November 2012 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

There’s no Missing Christmas Here

Everyone else on my block may be finally hanging their Christmas lights, trimming their trees, or fishing out their favorite menorahs, but I’m not. I did that in October. Because in our house, Christmas 2012 occurred in November. The leaves may...

Published Fri, Nov 30 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Every Light in The House is On

Everyone has weird quirks, some are weirder than others. One of my biggest quirks, which hurts in the pocketbook, is leaving our holiday lights on all night long. I’m talking 5 p.m to 5 a.m.; our house can probably be seen from space when it’s decked...

Published Fri, Nov 30 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Military Life

How Do You Deal With Angry MilSpouses?

This spouse swept into the waiting room wearing her anger like a billowing cape. “How relevant is marriage anyway?” she demanded. “Young people today are asking themselves if it is even worth it to be married!” I didn’t know what to say to that. We were...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

Welcome Home, Now Get Out of My Way

“Everything is different.” That’s what my neighbor told me a couple of weeks ago after I welcomed him home from an 8-month deployment. I don’t know him very well, but when I stopped to say “hello” on the street as he helped his young daughter...

Published Thu, Nov 29 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Reintegration

YDU: Abandon All Plans!

I had a plan. When I flew to Virginia a year ago today to get legally married to my husband in a courthouse eight months before our real wedding, I did have a plan. I planned he would miraculously get stationed in California. I planned I would continue...

Published Wed, Nov 28 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education

Military Service Dogs Deserve Our Thanks

The U.S. Military Working Dog Teams have been serving our country for nearly a century. From Sergeant Stubby to Coast Guard dogs that patrolled our shores to the 4000 Vietnam war dogs to Tillman, the Skateboarding dog, these animals spend their lives...

Published Wed, Nov 28 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Pets

Lovies Are The Mark Of A Bad Mommy

You know you are a bad mother when the lovey goes missing. Patrick disappeared last fall when we were raking leaves. One minute my fourth grader and his friend were riding bikes up and down the drive and through the yard with Patrick the bear peeping...

Published Tue, Nov 27 2012 11:04 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

“Deployment Sex Pacts” are a Myth

When I married my smoking hot military man, I promised to stay faithful to him no matter what – and he promised to stay faithful to me. There were no ifs, ands or buts. There was no “unless you are bored.” And there was definitely no deployment sex pact...

Published Tue, Nov 27 2012 5:18 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family

Daddy Dolls: A Huggable Photo

When my husband was away on his last deployment, our daughter slept with a photo of her daddy under her pillow for the entire 10 months he was away. By the time he returned home, the photo was crumpled, tattered and torn almost to the point that you could...

Published Mon, Nov 26 2012 10:01 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: I Love This Product, kids

The Deployment Christmas Gift Conundrum

Sending Christmas gifts downrange is a bit of a Catch-22. On the one hand, you want your spouse to know that you are thinking of him lotsandlotsandlots, so you want to buy and mail him a Christmas gift so awesome that he cannot help be wowed! and amazed...

Published Mon, Nov 26 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Military Wife Quotes: Now See What Love Can Do

I have a serious addiction to “Call the Midwife” on PBS. I’m not pregnant. I never had a midwife. I am not particularly keen to ever experience childbirth again. Yet I am hooked on this story of a group of midwives and nuns working with the poorest of...

Published Sun, Nov 25 2012 6:57 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Quotes

Top Ten Ways To Become Perfect In-Laws

Think Marie Barone. If you want to know how to be perfect in-laws for the military, think of Marie Barone from Everybody Loves Raymond. And do the opposite of what she would do. At our SpouseBuzz LIVE event in Ft. Campbell, KY, one group made a list of...

Published Sat, Nov 24 2012 5:12 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Military Life

My Husband’s Career Makes Mine Seem Worthless

When Kelly’s husband came back from Afghanistan, bronze star in hand, he started his captain’s career course ahead of his peers. Kelly found herself suddenly feeling like there was something major missing from her life. Once upon a time, Kelly had...

Published Fri, Nov 23 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Career & Education

New Army Wives Show: Stereotype Fail

Before watching Married to the Army: Alaska, I’ll admit I was skeptical that reality TV could accurately showcase military family life. After all, this genre is notorious for sensationalized television and reinforcing negative stereotypes (the book Reality...

Published Fri, Nov 23 2012 5:06 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment

Thanksgiving, Military-Style

When I think of Thanksgiving, I imagine sitting around my family’s dining room table, loading my plate with my mom’s turkey, stuffing and green bean casserole that I know my stomach doesn’t have the capacity to hold. My mouth waters as I patiently wait...

Published Thu, Nov 22 2012 6:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

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