Arrivederci and Good Luck Get Together

Hubs will be attending AIT (Advanced Individual Training) for his new MOS (Military Occupational Specialties/his new job in the Army) in Ft. Huachuca, Arizona for 4 months and once he graduates he will be leaving Arizona to his new duty station. So I decided to throw him a little farewell and good luck get together with his closest friends and his brother since he’s the only family member that we have here in North Carolina and he won’t be seeing them for approximately 3 years.  They challenged my hubs to do the #icebucketchallenge and this was the after results.

 And this was the final result

My hubs and his older brother

A special thanks to Ana Mora for taking from 
her time to bake these 4 Leches Cupcakes 
They were delicious 

Lets wish him all the luck and blessings in the world. 

The Real Military Wives of Blogland

I have decided to join “The Real Military Wives of Blogland” 

created by Mallory and Samantha 

Hello! I'm Melina you can call me Mel.  My husband is stationed at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina.  Some people call us Army Wife; a “tag” that I personally don’t like to be called it's a part of who I am..  For starters I’m married to a soldier I am not a soldier.  He belongs to the United States Army.  I belong to my family (my husband).  But I sure am proud to be his wife.  This is his second duty station and I’ve been accompanying him in this journey for almost 2 ½ years. 

I was introduced to my husband when he was deployed by a friend we have in common.  We were cyber friends for some time until I decided not to talk to him anymore because our conversations were getting too good to be true and I was not up for another disappointment.  When he got back from deployment he made a trip to Puerto Rico and once he arrived he contacted me and there it was LOVE AT FIRST SITE.  So yes, I do believe in love at first site.  We dated for 8 months and decided to get married in September 2012.  I moved to Ft. Bragg, NC on December 2012.  

I have to admit that I 'm not too fond with this lifestyle.  I don’t like the fact that I can’t see my family everyday (yes I’m a family person).  And it has been very difficult for me to make friends.  The majority of the girls I've met are way younger, so therefore we have totally different personalities.  I believe that I have made a good bond with one of the girls which in fact is the one motivating me at this moment with exercise and health issues.  

And I have two other girls that I keep in touch at least by text.  But there are times when the hub’s has to go to the field for a week and I have no one to at least go out to a restaurant with.  Work wise I am truly blessed by the fact that I have found a job in 

what I do (Administrative Assistant). 

If I could tell people one thing about being a military spouse or the lifestyle, I would say it’s not the greatest yet it’s not the worst either.  I have to thank Tricare because thanks to our health insurance (Tricare) I have one of the best doctors treating us for our infertility issues.  Throughout these 2 ½ years I can say that it has been a good experience.  It’s not something I would recommend to every woman because not every woman can handle the whole package (I thought I wasn't going to be able too, thank God for patience, love and tolerance).  At this moment we don’t have kids but I've seen so many girls with kids and having their husbands deployed.  I have to give it to them because it is not easy.  

Think about those soldiers that can’t see their newborn because their wives gave birth during deployment.  

And then the pros of this lifestyle are getting to know different cultures, 

different states, and just traveling. 

I've seen some shows where they put the military wives as dependent, cheaters or full of drama.  Well not all are like that.  There are some of us that are independent, hard workers, intelligent, humble human beings that simply love our spouses. 

Let It Snow in Fayetteville

Hello again!!! Well yesterday there was a big chaos because it was going to snow in North Carolina (to be a little more specific Fayetteville, NC).  Story long short people say that last time it snowed here it was like 4 years ago.  So last night when it started snowing I was just like a little girl excited to watch snow.  And yes I've seen better, I was born and raised in New York.  But yesterday was something special it was snowing and I was going to watch it with my prince charming.  I made him go outside with me at 1am and well early in the morning we took a little more pictures.  

My fur baby getting ready to see the snow for the first time

They look the same lol

Isn't it beautiful

Taken from the balcony of my apartment

Our cars were covered yayyy

 She did not like the snow at all

Poor thing was shaking

 So this is the Snow Man we did :)

Veterans Day

Each November 11, our nation commemorates Veterans Day. My husband is active duty in the Army so, being a wife of an active duty military member, this day is more than special to me.  I've been working since this morning, but this evening I’ll have a special dinner prepared for my sweetheart.  

Happy Veterans Day to my hunky hub, my uncles, and all those that have served.  May God Bless You All, and thank you so much for your service and defending our country!