I’ve officially been Mrs. Meenach for over a month now and married life is great! Obviously, it would be better if Jett and I lived together, but I am grateful for the amount of time we’ve been able to spend together during our first month of marriage. Being married is great- I cannot stop reminiscing over our wedding. If you know me this is going to be really hard to believe, but I never had a dream wedding planned out. I always hoped to get married one day but those hopes never really included any big plans for a wedding. Anyway, this wedding was like a dream. Everything was perfect…
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Creating A Community
By Jen Heisel I’m not your typical Marine Corps spouse. I’ve never been through a PCS and have never moved to be with my husband (miraculously, he’s only ever been stationed in San Diego, and we met six months after I moved here). I don’t have kids and I work full-time. I had a life that existed before my husband and one that still exists quite separately from the military. I love my civilian life, my civilian friends, my civilian house in my civilian neighborhood and my civilian job. But this military life is weird. There are no two ways about it. You could go days without hearing from your…
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Stocking Stuffer Ideas
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may make a commission if you click on one. Last week I released my 2018 Gift Guide For Him and this week it’s all about the stocking stuffers! All of these gifts are under $25 and are also perfect for a couple who has just started dating.
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Military Gift Guide – For Him
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may make a commission if you click on one. It’s hard for me to believe that the holidays are just around the corner, mostly because I’ve spent the last three weeks living in a fairytale consisting of our wedding and honeymoon! If you’re anything like me you want to get a jump on holiday shopping- especially because it takes a while to find just the right gift for your guy. Jett and I are going on four Christmas’ together now and I felt an obligation to create a gift guide for other MilSos out there who may be celebrating their first…
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To My Parents
Veterans Day. A day to recognize and thank all those who have served. Both of my parents were in the Navy and so usually around this time of year I write a Facebook post thanking them for their service. This year is a little different. Today, I realized I’ve barely told my parents how proud I am of them and their service. I often tell Jett how proud I am of him because I am. But, somehow, I’ve never told my parents. Here it is.
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Pre-Wedding Q&A
I was scrolling through TheKnot.com, which is my usual these days when I stumbled upon a pre-wedding Q&A they did and instantly thought this would be a perfect activity for Jett and me to do to get this blog going! Enjoy!
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Where are my other Warrior Wives at?!
Seriously, where is everybody?! The whole time Jett and I have been together he’s been in the military. Jett and I met the summer before his junior year at the Naval Academy. Now, Jett is stationed at Quantico, Virginia as he awaits IOC (Infantry Officer Course) training. So this military thing isn’t new for us. It’s been part of our relationship since the beginning. When we started dating, he was playing baseball at the academy. For the next two years I would travel from Virginia and eventually Kansas, up and down the East Coast to see him play. I got to know quite a few of the other Navy baseball…
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Waitress to Warrior Wife
May 31st, 2015, Jett walked into the Norfolk, Virginia Chili’s where I was working. It was an early Sunday morning and his group of friends were some of our first customers. I remember telling a coworker how cute the guy in the sunglasses was. Well, that guy-Jett, ended up leaving his number on the back of his receipt for me.