When is the Next Military Pay Day in 2024? It is important to keep track of the 2024 military pay dates. While active duty military pay dates are the 1st and the 15th of each month, when the 1st or 15th falls on a weekend, the pay date shifts slightly as you will see in…
When someone is describing a military child, one of the key descriptors is almost always resiliency. Military kids are asked to shoulder great burdens and are expected to gracefully navigate big changes. The idea of being resilient has become nearly synonymous with military kids these days, but did you know that 1 in 3 military…
Dining out can be expensive – especially as the price of everything seems to be going up! Here are five tips that can help your family save money at restaurants during your next PCS. Going out to eat at a restaurant is usually more expensive than preparing a meal and eating at home, but if…
Ask any military spouse you meet if she’s ever felt overwhelmed and you’ll most likely be met with a resounding ‘yes’ (likely yelled loudly with coffee-fuelled enthusiasm). As overwhelmed military spouses, we need to know that we are not alone. Overwhelm a common problem for women today – especially military spouse moms and active duty…
Military Salutes Weekend at Westgate Resorts Have you heard that each year on Veterans Day, Westgate Resorts gives away hundreds of FREE vacations for veterans and active military families? I’ve always known that Westgate hotels in Orlando are great for vacation, but I was impressed when I learned how much they give back to military…
When is the Next Military Pay Day in 2023? It is important to keep track of the 2023 military pay dates. While active duty military pay dates are the 1st and the 15th of each month, when the 1st or 15th falls on a weekend, the pay date shifts slightly as you will see in…
In full disclosure, I am the spouse of a military physician. While I wholly support that military physicians are equally as qualified and as compassionate as their civilian counterparts, there are some key aspects of the military medical system that are harder to navigate than the civilian world. In Tricare open enrollment season or during…
Military spouse Facebook groups can be a great source of information. They are helpful on a wide range of topics from housing insights, to getting plugged into activities in the area, or finding a babysitter or a dress for a military ball. But when it comes to military medicine, you will find some seriously savage…
If your military family is like ours, you are trying to make smart financial decisions and are watching your spending. When you are watching pennies it can be difficult to calculate date nights into the equation. While you work on stuffing your piggy bank, it’s also important to fill your love tank by spending quality…
Military kids have service member parents who are frequently away from home. Training, work-ups, and deployments that take mom or dad away from home are some of the common stressors on military kids. Having tools in place, like a deployment parent doll that looks mom or dad is a great way to help comfort a…
The newest Disney animated movie, Encanto, is a hit. The animation is so well done, the story-line resonates and the music plays on loop in your head. But my favorite parts of Encanto are all the relatable memes that could so easily be made for military spouse life. Milspouse memes from Disney’s new animated movie,…
If you are looking for the updated 2023 Military Pay Dates, click here: When is the Next Military Pay Date in 2022? While active duty military pay dates are the 1st and the 15th of each month, when the 1st or 15th falls on a weekend, the pay date shifts slightly as you will see…
Did my BAH rate increase? The 2022 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates have been released! The first day the BAH rates are released the online BAH calculator tends to get overwhelmed and crashes. Inquiring minds all want to know, “Did my BAH rate increase in 2022?” Or maybe you are dreaming of your next…
If you are reading this you’ve probably been asking yourself just how you can possibly do a full Personally Procured Move PPM or DITY move without losing your mind. Maybe this is your first military move. Or perhaps you’ve had a terrible experience with your household goods (HHG) being shipped with moving companies before and…
I’m no expert, but we’re doing our 5th full PPM with the Army this month, and I’ve learned a few things (mostly from making mistakes) that will help when it comes to packing for a move. I’d like to share what I know with you, in case it can help make your DITY packing easier!
When hiring help for your personally procured move you may come across companies that look like moving services, who offer all the things you’re looking for, but they are actually brokers, and complete scam artist. It is important to know how to recognize and then avoid moving brokers when you are planning your DITY move.
If you are looking for the updated information for 2023, just click here: When is the Next Military Pay Date? While active duty military pay dates are the 1st and the 15th of each month, when the 1st or 15th falls on a weekend, the pay date shifts slightly as you will see in 2021…
Dear Military Spouse, Don’t ever downgrade the importance of your role behind the scenes of keeping the home fires burning. What you do in the day to day…what can seem so mundane, is like a puzzle made of pieces of tiny little efforts that keep your family going and your spouse able to do what…
Being a military spouse has so many sides to it. We all live different lives with our spouses, in different jobs and different branches. We all adjust to the changes differently, but there are a few common threads that tie us all together. Each of us has to keep things going while our spouse is…
Father’s Day is rapidly approaching and if you have a Dad (or spouse) who will be deploying after Father’s Day, it is the perfect time to get him something he will love and use while away from home. Or perhaps the Dad in your life is already deployed and you are searching for the perfect…