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Reintegration - Guest Posts at Singing Through the Rain

Posted by Aprille D on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, In : Army Life

I recently had the opportunity to do some guest-blogging over at Singing Through the Rain, the blog of a dear friend of mine who is an Airforce spouse. Her husband was getting ready to return from a six-month overseas deployment and she was asking about what to expect - both what she could expect personally, and what people reading her blog who aren't associated with the military could expect her to experience.

I've written two posts, one for civilians, and one for the military family. I hope ...
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Military Ball? Check!

Posted by Aprille D on Friday, April 13, 2012, In : Army Life

I don't have a "bucket list," but if I did have one, "attend a ball with Prince Charming" would definitely be on it.

So, when the 3rd opportunity in 5 years to attend a battalion ball came across the social calendar I could not let it go. We had passed up the last two for various reasons (the 2nd was held just after Ezra was born), and I didn't want to pass this one up as well, knowing it was likely the last opportunity we would have to go to a ball before Russ gets out of the military.

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My Daddy Wears Combat Boots

Posted by Aprille on Thursday, March 10, 2011, In : Photo blogs

My Facebook Friends (and other life decisions)

Posted by Aprille on Sunday, November 21, 2010, In : Miscellaneous

A late-night comedian/talk show host named Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17, 2010 to be "National Unfriend Day"..."a new holiday he hopes will inspire Facebook users to unfriend the social networking contacts that aren’t real friends."

While I do not support this man, or his show, I was impressed by the idea behind his newly-created holiday. I have been struggling with Facebook so much recently. There are many nuances to Facebook relationships that really irk me...from "friends" criticizing...
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