My husband has been in the military for 20 years. He has worked his way up through the ranks, but when we first got married we were a poor enlisted family that did not know how to work the military system to our advantage. Here are some tips I have learned over the years on how to make it on one income in the military.  Use the military healthcare system. I realize there are many of you who ...
Commissary Shopping Tips
I received this email from a military spouse the other day... I'm a new military wife (married last June), so I don't even know what a case lot sale is. Can you please explain it to me? We aren't active duty right now, but I have a feeling we may be in the near future. The closest commissary to us is 40 minutes away (Carlisle Barracks in PA), and we probably wouldn't go there except that my ...
The Perfect Day
Have you ever had one of those days that was just perfect? The weather is nice, the kids are behaving, and you even get a great parking space in a crowded lot. We had one of those days last Saturday. We decided that since the weather looked good (translation, about 50 degrees) we would go into the city for the day. Most of my kids haven't been to D.C., and the ones that had been didn't ...
Happy Birthday Buzz!
Happy Birthday Buzz! Thanks for making every day an adventure. We love you! ...
Coupons for Troops
Feel free to blog about this program, link to this post, and use the button on your sidebar. Coupons for Troops is a program I started in 2008. My goal is to provide expired and non-expired coupons to military families stationed overseas. The prices in overseas commissaries are significantly higher than those in the States and military families do not always have access to coupons in newspapers ...
