October 2009 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

We're EVERYWHERE!

For thirty years (since I was about 5 years old) I have wanted to go to Disney World. How much have I wanted to go to Disney World? I would pick Disney over a cruise to Hawaii. I would pick...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2009 7:41 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, I Love This Product

Semper Fi Wife revealed the existence of the following YouTube video to me, and I've been laughing about it ever since. My children are even singing parts of it around the house. I'd like to add something else you should...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 8:46 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse

My Children Have Lost Their Minds

We are remarkably close to my husband's return home for R&R, or mid-tour leave, or whatever it is called nowadays. We're all obviously a little excited, but I am overwhelmed by the level of wackiness coming out of my children....

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 6:01 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Family Matters, Military Brats, Reintegration

A Change I Would Like To See

I usually try not to complain, but darn it, I am cranky. And it seems such a simple problem. And I'm sure I'm not the only military family member who has been frustrated by it. One of my children recently...

Published Sun, Oct 11 2009 12:32 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Military Brats

Confessions of a Milspouse, #745

I am notoriously stingy. I'm the lady who's been known to use a 50% off coupon on a $1.99 item...or drive home without the $1.99 item if I've forgotten the coupon at home. My husband is stingy too, so we...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 12:36 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

What Say You?

SpouseBUZZ has talked with First Lady Maria Shriver's office re some military family issues, and we're thrilled to learn of Maria's strong admiration for, and commitment to, military families. Today we received a message from Maria to pass...

Published Wed, Oct 21 2009 2:43 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Fit Club: The Running Is Hard Edition

As I've mentioned before, I've been trying this Couch-to-5K running program. I've been trying it for a long time - so long that a certain SB author who began just before me is actually running a 5K this week! I'm...

Published Sun, Oct 25 2009 11:34 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Fit Club

Living Our Lives

Last week I went to visit my grandparents. They have dial-up. Last year this would have stressed me out immensely but this year it doesn't, because deployments are like snowflakes. And this snowflake is liberating. This is my husband's third....

Published Tue, Oct 13 2009 6:33 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

Conspiracy Theory

I know there's a lot of stuff in the news about how overweight we are as a country. And I certainly don't dispute that. However. In the military, or at least in the Marine Corps (which is where I've lived...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 10:37 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Trading Deployments Makes Them Go Faster

Air Force wife Darla made me laugh today with this paragraph: A wise woman once told me that those that haven't experienced deployment or long periods of separated time from spouse/partners can't possibly understand how we feel when someone says...

Published Sun, Oct 18 2009 11:59 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

When Last We Saw Our Intrepid Reporter...

And of course I mean the lovely and talented Andi: who is currently at the AUSA Exposition and Meeting and will be attempting to liveblog the panels. She sent these pictures to show the conference gearing up: And the chairs...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2009 11:12 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

"If..."

Out of the blue, DH asked me the other night, "If I died, would you get remarried?" I sat thoughtfully for a moment, wondering why he was asking me this. Me: "I don't know. It would be the last thing...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2009 9:03 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

A recent deer in headlights moment.

The other day I was working with a nurse going through childcare information so she could check things off in the computer that different topics had been reviewed and they could be confident in our ability to care for the...

Published Mon, Oct 12 2009 10:34 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse

Time Flies...

Looking back, it seems I haven't been posting much lately. In my head, I'm posting all the time...driving down the road, falling asleep, out running walking. That is one thing about my personality that works well with this whole military...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 6:19 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Welcome Back, Murphy

What a sad little TV show that would be! Welcome Back, Kotter was great. Welcome Back, Murphy? Not so much. With everything that's been going on lately, I had not even uttered Murphy's name lately. When I do, it is...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 6:18 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

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When Last We Saw Our Intrepid Reporter...

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A recent deer in headlights moment.

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