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Sisterhood of the Traveling Panties
If there’s an apocalypse, Zombie or otherwise, I’m dead. Last weekend several friends from Virginia traveled to sunny San Diego to visit me. They were welcomed with rain. And more rain. Unprecedented rain! A flash flood the likes of which has not been seen in San...
2023 in Books
You thought 2022 was a rough year for reading? Welcome to my 2023 reading list! It’s a total cluster, scrabbled together over the past few weeks from memory and completely out of order. One of my audiobook libraries erased my history – too bad for me – and I vaguely...
2022 in Books
I didn’t have a specific reading goal this year, but had I, I would’ve missed it. Turns out the more kids you have the less time you have to read. Weird! (And based on this list, apparently the worse the quality of book.) There weren’t many books I loved but certainly...
PCS Part 2: This Will Be Funny Someday
It’s been over two months since we moved from Virginia Beach to San Diego, and we're still getting settled. Two months seems like a long time, but I’ve come to understand a PCS as more than just a physical change of station; rather it’s an entire season that extends...
PCS Part 1: The Season of Spontaneous Crying
In late 2016, as my husband and I drove to Virginia Beach to house hunt, I turned to him and said, “Get us back to D.C. as soon as possible.” We lived in Alexandria, just south of Old Town and a short drive from Washington, D.C. You know – Civilization. And now we had...
Hi, I’m Diana! I’m a mom of four, a military spouse, and I have no idea how to write a bio that doesn’t sound like a dating profile. Since I don’t want to give any reader the wrong impression, this will be brief.
The Navy life is unpredictable and stressful and sometimes sad but can also be wildly exciting and rewarding. This space is where I try to find the humor in it all – laugh so you don’t cry, right? Thanks for joining me on this adventure. I hope you enjoy.