Military Spouse Appreciation Day Blog Hop
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day! During this time of war, being a military spouse is one of the hardest jobs out there. If our spouse isn’t deployed, we live in a constant state of waiting for the next deployment. So, if you’re a military spouse, THANK YOU.
For those of you who read me who are not in the “military blogging world”, this weekend is also huge military blogging conference called Milblog. Many of us could not attend for various reasons.
As such, Ann Marie at Household6Diva and Roller Coaster at RidingtheRollerCoaster came up with a beautiful idea of having a Meet and Greet for those of us who aren’t at Milblog. All of our blogging friends are going to be standing around, sipping drinks, admiring each others’ shoes and passing out business-blog cards while chatting up their little corner of the Internet.
So, if you’re here visiting from another blog, and attending this Meet and Greet, it’s wonderful to meet you. I’m Hallee Bridgeman. Here is my card:
I have a faith based homemaking blog. I focus on four major areas:
- My relationship with God. This is the most important thing in my life, and is forefront in everything that I do from loving my husband to what we eat and why we eat it. My testimony can be found here.
- Being a wife to my husband and the mother to my children. I love my family, and taking care of them is the highlight of my life. Gregg and I have been married for 10 years this year. We have three children, Kaylee (15), Scott (5), and Johnathan *Jeb* (4). Gregg recently returned home from a 3-year absence that included military duty AND a civilian contract in Afghanistan . I blogged a series entitled “Surviving Separation” that offered practical and emotional tips to survive separation. Gregg is currently a member of the Kentucky National Guard. You can read about each one of us in my About page.
- My Kitchen. Nicknamed Hallee’s Galley by my husband, Gregg, and some friends. The story for that can be found here. I love sharing recipes, hearing about recipes, sharing kitchen tips, sharing lessons learned.
- My Home. Creating a home that my children love and my husband is proud of is of the utmost importance to me. I want it to be a place of sanctuary and hospitality – a place where someone coming in will know that God is the head and love overflows.
This summer, my blog will celebrate it’s 3-year anniversary. I can’t believe it’s been 3 years. At times I feel like I started it yesterday, and at times I feel like I’ve been doing it my whole life. In that time, I’ve met some amazing friends, I was invited to participate in Kitchen Stewardship’s Real Food Face-Off, and have become a participant in many different rings and communities. I won the Circle of Moms awards for both Homemaking blog and Home Organizing blog. I am also a regular contributor to Seeds of Faith, posting under my category “Writing Worth Reading ” on the first and third Saturdays of each month.
This year has brought some exciting changes to my life. First, Gregg came home. I cannot tell you how amazing it is to have him sleeping next to me in the same bed every.single.night without dreading the end of a short time together. It has been BLISS.
Second, I launched my writing career. In fact, I’m giving away autographed copies of all three books in my Jewel Trilogy. You can find those and other great giveaways for this blog hop on Roller Coaster’s blog. You can find out information about my writing career, as well as where to purchase my books, on my writing blog.
Third, I am training to walk the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day 60-mile walk in Boston — the city where my novels are set. I will be doing that at the end of July. I am currently running a fundraiser for that thanks to my beautiful friend and stunning photographer, MJ. If you want to see some amazing photos she has for sale to help me fund my walk, click here.
And for those of you who haven’t heard yet – go write yourself an intro post, link to the Linky (after 12:00 PM EST) at Household 6 Diva & Riding the Roller Coaster, then join the fun by surfing some lovely new blogs! Also be sure to post a button in your sidebar to be eligible for one of the wonderful sponsored giveaway items!
As an added bonus, if you comment on this post, you will be entered to win all three of my novels in e-book form. I will do the giveaway on Wednesday, May 16th, at 1700 EST (that’s 5PM for those of you who are not military spouses.)
I love that we’re having our own little cocktail party here. I am so looking forward to spending the evening browsing through your blogs and making new friends. By the way – those are the cutest shoes I’ve ever seen. Where did you find them? And, yes, I’d love to meet for coffee sometime. That would be wonderful.
Hallee
I’m so grateful for your visit, today.
You would bless me if you added me to your feed reader or subscribed via email.
You can also become a fan on Facebook or follow me on Twitter. I would love to see more of you!
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Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
Hi! Coming from the Milspouse Blog Hop! :) Three years! Wow! I am amazed and so grateful for you and your family’s service. THANK YOU! Whereabouts in Kentucky are y’all? We’re currently at Ft Campbell. Happy Milspouse Appreciation Day! You more than deserve it!!
Congrats on your hubby coming home and your writing career! That’s awesome!! It’s nice to meet you! :)
Hi Hallee!
I am stopping by from the MilSpouse Blog Hop!
You’re most definitely superwoman! I’m a SAHM, a college student, and I own my own business, all while taking care of my two little boys.. I can’t even imagine trying to run in marathons or write novels at the same time! When do you sleep? Haha!
It’s so nice to meet you!
I love Ft. Campbell!
We are east of Lexington in Clark County.
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day to you as well!
It’s nice to meet you, too, Kim. Thank you for stopping by!
Hallee
It’s nice to meet you, too, Brea! I love your blog – I just stopped by there myself.
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
Hallee
Ohhh I LOVE books :) Nice to meet you and Happy MilSpouse Appreciation Day!!
If you love books, you’ll LOVE mine. :-P
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day to you as well!
Hallee
Saying hello from the hop! :)
Wow! You juggle a lot. That is amazing. Congratulations on your writing career. I hope one day to do the same. I love writing. I am new to your blog from the blog hop, and am glad I got a chance to visit your blog. I plan on following your blog from here on out. :)
It is great to meet you, and Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
Hi! I am excited to visit your writing blog :)
That is awesome that you are launching your writing career. I have hopes for one day being a published author, but I just started my blog last month so I have a ways to go! Also, I love that your blog is faith-based. It’s always a good thing to be reminded how important God is!
Hi Hallee! I’m Laura, also a military spouse and visiting from the bloghop! It’s nice to “meet” you. I look forward to reading more on your blog! Happy MilSpouse Appreciation Day!
You have achieved one of my all time goals in life- congratulations on your writing career! That is amazing. I finished a novel about six months ago but haven’t had any luck with it going anywhere. Next manuscript is going to be a Harlequin… I think I can handle that. :)
Nice to meet you through the Military Spouse Appreciation blog hop! I’m now following you. I hope you can visit my blog when you get a chance: http://www.athometake2.blogspot.com.
Please stop by to check out my Weekend Blog Walk. I also co-host a Mom’s Monday Mingle and Favorite Product Friday.
Visiting from the military spouse blog hop! Congrats on the books – what an accomplishment!!
Stopping by from the blog hop, Happy Military Spouse Appreciation day to you and I hope you also have a fabulous Mother’s Day Weekend!! :)
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation day! Hopping over from the meet & greet! Welcome home to your hubby! That sure does make for one awesome year :D
I can’t wait to get to know you a little more through blogging!
I would love to read your books! You have a beautiful family!
Hey!
It’s Marah from Happiness Redefined (formerly known as Diary of a Devil Dog Wife). I love meeting other milspouses! Congrats on launching your writing career. Happy Military Spouse Appriciation Day!
Marah
http://happinessredefined.com
i had no idea you were also a milspouse! I have been using your french bread/bread bowl recipe forever, i found it on pinterest! happy military spouse appreciation day!
Krista
A combination of many of the things I love! God, the Military and good food! Nice to meet you!
Hi Hallee. Congrats on launching your writing career and best wishes as you train for the walk.
Hello! Glad you came by!
Thank you so much! I’m so happy you came by!
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day to you, too!
Hi, Julie! Thank you!
He is number one. :-)
Good luck with your blog and writing future!
Thank you for coming by, Laura!
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
I will definitely check you out. Good luck with your manuscript!
Thank you so much!
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to you, too, as well as Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
Thank you so much, Elizabeth! I’m so happy you came by!
I hope you get a chance to read them! Thank you!
Glad you came by, Marah!
Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
I love it when things happen like that. :)
Welcome back to my blog! Happy Military Spouse Appreciation Day!
Thank you so much, Amanda!
thanks for stopping by and happy milspouse day :)
So glad your family is all together again! You have such a beautiful family!
So happy for you that your hubby is home! Mine is on a 3 year geo-bachelor tour so I can relate to your story. Your separation survival articles are great!
Finally catching up on the Military Spouse Appreciation Blog Hop! Your separation survival articles are wonderful, my husband was a geobachelor the last nine months and we are finally back together, it is a wonderful thing indeed! Awesome blog!
Thank you so much for joining in on the blog hop! And sorry it took me so long to come and visit. It was great reading your party post and getting to know you a little more. :) Hope you had fun visiting the other ladies on the list!!! Thanks again for sponsoring a giveaway…winners will be revealed soon!