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YDU: We Don’t Have To Hide How We Feel
I was annoyed after reading Jacey Eckhart’s column about a veteran who thought it was “typical” that a young spouse was surprised when her Marine deployed unexpectedly. The first thing that crossed my mind was that maybe this young spouse DID consult...
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Wed, Oct 03 2012 10:00 AM
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Poll: Would you Commissary Shop Online?
The commissary is considering a bunch of shopping upgrades, including letting people buy groceries online with curbside pick-up, as well as creating an app that would allow you to real-time price compare with other stores, according to this story on Military...
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Mon, Oct 01 2012 9:59 AM
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Should you Move Home During Deployment?
“Are you moving home?” My husband is getting ready to deploy and people keep asking me that question. “Are you moving home while he’s gone?” My answer for myself is an emphatic, can’t-believe-you-would-ask-me-that, do-I-look-crazy?! “NO.” I will be staying...
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Tue, Oct 09 2012 10:00 AM
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YDU: All FRGs Are Not Alike!
I don’t buy it. It always frustrates me when I hear these infamous words from new families joining our unit: “I would get involved with the FRG, but I had a bad experience in the one we just came from.” I just don’t buy it. I don’t believe that...
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Wed, Oct 10 2012 10:00 AM
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Top Ten Things To Enjoy Before Kids
Nearly one in five married military members do not have children. At our SpouseBuzz LIVE event at MCAS Miramar, many of our participants described themselves as “pre-kid.” These young military couples want kids in the future, but for now they are working...
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Sat, Oct 13 2012 5:00 AM
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Happy Birthday Navy: Still Getting Lei’d?
What do you get the Navy for their 237th birthday? Instead of my usual happy reading of VADM Harold M. Koenig’s “I Like The Navy” essay, I was thinking we should be more festive this year. I was thinking that it sure would be cute to get out all those...
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Fri, Oct 12 2012 5:00 AM
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How Do You Help a Friend in Need?
A few days ago, Amy sent me a link to a really great blog post on how you can help someone in need, and it got me thinking. We’ve all had a friend going through something, totally overwhelmed, and in many cases, holding it all together by herself...
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Mon, Oct 15 2012 10:02 AM
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YDU: MilSpouses Like A Slice Of Pizza
Picture a whole pizza with the toppings distributed evenly over the entire pizza. Now take a slice and you will see that the slice has a piece of every type of topping that was on the entire pizza. This is how I see the military spouse community. We are...
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Wed, Oct 17 2012 10:00 AM
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Tell us What Helped YOU Through Deployment
Terrell needs some military spouse help. He is all set to marry his fiancée in November. He leaves for Navy basic training in January. He plans to be a machinist mate on a submarine. That’s exciting. Except now Terrell is starting to actually think about...
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Thu, Oct 18 2012 5:04 AM
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3 Tips for Handling Predeployment Stress
Household Bushatz is in a predeployment holding pattern. If you’re gearing up for deployment (or have recently done so) you know what I’m talking about. It’s like climbing that hill on the roller coaster. It’s going up, up, up and you are feeling more...
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Wed, Oct 17 2012 5:00 AM
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How Soon Should You Tell Your Kids About a PCS?
“I told my friends that we’re moving,” my 8-year-old son announced while I was cooking dinner. “Why would you do that?” I asked. “We’re not moving.” But maybe we were. And maybe I had just lied to my very intuitive son. And maybe I had absolutely no idea...
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Mon, Oct 15 2012 5:00 AM
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Eating Across America: Become a Military Foodie
One of the perks of being an active duty military family is that we get to live all over the country. (Admittedly, it’s also one of the downsides too.) We’re never in one place too long, right? And while dealing with the PCS and relocating everything...
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Mon, Oct 22 2012 9:42 AM
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Close Encounters of the Hot Tub Kind
The best reward for a workout well done is a good soak in the hot tub. Alone. With nothing but quiet contemplation. I was in the process of rewarding myself the other day when another woman slipped into the bubbles beside me, totally disrupting the sanctity...
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Mon, Oct 08 2012 10:00 AM
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Five Mistakes I Keep Making In My Military Marriage
I keep blowing it. No matter how many anniversaries my husband and I rack up, I still keep making some of the same mistakes in my military marriage. I’m not alone. Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project, wrote this month about the...
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Tue, Oct 09 2012 5:57 AM
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Marriage & Family
Send Your Spose on Jeopardy
If watching Jeopardy with your spouse is anything like watching Jeopardy with mine it’s, well, annoying. And a little embarrassing. Frankly, and don’t tell him I said this, the man just knows more than I do. Never mind, I just can’t...
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Wed, Oct 03 2012 4:26 AM
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