August 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

SpouseBUZZ chats with Brian McNamara

Last Thursday, SpouseBUZZ and CinCHouse caught up with Brian McNamara a/k/a General Holden at a Ft. Belvoir screening of Army Wives. Vice President Biden and Dr. Jill Biden addressed those in attendance.

Published Wed, Aug 04 2010 5:25 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Entertainment

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

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

Oh, Yeah. I Forgot to Splurge....

Some kind soul gave me a gift certificate to a local spa recently, and I jumped for joy. I'm such a spa gal. I love being pampered. Part of the reason I love it so is that it's such a...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 7:11 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

Stockpiling

Whenever I walk by a greeting cards section, I usually peruse the romantic cards and the I-miss-you cards. I have always stocked up on these to have on hand when my husband deploys so that I can regularly send him...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 9:04 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

The Meaning of Sacrifice

My grandmother is 93 years old. She's a remarkable lady - when I describe her as a pistol there is no exaggeration in the phrase whatsoever. Recently my mother had to shoo my grandmother down off the roof where she...

Published Sat, Aug 21 2010 6:04 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

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

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

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

Compliment from my son (and he doesn't even know it :)

Yesterday I was checking my 10-year-old son's homework and he unknowingly paid me a compliment. My rule with checking homework is that I will check it twice (at most) and after that it is my son's responsibility to make corrections....

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 11:23 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Touching the Third Rail

In political circles, it's often said that social security is the third rail. Touch it at your own peril. If there were a third rail with respect to military life, I'd venture to say it would be the issue of...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 8:24 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

The Future is Here...

As I mentioned in my last post, I spent a couple of days at USAA HQ last week. As part of that blogger's event, we were given a tour of USAA's innovation laboratory, where USAA is currently working on 600...

Published Mon, Aug 02 2010 7:23 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Building a Forever Home

We've lived in so many homes throughout the years. Each more different than the one before. Whether we were renting or bought a home, we've always lived in homes and apartments where someone else had designed the home. I used...

Published Fri, Aug 06 2010 7:25 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

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