MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

Yay! It's Friday, hockey game tonight, online tomorrow, shopping should be done (hopefully!) and...

This week's questions are:

1. If you were a famous movie star, what types of movies would you star in?
Comedy definitely!

2. What is a vacation you would like to take if money were no object?
Hawaii, NYC, Italy, England, maybe Japan, I haven't really thought about this much, but off the top of my head, those seem like neat places to visit.

3. Did you have pets growing up?
Before I was 10 (we moved), I remember we had a black dog, a black cat for a while, then a gray kitty w/black stripes we found at the park. The cats ran away before we moved, the dog escaped afterwards. They were outdoor pets, dog was chained up in the backyard, cats mainly stayed by the back/main porch. We had a cat for a short time after we moved, then we found out who it belonged to. We also found out that many cats in that area have died of cat leukemia, so we never had pets again. Two years ago, a white cat I saw attempting to catch a peacock "was waiting at the door and told (my husband) that she lives here now" so she does.

4. What do you do for exercise?
Not much, I'm lazy. When I go shopping for groceries or whatever, I tend to walk the whole length of the store, sometimes twice instead of just walking to where I need to go & leave. When I'm doing the media runner thing, we park on the north end, media area is half way on the east? end, I walk all the way around the building at least twice a night after the 1st & 2nd periods, every goal sends me from one end of the section to the other & back,. 

5. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received as a MilSpouse?

None that I recall, but I can give out some to others that I learned on my own the hard way. Orders mean NOTHING!!! Orders can & will get changed or cancelled at the last minute. Not everyone in the military deploys, the ones that do seem to go on multiple deployments. Military ID's are NOT easy to get, so don't tell me it's not a "real" ID. Those "cushy" benefits that full-time military families seem to have is not what all military families have (this coming from a spouse w/no job, no schooling assistance, no insurance, & we have to live w/my mom since he can't seem to get a "real" job, or a housing allowance). Not all of us live at or very near to a "real base" (I don't count the NG "base" on the north side, the BX is only useful to buy alcohol, & that's not worth the drive there).

Does that cover everything???

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Hope your weekend rocks as well!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

1. What do you usually want to know about someone when meeting them for the first time?
Depends on the person and the circumstances of us meeting. When I met w/"my boss" (hockey team broadcaster, that's what Vx calls him, lol) the first time, I wanted to know more about what he does and how he does things. Some of the staff at the arena, I've been curious about their jobs and how it compares to what I used to do. It varies greatly.


2. Would you rather know everything about your spouse, or be regularly surprised?
I don't like his surprises, so I want to know everything that he can tell me.


3. If you could live in one city for the rest of your life, where would you live?
I've lived in Tulsa for over 7 years, I really like it most of the time, so maybe there, other than the town I grew up in and the smaller town my mom's family mostly lives in (I never want to live in either!), I don't really know enough about other cities/towns to say yay or nay to them.


4. When you go out of town, what one material thing do you ALWAYS take?

Cell phone I guess, music player of some kind (mp3 player more than likely) would be another choice.


5. Using no more than 10 nouns, and ONLY nouns, describe yourself.
uh...




my head hurts lol!

MilSpouse Friday Fill-in

Welcome to my first blog post of 2011! So far, I've spent most of this year sick, so it's gotta get better! With my return also comes the return of this...

1. What are you looking forward to most in 2011? from Jessica Lynn Writes
If I say it, it won't happen, so I'm staying quiet! That was something I learned last year.

2. What is something random you do on a boring night when your significant other is away? from Lovin Ma Soldier
It's been awhile since this was the case, I think I listened to some music that he hates.

3. What has been your greatest adventure as a MilSpouse? fromMisadventures of An Army Momma
I guess going to Washington, we went when we did partly because of his AT being there, so while it wasn't a military trip necessarily, it did help out. Military-related trip would have to be the ones I made to FLW when we were engaged and he was in basic/ait, especially the last one with the late departure, storms, and my whole work schedule.

4. What is the ugliest fashion trend you ever bought into (I’d like to make fun of you, so can you please provide a picture as well)? from More Than An Army Wife
I have bought into very few trends, so thinking back, none of them seem very ugly. One time during the summer, I needed to wear some shoes that protected my toes, but the only ones I had were black boots, so I wore those w/some white/creme/brown overall shorts. 

5. What was the high point of last month?

Meeting the internet broadcaster for the hockey team. By meeting him in person, I've had some opportunities I never would have imagined. Instead of working with the blimp crew now, I'm working with him as a media runner. I wasn't getting paid for working on the blimp, and I'm not getting paid for this, but it is similar to what I've always wanted to do, and hopefully it will be some experience that could work out for me in the future. One of the cheerleaders for the team now works in their sales department, so who knows!

I've been debating this blog's future, since I don't feel like a military spouse, let alone an Army wife, so as we say in broadcasting, stay tuned. In the mean time, visit Wifey's blog by clicking on the graphic at the top or on the left sidebar.