August 2009 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Go ahead, punk...

Recently, I was reminded of a fringe benefit to having my own personal Marine: Last week, the girls and I returned home a day afterStretch left on TAD (TDY for the Army folks and a business trip for any civilian...

Published Mon, Aug 17 2009 10:40 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Deployment Humor, or Not.....

I was talking with a girlfriend and fellow Army Wife last week. We were stationed together two years ago and were just catching up on each other's lives. Her husband is currently deployed and she was filling me in on...

Published Thu, Aug 13 2009 7:43 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

You Show Me Yours and I'll Show You Mine

SGT Danger stopped by to say that he might do a Part II to his soldier tattoo post. Then, reader Basinah asked if they're showing theirs, should we show ours? I think that's a great idea. Actually, I'm tattoo-less but...

Published Wed, Aug 26 2009 3:40 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Shhhhh. Be vewy, vewy kwiet.......

.....my Verbal Exchange Student is back in school. *cue seasonal music* I finally got to add *those five words* after our bedtime ritual of "Good night, VES. I love you. See ya in the morning." Five words that mean at...

Published Fri, Aug 28 2009 4:50 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Humor

The End of an Era - Changing My Venn Diagram

Yesterday my 6 year old son told me something that nearly made my heart stop. "Mom," he said. "I think I want a normal haircut now." I know that I had to have let out a good gasp at that...

Published Fri, Aug 28 2009 5:50 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, Military Brats, Humor

Mission completion

My mission for Summer 2009: Survive almost 3 months of boiling heat with both kids at home all day, every day; without selling either child on e&ay. Do so without going bankrupt. My strategy: a little something I’ll call the...

Published Wed, Aug 12 2009 1:24 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Family Matters

Book Review: The Sandbox

My husband is not a sharer. He doesn't generally talk about his feelings and he rarely has chips to cash. He doesn't have an ounce of blogger in him, no interest in all at writing for private or public. So...

Published Sun, Aug 16 2009 5:59 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ Book Club

The Wheels on My Bus

School is starting again. That means activities are starting again. Which means I'm going to be a glorified chauffer again; particularly since Air Force Guy is deployed and I don't have emergency back up. I am really not looking forward...

Published Sun, Aug 16 2009 10:35 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Day in the Life of a Milspouse

Lean On Me

I have to admit it, I ultra-personalize my phone. With all the moving and what-not, sometimes my phone is the only thing I get to truly reflect me on a semi-permanent basis. I have ring tones, answer tones, phone bling......

Published Fri, Aug 07 2009 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters

I don't mean to be a problem child...

...really, I don't! But I think I may be in HOA, um, H-E-double hockey sticks (trying to keep that G rating, folks!) I may have mentioned that we currently live in Civilian Land. Even worse, we live in a gated...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2009 1:13 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Civilians

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Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 5:00 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ Talk Radio

Thanks, Murphy

Here's another version of Murphy's Law for the milspouse: When your husband has been deployed for three weeks with limited communications options so far, and he finally gets a computer and gets to IM for the first time of the...

Published Tue, Aug 04 2009 1:40 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse

New Paternity Leave Policy

Did you know that a new paternity leave policy allows married active duty service members up to 10 consecutive days of administrative leave after the birth of a child? It was news to me. Apparently the new policy was signed...

Published Mon, Aug 03 2009 11:27 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Family Matters

This and That

Free chocolate! Always a good thing...... Remember RedLegMeg's post about her dishonest moving company? Well, be sure to fill this survey out when you move. It'll help all of us. The American Legion is conducting a Town Hall meeting at...

Published Wed, Aug 12 2009 7:16 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

His Baby Is Just Like Him

I have discovered I have a unique way of staying connected to my husband while he's deployed: his baby is just like him. I've had food aversion pretty bad with the beginning of this pregnancy, and this baby reminds me...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2009 2:44 PM by SpouseBUZZ