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where to find me. (2009)
Hi. I’m Amy. I think it’s pretty rad that you’re reading this.
If you’re here looking for a milspouse blog, don’t despair! My husband spent 5 years in the infantry, leaving me with the second most degrading job in the marriage FOR ONCE, and now that he’s out we’re both in college and active participants in the Veterans’ community.
There are like a zillionty blogs over there in the blogroll that are run by dedicated, lovely milspouses. Be friends with them.
And also with me!
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I'm also good at makeup.
Things at which I am terrible: voicemail (leaving / checking), authority, going to therapy, children between the ages of 9 and 22, dancing, rapping, running, not getting sick, staying upright even while sober, keeping up with my workout log, getting anything out of college besides debt, sewing (and all its derivatives).
Things at which I am great: starting the party, pretending I’m not drunk, frisbee, weight-lifting, changing my hair, blogging about weight lifting, blogging about changing my hair, the internet, solving mysteries, moving, dancing anyway, hyperbole, the flute, getting sick, injuring myself, obsessive thinking, quoting The Simpsons, reading, feminism, giving workout advice, training my big dumb dog, cooking.
see? injury prone. (2010)
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Things I want to be when I grow up: A personal trainer, a therapist, perfect, a nutritionist, in advertising, a panelist on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, a writer, photogenic, a counselor, still quoting The Simpsons, still married, living near the coast (pick one), drinking responsibly, leggier.
Things about which I like to blog: The Haight / San Francisco, blogging, various gripes, Jeff, books, Veterans, internet memes, weightlifting, how much i loathe running, recipes, people, places, pictures, my job at the indie bookstore, my husband’s abs or other various muscles, my 2006 road trip, vintage stores.
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The skinny is: If you met me at a party and asked me about myself, you might think I’m boring, even though I’ve ridden in a hot-air balloon, I lived above a funeral parlor, I’ve climbed glaciers in Alaska, I once worked at a 200-year-old prison, I’ve been on stage with Bad Religion, I’ve successfully lost over 50lbs, I’ve travelled to 46 states, I braved a year living in the deep (deep) south, I chose to elope with a man I met at McDonald’s, I often make whole-wheat crust pizza from scratch, I grew up 30 miles from New York City, and I can 1RM dead-lift over 200 lbs. But I’m not boring, I’m just more afraid of you than you are of me.
So go ahead. email me! twitter me! love me!
I’m sad that you left out the whole post 12 to pre-20 yrs old ages. Actually i think my sadness is anchored in the selfish fact that I’m not mentioned here. I demand recompense.
okay there was one time when i was little and i used to walk to Trude’s house every day when we sat on opposite sides of the street throwing acorns at each other for LITERALLY hours because we had no life/friends.
Then, at senior prom, we danced together all night.
Now, we call each other every once in awhile and laugh a whole lot and usually drink a whole lot when i visit home. I love Chris. There, I said it.
Careful with that policy for it can get you into woooooooooooh! I wish you and Jeff were around to get me to do stuff. I haven’t done anything for any reason since I got kidnapped in midtown, ate peanut butter and melted fruit snacks and saw a squirrel hold an acorn in it’s mouth that was bigger in his head.
But seriously, keep up with the blog. I read it almost every day as it is awesome.
yo. the three of us seriously need to do stuff for reasons when we come home in december.
You need to tell everyone about the jello party
Oh and when my best friends Brian and Paul turned 18 I threw them a Jell-O party in my backyard that involved a kiddie pool full of jell-o and a slip and slide and it was pretty much the best thing ever. Then we set it on fire.
You forgot to mention that you’re my honey butt
Hi, I’m Degan (Megan with a D) Clarke Leggitt. I was sent a email from Grampa Major Roy Leggitt(Ret.) about my Uncle’s Son, Sergeant Alan Clarke Leggitt II, about how he would be competing in the Army Best Ranger Competition and thought that with only two years in the Army, he’s already a E-5!!! And I though 3 years of JROTC was impressive when I heard that you are promoted to E-3 after BCT. Well I was want to say good luck on the competition and I’m very proud to call him my cousin!
family love,
Cadet Leggitt, Degan
“future Green Beret”
I just stumbled on to your blog. i love it! i feel for you 100% on Louisiana, i as well am “suck” here. its good to know there are others suck here as well that feel the same. jen
nice to meet you! and thanks =)
i just found your blog today, and i love it already.
i’m blushing. thanks!
Hey, I found your blog whilst googling aimlessly hoping to find another chick with whom to lift weights. I’m definitely a beginner, but I promise the word “bulky” will not cross my lips ever.
Looks like you’re getting ready to PCS, though.
Anyway, if you want to get together at the gym or just grab a drink sometime, let me know.
Cheers,
–Ria
Hiya! yeah, we PCS July 4th. BUT, I’d love to get together some time. Email me alternativearmywife [at] gmail [dot] com
Oh Happy Day, Oh Happy Day <— That was how I felt when I found your blog. Have a great move to the west side, we will be there in a year (WA state, still Army, still sad about that).
I think your blog is pretty incredible…it reads like funny book — which I think you should publish. I live in Dallas, 30, flirty, wear flowers in my hair most days, and like to rock out to any Led Zeppelin cover band.
My boyfriend just joined the Army a few weeks ago and I was definitely looking for a breath of fresh air regarding this kind of transition. Congrats on your new move and all the new experiences…toodles!
Mandee
You are the sweetest! Definitely check out the zillions of Army Wife blogs over there. Those gals rock!
Hey, I just stumbled upon your blog and I really enjoy it. I’m in a serious relationship with someone in the army, who just deployed, and I’m pretty anti-marriage. It’s nice to see someone who went through it and it worked out well. Good luck with everything!
Just read your blog for the first time today, and although I follow you on Twitter and we have mutual Twit-friends… I had no idea how AWESOME you are! Really enjoyed reading the blog and will continue to do so
well shucks! I’d say I’d real your blog, Betty, but I’m internet challenged right now. I’ll be sure to check in when I can! Thanks for the love!
I love your blogs. The pics are super cool (not to mention youre a total hottie)and probably the best part is your love for your husband. It shines through in all your work and I find it remarkable that there are women like you. Your husband is a lucky man. As a soldier, and man, I can only hope to find a woman so passionate as yourself, and so willing to love her man. Thanks for the insperation.
That was so sweet I damn near got teary. Thanks for the lovely compliments, and thanks for your service.
Hi Amy! I just stumbled upon your blog while googling ‘army wife’ to try to figure out just how stupid I would be if I were to decide to actually commit and marry my soldier boyfriend. I’ve spent hours today reading your archived blogs from your army days and I’m loving it. You don’t sugar coat the truth or take up for the army when they royally fuck over a soldier like I’ve seen a lot of other sites do. I’m totally loving your brutal honesty wrapped in a witty, comical writing style. It’s really very entertaining. Somebody else commented that it reads like a funny book and I agree. Thanks so much for taking the time to write out your thoughts! When I read your comparison of the army to just any other job, something clicked in my head. Everthing else I’ve read makes the army out to be a completely different way of life… which in a way I suppose it is, but just your making that simple comparison makes the army suddenly seem much less daunting, less foreign… less scary. So thanks!
Oh, and PS, you must kiss Fry for me. Cutest dog ever.
Well, I guess I lived a year as an Army wife just sort of doing my thing like always, and it really did put it into perspective. I wasn’t immediately thrust into the hubbub – I was just me. And you should be, too. The Army WILL fuck you over, it’s just what they do, and you can either hate them and be angry, OR you can realize it’s life and make fun of them on the internet. I personally don’t like to cry any more than I absolutely have to, so there ya go!
I’m grateful to have you as a reader, dearie, and good luck with your soldier man! If I’ve learned anything it’s that the relationships you form with other soldiers and spouses are unlike any others you’ll ever have. Thanks for all your amazingly kind words!
Also, consider Fry kissed!
Dude, I was just about to tell you how cute and funny and awesome you are, but friggen Amy beat me to it;) I too married an Army guy and HATE the Army. Well its a love/hate. Today its hate. I just wanted to say congrats on writing a really honest, true account of this very weird thing thats not all “hooah” and not all heartbreak. Enjoy San Fran!
you are too sweet! I LOVE the whole “not all hooah, not all heartbreak”. I want to co-opt that. Enjoy the adventure! You miss it once it’s over. Especially the reunions. WINK.
(it’s not magic – I have the other blog set to transfer comments over here).
Bitchen blog… I will be back.
Amy, I love you. Always reading/following/loving
xoxo
lisa e.
LISA YOU ARE SO FABULOUS i heart you all to pieces. MWAH.
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