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Your Christmas Decoration for Less

December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

christmas 2011Okay, so this is NOT a PCS blog post, but if you moved this year chances are that you have spent more than you anticipated before, during and after your move. And now can you believe it? Christmas is knocking! Christmas decorations do not need to be one of those expenses! Some of you still have last years Christmas decorations (good on you), some have bought decorations at a deep discount at a post season sale (even better). If you’d still like to add a little more try these easy to make and inexpensive holiday decoration tips:

  • Natural items: You can make it a family event to go into nature and find pine cones, pine needles, twigs/branches, red berries or any other natural items that you can display inside your home.
  • Candles: Have you ever thought of sticking candle sticks in a red apple, a pear or other fruit? There are special appliances that core the fruit but a knife works very well, too. [Read more...]
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Start Your Christmas Planning Now

November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Halloween is over and for some, with for example loved ones overseas, Christmas preparations have started weeks ago in order to get all their gifts ready and shipped out by the USPS recommended shipping date. For others Christmas shopping means hunting down the deals on Black Friday. If you do like to get an early (er) start to your Christmas planning then here are some suggestions to get your head into the game [putting my thinking hat on NOW] [Read more...]

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EFMP Goes Mobile

October 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Seems like government websites are catching on that going mobile is the new way of staying in touch with their customers or visitors and is the closest thing to having an app for smart phones. 

Militaryhomefronts’ EFMP information has finally gone mobile with mobile site that is [Read more...]

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Fellow-MilSpouse Bloggers: About Italy

October 1, 2011 By 1 Comment

Military spouse bloggers are out there by the hundreds and thousands. Sometimes blogging is simply a way for military spouses to express themselves and what they are going through. Regardless of what a blogs purpose is, it is a resource for other military families. It will make our families grow stronger, help them to roll with the punches

I would like to start introducing one or two bloggers every week.

There are several wonderful blogs of military spouse bloggers on the net talking about their life in Italy. I needed to chose, so I decided to introduce:  “PCS Italy”. Peggy is a writer and says she loves spending her time writing and she prides herself on providing accurate information and thorough research for everything she writes.

 

 

 

Are you moving to Vicenza, or will you be at Caserna Ederle? Learn at her blog what you may expect when you get there. Do you want to know what you need to do to get your car shipped to Italy? Maybe  you’ve always wondered why in the world you would need a tourist passport in addition to the government passport? Here is your answer.  Didn’t find what you are looking for on the blog? Ask your questions!

 

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Give EFMP A Piece of Your Mind

September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

If you have a family member with special needs keep a note of this link:

EFMP eMagazine (Submit a Question)

In the day of social media, where -most of the time- your input is desired, it’s not enough to complain anymore. Take action and express yourself. Repeatedly if necessary. Above link lets you do that. Now, if anything becomes of it is another question, however it’s worth a try.

Note: It’s so much easier to complain, please praise when something DID work! Hopefully, positive feedback will strengthen and enforce what works well.

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Moving Your Electronics

September 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Moving your electronics and gadgets can become a special planning event. You might like your computer or your wi-fi to the last minute, whereas you might be able to leave without your PSP just fine. If you choose a government move then all you have to ‘worry’ about is prepping of the cords and electronics. It’s a different ball game if you move yourself, do a DITY move.

Either way it’s always….

…a good idea to carefully clean, wipe your electronics with a special electronics cleaner, just a small dust mop or canned air to take care of accumulated dust. Clean screens, keyboards. [Read more...]

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Resolving Educational Transition Issues for Kids

September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

There has been a great effort to push states to accept the “Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children”. The Compact aims to alleviate some of the challenges military families and their children face when they are ordered to relocate and for schools to consider challenges of military life of and in itself.

So far 39 states have joined this compact, which at this point covers 89% of all military students. Find out if your state is a part of this Compact and here you find out what your state might offer due to this special agreement. [Read more...]

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Gimme Some Sugar

September 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Nope, not “sugar honey” , “sugar baby” or “sugar momma” nor am I talking about some ‘plain’ sugar kisses  …I am talking about the ingredient in our food that has the ability to make us gain weight, screw with our hormone system or make our teeth fall out ( and plenty of other effects of sugar in our system). While this might be off subject of ‘moving’ – this is a good to know! [Read more...]

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Travelling Commissary Dates September

September 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

On site Sales – short and sweet! Here are the dates and location!

 

  • SEP
  • 9
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What are we doing this weekend?

August 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

“Dad is working this weekend, what are we doing?” Not sure how it is with your family, but in ours the weekends at times were a challenge with kids when hubby was working or deployed. Since one can never have enough inspiration, read throught these tips and see if some of them strike you as fun and do-able. Feel free to add to the list!

  • Don’t be afraid: Geocaching -  a modern day treasure hunt. Download a free GPS on your smart phone, plug in coordinates from this website and go ‘hunting’ . You can take
  • Learn to use the map or create your own. We recently did this and it was great. The kids drew a simplified map and then were able to follow it throughout the park.
  • Let your child be the cook! Shopping, prepping, cooking. Parents help where you are needed but it really should be your child’s responsibility to tell you what you have to do.
  • Visit the local dump: This might be an odd suggestion, but it puts ‘waste’ and ‘trash’ and the amount we create in a new, visual way. [Read more...]
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