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"My name is Marie and welcome to my site. I’m the voice behind all of the madness posted here."

This Army Vet/Army Wife from Chicago joined the military at the age of 17. She spends the majority of her adult life outside of the country she’s defending. This career choice was the spark that started the fire of passion for having a voice; a voice that transcends the critics and hypocrites that suddenly hopped off of the “Support Our Troops” bandwagon.

19 January 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Pull Out Those Red Pumps

It’s that time of year again! I’ve broken multiple diets already. I haven’t started the year as organized as I planned. However, I have ordered my red pumps. This year marks the 4th year of the “Rock  The Red Pump” campaign. Starting today until March 10, the Red Pump Project will be running a campaign supporting [...]

30 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Winter Tires, Great Weather, and My Procrastination

Long story short: I haven’t changed to winter tires yet. Last year, a law was passed in Germany, specifically in December 4, 2010. Drivers of motorbikes and cars are required to have fitted winter tires when driving in icy, snowy or slushy conditions. That’s the thing! The weather has been so warm. It snowed a [...]

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25 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Happy Holidays

I would like to wish everyone, especially all of my readers a Happy Holidays. May your season stay a joyous occassion. I will see you in the New Year. Tweet

17 December 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Cheap Gift Ideas Under $25

I made the mistake of publishing a cool Christmas list and not a cheap gift list. (I thought it was cool.) Not even five minutes after the post, I got the nagging text and emails about my expensive Christmas list.  I’m pretty sure by now, you know that I don’t publish my blog posts back to [...]

05 December 2011 ~ 1 Comment

My Electronic Christmas Gift List

Thanksgiving is over. The Black Friday madness is over. The Cyber Monday disaster is over. Now we are charging full force into the winter holiday season. I’d like to share my picks for this season in a series of categories. I won’t throw them at you all at once, but I will share a couple [...]

23 November 2011 ~ 0 Comments

I Heart (With A Crack) Sing Off

One of the worst parts about being overseas is that you watch a show days and sometimes weeks after it has originally aired. I have to admit that I haven’t been picky with my entertainment over the past few months. In fact, I have gotten sucked into the mindless tasteless world of reality TV and [...]

10 November 2011 ~ 0 Comments

America Creating Jobs for America

Starbucks seems to be making a huge come-back after the public uncovered the startling story of the company charging an ambulance service $130 for water near ground zero during 9/11 (Story Here). Then there was the terrible rumor that they didn’t support the war or “anyone in it.” Unfortunately, the Marine SGT that spread the [...]

14 October 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Halloween Costumes or Jezebel Advertising

Halloween Costumes or Jezebel Advertising

I wanted to find a costume to participate in my community’s “Trick-or-treating” festivities. I find that as you get older, the costumes have less material. When are people going to realize that some women just want to be women, not the object of every man’s fantasy? I find it disturbing that I have to choose [...]

03 October 2011 ~ 1 Comment

That’s The Way We’ve Always Dunnit!

At what point do you accept the fact that even though you are somehow making some things work; it isn’t necessarily working correctly or efficiently. It seems that the excuse when there is no excuse has become “Well… That’s the way we’ve always dunnit.” I’m sure that this can be applied to any work place [...]

25 September 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Be On Time. Do Not Have It On Your Side.

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As you have probably figured out, I have been TDY 3 times in the last 5 months. It’s been an adventure and not all fun and games. There are three things in the Army that will keep your command off of your back: Be at the right place, at the right time, in the right [...]

It’s almost that time again.The Red Pump Project will be launching this January.

Last year I had a pretty cool giveaway. (Click To View)

I plan to do the same this year. I’m not sure how I’m going to run the contest, but I need to know what you think will be an awesome prize for the giveaway. Send your ideas to marie@mariesandersonline.com

It’s almost that time again.The Red Pump Project will be launching this January.

Last year I had a pretty cool giveaway. (Click To View)

I plan to do the same this year. I’m not sure how I’m going to run the contest, but I need to know what you think will be an awesome prize for the giveaway. Send your ideas to marie@mariesandersonline.com