Military Spouse Archives

07 Aug 2019

Airplane, Everything, FAO, Lifestyle, Military Spouse, Moving, Tips and Tricks for Traveling, World Travels

Our Life in Bags…Again

If you've followed my blog for a while, you'll know that when we started this life, one of my first blog posts was called Our Life in Bags. It was only fitting that at the start of this new journey, I would start with the same topic, with some tips and tricks I've learned. As a disclaimer, some of the links in this blog may be affiliate links... but I promise I love all the items I'm recommending and personally own them myself! The first set of movers came, and they took 1,000 pounds of our UAB (Unaccom[...]

01 Aug 2019

Everything, Family, Lifestyle, Lithuania, Military Spouse

The Beginning… Life in Lithuania.

It's been a week since we arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania. I can't believe I'm typing that... it's crazy how quickly time flies when you're having fun and trying to figure out life in a different country. Our first week looked like Moving into our new house! We got super lucky and were able to be picked up at the airport and moved right into our new house. Our air shipment was actually waiting for us in our garage! We had great sponsors they packed our frig full of great food and brought some things ove[...]

13 Mar 2017

International School

Part 2 Nolan and Slovenian school

This is all about our son Nolan, and his experiences with full immersion Slovene Kindergarten. These articles are to help give other parents thinking about placing a child in a full immersion school a little insight as to what is to be expected.

27 Jan 2017

Everything, FAO, Lifestyle, Military Spouse, Slovenia

A Taste of The States

We've lived in Slovenia now for exactly 2 months! As I've said before, living here is really not that difficult. I have, however, found myself missing things that are very common in The United States but not so common in Slovenia. You can only imagine how happy I was to finally have some things I'd missed in a care package from my mom and mother-in-law. It was Christmas in our house on Wednesday, and I may have almost cried! Ha Below is a list of everyday things in The United States that can't really b[...]

18 Dec 2016

Everything, FAO, International School, Military Spouse, Slovenia

Part 1: Nolan’s First Week of Slovenian School

When I was in Monterey, we had a WONDERFUL group of Foreign Area Officers' spouses. One of the HOT TOPICS was where to send your children to school. Do you send them to QSI (International School), or do you send them to a school in that country? (Full Immersion) It seemed to me like many moms in class were a little leery of sending their children to an entire immersion school. I'll admit, I was scared of the unknown as well. However, when we got to Slovenia, I realized that the international school was a tad[...]

08 Dec 2016

Everything, Family, FAO, Lifestyle, Military Spouse, Slovenia

Jet Lag and Small Children

Jet Lag is a REAL thing! It doesn't just affect sleeping, it affects eating, your mood, and how you generally feel. Combine that with a two-year-old that's already on an emotional roller coaster, and you get a hurricane of emotions. Let me paint you a picture. (Night 1) At this point, I have not been to sleep in 30 hours, and Tyler may have had 2 hours of sleep. We both decided to keep the kids up and pretend as tho it was a regular day without an 8 hour time change. This strategy worked for Nolan (our 4-yea[...]

25 Nov 2016

Everything, FAO, Lifestyle, Military Spouse, Moving, Slovenia, World Travels

Our life in bags

We are in the middle of our BIG MOVE! I am happy to let everyone know that we survived our first plane ride as a family. The kiddos did way better than I would have ever imagined. Below you will find the list of things I used for packing. I've included a link to all the items I used. Please know I am an Amazon affiliate, but I bought these items without any incentives. Packing cubes (Seriously) color code them for each family member. I ended up putting the huge ziplock bags inside each packing[...]

04 Nov 2016

Everything, FAO, Military Spouse, Moving

The Adventure Begins…

Hello! Welcome to Brittany McAnally (Website/ Blog). I have been working on this website/blog for way too long! With the BIG move to Europe (Slovenia), I thought I should put my butt into gear and work on it. I thought this would be a GREAT way for our family and friends to keep up with our travels worldwide (we're super excited). I also thought this would be a GREAT way to help other FAO (Foreign Area Officer) spouses understand how our IRT (In-Region Training) went. You should also note that this blog is m[...]