August 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Be Social!

As some of you know, SpouseBUZZ recently created Facebook and Twitter pages (thank you WifeUnit). We're loving the interaction we get with other milspouses on these different forums and want to make sure you are aware of our presence on...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 10:36 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

To Tell or Not to Tell

My husband is gone right now, on an all expense paid vacation to an exotic locale. Which really isn't anything unusual in this household. And, really, I'm okay with it. I've got the routine down pat at this point. The...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 9:35 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Break it to me Gently

We have had a long deployment break, in fact I am sure it is longer than the rest of my Spousebuzz cohorts. I won't even mention it out of fear of the stones that could be thrown. We at Spousebuzz...

Published Sat, Aug 07 2010 8:56 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Back in the sister 'hood!

I've spent the past 2 years in Civilian Land. There's nothing wrong with that. But there was no military base, no commissary, no Exchange, none of the support and services we're used to having available whether we use them or...

Published Tue, Aug 10 2010 6:08 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Battling the Bandwidth Blues

Once again, this PCS has brought up another good news - bad news type of situation. The good news is that we have figured out a way to have internet at our house at a price we can afford. The...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 1:08 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse

How many times have you moved?

Today I went to a store and when I went to make my purchase the cashier asked me if I had one of the store's "reward" cards. I told her yes, but I had no idea where the card was...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 10:35 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Army Wives Bloopers

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Published Thu, Aug 26 2010 6:43 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Entertainment

Of Pride and Pain

This evening, President Obama will talk about the end of combat operations in Iraq via a prime time address to the nation. A few days ago, as I watched footage of the Strykers leaving Iraq and crossing over into Kuwait,...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 11:33 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Oh, to be a kid again!

As an Army brat, I grew up with the idea that moving was a great thing. There were new adventures to be had. Items that had gone missing (possibly under or behind large pieces of furniture) were rediscovered. New friends...

Published Sun, Aug 01 2010 5:51 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS, Military Brats

No to Yes/No Boxes on Pre-Deployment Checklists?

Yesterday, Admiral Mullen vowed to put an end to the yes/no boxes on a service members pre-deployment checklist with respect to distributing family readiness and other information. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff vowed today to eliminate the...

Published Tue, Aug 03 2010 11:18 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

Fit Club - Getting started

It took me wwwaaaaayyyyyy too long to get ready to start living a healthier lifestyle, so it is no surprise it has taken me a few weeks to get myself in gear to write this post. In addition to outshining...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 4:26 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Fit Club

Hard Decisions and Change

A recent article in Stars and Stripes has a lot of people talking, and talking about a subject a subject sure to result in raised voices and anger in almost every conversation - the sustainability of military retirement benefits. Namely,...

Published Mon, Aug 09 2010 9:47 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Legal Issues, Finances

We are Never, Ever Moving All This Stuff Again

Ah, the joys of PCS. Today was the highly anticipated, and also highly dreaded, delivery of household goods. First the good news: almost no damage, and it all will fit in our house! Let the rejoicing begin! Before you get...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 1:04 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

My Sailor Dad

Back in May, some of the SpouseBUZZ authors spoke at the MOAA symposium. While there, Air Force Wife took the time to get a signed copy of My Sailor Dad for my two boys. Because she is awesome like that....

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 4:55 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Family Matters, Military Brats

I have a book problem...

I am an avid reader and have read hundreds of books in my life. I love to read all sorts of different books - mostly fiction, but a lot of non-fiction as well. My two favorite authors are James Patterson...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 12:04 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

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