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

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

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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East Coast to West Coast in Only 6 Weeks!

planning, planning, planning! So much has happened this past week.  Once our military orders arrived, all systems are GO, GO, GO!  You know all those stereotypes about men?  You know what I’m talking about:  “When men are sick they lay down, but women keep working,” and other such derogatory thoughts our society has attached to our males? Well, let me tell you, Alan blows all those negative sexist remarks out of the water.  That’s right.  I said sexist.  Everyone’s so […]

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