July 2013 - Spouse Buzz - The Network of Care

Would You Pay $1 Million To Have Dad Home For Birth?

It is no secret that giving birth alone while your husband is deployed is not easy. Our SpouseBuzz readers tell us that it can be the loneliest day of your life. I know when my son Peter was born during deployment, I was surrounded by family and friends...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

YDU: I Developed a Case of Deployment Brain

Why didn’t you tell me I’d develop a case of deployment brain? When my friend was six months pregnant, she woke up, dressed and drove to work on a Saturday morning. She thought it was a Friday. When she arrived at her office the parking lot...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, military spouse, deployment brain

Poll: How Much Are You Willing to Pay for the Ball?

Just what is the value of a night out in a fancy dress with your spouse’s work buddies? That’s the question I started asking myself after I learned that it’s going to cost us $80 per ticket to attend out upcoming post-deployment ball … plus parking (...

Published Tue, Jul 30 2013 10:54 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

What I Wish I Had Known About Being An Air Force Wife

I recognized that I knew nothing about the inner workings of the military when I became a new Air Force wife, but my natural optimism propelled me forward. I decided I would figure it all out as the issues arose – after all, experience is the best teacher...

Published Tue, Jul 30 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

How to Make Sure Your Friend Doesn’t Sell Your Dog

When Brandon Harker returned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord from Afghanistan early this month he was looking forward to picking-up his two-year-old Labrador Retriever, Oakley, which he had given to a friend to take care of while he was gone. So imagine his...

Published Mon, Jul 29 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Pets

Care Package Surprise: Cake in a Jar

Are you looking for a way to send home baked goods to your servicemember without risking them spoiling or turning into nicely wrapped packages of crumbs? I have the perfect solution for you: cake in a jar. Never heard of it? I hadn’t either. Maybe...

Published Mon, Jul 29 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Military Lifestyle

Top 3 Ways to Help Someone Else’s Homecoming

It’s the month of homecomings here at Fort Campbell. The Brigade to which we are attached is on their way back from Afghanistan and droves of friends and acquaintances are getting hints at when the plane holding their soldier may return to US ground...

Published Sun, Jul 28 2013 8:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Reintegration

Top Ten Ways You Can Control Military Life

I’ve learned many things in my short stint as a mil-spouse. Among them is how to give up planning, or, if not completely give it up, at least plan in pencil. What I’m also realizing, though, is that in military life where much is planned for us and much...

Published Sat, Jul 27 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Marriage & Family, military spouse, marine, control, military kids

Did Ms. Vicki Column Just Spread Bad Stereotypes?

By now I’m sure you’ve read or at least heard about Military.com’s recent “Ask Ms. Vicki” advice column “Where Is My Army Wife Pay?”. In case you haven’t, the short (less whiny) version is this: a woman claiming to be married to an Army officer wants...

Published Fri, Jul 26 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support

Dear Pentagon: Where Are Our Benefits?

Last month, my wife and I said “I do” during a freakishly sunny mini-vacation to Seattle. Though we sacrificed a lot to do it, what I dubbed our “shotgun wedding” was beautiful. Like many other military couples, the needs of the service dictated the timing...

Published Thu, Jul 25 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support, Spouse & Family News

Who Do They Think You Are?

I get so exasperated when I hear some expert trot out the statistic that 85% of military spouses want or need to work. They make it sound like hoards of spouses in business suits are climbing over each other like a scene out of World War Z. They make...

Published Thu, Jul 25 2013 3:55 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education, job, military spouse employment, job types

Last Time Ever I Saw Your Face (You Were Eating Peanut Butter)

I am so hungry to see my husband’s face that I’m hollow-eyed and skinny-fingered. After five months of this deployment, I’m practically Kelly Ripa. Isn’t that crazy? I’ve been married to my husband for 26 years. I know what he looks like. I have zillions...

Published Wed, Jul 24 2013 5:40 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, facebook, Navy, sailor, pictures

Dear Royal Baby: Be A Warrior Prince

When you are born a prince, like the newborn Prince of Cambridge, there are a lot of ways to live your life. You can be a Prince Charming, wooing the ladies. You can be an Evil Prince, scheming for the throne. You can be a Wise Prince, living with melancholy...

Published Tue, Jul 23 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Entertainment

Quiz: If You Love Your Kids Should You Leave the Military?

Research on military kids is meant to help those most affected by more than a decade of war. Yet sometimes it seems deliberately compounded to freak out military parents. According to this latest doom and gloom report from Child Trends, an online nonprofit...

Published Tue, Jul 23 2013 4:45 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids, military children, research on military kids, Home Front Alert, military kids at risk

Why I Will Survive A Zombie Apocalypse

As a recently married Army wife, I am still not completely used to the sheer volume of equipment that soldiers must carry with them from post to post. We have a room in our house affectionately referred to as the “TA-50 Room.” This space became necessary...

Published Mon, Jul 22 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, army, zombie, uniforms, equipment

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