I was unable to attend this event and asked Jessica Altamirano if she would attend in my place. Following is her recap of the event. Thank you, Jessica, for being gracious enough to attend, take notes and represent my websites well at the event. ~Stacey On July 29, 2010 I had the pleasure of attending [...]
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Yes, I realize it is only a television show but I was so happy to see that they showed Claudia Joy having a hard time with General Holden’s deployment as well. For whatever reason, I think many people assume that the spouses of higher ranking enlisted and officers have an easier time with deployment. I’m [...]
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Today, an email went out to all newsletter subscribers to confirm their interest in receiving the MTTA Newsletter. This is due to switching to a new email newsletter service as my previous service increased the rates beyond what could be afforded for a free newsletter. If you would like to continue to receive the newsletter, [...]
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When my husband first joined the Army, I encountered the one up syndrome quite a bit. Put simply, its where someone always seems to have it harder or worse than you and has no problem reminding you of it if you happen to utter a word of negativity. Admittedly, this happens outside of the military [...]
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Check out these new Welcome Home designs at Cafepress to welcome home your soldier from deployment. These welcome home shirts and welcome home buttons are the perfect way to let your Army soldier know you have missed him at the deployment ceremony. Or check out other Welcome Home shirt designs.
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It was recently announced that the MyCAA will resume in October with some significant changes. After I read the press release, I stared at the computer with my mouth hanging open. I was (and still am) in complete disbelief over the changes that are being made to the program. As I have said before, I [...]
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I’m glad the program is resuming but don’t even get me started about some of the changes being made! I will be back later to share my thoughts about it. The press release is below. The Department of Defense announced today the resumption of a restructured military spouse career advancement account program – MyCAA, following [...]
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I am so excited about this new group Army blog, Living the Army Life. We have twenty Army wives and significant others who are going to be blogging about all aspects of the Army life. Check out the first few posts that we have featured! Please Call Me Mrs. Where To Start? How About The [...]
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Do you often think you could start a business if you just had someone to help you? If you had a partner in the process to motivate you along the way? I’m offering to do that at no charge! Just email me why you would like to have a mentor in the business building process. [...]
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Here is the link to the story: http://www.fortcampbellcourier.com/news/article_1ee2e5da-8acd-11df-a7bc-001cc4c002e0.html Basically what it amounts to is that tobacco can no longer be sent via regular postal mail. It must be declared and sent via Express Mail. Now, someone in the article made the statement that the troops would not be affected by this because it can just [...]
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