Re: Wikkeddoll
- From: "WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958nofeckingspam@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:38:17 -0400
"markansas859" <betrtimes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> someone e-mailed this to a yahoogroup today, and I immediately thought of
> you.....
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> 25 Ways you know that you are a Military spouse
> 1. You yell at your kids saying, "Don't make me email your father!"
LOL
> 2. Your neighbors know you but have never seen your active-duty husband.
Actually, he gets out more than I do...
> 3. Your conversations are sprinkled with PCS, TAD, LES, etc., and you know
> what they mean.
LOL - yes I do, but that's mostly because I used to be active duty myself.
Actually, they've changed a lot of the acronyms, dammit :-) (They don't even
use the AFSC from my day: 90250)
> 4. You have had 8 address changes in 9 years and you are not on the run
> from the law.
LOL we're not *that* bad
> 5. The front hall closet of your home is designated as a uniform closet.
Hubby has his own half of our walk-in closet :-)
> 6. Your spouse will be gone for 2 weeks from his job and you think, "Is
> that all? No problem."
He was gone for a year, so no, 2 weeks wouldn't faze me hehehe
> 7. The radiator blows up on the car and the washing machine dies just as
> your spouse leaves for temporary duty.
Heh - there are these wonderful people called appliance technicians...
> 8. You aren't surprised when you get 4 days notice for a 4 month
> deployment.
Not a bit, no - but I certainly pray it doesn't happen! (Hubby has to
maintain a ready-duffel for just such an occasion)
> 9. You don't know your own Social Security number, but you know your
> spouses by heart.
I know both - but again, that active duty thing I did has something to do
with it. :-)
> 10. You are in a disagreement with a bill collector and say, "Let me speak
> to your commander!"
LOL I'm not *that* bad, but I certainly go over peoples' heads when they piss
me off. BUT...when I get outstanding service, or at least a great attitude,
I make sure I speak to the boss for *that* too. It's important, IMO, cuz
people are so quick to criticize!
> 11. You spend your second wedding anniversary alone.
Heh - nah he was with me - come to think of it, This recent remote tour of
Korea is the only time he's missed the anniversary; however, he's missed a
couple of my birthdays. Hey, it's cool - he sends me cards, gifts, and tries
to call.
> 12. You move your day care business from one state to another and still
> have the same children enrolled.
LOL nah
> 13. You have a collection of different shapes, sizes, and colors of window
> treatments for the same room.
Hehehe - hubby makes us stick with the same stuff till it's in tatters...
> 14. Your heart races when you hear the doorbell ring during a deployment.
Thank the lord, I haven't experienced that!
> 15. You've done more oil changes and mowed more lawns than your spouse
> because he's never there to do it himself.
I'd like to be able to say I've done that stuff, but really, computers and
other electronic gadgets (Not *those*, you perverts) are my specialty
> 16. You remember milestones by duty stations.
LOL guilty - I also do that mother thing of figuring dates by how old the
children were at the time.
> 17. All your kids, including your 2 yr old, stop what they are doing and
> put their hands over their hearts whenever they hear the national anthem.
Those slackers of mine? HA! But hubby did that when he was a kid, no doubt
instilled in him by his (very grateful) immigrant parents. I think that's
great
> 18. You can sleep through the sounds of fighter planes and bombers during
> their morning practice.
....and loud teenagers
> 19. You reach for your ID card when entering a civilian store.
Not that bad...yet LOL
> 20. You ask someone to hold on by saying, "Standby."
Heh - not me - probably cuz hubby and I are medical types.
> 21. Your kids point at anyone wearing BDUs and boots, regardlessof race or
> gender and yell "Daddy!" or "Mommy!"
LOL nah - they just wanted to wear them.
> 22. You tell the movers the correct way to pack.
Damn straight! I don't even allow them to pack my (mostly porcelain) doll
collection, since most of those are irreplaceable.
> 23. You notice when Hollywood makes mistakes in portraying the military.
oh HELL yes! So far, only MASH and now Stargate SG-1 get it right! Of
course, SG1 has the full support of the Air Force. General Ryan (Joint
Chiefs of Staff, no less) appeared on SG1 as *himself*, which I know requires
clearance from the top. (You can play another character without permission,
but not yourself in the actual military)
> 24. Military homecomings on TV bring tears to your eyes because you can
> relate so well.
Oh, those got me before I was in, honestly, but of course now it gets me
more. An ep of "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy"
> 25. You start to read the Army Times in place on Cosmopolitan
Nope - AIR FORCE times, and Cosmo is crap anyway!
hehehe
Natalie
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