School?!

  Even though I’m new to this whole military wife thing, my husband and I have been married for 11+ years. In all that time we’ve both bounced around career ideas about a million times. My husband looked at schools for degrees in graphic design, finance, computer science, and teaching. He even was trying to [...]

MilSpouse Blog Hoppity Hop!!

Hello Military Spouse Hoppers!! Here at MyMilitaryLife.com we are a grouping of many spouses and many branches.  We work together to unify and create a strong military bond no matter what the branch of service or what your service members rank maybe.   If you are boots on ground, submarine, or surface, we are all in [...]

TV Shopping without the Husband?!?

We were only a couple of weeks in to our most recent deployment and Murphy had reared his ugly head too many times to even want to remember! The last in our unfortunate incidences, the TV. One of my three wonderful children decided to take it out (with something apparently hard and sharp). This of [...]

DITY been there, survived that!

In the military we move more times that we can count, we unpack boxes and watch as total strangers pack our personal effects into cardboard wrapped in paper.  We watch as canned beans are combined with blankets from the living room and strange items get packed with our electronics.  A military move is rough, when [...]

Going Home?!

As this is published I’ll actually be “home” for the first time since we moved February 2011. I’m thankful in a way that we didn’t make it home any sooner because as I said last month, we’re finally feeling at home here. If I had been able to pull away and go to our safety [...]

Coupons To Troops

I first heard about Coupons to Troops while lazily scrolling through my Facebook news feed as I have so many other times before. Cool, so-and-so got her hair cut. Great, this dude is at work. Blah, blah. Same old, same old. However a picture of a ton of coupons caught my eye that was posted [...]

Top Ways to Follow Your Entrepreneurial Dreams

Join us for a special show featuring the founder of Your Yeoman and fellow 2011 Inc 500/5000 Military Entrepreneur Delegate, Lori Clinton. We’ll be talking about her motivation to start her own business, how she balances being a Navy wife and entreprenuer, plus her advice to military spouses thinking about pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams. Click [...]

First Lady Announces Portable Job Opportunities for Military Spouses

Today at the White House the First Lady, Michelle Obama held a telephone conference with milbloggers and traditional reporters to make an exciting announcement regarding Military Spouse employment as part of the Joining Forces initiative. Mrs. Obama announced, “11 companies are coming together to pledge more than 15,000 jobs for military spouses — 15,000 jobs.  [...]

April Month of the Military Child – Military Children: A Nomadic Subculture?

April is the Month of the Military Child. We as spouses are often referred to as the Silent Ranks. I would assume this to include our children. Do we ever step back and take a look at them for what they really are? Do you ever have that moment when you realize that your five [...]

Seven Ways to Tackle Spring Break or Summer Vacation

On today’s show we are sharing 7 Ways to tackle Spring Break or a Summer Vacation when your spouse is deployed. Spring Break is fast approaching. If you haven’t already planned your week, here are some ideas to help your Spring Break experience be more enjoyable especially if your loved one is far from home. [...]

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