When I was about 12 (which was old enough to reach the tall cupboards), I made a huge discovery. … [Read more...]
Homecoming
Homecoming = Your service member will soon be coming home from a deployment. Reunion time is a wonderfully exciting time for military families. And possibly a bit stressful. This posting … [Read more...]
Wonderful News – Follow Up Post
About a week ago, I wrote about The Sad End of an Era. Today, I found one of those trademarked MilSpouse moments when you just KNOW someone is watching out for you. I found someone - a … [Read more...]
A Smooth Move? Not So Much…
The Army has played games with me since I became associated with it through marriage. In my first year as an Army Wife, I moved three times. After that year, I settled into a more normal cycle of … [Read more...]
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SpouseBUZZ Radio: Thursday’s Program to Focus on Military Brats
This week's radio program will feature Army brat and filmmaker Donna Musil. Donna will join us to discuss her film, BRATS: Our Journey Home. If you're a military brat, have military brats or have any … [Read more...]
Where Did The Month Go?
Okay...so even after a half a decade at being a guard wife, I still think I can conquer the world during Hubs' hiatus from home each and every time. Shall we take a journey through what I thought this … [Read more...]
Scrounge Club – the Spouse Version
Some of the tales that give me the greatest laughs when hubby tells them are the "Scrounge Club" tales. They often start like this, "So, there we were ready to head off the … [Read more...]
Army Wives: Episode Four Discussion Thread
Whoa Boy! Where to start? If you made it through last night's episode without a knot in your stomach or shedding a few tears, I'm not sure how you did it. Action-packed doesn't even begin to describe … [Read more...]
Shaving and other sure signs the spouse is coming soon!
I like to ease into my homecoming preparations.....today I shaved. It's a sure sign my husband is coming home soon. … [Read more...]
Join the SpouseBUZZ Yahoo IM Group
For those of you who want to communicate with the SpouseBUZZ authors and our guests via Yahoo IM during our live radio show, please send a request to be added to our SpouseBUZZ Yahoo IM group between … [Read more...]
The Wall
I am reading Homefront 6 post below, and I recall a similar, "feeling". I will call it "the wall". … [Read more...]
Stalled
I apologize for my absence. Seems that we all deal with separations and such in different ways. Being that this is my first experience with a deployment, I wasn't sure how I would cope. For the most … [Read more...]
Wanted: food watcher
The Collective received gift certificates this week for participating in the public libraries summer reading program. So of course I used them as leverage. "If you are good this week, … [Read more...]
BRATS: A Film Dedicated to the Military Brat
Lately, I've been preoccupied with the idea of preserving our history as military families. It's my hope that letters, podcasts, books and blogs will offer a treasure trove of material for those who … [Read more...]
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Housekeeping Items
Those of you who are participating in the SpouseBUZZ Book Club and have read Shared Courage by Michelle Keener, please leave a comment or send me an email. When we interview Michelle about her book, … [Read more...]
Kiss and Hug Contest
Submit a photo of your 'Best Military Homecoming Kiss or Hug' for a chance to be featured in Kmart's Heroes at Home Fund-raising Campaign, a $1000 Kmart gift card and a Kodak digital camera prize … [Read more...]
In Case You Missed It…
...we hosted our first radio program last night, and it was FUN. Our show was a relaxed, unscripted conversation between a few of the SpouseBUZZ authors and some of you, a perfect way to begin this … [Read more...]
Scenes From the Chapel
The surge has hit our base, and Reservists and National Guard from all over are here for training and awaiting deployment. I notice it most especially on Sundays, because the pews at mass are … [Read more...]
