MILITARY RELATED PCS Military Housing Decorating Tips Posted on March 11, 2017October 31, 2024 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 every 2-3 years. Home decorating tips for the military spouse needs to make your temporary… Read more
MILITARY RELATED Hiring Military Spouses is Good Business for the Global Marketplace Posted on March 3, 2017October 31, 2024 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
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
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
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
MILITARY RELATED Daegu Off-post Housing and Apartment Guide Posted on March 1, 2016October 31, 2024 Are you PCS to Daegu? I created this Daegu Off-post Apartment Guide so you would have information about off-post housing, housing options in Daegu, amenities, schools, and the city of Daegu. I remember when we learned of our PCS to Daegu South Korea. Here is a ton of options, with pictures, for American style apartments in Daegu. Read more