Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society will providing loans for Active Duty military personnel. From the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society website. In the event there is an interruption to military pay, the Society will be prepared to assist with rapid, short-term, interest-free loans to avoid privation with essential items such as food, gasoline and other necessities. This situation will be treated as ...
Government Shutdown: How to Survive on Half Your Military Pay
Update: The Office of the Navy has released information regarding how the possible government shut down will affect its personnel, active duty and civilian. You can download the Rhumb Lines document here. As I write this the Federal Government is still debating over a plan that will keep the government from shutting down at midnight on Friday. If they cannot pass a budget or a stopgap spending ...
Cora and Kit: 2 Years
Cora and Kit Can you believe it has been a year since I took a Cora and Kit picture? I almost didn't get one today because Cora is now afraid of Kit! For those of you who are new to my site, when Cora was born she was smaller than Kit. I took a picture of the two of them together each month for her first year. 1 week 1 month 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months 8 ...
Cora's Chores
As you know I encourage my kids to help with chores around the house when they are very young. Recently Cora took it upon herself to "help" load the dishwasher. She took all the dirty dishes out of the dishwasher and put them in the sink, every last dish, including the silverware. She then took out the cup drawer and loaded all the clean cups into the dishwasher. I must say I am impressed at her ...
My Night in Cinderella’s Castle Suite
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend the night in Cinderella's castle suite? I never thought it would be possible. Then, once upon a time my friend Andrea won a night in Cinderella's castle. When Andrea won I was thrilled! I assumed she would be coming back to the Magic Kingdom with her family and sleeping in Cinderella's castle. Then I learned that she would spending that night ...
How to Respond to Negative Comments
While this post is specifically about blog comments, the advice can be used in life too. We all remember the first time we got a comment on our blog. We wrote excellent posts, yet the crickets continued to chirp for days, weeks or even months. Then one day we got our first comment, only to be disappointed when you realized it was your Aunt Sally from Wichita! Finally, after a while we started to ...
