I'm so helpful

(Sung to the tune of "Fancy")

This was our bed a few months ago.

DC Spring Part 2: Golfing and gunning and Jenga (Oh My)

When we last left off, we'd just spent the morning at Eastern Market.

Next stop: H Street Country Club for golf and games.

DC Spring Part 1: A Visit to Eastern Market

So we're trying to really Maximize Fun Together these days.

When The Husband's Away

When my husband is away, I try to fill my calendar with a ton of things.  If I pause, I will end up on the couch crying to Real Housewives re-runs, and it's not pretty.

It's My Meal in a Bag

Let's make a meal in a bag! First you set up your little bunsen burner.

Cozy Tips and Steps

So this is our back yard right now. If you relate, here's what I recommend.

Green

Winter Hike and Boot-Breaking

Lovely day for a hike!

Summer Camping

I just started grad school, so weekends to just go camping with friends are few and far between. 

This was a really nice one. 

You and me knife thrownin' in the yard

Just a simple knife throwing for two.

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder comes to DC every Memorial Day weekend. Thousands of riders come here for this celebration that honors veterans, with a focus on POW/MIA.  

New House and Priorities of Work

A couple months ago, we moved into our new house. 

(It was very exciting.)

Dev's Toe Revisited: A Cautionary Tale

[[WARNING: THIS POST IS GROSS. 

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.]]

The Pollitts were/are in DC

Pollitts assembled in Georgetown for a wonderful afternoon.

Old San Juan

Thank you, Group, for letting me come for the beginning of this training trip. #PerksForWAGs 

Box of Bullets

When Kristen met Kristin

Disclaimer: This post has a lot of photos. That's my fault. It's because I'm having a hard time feeling confident in representing the participants in this transgender fashion show my dear friend Kristen brought me along to. (She is not transgender. She is a reporter on our local news station, and she let me tag along when she covered the show. Not that you can't be both transgender and a news reporter.) 

Due to my own ties with the SOF (Special Operations) community, both personal and professional, the person I feel the most duty to here is someone also named Kristin. Kristin Beck is transgender and a former SEAL.

Point being - the tremendous courage all the participants in the show displayed makes me feel the stakes are higher than usual for me, because the stakes are deeply tied in with the subjects' sense of self. Their aesthetic journey - granted, just one part of their journey - has not been an easy one. However, it's one worthy of knowing, I think.