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My Dream House Is Not What I Thought

“Wow, so now that he’s retiring, you’re going to buy a house! You’ve moved so many times, I bet you know exactly what you want,” a civilian friend said to me. You’d think so, right? My friend got me thinking about just how my idea of our perfect...

Published Sat, Jan 24 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

What I Learned About Career From Young Spouses

Do you ever wish you could tell the younger version of yourself some words of wisdom about your career? I recently had a chat with a newer military spouse about her experiences assimilating into the military life. It reminded me of things I wish I had...

Published Fri, Jan 23 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Why Am I The One Explaining The War?

As we prepare for yet another upcoming deployment, I find myself increasingly stressed out about those innocent conversations I have with well-meaning friends. Me: “Yes, he’s deploying.” Friend: “Oh no! Really? For how long?”...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

5 Frugal Living Tips for 2015

A new survey says that middle class military families are focusing their financial goals for 2015 on frugal living. They want to get out of debt, cut back their spending, budget, use more cash and less credit and shop more at bargain stores. That sounds...

Published Wed, Jan 21 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Legal & Financial

Disability Help Added to Exchange Gas Stations

If you are a disabled military member or military family member who either has trouble getting out of your car to pump gas or getting the attention of a gas station attended to do it for you, life is about to get just a little bit easier. Thanks to a...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2015 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Wounded Spouse, Spouse & Family News

Why ‘American Sniper’ is for Military Wives

When the husband one of my close friends was killed in Iraq, she slipped an e e cummings poem into his casket before he was buried at Arlington. That poem ran through my mind, in verses and lines, like a skipping CD, the whole time I watched “American...

Published Tue, Jan 20 2015 5:30 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Deployment, Entertainment

Commissary Keeping Curbside Pick-up Pilot

If you are one of the lucky ducks who lives where the commissary is piloting its Click2Go curbside pick-up program, you are in the money for an extra year, commissary officials recently announced. The program, which allows shoppers to select their groceries...

Published Mon, Jan 19 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News, commissary

Military Spouse of the Year Round One Voting to Open

We recently told you about the Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year awards — an annual nationwide program that not only allows military and non-military folks alike to nominate their favorite military spouse, but then gives them a...

Published Mon, Jan 19 2015 4:12 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Sponsored

Military Wife on Bed Rest? HA.

Two years ago around this time, I was put on bed rest when I was pregnant with our first child. NBD. The staff at Walter Reed were awesome, hubs was deployed, and I was staying with my mom. Can you say most epic Gilmore Girls marathon lots of time to...

Published Sun, Jan 18 2015 10:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: kids

The Love Fight: Did You Marry An Achiever?

Achievers and Connectors often marry each other in military (and civilian) life, but can they live happily ever after? It ain’t easy. According to psychologist Tony Ferretti and physician Peter Weiss, authors of The Love Fight, when Achievers and...

Published Fri, Jan 16 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Military Life

Marine Corps Exchange Ditches Some MilFam Books

The Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) system, which runs 17 stores on Marine bases stateside and in Japan, has elected to send back to the publisher many military family books, including those previously included on a reading list put out by the wife of the...

Published Thu, Jan 15 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

Submit Your Spouse of the Year Nominations NOW

Let’s face it, our community is full of amazing people doing astounding things for their communities. A little public recognition not only sounds like a good idea — it is the least we can do for each other. But you’re going to need to...

Published Wed, Jan 14 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Sponsored

Poll: What Should Your Service Member Do For You?

Yes, yes, yes. It’s an honor and a privilege to be married to a noble member of the military. We should be thanking them for all they do to selflessly serve this country. Does that mean that they don’t have to empty the dishwasher? Recently we polled...

Published Tue, Jan 13 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Marriage & Family, Poll

Survey: Accessing Benefits Really IS Hard

If you’ve ever tried to use military healthcare, get childcare on base or get employment help you’ve probably noticed one, overwhelming thing: it’s hard. Maybe it’s that there are no appointments for a week for your sick kid so...

Published Tue, Jan 13 2015 5:00 AM by SpouseBUZZ.com

Filed under: Spouse & Family News

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What I Learned About Career From Young Spouses

Why Am I The One Explaining The War?

5 Frugal Living Tips for 2015

Disability Help Added to Exchange Gas Stations

Why ‘American Sniper’ is for Military Wives

Commissary Keeping Curbside Pick-up Pilot

Military Spouse of the Year Round One Voting to Open

Military Wife on Bed Rest? HA.

Top Ten Things I Learned From Reading Ms. Vicki

The Love Fight: Did You Marry An Achiever?

Marine Corps Exchange Ditches Some MilFam Books

Submit Your Spouse of the Year Nominations NOW

Poll: What Should Your Service Member Do For You?

Survey: Accessing Benefits Really IS Hard