The past two months have been SUCH a whirlwind!  We've done so much and seen so much and gone to so many places that I am exhausted.  T...

Mr. L,  Today is your retirement day!  I am going to be honest -- it's so strange saying something like that.  We're both s...

Mr. L finally received his hard copy orders!  For those of you in the military community, you know how big of a deal this is and what it me...

Mr. L and I have finally (finally!) received a definitive answer regarding his current medical situation.  As some of you may have read in...

Hi everyone and welcome to my newly made over blog!  This little space on the web has changed from "The Landrum Wife" and is now k...

This blog post was originally written a few months ago around the beginning of summer, but I never took the time to finish it and put it u...

It's a known fact that things never go the way you plan for them to go.  I should have known that this would eventually apply to Mr. L ...

It's SO crazy for me to think about, but Mr. L and I have officially been living in Hawaii for two years now! At Makapu'u Lo...

As some of you may recall, we had a little issue with our home here in Hawaii back in December: namely, mold (see here and here for previo...

In my last Think post , I talked about the growing disconnect between the civilian world and the military world and how that relates to hom...

Source We've all seen the YouTube videos and the TV shows revolving around the ever-present theme of military homecomings.  Spouses...

After telling you all about our wonderful discovery in our downstairs storage closet, I figured I'd go ahead and give an update on what...

In honor of Pearl Harbor Day, and because Mr. L and I will be going to the memorial this weekend, I'm republishing this post describin...

Life loves to throw little curveballs at your face from time to time, doesn't it? I figured I'd be happily chugging along with my ...

As a military family, sometimes it's very difficult for us to answer a question as simple as "Where is your home?"  Some famil...

"We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone -- but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy....

I found this survey on a fellow military spouse blog -- Married to the Red, White, and Blue -- and I thought it would be fun to share a lit...

My husband is the one percent. via this link Nooo, I don't mean Mr. L is a part of the nation's richest one percent. I mean ...

Before my husband and I moved to Hawaii, I'd never really lived away from home before.  Family has always been very important to Mr...

I originally wrote this post yesterday because I knew today would strictly be a travel day (20 hours total)!  So if you're reading this...