The DFAS website shut down temporarily last week when thousands of military users logged on in an attempt to access their W-2s and finish their tax filing. Technically the IRS isn't open for business until today so you have time to double-check your numbers and peruse the new tax law changes for 2013.
Some of those laws, probably don't concern most military families.
We bought a house.
Sometimes, I’m still in shock that we did such a crazy thing.
It’s funny, owning a home while we're in the military. We got puzzled looks from strangers when we told them we were house shopping. When we told one acquaintance we were buying, we got the immediate, “So, your time is up in the Navy then?”
I cannot believe the day is here! My husband has almost three weeks of leave for the holidays, beginning in an hour!
This is a big deal in our house. My husband never takes that much leave time. We have been fortunate enough to have him home the last few holiday seasons but that week off usually flies by as we travel to see our families.
Our PCS coincides with the start of the new year, what a great time to hop on those resolutions, right? But I think a PCS, regardless of season, is always a good time to set new goals and start anew.
It's finally happened. After two and a half years, I got the email from my community college. You know, the email. The one that says "Hey, you might want to have our people run through the records of everything that has made the last few years of your academic life suck, because you just might be finished."
Which, as it turns out, I was . I had completed my associate's of arts degree.
Retirement, before age 40. Sweet, right? Military members who join at 18, or like my husband who joined at age 17, can enjoy the carefree life of retirement long before their civilian counterparts.
I spent 40 minutes last night writing an e-mail to my husband that consisted of all the funny things our toddler “cooked” in her play kitchen in a single afternoon.
Question number one on this job application: Are you willing to relocate? To Mars.
If so, you may want to submit your resume and quickly. There are already 20,000 candidates ahead of you.
When my sweet friend and editor, Allison, asked me to write this column over a year ago, I said yes immediately. A few days later I thought, 'Oh crap! What have I gotten myself into?'
Welcome to 2014, friends! Have you dedicated yourself to a New Years’ resolution? Here at Salute to Spouses we have a goal this year that we are excited about.
This year we have dedicated ourselves to bringing you more.
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