What an awesome Christmas this would be!

Ok, so most of you know that I am completely obsessed with A Christmas Story. Check out this auction on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320318312873 First I should mention it benefits the Wounded Warrior Project, so the military connection definitely caught my eye. You get to ride in the family car….try on the costumes (including Randy’s snowsuit!)…..have the [...]

One Million Posts!

I transitioned the message board over to ArmyWifeChat.com in April of 2007. At that point, we started over with counting posts for the board as a whole. Some time in the last 24 hours, someone made the one millionth post! Wow! That is a lot of talking, supporting, arguing, crying and laughing on a message [...]

Longer Dwell Times

http://www.military.com/news/article/longer-dwell-times-on-track.html?col=1186032310810&wh=wh Are things finally beginning to wind down? According to this article, beginning in 2009, soldiers will be guaranteed 18 months at home between deployments (well, the big Army soldiers anyway….special ops you can ignore this!). And by 2011, soldiers will be guaranteed at least 24 months at home between deployments. Of course, this is [...]

Candles for Our Troops

Those of you who receive my newsletter should know all about Kat’s candles! She just debuted a new candle today and I’m in love! They are SO cute! Here’s a picture and yes, that is ALL wax! They are Smores scented and would make great gifts for the holidays. Perhaps most importantly, Kat uses the profit from the [...]