Day 181 - You might be military if...

1. <----  (Excuse this stupid #1, I can't seem to make it go away...)    So, I was going through some of my old (like from 2004-2005) emails in my yahoo acct and came across these.  Enjoy!

1. You know you're a military wife if...... You call your husband by his rank, not his name.
   
2. You know you're a military wife if you call the local food stores commissaries instead of grocery stores.
3. You know you're a military wife if you keep the original cartons for all appliances and electronics safely stored for the next move.
4. You know you're a military wife if you talk about the new home you are going to have in three years.
5. You know you'er a military wife if you recall your kids milestones by where you were stationed at the time.
6. You know you're a military wife if you can set the table in three time zones with the same pattern.
7. You know you are a Military Wive if you recall the tough times you overcame by relating them to which deployment they occurred during.
8. You know you're a Military Wife if you call your pay stub an LES.
9. You know your a military wife if you only know your husband's friends by their last names.
10. You know you're a Military Wife if your luggage is all OD Green
11. You know you're a Military Wife when you know DEERS has nothing to do with Bambi.
12. You know you are a military wife when you children are each born in a different country or state.
13. You know you are a military wife when you have boxes from 2 moves ago that you haven't unpacked.
14. You know you are a military wife when you chase your husband out the door saying, "Honey, don't forget your Kevlar!"
15. You know you are a military wife when you can't recognize your spouse's co-workers out of uniform.
16. You know you're a Military wife if TAPs is a song, not a dance.
17. You know you are a military wife when you whip out your ID card everytime someone wants your drivers license.
18. You know you are a military wife when you pay $50 to have a baby. And you are offered a payment plan to pay it off.
19. You know you're a military wife when you can quote army regulations.
20. You know you are a military wife if you catch yourself humming cadence.
21. You know your a military wife if Tricare knows you by name.
22. You know your a military wife when you know your spouses SSN better than your own!
23. You know you are a military wife if you can tell when your husband's hair is "out of regs"
24. You know you're a military wife if you can cuss your husband out in three different languages.

You might have been moved by the Military if:

1. You move all trash cans out of the house to keep them from being packed. 
2. if you have to store boxes to be use for safe moving 
3. You set aside a room or space that's marked "Do Not Enter". 
4. You label bedrooms by numbers instead of words so the non-English speaking movers can mark the boxes easily 
5. You learn how to write "Keep Out" or "Do Not Enter" in the native language. 
6. You identify how long something has been packed by the name of the moving company on the box 
7. You have a variety of packing stickers in various colors and languages on your furniture. 
8. Your HHG's get here on the same day or before your unaccompanied baggage. 
9. You know what unaccompanied baggage means! 
10.Your kids friends are always excited to color at your house because you have huge pieces of packing paper and black markers.Furthermore; every drawing is held up by left over packing tape.

11. You've gotten used to having lawnchairs, boxes for tables, and sleeping bags as furniture a full month before you PCS.