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I know ... I promised not to ...

... but I just have to toss out another rhetorical situation ... (really! It IS rhetorical! I HAVE deleted the names and places and ... you know, all of that other "Dragnet" stuff. Wait. Now I have to look it...

Published Fri, Mar 12 2010 2:58 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Spouse Support Organizations

Bedroom Lottery, Anyone?

No, not that kind.... Recently, I was talking with my girlfriend, a real estate agent. We were talking about HGTV's House Hunters and she was telling me that without fail, for couples with babies, she always looks for a house...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 5:41 PM by SpouseBUZZ

The 5 Stages of Commissary Shopping on Payday

Oh, the commissary. We love you. We hate you. And mostly we’re just afraid of you on or around the 1st and 15th of the month. Accidentally find yourself at the commissary on payday or, perhaps worse, payday weekend? Be prepared for these five stages...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: commissary

Galley Gourmet: How to Feed Your Deployed Spouse

Is your servicemember sick of MREs? Over instant coffee overseas? Ready to eat something approximating actual food again? Salvation is nigh! We’ve figured out how to eat like – well, like humans – in the badlands, the barracks, and everywhere...

Published Tue, Aug 20 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Military Lifestyle

What Does Kicking Out Service Animals Say About Us?

The story went viral. A young soldier who suffers from PTSD, was asked to take his service animal home from church and return without it. While Spc. Kristofer Magstadt says he was asked to leave, the church views the story differently. However, if you...

Published Fri, Aug 23 2013 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse

Welcome Your New Neighbors in Style

When you move to a new duty station, and into a new home and don’t know a soul, there’s something extra special about someone near by taking the time to introduce themselves while holding food. Maybe it’s all the boxes. Maybe it’s...

Published Mon, Aug 26 2013 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Lifestyle

GI Bill Transfer Update Fact Sheet: Questions Answered

So you heard that there are changes underway to transferring the post-9/11 GI Bill. You know what was proposed, but now you want to know:...

Published Wed, Feb 10 2016 8:48 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

Former MilSpouse Could be on Supreme Court Short List

With the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia there’s plenty of speculation about who will replace him, not to mention when. Among the...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2016 12:27 PM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: Military Life, Spouse & Family News

How a MilSpouse Mentor Feels When She Isn’t Wanted

I bristled when I read this piece on SpouseBuzz — but I also get her point. Stay with me. By most definitions, I am a...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2016 12:37 PM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: Military Community

New Military Family TV Drama Ordered by CBS

If you’re dream TV night includes a a show about about high-drama military family life and scandal among very important (pretend) military officials, well, a...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2016 5:00 AM by SpouseBuzz.com

Filed under: Entertainment, Spouse & Family News

Military Wife Quote: The Hole In The World

American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was once described as having “a mouth like a Valentine.” I’m more likely to fall into the “mouth like a sailor” category, but I understand her feeling exactly when she wrote this military wife quote, “Where you used...

Published Sun, Oct 07 2012 5:13 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Quotes

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...

Published Tue, Oct 09 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment

Nostalgic For Our Military Past?

We call them Days of Casseroles and Roses. Anytime someone around here harkens back to a time in which military wives volunteered, attended events, put together parties, brought flowers to their neighbors, or went for drinks at the Chief’s Mess or Officer...

Published Thu, Oct 11 2012 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Spouses Can’t Say “Hooah”

Confession: try as I might, I can’t say “hooah” correctly. And I don’t think I’m in the only one. I’m not sure what it is about these grunting military calls that make them so challenging. Do I lack the proper gusto? Am I just not, well, hooah enough...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2011 11:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Humor, Military Life

What Does the 4th Mean to You?

Someone asked me recently what, exactly, Independence Day means to military families and I did not have an immediate, good answer. There’s no question what Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day mean to me as a military spouse. But July 4th? I had to give that...

Published Thu, Jun 30 2011 9:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com