Olive Oyl, Navy wife. | The crazed ramblings of a wife of a Royal Naval Sailor
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Hi! I started this blog yonks ago as a way to cheer up the other Navy wives on my (then) fiances ship. Basically my blog is a space for me to talk about the real life stuff that happens when you are a Royal Navy Wife.
Olive Oyl, Navy wife. | The crazed ramblings of a wife of a Royal Naval Sailor
5y ago
I know there’s a lot of sad posts about deployment. I know there’s a lot of “you can do it champ” style upbeat articles about deployment. Complete with Kirsty Alsop worthy craft projects to “keep you busy” and also make you spend a ridiculous amount on chalk based paint in B&Q and leave you with what was a perfectly good chest of drawers looking like something from Barbies Ikea Dream Palace.
There are also a lot of articles written about taking up a new hobby to fill those hours that deployment has left you with. Such as learning French, going to the gym or other worthy self-improvement a ..read more
Olive Oyl, Navy wife. | The crazed ramblings of a wife of a Royal Naval Sailor
5y ago
I know there’s a lot of sad posts about deployment. I know there’s a lot of “you can do it champ” style upbeat articles about deployment. Complete with Kirsty Alsop worthy craft projects to “keep you busy” and also make you spend a ridiculous amount on chalk based paint in B&Q and leave you with what was a perfectly good chest of drawers looking like something from Barbies Ikea Dream Palace.
There are also a lot of articles written about taking up a new hobby to fill those hours that deployment has left you with. Such as learning French, going to the gym or other worthy self-improvement a ..read more