To say I knew nothing about what military life was like before becoming a Navy wife is an understatement. I grew up in Eastern Iowa, where there are no military bases, and therefore had no exposure to people in the military. In my mind, being military meant going to war or being overseas, and that sounded like the most dangerous… Read More
A Decade in Review
We love to share our Year in Review posts every year, and since we’re coming to the end of a decade, we thought it’d be fun to summarize the last 10 years together. This is a look back into all that happened and changed in our lives over this last decade. There were a lot of big life events that… Read More
3 Years
Truth be told, I didn’t believe in soul mates. Sure, I loved Disney movies and sappy love stories as much as the next hopeless romantic, but I knew that with there being billions of people in this world, everyone is bound to have at least several “someones” out there with which they could live “happily ever after”. What it really comes… Read More
Curtis and Jessica : 2015 in Review
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Today I’m sharing our annual Christmas letter/Year-in-Review post – my very favorite post to write! Being both a sentimental person and one who just loves a good reason to make a new list of goals, New Year’s Eve/Day is one of my favorite holidays. I love looking back on the past year at the… Read More
How I Chose the Name for my Blog
In honor of this new website, I thought today I’d share a little more background as to how it got its name. In case you’re wondering, yes, it does have to do with the song “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce. In the summer of 2009, Curtis and I were between our sophomore and junior years of high school,… Read More
Driving to Rhode Island / REUNITED!
September 1 & 2, 2015 All summer long, right up until the day before we left, people kept coming up to me and saying “Wow! You finally get to see him soon! This summer has gone fast, hasn’t it?!” And all I could say was…no! It felt like years ago since our week in Wisconsin together, and even with the… Read More
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