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Welcome New SurvivorBUZZ Readers, and SpouseBUZZ Readers!

SurvivorBUZZ was created to offer support for survivors of fallen military members. No topic is off limits. You can come here and discuss your experiences with others who can identify with you and what you're going through. The journey that...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 5:20 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SurvivorBUZZ

Operation Patriot

You know what I like about this, besides the obvious? That they included the girlfriends.

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 6:18 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

We Cannot Send Touch

This morning I remembered an old post I wrote on missing our spouses with all five senses. I started thinking about the flip-side, how we can send them little bits of the homefront to satisfy their senses as well. In...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 5:23 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

Can Everyone Hack It?

I've been meaning to write about a conversation I had with another military spouse for about a year now, but I couldn't seem to craft a post that I thought was satisfactory. The topic proved more challenging than I had...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 5:21 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Day in the Life of a Milspouse

Fit Club: Negative Nellie

I started doing the Couch to 5K (C25K) program last fall. I stuck with it pretty faithfully. For awhile. Then life and the holidays got the better of me. In mid-November, we went to DisneyWorld for a week. The following...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 10:20 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Fit Club

For Civilians

SpouseBUZZ is a site by military spouses for military spouses, but I'd like to write this post for someone else - civilians. I live in a civilian community right now, and I've been lucky. I am surrounded by people who...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 5:56 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Invasion of the Milspouse Mii

I've been wanting a Wii for ages, only because I was interested in the Wii Fit program. Apparently, I was a good girl last year because Santa left a Wii under the tree. I had almost as much fun designing...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 5:54 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Introducing SurvivorBUZZ

A few weeks ago, I had an eye-opening conversation with a widow named Jackie. Jackie's husband was killed in Iraq by a suicide bomber. A female suicide bomber. I've talked to numerous Gold Star Wives over the past few years,...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 7:12 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SurvivorBUZZ

An Open Question

Just how many unit, deployment, event, and military themed t-shirts does one service-member need? Seriously. I really need to know this. Because 17 years from first signing the dotted line, I'm finally going through these things and I'm pretty...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 3:46 PM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Switching branches . . .

But first! Remember the Red, White & You USO Sweethearts? They made it to Iraq unmelted and intact. When I asked Seadaddy to check their status for me, Skype showed that there was eye rolling and possibly huffing and puffing...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 1:46 PM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: PCS

Not On the Same Page

Guard Wife wrote a month ago about missed messages, and at the time I didn't have anything to add in the comments. But I do now! My husband and I have still been working on a middle name for our...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 8:58 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Family Matters

Tax Season Is Coming

Below you will find several resources for the 2010 (2009 tax year) filing season, as it relates to military members and military families. 2009 Tax Statements (W-2s and 1099s) will be available: Air Force, Army and Navy Reserve - Available...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 6:43 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Resources, Finances

When Homeschooling Meets Military

We have four children, and they have all been home-schooled. It works for us. Anyway, one of the books we use for early reading is called "Explode the Code." My kids LOVE Explode the Code (and I would heartily recommend...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 7:22 AM by SpouseBUZZ

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

Save the Date(s)

SpouseBUZZ will be visiting at least four military communities in 2010, and we're uber-excited about being able to share some face time with military spouses across the country. This year, we'll be bringing the same fun event to milspouses, but...

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 6:28 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: SpouseBUZZ LIVE

Precious Moments

I always find I'm torn when it's "time to go" between shoving my husband away and grabbing him and never letting go. It's that weird stage when you want the clock to start ticking and you want time to stand...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 7:54 AM by SpouseBUZZ

Filed under: Deployment

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Welcome New SurvivorBUZZ Readers, and SpouseBUZZ Readers!

Operation Patriot

We Cannot Send Touch

Can Everyone Hack It?

Fit Club: Negative Nellie

For Civilians

Invasion of the Milspouse Mii

Introducing SurvivorBUZZ

An Open Question

Switching branches . . .

Not On the Same Page

Tax Season Is Coming

When Homeschooling Meets Military

Save the Date(s)

Precious Moments