Milspouse Friday Fill-in #35

1. What is your must have gadget? submitted by Flying High With My Flyboy
   My computer.  Without it, I wouldn't be able to keep in touch with people as often as I'd like.  Although, my 8 inch skillet also gets a lot of use with the boys (pancakes, chicken nuggets, grilled cheese...).
 

1. How does your adulthood compare to what you imagined it would be like when you were a little kid? submitted by L to the Third
   It's pretty much the same, except we're a military family.
   
   
2. What is your favorite chocolate recipe?  submitted by Our First Deployment
   I've made Reece's Pieces pudding parfaits (my own creation).  Make a batch of chocolate pudding and one of vanilla pudding.  While whisking the vanilla pudding, add a 1/2 cup of peanut butter.  Layer the two puddings in a bowl and top with whipped cream, Reece's Pieces, and a cherry.  The vanilla-peanut butter part tastes just like Reece's Pieces.
   
   
3. How do you deal with military life when it gets to be to much or to hard? submitted by Combat Boots And Pointe Shoes
   I laugh.  What else can you do?  Of course the car's battery dies just as you try to drive your husband to the pier.  Of course your computer's hard drive dies just as you try to Skype with your husband on his very infrequent port calls.  I suppose I just prefer to see the irony in things, and most of the time, it makes me laugh.
   
4. What piece of advice would you give a new Military spouse facing their first deployment?  submitted by The Albrecht Squad
   Stay busy, but stay out of drama.  Make friends outside your husband's command, especially ones with husbands who aren't deployed (you never know when you're going to be preggers with a flat tire, and stereotypically speaking, it helps to know a dude to change it for you).  Find a really good sitter and use him/her at least once a month.  And expect the unexpected.