Fabulous Army Life

Traditionally, new commander's spouses are welcomed into the group with an event sponsored by the unit spouses.  I have planned several of these myself and loved getting the chance to introduce new spouses into our unit Family. It was a completely different thing for me to actually be welcomed into our new battalion.  I was extremely nervous, but also very anxious to meet all the ladies.  Our battalion XO's wife planned the event and it was absolutely wonderful ... low-key but special, and a fabulous night of meeting fantastic new ladies.   Sending HUGS to all who helped and attended ... I feel very welcomed and very lucky to be a part of such a neat group! Each lady introduced themselves and placed a flower in a vase etched with the battalion crest.  The vase was my welcome gift ... and I cherish it!  This was such a neat event for me. Flowers in my battalion vase. I was so excited to be able to welcome new spouses into our...

The ladies of our brigade are hosting a welcome for our brigade commander's spouse.  It will be at a local winery with a 'vineyard' type theme.  I'm a total novice at all things wine-related, so I spent some time this morning searching for ideas.  I came across this crazy contraption and couldn't help but share it with you! Truly, I'm all for innovation and creativity.  I think our nation flourishes because of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of our people.  But really, a wine glass holder necklace?!  Come on ... are we really so encumbered by holding a glass?  And, honestly, if you're apt to "soak a fellow party guest" as the ad describes, perhaps a little less wine would be a better solution for you than a portable wine trough.  I'm just sayin' ... From the online ad: With the Wine Glass Holder Necklace you can keep your hands free at parties by keeping your wine glass close at heart! If you talk with your hands a lot, you will never...

After two months' worth of mourning the accidental deletion of my old blog ... and same amount of time haggling with Blogger to please help me retrieve it or reuse my old blog name (neither of which were successful), I have ended my official mourning period and am back online! Having learned valuable online lessons these past weeks, I thought I would share with all my blogger friends these words of advice: Don't delete your blog. Really. It's quite inconvenient and I don't recommend it at all. =) I'm happy to be back online and look forward to reconnecting with former blogger friends. Now I'm off to find my friends to follow ... and play with more background options. Love the ones at "Cutest Blog on the Block" and I was so happy to reinstall my header (I missed her!!). Thank you again to @undomesticwifey for such a fabulous header design!! Please find me ... I look forward to following and discovering fun new blogs again!