August 2009 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

The Ugly Truth

This post has been riding with me for awhile. I've rolled this around, considered not posting it, considered curbing some of the truths, and then became comfortable enough with the truth that I determined I could handle whatever comments people.....

Published Sat, Aug 08 2009 11:17 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, Marriage, Anticipatory Grief, Military Brats, Civilians

Next time I buy a wash machine, it better have a neck

Part one of this saga begins here. The wash machine I so lovingly repaired and have cared for? This morning, I poured bleach into the machine, and then hit the power button. Nothing... I immediately went down to the basement,...

Published Fri, Aug 07 2009 7:50 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

SpouseBUZZ Heads to Camp Pendleton

Our third and final stop of the 2009 SpouseBUZZ LIVE tour will take us to sunny, southern California. We'll be at Camp Pendleton on September 26. This event, once reserved for Pendleton spouses only, has been opened to all milspouses,...

Published Thu, Aug 06 2009 12:03 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

Military Spouse Residency Relief Act

Seriously, what Military Spouse normally gives two seconds of thought to the Defense Authorization Bill? Well..this year we may all want to pay a bit more attention. Sen Richard Burr (R-NC) has sponsored the Spouse Residency Provision under legislation...

Published Wed, Aug 05 2009 11:52 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Legal Issues

If Every Day is a Winding Road.....

then Friday was a Rattlesnake Canyon double switchback. I woke up that morning thinking that I was going to enjoy having both twins and the Dark Prince home. I was going to take the girls shopping for school stuff and...

Published Wed, Aug 05 2009 5:47 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

A Year Is A Long Time

Well, my husband is nearly half-way through his first year long deployment. Being Navy, deployments are usually 6 or 7 months. And it seems I like that, 'cuz all of the sudden this thing has gotten long. Rreeaallyy long. My...

Published Mon, Aug 03 2009 6:13 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now!

Having already established that my life is like "If You Give a Moose a Muffin," a new book has been added into the mix at our house. Marvin K. Mooney, Will You Please Go Now! Trust me, I'm not trying...

Published Mon, Aug 03 2009 6:03 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

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