October 2010 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

They've got the ear of important folks -- AUSA Day I

The annual three day AUSA conference in Washington, D.C. is about the only place I can imagine seeing a huge room of Army spouses -- most of them heavily involved in their Family Readiness Group -- hold an audience of...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 5:14 PM by SpouseBUZZ

SpouseBUZZ Interviews Operation Homefront at AUSA

AUSA's Annual Meeting & Exposition is taking place today through Wednesday in Washington, DC. SpouseBUZZ is attending the Military Family Forums and we'll bring all the family-centric news to you. Today, we were able to interview family support...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 6:59 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Resources

The Stars Speak to Military Spouses

Military.com had the honor of attending the star-studded USO Gala last week in Washington. We caught up with celebrities like Rose McGowan, Trisha Yearwood and others and asked them what they'd like to say to military spouses.

Published Thu, Oct 14 2010 4:39 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Entertainment

The People Behind the War

Every year my husband has been home at this time, we make it a point to visit Red Lobster once for their Endless Shrimp special. It's like a holiday of some sort for us, "Shrimp Christmas". We look forward to...

Published Thu, Oct 14 2010 1:10 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

I Did Not Know

It is a phrase that military people hear often. Maybe it has never been said to you, but surely you have heard it said to (or about) someone else. It is such a few words, but contains within it so...

Published Sun, Oct 17 2010 9:16 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse

Hot and Heavenly: I Love This Product

Unfortunately, I didn't acquire the sewing gene. The wrap-around skirt I made in home economics many years ago was my one and only tango with a sewing machine. There have been zillions of times in my adult life when I...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 11:46 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: I Love This Product

A mil-brat's special birthday

We're approaching a milestone in our family this week. Our oldest child is turning 10. For a civilian child, it's the double digits that might make it a big deal. For a military child, it's even bigger. This is when...

Published Tue, Oct 05 2010 8:34 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Military Brats

We'll Have None of that Pride Stuff Here...

As milspouses, we tend to exude pride in our service member and his affiliated unit or branch. And rightfully so. Parents of service members are also proud of their son or daughter. And rightfully so. Our pride is displayed publicly...

Published Fri, Oct 22 2010 3:54 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Project Military Family

SpouseBUZZ is pleased to welcome Amy, a journalist and Army wife. Amy is currently researching and writing about marriage support in the military as part of a year-long Phillips Foundation journalism fellowship. Amy will be publishing the fruit of her...

Published Sun, Oct 24 2010 12:40 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Fit Club, Round Two

If you've been around SpouseBUZZ a while, you might remember that I did an awesome job of losing a bunch of weight while my husband was deployed, and then gained it all back when he returned. I've been whining and...

Published Sat, Oct 02 2010 6:38 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

The Sausage Process

We've talked here on SpouseBUZZ before about how one person's weird is another person's normal. Things that help you cope with the craziness of mil-life are not always the same things that help other people cope. I was reminded of...

Published Mon, Oct 11 2010 6:59 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Family Matters, PCS

We also serve...

Tissue alert:

Published Wed, Oct 13 2010 11:52 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Relinquishing the Snake

Someone sent me this link to a list compiled by a milspouse of things she's not going to do when her husband returns from his deployment. An excerpt: It's been a looonnnggg year, again. For as much as I'm proud...

Published Sat, Oct 09 2010 8:45 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

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