July 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Six Months Later

Actually, it's been about six and a half months since I entered the Feather Weight Challenge at my gym. Daily, I get super-frustrated about what seems like not enough progress, but when I check my monthly charts, I seem to...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2010 6:39 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Fit Club

Well-Being Index: Life is Good?

Gallup has released some interesting results from their well-being survey. Active duty military personnel who have ever been deployed to a foreign war have strikingly similar wellbeing levels as active duty personnel who have never been deployed. In both...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2010 11:45 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Purchases Incompatible With the Military Lifestyle

A while back I was talking with some friends about all the moving we've done since marrying soldiers. After going through our best and worst duty stations, we started talking about the various apartments and houses we've lived in. Then,...

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 8:35 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

Ohhh Murphy, why so soon?

My husband deployed exactly 10 days ago and Murphy has already made an appearance. Ten days! I decided to clean my truck out today and got busy vacuuming. I thought I'd listen to some music and turned the radio on....

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 10:26 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Superpowers

A couple of years ago I wrote a post where everyone had to describe themselves in exactly six words. Mine was, "I have not yet been arrested." It's still true. Barely. Anyway, something Guard Wife said awhile ago got me...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 6:33 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

The never-ending PCS

It's funny that Guard Wife just wrote about a virtual road trip. Because I've been on the never-ending road trip...and it's anything but virtual. We are in the midst of a PCS. So I've been on the road and/or homeless...

Published Sat, Jul 10 2010 9:57 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

Virtual Road Trip--Who Wants Shotgun?!

Some of my fondest memories from childhood were the road trips. I especially remember my mom's habit of stopping at the brochure walls at restaurants or highway rest areas, collecting the ones that were "on our way" either to or...

Published Sat, Jul 10 2010 9:11 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, Entertainment, Marriage, Military Brats, Humor, Reintegration, Travel

It's Like Living in A Foreign Country

As you may remember, we have recently PCSed. Technically I don't think the PCS is over because we are still living in the Navy Lodge and we don't have our stuff. Anyway, we've moved overseas, which is very exciting and...

Published Sat, Jul 10 2010 4:02 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Fit Club - Tips You Can Use

In the interests of covering all aspects of the fitness journey, we here at SpouseBUZZ like to make sure we pass on any tips we come across that can help reach a fitness goal or make the fitness journey more...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 5:41 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Humor, Fit Club

Peek-a-Boo

I bought the most adorable strapless dress this week. I'm just hoping I'll be able to wear it. Why is it that we can send a man to the moon, we have smart phones that can do everything from finding...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 7:58 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse

No Howard Hughes Here

I have someone coming over to visit and my house is a wreck. I'm going to be completely honest here and say my house is ALWAYS a wreck. I know people who have clean houses. In fact, I know people...

Published Thu, Jul 08 2010 11:41 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Imagine My Surprise!

I'm due a lot, and I do mean a lot, of back pay. Oh, and we don't have "people," either....

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 3:18 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Humor

Making PMS Look Like a Walk in the Park....

During separations from my husband, I find I'm more sensitive to things that generally don't bother me. Sometimes, I'm easily agitated and my emotions can travel from the mountain tops to the valley at a rate of speed that would...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 1:46 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

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