MILITARY LIFE & TRAVEL How to Decorate Military Housing Without Spending a Fortune Posted on March 11, 2017July 25, 2025 Military life is colorful, but military housing is not! Your rental or on-post housing will most likely pair beige carpeting with white walls. A combination creating a 360° panorama of ho-hum. The typical military PCS is every 2-3 years. Home decorating tips for the military spouse need to make your… Read more
WELLNESS ON THE ROAD How Top Blogging Skills Can Help You Conquer the Global Market Posted on March 9, 2017November 15, 2025 Blogging skills include writing, technical, creative marketing, time management, budgeting– developing a social media strategy in the global marketplace. In one of my previous posts. I thought blogging hadn’t added to my duffel bag of skills. However, this is not true. Read more
DESTINATIONS & CITY GUIDES Traveling with Kids: How to Make Family Vacations Less Stressful Posted on March 7, 2017February 13, 2026 A family getaway can sometimes be much less idyllic than it sounds. Children are very active by nature, which can result in a trip that’s more work than relaxation. Travel is hard and traveling with kids is even harder. If you treat your trip like an adventure, annoyances, missteps and mishaps simply become small obstacles for your hearty band of explorers to overcome. Read more
CULTURE, EVENTS & EXPERIENCES How to Keep the Romance Alive While Traveling as a Couple Posted on March 5, 2017November 15, 2025 It’s important that you both feel you have a part in the success of the trip, it’s even more important to work within each other’s strengths and comfort levels. I usually ask for input on where to go and take it from there, but your partner may enjoy wading through pages and pages of information, virtual tours or guest reviews. Read more
WELLNESS ON THE ROAD Hiring Military Spouses: Military Spouses Bring Unique Skills Employers Need Posted on March 3, 2017November 15, 2025 It wasn’t long ago that many companies didn’t offer employment opportunities that were substantive to military spouse due to our transient nature. Fortunately, the tide is turning and companies are recognizing that military spouses offer a diversity, born out of that transience, that far exceeds the gaps in employment and multiple fields and skill sets they employ. Read more
CULTURE, EVENTS & EXPERIENCES Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival: How to See Korea’s Most Beautiful Spring Blooms Posted on March 1, 2017November 16, 2025 Hundreds of trees offer shade from the afternoon sun, forming a canopy overhead. Unfortunately, the flowers hadn’t matured and there were just as many– if not more– buds on the perennial trees when we visited. When the flower petals fall and dance along the gentle spring breeze, the atmosphere gets magical to stroll under the full-bloom trees and the whole place takes on a fairy tale like atmosphere. Read more
WELLNESS ON THE ROAD How to Re-Enter the Job Market After Years Away Posted on February 24, 2017November 15, 2025 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
CULTURE, EVENTS & EXPERIENCES 8 Intentional Travel Resolutions and How to Keep Them Posted on February 20, 2017November 16, 2025 How to make intentional travel resolutions that the travel addict in you will want to keep traveling all year long. Read more