May 2011 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Deployment Depression Spending: “Please Help”

A few weeks ago on an old, mostly lighthearted and funny Deployment Confessions thread, a milspouse laid out her confession, and it was anything but funny. This is my husband’s 4th deployment, and I go thru the depression each time he deploys. You...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 12:54 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Marriage & Family

BUZZing at Eglin AFB

We’re thrilled to be invited to to participate in Operation Empowerment, a Military Spouse Appreciation Event to be held May 18th at the Emerald Coast Convention Center near Eglin AFB, Florida. The lovely ladies there have planned a fantastic day...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 3:00 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE, FRG/Spouse Support

I Had No Idea

I just have to quickly say that I thought I knew what I was talking about years ago when I wrote that one is the loneliest number. I thought I knew that temporarily-single moms had it harder than I did. I had no idea. I have done one week of my husband...

Published Sun, May 08 2011 8:07 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

New Milspouse Kate Middleton’s “Sad” Reality

As most of you know, in addition to being a new member of the Royal Family, Kate Middleton is now a military wife. Prince William is in the Royal Air Force. I read a headline this morning which made me laugh. The title read, “Kate Middleton &...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 9:02 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

Retro Military Memories

Over the weekend, I read a blog post about how Victoria’s Secret has devolved from a once-classy yet sexy merchant to a low-class merchant catering to a different, younger demographic. Victoria’s Secret stores circa 1990 used to be mature...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 1:59 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Taking the Show on the Road

One of our favorite things about SpouseBUZZ is that our big daddy, Military.com, sends us out to military installations and communities several times a year. This affords us the opportunity to step away from the keyboard and talk with military spouses...

Published Fri, May 13 2011 12:06 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

Video: Wounded Warrior Spouse Interview

I can think of few people groups I admire more than the spouse-caretakers of wounded warriors. In a society where marriage relationships break down over toothpaste and toilet paper differences, these people stick it out through the most frustrating, hurtful...

Published Sun, May 01 2011 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse

Is it to Early?

Well, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. Just dug a deep hole and crawled in to process a few things, like a deployment with 6 weeks notice and 6 date changes and as I thought things were getting better we get a whammy two weeks into said deployment...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 6:16 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Military Life, Uncategorized, military moving, moving, family

Marine Wife Named Spouse of Year

I love the Military Spouse of the Year contests. It gives us a chance to recognize our incredible fellow spouses and be inspired by their selfless work. I may blog and work really hard to empower spouses with information while attempting to hold leadership...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 7:56 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

My Husband, the “Badass”

When it comes to military life, and particularly huge stories like the death of Osama Bin Laden, my civilian friends are infinitely inquisitive. They want to get the “inside story” and they assume I have it. The problem, of course, is that...

Published Wed, May 04 2011 8:32 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Civilians, Humor

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