September 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Learning in the Lobby (Or Bus Stop, or Commissary)

As you may know, we recently moved and had the pleasure of living in the Navy Lodge for several weeks. One of the great things about living there was that you were always running into other people who were moving...

Published Mon, Sep 06 2010 11:47 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Deployment Dilemma

If we milspouses could choose whether or not our spouse would deploy, we would most certainly choose NOT DEPLOY!!! Right? But what if your spouse wants to deploy and the Army says he has to stay on Rear D? This...

Published Mon, Sep 27 2010 1:45 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

And Nightfall Came

The daylight hours were filled with chaos, confusion and shock. In the span of a few hours, the Twin Towers had collapsed, the headquarters of the most powerful military in the world had been penetrated and a field in Pennsylvania...

Published Sat, Sep 11 2010 4:28 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Fit Club Dropout In Search of Fit Club Partner

This morning, my daughter was late for the bus. She isn't the most active of kids, and she has a small injury, so it was up to Mom to run up the hill and make small talk with the driver...

Published Tue, Sep 14 2010 10:26 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

A Horrible Reminder that Military Families Must be Careful

Yesterday, I received several emails about the tragic murder of Navy spouse, Shana Hight. Shana's husband was deployed when she was killed. The details of this senseless crime have yet to be publicly revealed. It's unclear why Shana was murdered...

Published Mon, Sep 20 2010 2:04 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Family Matters

Homecoming and Going

I look forward to Air Force Guy being home when he is deployed. Not necessarily the homecoming, that's fraught with anxiety on my part. But the being home part. I'm pretty sure we all do. I mean, I'm his wife...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 7:07 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Climbing out of the Hole

Everyone's life has its ups and downs, and when you live in a military family, things tend to happen big: You don't move houses, you move continents. You make lifelong friends faster than some people make acquaintances. Your spouse doesn't...

Published Wed, Sep 01 2010 8:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Reviewing the Review

I like to look through the newspaper on Saturdays and Sundays to find out what is going on in our area and make appropriate plans. I usually don't read the movie reviews very often - rare is the day when...

Published Tue, Sep 07 2010 9:01 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, Anticipatory Grief, Civilians

B&Bs Honoring Veterans

B&Bs offer military free stay A West Virginia innkeeper who started letting military families stay free for Veterans Day in 2008 has recruited 400 inns across the U.S. and Canada as part of an initiative to offer free rooms this...

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 5:47 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

The angst doesn't change ...

Much is said about our memories of where we were and what we were doing 9 years ago ... and the apprehension about "what's next?" and how our lives would change. Nine years and twenty-four days ago, I remember well...

Published Sun, Sep 12 2010 8:18 AM by SpouseBUZZ

A not so run of the mill .mil account?

I grew up with a common last name. It was Hispanic, but definitely a Smith or Jones equivalent. People might not have spelled it correctly or butchered the pronunciation more times than I expected, but it didn't bother me too...

Published Wed, Sep 15 2010 8:55 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

I'm Only One Person!

Wow, I could go so many ways with a title like this one. However, I'm going to talk about moving. We moved into our new house about a month ago and are slowly making our way through the boxes. I...

Published Tue, Sep 21 2010 11:45 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Military.com on Capitol Hill for Release of Military Lifestyle Survey

Military.com was on Capitol Hill yesterday for the release of the results from the Blue Star Family 2010 Military Lifestyle Survey, which was taken by 3,634 military families. One fantastic fact is that 68% of respondents claimed to participate in...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 5:43 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

He's Back! Now What?

Air Force Guy has been back from deployment for about a week and a half now. So, on one hand - YAY! It's been great to have him back - that worry you scrunch down to the bottom of your...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 8:05 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Bad housing karma? Or just a disaster queen?

I came back from taking the kids to the school bus this morning to find a window had fallen out into our living room and glass was all over the carpet. It was #3 of the housing disasters we've had...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2010 8:51 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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Learning in the Lobby (Or Bus Stop, or Commissary)

Deployment Dilemma

And Nightfall Came

Fit Club Dropout In Search of Fit Club Partner

A Horrible Reminder that Military Families Must be Careful

Homecoming and Going

Climbing out of the Hole

Reviewing the Review

B&Bs Honoring Veterans

The angst doesn't change ...

A not so run of the mill .mil account?

I'm Only One Person!

Military.com on Capitol Hill for Release of Military Lifestyle Survey

He's Back! Now What?

Bad housing karma? Or just a disaster queen?