Author: Nikki J.

First try at my new curling wand! Not too shabby for a rushed on-my-way-to-work job, if I do say so myself 🙂 Can’t wait to experiment with it!

(And just ignore the awkward twisty-pose that makes me look bloated.)

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I downloaded The Great Gatsby last night because it’s appalling that I haven’t actually read this classic. (First off, can I just say it’s amazing to be able to download a book onto my iPad in mere seconds for just $4.99?? I feel like such an old lady being so easily impressed by technology these days
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Anyhoo
 I really want to see the movie, and I’ve heard the story is all sorts of relateable in some ways
 but I refuse to see it till I’ve read the book. I’m also thinking of downloading (ah!!) The Beautiful and the Damned. I’m suddenly intrigued by this era of fiction
 and craving the classics in general.

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3 Things to Never Say to a Military Wife (Please)

One thing I’ve learned about being a military wife is that people will say all sorts of things with the honest intention of helping me feel better
 but somehow it misses the mark. I’ve narrowed it down to the Annoying Top 3:

1) “I could never do it! I’m so impressed you can stay faithful.”

This cheapens my relationship (and yours) to sex. If you truly loved him enough, you could definitely do it. I swear I’m not weird or crazy. 🙂

2) “You knew what you were getting into when you married him.”

There’s got to be a better way to tell me you don’t want to hear me share what I’m going through or about the surprises I encounter
 which I thought friendships were for, but whatever, I get the picture.

3) “You’re already at X months? Wow, it’s going by SO quickly!”

This one is particularly awkward for me to hear, and ironically it’s also the most well-intentioned – so I don’t get hard feelings. Seriously though
 I’m glad my husband being away/in danger/out of touch has gone quickly for you
but unless I say it first, I wouldn’t go there.

Again, all these things are never meant in a bad way, but having received each in quite a few variations, it just makes me shut up and shuffle away to my corner, feeling stupid. I guess it’s one of those things that people don’t quite “get” unless they’re going through it.

And it’s something I should remember too, when friends share with me. We all experience our own little battles, that’s for sure.

All the pictures on my Facebook newsfeed of friends with their moms made me sad – especially the wedding day ones. Love and miss you Mama, no matter what you say 🙂

I am totally in the mood for a new pair of cute shoes. Not that the beach is any place for prissy high-heels, but the hankering has set nonetheless.