is a partnership that pairs a professional doula with an expecting mother. I have written before about why I used a doula when I...
Want to save money during deployment? This article isn't about cutting back your spending. It's about finding charges you didn't realize you were making. You might be surprised to discover your credit card is sucking away your money with small repeating charges. When...
The problem: Disney vacations are expensive and kids need to save up for a long time to earn a ticket. Keep reading because: this clever trick will help your kids save allowance for a Disney trip! Can we save enough Dimes for Disney? Have you ever tried saving dimes...
Military life is full of expenses. Keep reading because you want to take advantage of military family discounts. This is a guest post submitted by Megan Shehan of Fiscal Tiger. Military life comes with it’s fair share of difficulties, and those difficulties seem to...
The problem: How can military kids read and stay connected with parents during deployment? Keep reading because: these freebies will help your military kids keep in touch with family members! My kids love reading. Since they were very young, I have always enjoyed...
I will always associate preparing for deployment with preparing for a new baby. Probably because for half of the deployments during our marriage I did have a new baby! One son was born two weeks before a deployment. The other was born one month into a deployment. So...
This post is sponsored by Aeroflow Breastpumps. Pregnancy can be a difficult time for any woman, but it often brings additional challenges for military spouses. You will need to look at your options and decide whether you should have the baby at the base hospital or...
When I encourage young military couples to wait to get married, it’s not because I’m judging them. It’s because I want them to succeed! I have seen firsthand the struggles that young military couples face. Military life is challenging at any age, but it is WAY harder when you are young.
No matter how often they move or change school, military kids can learn to code with a consistent curriculum and a military discount from CodeWizardsHQ.
A military base library is often my first stop after a PCS move. We check into a hotel, wait for our household goods to arrive, and then I immediately head to the military base library to get a library card. Why is a trip to the library so high on our post-PCS action...