MILITARY RELATED Tips for Military Spouses Re-entering the Job Market Posted on February 24, 2017October 31, 2024 I haven’t worked full-time outside the home in a few years. But I want a job. I have things I’d like to do that require funds and the whole “dependent” blanket I’ve been wearing up to my eyeballs is wearing a little thin these days. I want—scratch that, I need a job. But it’s not for lack of trying that I don’t have one. I have applied to quite a few of them until recently. I have been a victim—a victim of my own short-sidedness. Read more
TRAVEL EXPERIENCES 8 Intentional Travel Resolutions and How to Keep Them Posted on February 20, 2017May 17, 2024 How to make intentional travel resolutions that the travel addict in you will want to keep traveling all year long. Read more
LIFESTYLE Your Ultimate Guide to Recycling in South Korea Posted on February 20, 2017July 13, 2024 South Korea has taken bold steps to reduce the country’s carbon footprint. Unlike America where all the recycled goods are heaped into one bin, recycling in South Korea is a pretty involved process that includes separating aluminum from glass, batteries from Styrofoam and even vinyl bags from plastic ones and they are plainly marked in both English and Korean. Read more
MILITARY RELATED It’s PCS Time– Stay Positive, It’s Time to Go Posted on February 16, 2017October 31, 2024 Every PCS is different. It’s way too easy to focus on all the stress, uncertainty, career and relationship challenges we have to overcome to live a life that’s positive and full of gratitude. Growth occurs when we make the effort to see the obstacles for what they really are– life lessons and opportunities to live in real time and not the past or the present. Read more
MILITARY RELATED Always Waiting on Military Orders to go Somewhere Posted on February 13, 2017October 31, 2024 I love a good mystery. Don’t you? Here we are, a little over two months from our deros (departure) date from South Korea and we are still waiting on orders. We have no idea where we are going next. You would think after more than 20 years, I’d be used to the hurry up and wait mentality of the military. Read more
PLACES Hiking Gatbawi on Palgonsan Mountain Posted on February 9, 2017November 10, 2024 That’s when I discovered we hadn’t even started the trail yet and I knew we were in for a climb to Gatbawi. Then we saw the them… the infamous rock stairs. There are literally thousands of them carved into the 3 hr hike up an 80 degree mountain face of Palgonsan Mountain. You can take the stairs or you can take a much longer, much less strenuous winding trail up to the top. Read more
MILITARY RELATED Welcome to Daegu: Life as a Military Spouse in South Korea Posted on February 6, 2017October 31, 2024 Daegu, South Korea is the 3rd or 4th largest city in South Korea depending on whether you consider Incheon part of Seoul or not. With more than 2.5 million people Daegu, ideally situated between two mountain ranges, Seoul and Busan. It’s home to the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command’s Fighting Eagles, a division of the United States military and the reason why my husband’s here, which is why I’m here. Read more
MILITARY RELATED Home Away from Home: My Daegu Apartment Experience Posted on February 5, 2017October 31, 2024 Inside My Home in South Korea I walked into this apartment in Daegu, South Korea, and instantly felt like I was home. All I wanted was a modern apartment with a view. It had to have at least four bedrooms and a lot of light. Bonus points for a balcony,… Read more