A few years ago if you had told me some of my best friends would be people I have never met, I would have laughed in your face. But here I sit with some absolutely wonderful friends that I talk to online and I have yet to meet face to face. They are always there [...]
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During our first deployment several years ago, I had 8 wives over to my house for dinner. We were all sitting around talking when one of the wives spoke up and said "So, who heard that the Hooter’s girls visited our guys?" All of the heads in the room whipped around and a chorus of [...]
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I got 15 of these in about 20 minutes. How many can you get? INSTRUCTIONS: Each question below contains the initials of words that will make it correct. Find the missing words. EXAMPLE: 16= O. in a P. Which is 16 Ounces in a Pound Ready? 1. 26 = L. of the A. 2. 12 [...]
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For those of you on MTTA, you know we have been participating in the weight loss challenge. In the beginning, I set a goal loss of 20 lbs. I’d like to lose more than that but I haven’t weighed that since I got married so I figured I’d start slow! To motivate myself, I created [...]
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I suppose if I tell you what shouldn’t be said to someone with a soldier deployed, I should also tell you what should be said! It’s actually very simple and a much shorter list than what shouldn’t be said. I know my list of what not to say probably left some thinking "Well, geez, what [...]
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I have been through a few deployments myself and I’m always amazed by some of the comments received. Through our time in the Army, I’ve heard quite a few and heard many more that have been relayed to me by other Army wives. So I decided to develop the top ten things you should never [...]
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It seems like this would be a statement that goes without saying. But lately it seems I’ve been hearing many stories about wives believing they wear the rank of their soldier. And surprisingly, it hasn’t been just an officer vs. enlisted mentality. Some of the most recent stories involve just enlisted wives. Wow! As an [...]
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I’ve seen everybody and anybody starting blogs. So I thought, why not me? And here I am. There are many times that I want to write about something for the MTTA website but I just don’t want to have to sit down and write an entire article. I’m hoping that by having a blog, I’ll [...]
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