Wow, I can hardly believe it myself, it’s finally here! Boo was in the Class of 2014 and we have attended our first child’s High School Graduation! He’s a college bound Freshman this fall! We are so proud of him and excited for his journey at college.
While I’m thrilled that he has earned a Full-Tuition Academic scholarship at his College of choice, I am not so thrilled that we’ll be taking him [Read more…]
Happy New Years! I hope you had a great 2013 and that 2014 holds many great things in store for you as well!
Our 2013 was interesting to say the least! Just a quick recap of the year –
In January Mr. B left from his 2 weeks of R & R to head back to Afghanistan to finish the last 6 months of his deployment. In the meantime the kids and I held down the fort and I worked full-time subbing as a [Read more…]
Nope, we are definitely NOT in Alabama anymore y’all! Here are 10 signs that serve as reminders that we are far from Alabama, now living in Germany!
We have been here almost a month and NO one says y’all here! I said it at the Christmas party last weekend and then immediately inwardly cringed! Note to self, we are NOT in AL anymore, no more saying y’all! I’m not a Southerner (I’m from Idaho) so [Read more…]
I continue with the story of our PSCing to Germany journey, our last leg of the trip, from BWI to Spangdahlem via Ramstein AB. If you’ve been following my previous posts about the trip over then you know that the first leg of the journey was a rough trip for Mac, thankfully the 2nd leg was much easier on him, a bit harder on us though, but really it wasn’t too bad.
Just to recap from the BWI post [Read more…]
We are officially homeless, carless (have sold our family Tahoe & the car is on a boat to Germany), and are finally headed out on our next Adventure!
If all goes well by the time you read this we’ll be touching down in Dutschland, aka Germany! It will be where we will start our next set of adventures and probably our most challenging yet as we PCS mid-year with a Senior High Schooler and will [Read more…]
When you are PCSing to and from an Overseas location you have the option of sending Unaccompanied Baggage aka an Express Shipment. We have always chosen to use this option!
What is Unaccompanied Baggage/ an Express Shipment? This fact sheet from the Ramstein site has some great info about it! Basically it is a percent of your household weight allowance that your allowed to take with you overseas [Read more…]
Most families who PCS overseas ship at least one vehicle with them because the military will pay for it. This also depends on the location that you are going to and if your vehicle meets that Countries requirements. You can also ship a second vehicle at your own cost if you really want to. Learn what you need to know to successfully get your vehicle ready to ship to your new Overseas base in this [Read more…]
A few weeks ago while my Mom was here we finally made it to visit Oak Mountain State Park, just outside of Birmingham, AL. It was $3 for everyone over 11, $1 for 6-11, so it cost us $ 16 to get into the park. It was about an hour drive from Montgomery. If your an outdoorsy type of person there is lots to do, we just went to check out the Petting farm, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, and the Oak [Read more…]
Well I did it, I finally ran a Mud Run and am able to cross it off my Bucket List! This past Saturday we ran the Almighty Mud Run put on by Bridges of Faith in Billingsley, AL. Not only did we get to run a Mud Run but we were also supporting a ministry that brings Ukrainian orphans here to the US to be adopted.
My biggest obstacle to overcome in being able to run the Mud Run was finding someone [Read more…]
Wowzer, PCSing with a pet is intense! Sure, I’ve read other people’s stories and heard their tales but until you go through the process yourself you just don’t ‘get it.’ While this is not our first Overseas PCS is is our first one with our dog, Macintosh. I wanted to [Read more…]