SpouseBUZZ LIVE: From Coast-to-Coast

I think all of the SpouseBUZZ authors will tell you that while we love the interaction with you on the blog, in the chat room and on the radio show, our favorite thing to do is to travel to military towns and actually meet and interact with military spouses face-to-face. And this fall, we're going to be doing a lot of that.

September, October and November are already booked. We're heading to Norfolk, San Antonio and Seattle/Tacoma, and we can't wait to get there! We are so excited about our fall line-up. We'll be introducing some fun, new elements into the program. If you've already attended a LIVE event, come back for more!

For more information, see the links below:

Norfolk - September 6

San Antonio - October 18

Seattle/Tacoma - November 15

Mark your calendars now. Registration is already open for those of you who may want to register this far in advance.

Much more to follow in the coming weeks. 

Deep breaths. Deeeeeep breaths.....

This was my internal mantra while on the 2nd panel at SBL3 in Fayetteville.  After about 2 sentences, I started crying and surprised the heck out of myself.  I mean, DH was wounded 2 1/2 YEARS ago and I still manage to get emotional (at the most unexpected moments).

Fortunately, I had my SB family (and my awesome mother-in-law) there with me and I was able to gather myself together. 

SpouseBuzz Live 3...Remains of the Day

I can't believe almost a week has passed since SpouseBuzz LIVE took place in Fayetteville.  It's also hard to believe how many times a man can say, "Let's just do it and then we can talk" in one week's time.

If you don't know what that's in reference to, you either weren't paying attention in Fayetteville or you haven't watched the archived event at SyncLive.

Even with final exams looming, my brain has processed SBL3 and plenty of good things happened.

Blogging SpouseBUZZ LIVE

I thought it might be a good idea to introduce the Fayetteville spouses to some of the non-SpouseBUZZ bloggers who attended SpouseBUZZ LIVE. And a reminder, if you decide to start a blog, please let us know about it, we want to read your blog.

Rosemary, who had travel woes.

LAW, who has been with us from the time we opened the doors.

Stephanie, who has her own poop story. I feel your pain, Stephanie.

Butterfly Wife. Who came to SBL with her husband who is on R&R!   

Marine Wife, the cutest lady I've ever seen.

Wife Unit. A real sweetheart!

Household6, who helped work the event.

If I've missed someone, please let me know.

If you want to read more milspouse blogs, see the list here.

Media accounts:

American Forces Press Services

The Fayetteville Observer

Wrapping up SpouseBUZZ LIVE

For quick reference for the spouses who attended the event in Fayetteville, below are links to some of the posts that were discussed on Saturday.

airforcewife's Humiliation

Anticipating the Worst

Preparing for Deployment *Great Resource*

SpouseBUZZ Blogging Series: Blog It!

Military Spouse Network

No Really, We're Fine

But if you're not, that's OK, too

SpouseBUZZ Talk Radio Show with Cliff Hudson

Humor Index (keep on scrolling)

To watch the Video Feed of SpouseBUZZ LIVE, see the links below:

Thank You Ft. Bragg/Pope Spouses

It's 11:05 p.m. and I've just returned to my room. I am exhausted, yet oddly energized. Spending the last few days, and today in particular, with military spouses has been a wonderful experience. SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bragg/Pope was a huge success. Today, I was surrounded by my sisters and my brothers. I felt right at home among you. We laughed and we cried (especially when Cliff Hudson performed).

Today we celebrated the one thing we all have in common - military service. I met several wonderful spouses today. I wish I could have met all of you. Whether I met you or not, you made an impression on me. You reminded me how proud I am to be a military spouse, and how lucky I am to have an army of sisters and brothers.

I'm sure many of us will have a lot more to say about this event in the coming days, but I didn't want to go to bed without saying thanks to all the spouses who attended today. You're all beautiful and strong and fabulous.

SpouseBuzz LIVE NOW

HERE

SpouseBuzz Live 3

Photo of Cliff Hudson at a recent benefit in Little Rock

photo credit :  Lauren Clark

Cliff Hudson will be joining SpouseBuzz at Fort Bragg/ Pope Air Force Base tomorrow.  I think you are in for an amazing treat. 

You can read more about Cliff here!

We'll Be Back....Please Stay Tuned

The SpouseBUZZ team is descending on Fayetteville, North Carolina. One by one, we're arriving and getting ready for SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB. It's going to be a GREAT event and we're thrilled to be here.

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, you can watch the show live on the web. Tomorrow I'll be posting information on how and where you can access the show. We'll be taking questions from our virtual audience during the show. You'll be able to submit a question or comment from your computer.

Our team will be busy over the next few days and posting will be lighter than usual. For our new readers, please check out the SpouseBUZZ humor archive. Just click here to access, and keep on scrolling. You will find a year's worth of posts by going to the navigation bar on the right-hand side of our site. Pick your category, click on it and happy reading.

When SpouseBUZZ LIVE is over and we've all returned home, regular posting will resume. Until then, thanks for your patience and we'll see you on Saturday in Fayetteville, or via the live broadcast on the web, courtesy of SyncLive.

About that Big Announcement....

We told you we would have a big announcement regarding SpouseBUZZ LIVE last night, and we did. Click the "play" button below to listen to a brief, five minute announcement by Aric Berquist, CEO of Synchronicity Live. His announcement will be of interest to all milspouses, especially those of you who can not attend SpouseBUZZ LIVE.

Major thanks to Sync Live. What a gift to the military spouse community! You can be there, without being there.

More, much more to follow today or tomorrow, so stay tuned...

I wanna go!

SpouseBuzz Live 3 is this coming Saturday, December 1st. And I wanna go! However such is the life of a military wife.

There are times when it is not in the cards.

I was thrilled to find out last night that Santa came early this year!

SpouseBUZZ LIVE News

If you missed our show a few weeks ago with Marine, songwriter and artist, Cliff Hudson, click here to listen to an entertaining hour with Cliff and Sidney of To the Fallen Records. Cliff joined us again last night on SBTR to make an announcement. The announcement? Cliff will be performing for the military spouses at SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB.

Cliff Hudson's MySpace page here.

We're very excited to have Cliff and his lovely wife, Ashley join us in Fayetteville. For those of you who are going to SpouseBUZZ LIVE, you're in for a real treat. To listen to last night's show, click here. Note: My mic was muted during two minutes of the show, but the technical glitch was only temporary. Technology has a mind of its own....

Link for To the Fallen Records here.

 

Better Hurry....

....we only have 19 seats left for SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB. It looks like we'll have a sell out soon. Reserve your seat now.

What the Heck is This SpouseBUZZ LIVE Thing?

Registrations for SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB are pouring in. As of this morning, we had 88 seats left, so be sure to register for your seat today before the event is completely booked.

We've had a lot of inquiries about SpouseBUZZ LIVE recently, so tonight on SpouseBUZZ Talk Radio, we're going to devote the full hour to discussing SpouseBUZZ LIVE. How did it start? What is it? What do you do at a LIVE event? What can we expect in Fayetteville? Why should I go?

Tonight, you'll be hearing from milspouses who have attended past LIVE events at Ft. Hood and San Diego. These ladies will share their stories of how SpouseBUZZ LIVE impacted them, so if you have any questions about SpouseBUZZ LIVE, tonight is your opportunity to get answers. Even if you're not attending the Fayetteville event, we may be coming to a town near you soon, so tune in to get the 411 on SpouseBUZZ LIVE.

Update: The show has already aired, but you can click here to listen to the archived version of the show. And click here to join our chat room for future shows.

We've already filled the 300 available seats, but we've opened more seating and can now accommodate up to 350 spouses. We have about 40 seats left. Reserve your spot today.

View photos from our last LIVE event here.

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

We announced SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB just two weeks ago, and we're very close to filling one-third of the available seats. Reserve your spot now. If you don't, you're going to miss out on a whole lot of fun. Take a look at some of the images from our last LIVE event.

You don't really want to miss this, do you?

SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bragg/Pope: It's Hip!

Our first SpouseBUZZ LIVE Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB commerical is done. The director just emailed the final cut. My co-star is one of our favorite people in the world, Vince Patton. We labored long and hard to get this down. It's a rap ladies and gentlemen, and if our smooth moves don't convince you that you're in for a real treat on December 1st, nothing will... 

SpouseBUZZ LIVE - Catch the Fever!

Create your own video here. Thanks to Rena for the tip.

Who's up for a road trip?

I am!!!  I noticed in the comments for Andi's post announcing Spousebuzz Live 3 that there are spouses in the DC/Virginia area who want to attend but would like to carpool.

That just sounds like F-U-N to me.  Road trips always do sound like fun to me though...road trip food, road trip music, road trip hijinks..  and the fun doesn't end when the trip is over.  We're going to Spousebuzz Live, baby!!!

I live in Northern Virginia near Quantico.  Would you all like to caravan/carpool to Ft. Bragg?

We could consider this post a sign up to get folks together.

An Early Holiday Gift for Military Spouses

The Holiday season is generally rough on military families that have a loved one deployed. I remember attending midnight service on Christmas Eve....alone. While that is my favorite service of the year, my better half was across the globe and my heart was heavy.