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Figuring Out How to Fit In

In the military world of uniformity, fitting in can be one of the hardest parts of being a military spouse. My journey as a military spouse veered off the traditional path and has set us down a bumpy path that often leaves me feeling like I was placed...

Published Sat, Jul 09 2011 8:13 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: FRG/Spouse Support, Military Life

Roadblocks To Starting a Creative Business

If you are like me, you love the handmade movement going on right now. With services like Etsy and Big Cartel, people are able to use their creative and entrepreneurial skills to build a business in the handmade marketplace. This career path is particularly...

Published Sun, Jul 10 2011 3:50 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Career & Education

2,700 Miles for a Haircut

Today I’m flying to Washington State to get a haircut. I told my friends there I’m coming to visit them … but the real reason is that my ‘do is starting to resemble that of a yeti and I need an intervention – pronto. When the Army moved us...

Published Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:55 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Military Life

Warrior Care Month: Choose How Tragedy Changes You

I didn’t know my husband when he served in the Army, nor when he was injured. In 1988, just months following his four years active duty and while in the reserves, Geoff was in a horrific motorcycle accident that severed his spinal cord, leaving...

Published Sun, Nov 16 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse, Marriage & Family, Military Life, warrior care month, invictus games, adaptive sports

Upcoming Study Highlights ManSpouse Struggles

A study that will be released out of the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University next year takes a close look at the struggles faced by civilian male military spouses. The qualitative study took a close, in-depth look over about five months...

Published Tue, Nov 18 2014 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

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

Commissary Adding ‘Value’ Tags to Generics

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) has directed their stores to add “value” tags to products in their off-brand lines or put them in special displays in an effort to highlight the lower prices. By law, DeCA does not carry a true generic...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2014 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News, commissary

Many Paycheck Allotments Going Away

If you are the type of military person who likes to use to paycheck allotments to pay for items like furniture or cars military financial life is about to get a little more annoying. The Defense Department announced late last week that, starting Jan....

Published Mon, Nov 24 2014 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Legal & Financial, Spouse & Family News

Using Denial to Cope With Deployment

You’d think I’d be in full freak-out right now, the way deployment is chugging towards us like a freight train. But I’m not. Instead, I’m living in the happy land of Denial. Here in Denial the trees of flowery, the sun is shining and I’m very slender...

Published Thu, Nov 08 2012 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Petraeus: When Love Fails

As soon as the news that CIA Director David Petraeus stepped down due to an extramarital affair, my phone started to ring. My text buzzed and buzzed. Long married military friends shared the link to the story on Facebook to make sure I had seen what happened...

Published Fri, Nov 09 2012 4:18 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Poll: What Kind of Neighbors do you Want?

Unless you live in the middle of nowhere, neighbors are an unavoidable part of life. But unlike my parents who had the same neighbors for 20 years (whether they liked it or not), military life gives us the unique opportunity to have many, many neighbors...

Published Mon, Nov 12 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: PCS, Poll

YDU: Good Mom = Exhausted Overwhelmed Mom??

Why didn’t you tell me that to be a good mom, you have to be overwhelmed and exhausted? Not only are you required to give your heart and soul to your kids, but you also need to turn over all of your time, energy, resources, and spend every waking...

Published Wed, Nov 14 2012 10:15 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

Installation Community Gardens

I’ve always wanted to get involved in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program as some of my civilian friends do in their home areas. Since I have a blue thumb, I’d do the share buying and reap the bounty of a box of fresh produce! I know my limitations...

Published Sat, Jul 30 2011 3:31 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Did You Know

Does MilSupport Mean Breaking The Rules?

There’s a controversy brewing in a Louisiana town. A sign in a front yard has made national news and now has a Facebook support page. It’s a sign with a picture of a deployed service member on it and words of support from his parents. The Homeowners Association...

Published Sun, Jul 31 2011 1:29 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Feds Feed Families and So Can You

The “Feds Feed Families” food drive is part of a presidential initiative to help food banks across the nation restock their shelves. The goal is to gather from federal employees 2 million lbs of donated nonperishable food items before August 31. Military...

Published Tue, Aug 02 2011 4:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life, Spouse & Family News

Help a Spouse: Care Package Ideas

Care packages are one of the most fun yet frustrating things to put together. We all want to send them, we all get excited about cramming them with reminders of home –but about two months into deployment the idea well starts to run dry and the whole...

Published Wed, Aug 03 2011 1:45 PM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Resources

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