Category Archives: Wendy Poling-Navy Wife Radio

My Favorite Summer Drink

If I had to pick my absolute favorite summer drink I would surely have a hard a time! Some top contenders might be an ice cold Coke Zero, then again maybe it’s a Cherry Limeade from Sonic. I believe Sonic has the very best ice on the planet, which adds to the pleasure of [...]

His Battle Buddy

The term “Battle Buddy” is relatively new me. I’ve heard Army wives use it and seen it on various mil-blogs that I read. In concept, it means just what you might imagine….a buddy you have been through battle with.
As I’ve written about before, my husband recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan where [...]

Have I Said Thank You Lately?

Having had my husband home for a while now I had the notion I should thank everyone who knows me (in real life or in the blogsphere) for putting up with me while he was gone.
This was not any easy deployment (as if any of them really are) and I’m sure I was I [...]

Happy Mil-Spouse Day

Sorry I have posted in a while….we had an unexpected homecoming, and then leave. Yeah! I have missed writing and connecting with all of you. I just had to hop on here tonight and send of message of love and encouragement to all the Military Spouses!
May 9th is Military Spouse Appreciation Day [...]

GUT - Get Unlimited Texting

So the other day, Katie (the girl pup) and I walk down to the mailbox to get the mail (of course) and as I open the cell phone bill I am SHOCKED at the $240 extra charge. My mind starts to race and I’m trying to figure out what has just happened.
I discover the [...]

Getting Prepared - The List

In a previous post I talked about getting prepared for a natural disaster like a Tornado. I know these subjects are never “fun” to talk about, believe me I’d rather be talking about “Eli Stone” or how I can’t wait for Spring.
I found this list from the Ready.gov website and thought I’d share.
You can [...]

Duke’s All-Nighter

I have two beagle pups. A boy and a girl, Duke and Katie. I love both of my dogs and they are very good company while the husband is away on this IA deployment. In fact they are “his dogs”. When they were born, he visited the breeder and picked them out at 4 weeks. [...]

Prepare Yourself

Last Tuesday night me, my 11 year old and two dogs were camped out in the most interior room of our house (which happened to be our laundry room) for a scary evening. Although we wandered around a bit to check the TV weather reports (when it was receiving a satellite signal) and looking [...]

A MilSpouse Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day was this past Thursday and on a day full of romance and showing your Valentine how much you love them, how does a military spouse celebrate the “holiday” alone?
I thought I’d share how I spent my day. When I arrived home I was happy to find the Fed Ex man left [...]

Internal Patrol Clock

I remember the first time my friend Amy, whose husband is “Surface Navy”, admonished me for venting/complaining about my husband being out to sea…..again….and gosh he had been gone “forever”. It had been a whole six weeks. Her husband would go out on 6 month deployments (or longer), while mine would leave and [...]