September 2009 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Substance Abuse and Military Kids

An online educational campaign is underway to help you and your military children discuss substance abuse. Military Teen Drug Use Targeted Concerned about drug and alcohol use among teens in military families, three organizations are undertaking an online...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2009 6:36 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Military Brats, Resources

I Love This Product: SmileShow

I love this product! A DVD photo/video slideshow program has answered my need for Christmas gift ideas. SmileShow is a service that enables you to put your digital photos and video clips into a DVD movie slideshow. It includes themes...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2009 6:45 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: I Love This Product

Child Care

Finding the 'perfect' child care situation can occasionally prove to be difficult, but there are many resources available to assist you. Military OneSource offers the following information on Quality Standards for Military Child Care In the course...

Published Sun, Sep 13 2009 6:14 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Family Matters, Military Brats, Resources

Doing This Apart

Because it has taken many years to get to this point, my husband and I already had first names picked out for our baby. But we had never settled on a middle name. Since my husband will be deployed for...

Published Sun, Sep 20 2009 8:27 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Family Matters

Anticipation ...

Three or four times a year, the SpouseBUZZ authors get a chance to actually "SEE" each other in the human form...versus in a two-dimensional digital appearance. We travel from all over, carrying our bags and our laptops and ... our...

Published Fri, Sep 25 2009 9:47 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

It's a Dog's World, After All....

I don't know anything about the school, but I read this article and found it interesting since it applies to military spouses. And truth be told, working with animals beats working with human beings on a lot of days. Heh......

Published Mon, Sep 28 2009 12:50 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Career

Free is good...

I know it's short notice, but if you are going to be in the Palm Beach Gardens, FL, area Labor Day weekend, you might want to change your accommodations. Why? Because the PGA National Resort and Spa is offering 1-3...

Published Wed, Sep 02 2009 1:27 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Finances

Fit Club: The Short Attention Span Edition

I clearly have a short attention span. During the six months that I've been doing the Fit Club posts, I've mentioned at least six different type of exercise that I've started: Perfect Push-Ups, Nikki Fitness, going to the gym, hula,...

Published Sat, Sep 05 2009 10:32 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Fit Club

I Need a Do-Over!

At 10 am this morning I realized that I needed to go back to bed and start all over. The (bad) dog (which doesn't belong to me, but to a certain person who is taking an all expense paid extreme...

Published Thu, Sep 10 2009 7:55 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

That Dry Spell

So, here I am trudging along through a deployment. I have a busy schedule, I'm battling insomnia (as usual) so I'm tired most of the time, and I've had a lot of things on my mind. Then I turn on...

Published Mon, Sep 14 2009 8:25 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

A gift from the past

Recently I received a large envelope in the mail from my aunt. Curiosity filled my eager mind so I tore it open to find a wonderful treasure. This treasure was part of my family history. My uncle transcribed letters that...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2009 7:44 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Thank You, Camp Pendleton!

We had a great time at Camp Pendleton this weekend. For my fellow Army Wives, I was struck by how massive the base is. I called my husband when I arrived and said, "Camp Pendleton is like Ft. Hood on...

Published Sun, Sep 27 2009 5:28 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

Mission Accomplished!!!

Lancelot and I went on a mini-break (can you tell I love "Bridget Jones' Diary") last week. We traveled out to San Clemente on Tuesday for a couple of days with no hard plans at all. We just wanted to...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2009 2:02 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Show and Tell: In Their Own Words

I found an interesting round of Soldier show-and-tell via MaryAnn. Watching the video made my eyes well with tears. It was touching to watch the soldiers explain the little mementos they carry with them while deployed. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking...

Published Tue, Sep 01 2009 8:48 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

Servicemember Questions Sought

Is your servicemember is deployed to a CENTCOM area of responsibility? The White House is offering an opportunity for those troops to pose questions and receive feedback. The White House launched an interactive, virtual town hall meeting yesterday that...

Published Thu, Sep 03 2009 5:47 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

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