Category: washington dc

Last Chance to See the Cherry Blossoms in D.C. Before Major Tidal Basin Reconstruction

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DC cherry blossoms

Did you know 2024 year is an important year for the D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival? It is the last year before major sea wall renovations force the park service to take down over one hundred and fifty trees. Don’t worry. Trees will be re-planted. This legitimately needs to be done due to flooding on one side of the Tidal Basin. It isn’t the entire Tidal Basin that is flooding. It’s just the area on one side of the Thomas Jefferson […]

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See the U.S. Army Museum in 20 Patriotic Pictures

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See the U.S. Army Museum in 20 Patriotic Pictures

You might be thinking, “I didn’t even know the US Army has a museum.” Just a few years ago, there was not one, but now I am happy to report that the US Army does in fact have its very own museum. It is very close to Washington D.C., on an Army base named Fort Belvoir. And it is a fun one too. Also, I will tell you, Fort Benning has a similar one that is called the National Infantry […]

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23 of the Best Things to Do in Washington, D.C.

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what to do in DC

If you are planning a DC trip, and wondering what to do in DC, you are in for a treat. This is one of those questions I get asked the most from friends who are not local to the D.C. area. We have lived here off and on since 2009, and we have ALWAYS loved hosting our friends and family when they come visit the DC area. One time we had so many guests that the older boys’ room looked […]

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20 Reasons I Love Being a Military Spouse

Army Wives, attitude, military life, moving, washington dc

So while the cardboard boxes were still on the curb, I was sitting on my sofa setting up my wishlist for where we will move NEXT, a little less than two years from now. In the words of Jack Black on Jumangi, “I can’t even with this.”
And that’s why it’s important to have a list of why you love what you do…

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Thank You, Flight 93. You died so that I might live.

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Thank you, Flight 93: You died so that I might live. It was 8:30 a.m. on the morning of September 11, 2001, and it started out just like a typical day in Congressman John Thune’s Congressional office on Capitol Hill. Lights still off, the aroma of coffee and the sound of the copy machine firing up for the busy day ahead, we soaked in the quiet before the storm of the phones ringing off the hook or the latest crisis […]

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House Hunting Time is Here!

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House Hunting Time again

But wait. Why should I allow this move to make me so crazy?

I need to s-l-o-w down. Take a few deep breaths. Trust Alan. Trust God. Everything will work out just fine. And no, I may not get everything exactly how I want it, but it will all

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10 Tips to Save Money and Hassle on Your D.C. Vacation

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Last year, we went to Disney World for vacation. This year we need something more affordable, so we are going to Washington, D.C.!!!! Alan has been after me to write a post about how to save money and hassle on a D.C. vacation for a while now because it’s something we loved. When we lived in the D.C. area, we had so much fun taking our friends and family around to see the monuments and Smithsonian museums. So I finally […]

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Inauguration Day Feelings and Thoughts

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Were all of you glued to the Inauguration Day coverage, as I was? I couldn’t help it. I just had to watch. I feel optimistic. I do. I’m interested to see what happens. The Obamacare thing makes me a little nervous. I hope they make sure they have all the people with a health care plan that is dependent on the changes Obama made are taken care of. The group with pre-existing conditions and low-income are a fragile group. It […]

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Living Everywhere, We Have Learned that the People Make the Place

attitude, friends, God, military life, moving, parenting, washington dc

I thought this picture was perfect for that nervous, excited but sad, feeling that you get, just as you are about to move. We are four weeks out from the longest distance, most emotional move we’ve ever made.   This will be our eighth move. However, this is the very first move where our little boys are old enough to understand it.  We’ve been in the area for five years and in this house for three.  We have never lived […]

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