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Pet Peeve #795476

It drives me nuts when we PCS and I don't know anyone local to put in the "Emergency Contact" section of paperwork.

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 7:32 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, PCS, Military Brats

"Time To Move On"

It's time to move on, time to get going What lies ahead, I have no way of knowing But under my feet, baby, grass is growing It's time to move on, it's time to get going When my husband and...

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 1:51 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

What Military Men Want: We Write the List

From Shine, we learn what men really want. Click here to read the reasons, but below is the list:1. A moratorium on drama 2. Sexy sex 3. Romance 4. Truth 5. Silence 6. Dinner 7. A sense of humor 8....

Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 6:32 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Humor

We Fought the Law and the Law Won

My mother just came for a visit and we had a run-in with the law. My mother is a shutterbug. Oh, she wants a photo of everything. EVERYthing. Like we had an argument when she came for SpouseBUZZ Live Hampton...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 11:36 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse

There's "See ya later" and then there's "Good Bye"

How many times have we given those bear hugs to our friends and neighbors as their moving van pulled away, habitually saying "good bye" only to be reprimanded with, "it's never good bye", it's "I'll see you later."...

Published Thu, Jul 22 2010 11:14 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Oh, Now it's ON

I have been chronicling my husband's love of all things Gear in The Geardo Chronicles. It's truly ridiculous. There's gear in every room of my house, and no matter how hard I try to pack all this stuff out of...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 12:36 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment, Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, Marriage, Humor

MyCAA News

Following She of the Sea's post below announcing the relaunch of the popular MyCAA program, there's been a flurry of conversation about the revamped program. MOAA issued a press release, which reads, in part:The Military Officers Association of...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 10:21 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Education

MyCAA Announces Changes

The Department of Defense today announced that the popular MyCAA program will reopen to new participants in October 2010, with several key changes in eligibility and dollar amounts. Here is a summary of the changes: Be available to spouses of...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 9:56 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Career, Education, Resources

A Good Book, and Some Tea

I've been an avid reader since I was a little girl. Nothing I love more than curling up with a good book, learning about people, places and cultures and escaping to another world. This year has been a busy one...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 10:20 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Six Months Later

Actually, it's been about six and a half months since I entered the Feather Weight Challenge at my gym. Daily, I get super-frustrated about what seems like not enough progress, but when I check my monthly charts, I seem to...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2010 6:39 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Fit Club

Well-Being Index: Life is Good?

Gallup has released some interesting results from their well-being survey. Active duty military personnel who have ever been deployed to a foreign war have strikingly similar wellbeing levels as active duty personnel who have never been deployed. In both...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2010 11:45 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Miscellaneous

Purchases Incompatible With the Military Lifestyle

A while back I was talking with some friends about all the moving we've done since marrying soldiers. After going through our best and worst duty stations, we started talking about the various apartments and houses we've lived in. Then,...

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 8:35 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

Ohhh Murphy, why so soon?

My husband deployed exactly 10 days ago and Murphy has already made an appearance. Ten days! I decided to clean my truck out today and got busy vacuuming. I thought I'd listen to some music and turned the radio on....

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 10:26 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Superpowers

A couple of years ago I wrote a post where everyone had to describe themselves in exactly six words. Mine was, "I have not yet been arrested." It's still true. Barely. Anyway, something Guard Wife said awhile ago got me...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 6:33 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse, Family Matters, Humor

The never-ending PCS

It's funny that Guard Wife just wrote about a virtual road trip. Because I've been on the never-ending road trip...and it's anything but virtual. We are in the midst of a PCS. So I've been on the road and/or homeless...

Published Sat, Jul 10 2010 9:57 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

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Pet Peeve #795476

"Time To Move On"

What Military Men Want: We Write the List

We Fought the Law and the Law Won

There's "See ya later" and then there's "Good Bye"

Oh, Now it's ON

MyCAA News

MyCAA Announces Changes

A Good Book, and Some Tea

Six Months Later

Well-Being Index: Life is Good?

Purchases Incompatible With the Military Lifestyle

Ohhh Murphy, why so soon?

Superpowers

The never-ending PCS