If you’re anything like me, you live for an opportunity to dress up! The Marine Corps Birthday Ball comes once a year and just the opportunity I’ve been waiting for to don my favorite black-tie...
Well, it’s been 2 years of me trying to deliver this life update to you, dear reader, and now I finally can. As of June 2 of this year we began a new chapter; a...
I am an organized person. I like to know that everything is in its place and things are moving along just as they should. I like to know whats next. I like to plan and...
It’s been about a month since my last blog post but feels like so much longer. I hate that I haven’t been creating anything, or sharing anything, and am especially upset that all the content...
***To see my updated 2021 post click here*** Back by popular demand, I’m writing my 2019 guide to Marine Corps Ball guest attire. This has been one of my most viewed (and shopped!) posts over...
Every November 10th Marines around the world pause to celebrate their “birthday”, the date the Corps was formed 243 years ago at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, as the story goes. It’s a time for everyone...
This past Sunday the girls and I drove up to Hershey, Pennsylvania to pick up my dad – their Papaw – for a quick visit. The last time they had seen each other except for on...
Today – June 23rd, 2018 – marks 6 years that Nate and I have had in wedded bliss! Ok that might be a stretch. Anyone who is married can pretty much agree that marriage takes...