European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 scene stars and stripes june 2007 family find friends with common interests my daughter and i but they dont seem too interest recently moved we do you have any other Sug have been Here for a few Gest ions and i am going crazy trying to find ways to meet other we live off so i know its a Little bit harder to meet people that i have gone to every web site possible to look for and every time i come up i have also looked at the Community centers and the i am Start ing to feel very isolated and lonely Here and spouse Calls looking for friends in Germany the weeks and months after an overseas move can be full of things to yet devoid of there Are so Many details to especially when living off that making friends is relegated to the Bottom of the list after school Utility connections and garbage pick now that you have checked off most of your to do t d you can take care of some of i pm Barnes your own needs to seek would really like to meet friends no share your inter some my Daugh Ter is a preteen and obviously has no problems finding i have tried to strike up conversations with a few of the you will probably find other spouses doing the same if you like read ask about Book clubs at the if you like take a German baking or cooking class through the Here Are my favorite places to look for friends when i move the Chapel especially at overseas women groups provide Many activities and another plus is that everyone there has a military connection instant common school volunteering at my Chil Drens whether through in the classroom or a Reading program at the school has been a Good place to get to know spouses club aside from the big luncheon and dinner spouses clubs also offer smaller such As Book game shopping and Volunteer i made Many friends at our last assign ment in the Book club and the hospitality which made meals for neighbors in most of these have evening or lunch time so you can participate even if you have a Job or Are looking for keep trying to talk to other parents at soccer games or school dont give up on everyone if some do not seem even some military spouses can be slow starters where Friendship is just by being you might encourage someone else and make a new Friend in spite of first this is True of neigh Bors if your new neighbors dont bring you Why not take cookies to them at the next Holiday for the rest of who Are not new this be aware of the new spouse you meet at the bus the commis sary or the reach out and be in a year or maybe the new spouse will be Terri Barnes is a military spouse and Mother of she and her family live in where her husband is stationed at Contact her at  and read the spouse Calls blog at housewife More like ceo several weeks i asked readers to help me come up with a new word to replace the i received some very Clever and the most popular by far was domes tic Evelyn fanning of explained Why she chooses to describe herself by that i think we do so much More than what images conjure in others minds when we say we Are Sahms stay at Home fanning went on to my version of our Job title gives me the respect and dignity i deserve when putting a title on my current respect and dignity Are All we really ask for right Ann Taylor wrote from in Ciurlik air after 10 years of Active duty myself followed by 14 years As an air Force my personal Job title is vice president for Domestic operations and future i guess that would make her up of in military she its a privately family owned pay int Home front but the benefits Are outstanding my favorite Benefit is the endless Supply of hugs and affection offered by my four Belle a Friend and former neighbor when we lived in gave me exactly what i was asking for when i i want a Job description that is As confusing As my according to in an which stands for Mother of 3 and Jacqueline of Allim not sure if the 1 is meant to stand for Ron or but they could Proba Bly be interchangeable i sort of like the complicated Ness of Belles personalized title for the Only change i would make is to shorten Jacqueline to my buddy Tara another Pam Zich neighbor from our years spent in the far came up with the sexiest Job Home bound it was probably one of the rejected titles for the to desperate House no matter what you decide to Call keep in mind that self respect rather than a fancy title will help you keep your Cool the next time your Hus band comes Home and what did you do All Day remind your family including if they Are smart like glory and under stand what you say How Lucky they Are that you choose to spend your time feeding them and cleaning up their if you dont seem to be getting through to the following Statis tics might be Handy to Post on the according to a Survey by the typical stayathome mom would earn a year if she were paid for her a Mother who works outside the Home would earn an additional for the work she does at most mothers put in a 92hour work working 40 hours at base pay and 52 hours the 10 jobs listed As comprising a mothers work were Day care facilities computer chief executive officer and i like that chief executive officer part because everyone knows its another Way of saying the thank you to everyone who responded with suggestions of something better to Call ourselves than housewives As we go about our daily chores of scrub folding and packing school lunch i had fun Reading your and it gave me something to do while i waited for my nails to dry so i could go Back to eating a Mother of three Pam Zich has moved eight times in 16 years of marriage to her Marine corps they have been stationed in various including Texas and their current Home in email her at  or find the Zichos online at Jenny Sod you get a Job vet that not going so Well i need someone to take Over the spouses club newsletter for this Comins Board i thought you liked doing the newsletter i do the Handson interacting with the social Freedom to choose its my because its stressing me out Jenny is drawn by Julie Negron of Kadena air her web site is a bowl for sick kids aside from getting to skip theres not much fun about being a sick the sick Bear bowl makes the process a Little less providing kids with a cheerful Little Container to lose their lunch the which comes in yellow or is dishwasher Safe and has handles on each Side for easy mom of two Cindy Kroiss invented the bowl be cause her 4yearold refused to throw up in a food bowl when she had the flu smart the bowls Are Chicago Tribune