{"id":1425,"date":"2012-09-06T19:38:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T00:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2012-09-07T08:06:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:06:20","slug":"milspouse-friday-fill-in-74-its-been-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/09\/milspouse-friday-fill-in-74-its-been-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"MilSpouse Friday Fill-In #74: It&#8217;s Been a While"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/wifeofasailor.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wifeofasailor.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/milspouse-friday-fill-in.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"235\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>So&#8230;the last time I did one of these was precisely 52 weeks ago (9 Sep 2011). I guess it&#8217;s been a while.\u00a0I got a bit lazy and now that I&#8217;m not running around crazy with my Hurlburt Spouses&#8217; Club responsibilities, I have time to do this again and I&#8217;m so excited about it!<\/p>\n<p>For my new fans, my blogosphere\/Twitterverse friend <a href=\"http:\/\/wifeofasailor.com\/\">Wife of a Sailor<\/a> does this monthly meme for Military Spouses to get to know each other. It&#8217;s fun and very very interesting!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wifeyofasailor\">Wifey<\/a> asks five questions per month, and we spouses write up blog posts with the answers. 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