September 2011 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Video: PCS Moving Week

To be completely honest, the days leading up to our moving week were pretty stressful, and I seriously felt like I was losing my mind. I heard horror stories from fellow seasoned spouses about terrible moving companies breaking their stuff before they...

Published Mon, Sep 19 2011 5:06 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, military moving, Videos, video

Early Dismissal Days

Seriously. Do I need one more thing to add to the fun (fiasco) of settling in after moving? Apparently so. Enter stage left: early dismissal days for elementary schools. Each place we live has not only a different day of the week for “early day...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2011 6:22 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

Finding Walmart

The other day I got lost driving to Walmart. We live in a super small town and Walmart is one of the few landmark destinations. Most people down here, when giving directions, start with “Go past the Walmart aways…” or “Make the first right after Walmart...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2011 3:16 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS

Welcome to Our New Guest Bloggers

As you may know, we’re adding guest bloggers each quarter at SpouseBUZZ. These spouses will guest blog on the weekends during their assigned quarter. Our first set of “weekend warriors” started in July and they have been fantastic! They...

Published Thu, Sep 15 2011 6:30 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Extreme Makeover Wants MilFams

Host Ty Pennington and the awesome people over at Extreme Makeover: Home Edition are once again looking for a military family or veteran for a well deserved home rennovation. This isn’t the first time they’ve done this. This year’s season...

Published Thu, Sep 15 2011 1:32 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

Your PCS Inheritance (or Loss)

Anyone out there missing a 4.5 foot tall, black, one inch round steel pole? Reader Cathy mentioned the stuff she’s inherited (and unwillingly passed on) during her years of military moves over at this fabulous post. In case you missed it, she’d like the...

Published Thu, Sep 15 2011 6:37 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS

Finding “Favorites” When We PCS

This is probably on the shallower side of life but I bet I’m not alone. You’re living somewhere and have your favorites at your fingertips. Favorite hair salon, restaurant, specialty stores and more. Then comes the shake up (PCS), settling in, and limping...

Published Wed, Sep 14 2011 11:20 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS

Moving Box Labels: The Fun Side of Moving

It is, indeed, the simple things in life. Like reading moving box labels…who knew those could be so entertaining? After all the preparation, the packers, the movers, the finding of what the movers didn’t take, or what they did, the cleaning...

Published Wed, Sep 14 2011 5:14 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Humor

Before You Go: Preparing for Deployment

What’s the upside to starting a deployment? Getting it over with! Before a deployment, my husband and I work together on getting ready for the inevitable, and that includes a lot of talking. Tried to ignore the elephant in the room in the past and that...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 6:10 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

10 years

I am still angry. When I watch footage of people hanging on for their very lives that day. I try and imagine that level of fear. Did they think we could possibly save them, and did not bother? Haunting, beyond what I can fathom or put into words. I am...

Published Mon, Sep 12 2011 8:57 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Fed Hiring Preference for Some Spouses

Gold star spouses and spouses of 100 percent disabled veterans have been given preferencial, non-competitive hiring treatement by the federal government since September 2009. That means that if those spouses met the minimum requirements for most federal...

Published Mon, Sep 12 2011 12:55 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education, Spouse & Family News

9/11: I Write Because I Must

Sitting before my keyboard with hands trembling, I cannot seem to bring myself to write about the events surrounding September 11, 2001. It’s only been ten years; I’m simply not ready. Still, at this moment in time, I can’t fathom writing...

Published Sun, Sep 11 2011 3:30 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, patriotism

Where Were You on 9/11?

“Where were you when the world stopped turning, that September day?” – Alan Jackson We all have a story from that fateful September day ten years ago. Stories of where we were when we first heard about the attacks on 9/11. Those moments and memories will...

Published Sun, Sep 11 2011 10:27 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

9/11 and a Life of Service

Yesterday I pulled out my 9/11 journal, written that infamous morning and the days that followed in sparkly purple gel pen ink. In 2001 I was a sheltered, homeschooled 17-year-old in my senior year of “high school.” My first love was playing the piano...

Published Sun, Sep 11 2011 5:37 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

“We’re Different People Now”

I married a soldier in the afterglow of Operation Desert Storm. During that conflict, the nation rallied around her troops. We waited anxiously to see how the conflict would unfold. As it happened, the conflict ended rather quickly and decisively. If...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2011 3:51 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

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Video: PCS Moving Week

Early Dismissal Days

Finding Walmart

Welcome to Our New Guest Bloggers

Extreme Makeover Wants MilFams

Your PCS Inheritance (or Loss)

Finding “Favorites” When We PCS

Moving Box Labels: The Fun Side of Moving

Before You Go: Preparing for Deployment

10 years

Fed Hiring Preference for Some Spouses

9/11: I Write Because I Must

Where Were You on 9/11?

9/11 and a Life of Service

“We’re Different People Now”