MilSpouse Friday Fill in #54

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1.My spouse and I rarely agree on what make a good tv show, but always agree on how to discipline our kids.


2.If I could use one word to sum up the way I feel right now, it would be overwhelmed.

3.One of the things my spouse does that grosses me out is spreads his toes apart like fingers.

4.My readers may think I’m crazy for doing this, but I really love to put my leftover coffee in the fridge an have it later in the afternoon.


5.Frankly, my dear, I don’t look foward to this weekend.

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in...#44

1. When you vacation what type of vacation do you like to take (beach, historic, adventurous, food oriented, etc.)? I really enjoy relaxing beach vacations but I love crazy on the go never stop exploring vacations too. I'm really 50/50 on this one.
2. What is your best memory associated with a song (you know we all have tons!) "Don't Take the Girl" can bring back so many memories from childhood both good and bad
3. If you had six months with no obligations or financial constraints, what would you do with your time? Explore Italy and eat until I gained 100lbs and then hire a personal trainer to help me work off all that yummy pasta!
4. What is one thing about you that people do NOT typically notice at first that you wish they would? That my intense attention to tiny details is not a bad thing and has saved people from some awful situations
5. It’s a summer of sequels, and if you had to live in one of each of the following “worlds” (there are three total) which would you choose and why? 
   –X-Men: Be a Mutant, what would your power be? I have never seen or read anything X-Men so I pass on this one
   –Harry Potter: Be a Witch or Muggle? Witch for sure...Duh they can do magic!
   –Twilight: Be a Vampire or Werewolf? Werewolf...gross on the whole blood drinking thing

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in...#38

1. How many pets do you have? And what type? We have NO pets and it will be that way for awhile!
2. What are your favorite projects to do while hubby is away? Scrapbooking and card making. I also love to make something that represents out time apart. 
3. What are the must-haves in your deployment care packages?  Gum and snacks they can't get at home. Letters, photos and cute crafts from the kids.
4. If you could star in any TV show, which would it be? I would love to be on that new show Pregnant in Heels but I will not be pregnant in a few days so I guess it would be pointless :)
5. What was the biggest hurdle that you faced during your/your significant other’s first deployment? We had a newborn...like he was 2 weeks old when my hubby left and that was REALLY hard but at the same time the biggest blessing I could have asked for!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in...#35

1. What is your must have gadget? My straightener and my Kindle
2. How does your adulthood compare to what you imagined it would be like when you were a little kid? I really thought I would be a teacher and that I would not be married this early (got married at 22) and I never thought I would live on the opposite coast!
3. What is your favorite chocolate recipe? Good ole' chocolate chip cookies from the back of the nestle chocolate chip bag  4. How do you deal with military life when it gets to be to much or to hard? Take a step back and remember what this life offers me that a non military life cannot 5. What piece of advice would you give a new Military spouse facing their first deployment? Find friends that are going through the same thing...no one understands like some one in the same situation.

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in...#33

1. During military separations (whether short or long) how do you keep yourself positive and motivated? First and foremost I put all of my energy in to compensating for the lack of father for my son but as for me...Friends are so vital! I also like to do something fun to mark off days as we go. For our last big deployment I made a paper chain like you do in elementary school and wrote little things on the links that I wanted Jason to know or little things he missed. I loved making it and he enjoyed reading the messages.
2. What is your favorite concert you have ever been to? George Strait
3. What do you miss most about your “hometown”?Besides the obvious of friends and lifetime friends I miss sweet tea and southern foods (ie...grits, fried green tomatoes)
4. If you could run in any race, which charity would you choose to support? A charity that focuses on SIDS research. I had a friend lose her precious baby boy at the young age of 2 months and I was forever changed at how precious those little moments are. It is such a hard issue to understand and one of the scariest words you hear/see when you are the parent of a small child.
5. You find out Willy Wonka is your father, what 3 course meal do you INSIST he create in that stick of gum? Fried green tomatoes, pot roast with mashed potatoes and better than sex cake..yum 

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in...#31

To play along the questions are posted here!

1. Aside from no deployments, what is one thing you would want to make the MilSpouse life “perfect”? I would love the ability to take my friends with me when I leave.
2. Just how many peppers did Peter Piper pick? I think on a good day and with no help maybe 45?
3. If you could have any career in the world with nothing holding you back, what would you do? A childhood developmental therapist (I may have made that up by the way!) But the point is I am really into development of kiddos especially infants.
4. Do you have a service oriented tattoo and if so what is it. If you don’t what would you get? I do not have one and to be honest I'm not sure I would get one. I'm to into tattoos on myself!
5. Imagine a block of time has opened up in your busy day for you to take a class in anything you like. What subject would you choose?  Sewing...I want to learn so bad!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in...my first!

1.  What is your favorite MilSpouse blog (not including Wife of a Sailor who we all love, or your own)? I love Cupcake and Combat Boots. She is a dear friend of mine and I love hearing of her adventures in the kitchen, around the newest town the Army has sent her and sweet dog Libby!
2. What are your favorite perks about your s/o being deployed (we all know there are perks)? Eating cereal for dinner and being able to watch whatever I want on TV without hear how lame it is that I watch teen shows on MTV!
3. How long did you date your before getting engaged? Married? My husband and I dated for about 9 months before we got engaged and got married 1 year and 8 days after we got engaged and will celebrate our 4th anniversary in May.
4. What do you think your  s/o would do if s/he wasn’t in the military? We have talked about this several times and my husband would be police officer or something in law enforcement if he wasn't a soldier.
5. If you could talk to the Secretary of (fill in your appropriate branch) what is one suggestion you would like to bring to their attention in order to improve the lives of military families? If I could talk to the Secretary of the Army I would really like to ask him to help improve the commissary on some of the smaller post, like Ft Irwin, CA. We are 31 miles from the highway that leads another 15 miles to the next store and we are always running out of staple items here without many choices as to where to go next!