I’ve alluded to the BIG announcement on Facebook and Twitter so if you follow me over there you know what I’m about to say.

Several months ago, SGT Daddy decided to NOT re-enlist to continue his career in the Army. Today, he officially started with ACAP (Army Career and Alumni Program) as part of our transition out of the army. Yes by the end of the year, we will no longer be an Army family.

The BIG Announcement is that as of today I will not be continuing with my ArmyHousehold6 blog. (boy this  was hard to write ) It is with a heavy heart that I no longer will be blogging here at ArmyHousehold6.com. This blog has been a MAJOR part of my life for the last 5.5 years. It has been my saving grace through basic training, issues with Tricare for our kids, promotions, TDY’s,  3 PCS moves and of course the year long deployment.

I have made so many wonderful and close friends because of my little blog here. I love you all. I’ve been given so many wonderful opportunities and have been honored to be part of something amazing.   I truly never expected when I started “this blogging thing. ” back in November 2004.

Now I’m not giving up on blogging,  (did you really think I would ?) I’ll continue to blog about everyday life over at tammymunson.com. I hope that you follow me over there.  I will continue to leave ArmyHousehold6.com up as an archive for other army wives, girlfriends and family members looking for information, resources,etc.

I’ll still be involved with the military community through my volunteer work with Soldiers Angels and continue to support our troops, military families and of course  the milblogging community. As always, I’ll still be available to anyone of my military family member who needs help. I will always here for you.

I’m sure many people want to know where we are going. We will be moving to North Carolina (near Camp LeJeune area ) so I can work in the corporate offices of Jane Wayne, LLC. SGT Daddy (his real name is Dan ) will be getting a position in that area as well.

xoxo-
Tammy aka ArmyHousehold6

So drumroll please — the winner of the Scentsy Military spouse Appreciation Day Giveaway is

Congrats Wife of a Sailor !!!
Patty will get in touch with you shortly for you to pick out your warmer and choice of scents!

Date : Friday may 7th , 2010 aka Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Time 8 – 9 pm EST
Location : Twitter  — we will be using the hashtag #milspouseday10

What is this all about ??
A Twitter Party to celebrate military spouses and the sacrifices that they make on a daily basis. We will have lots of cool prizes to give away!

Participating Organizations and Businesses :

Jane Wayne Gear
All Fired Up Candles
Beadwork by Sheree
Scentsy – with Patty Santiago , Scentsy Consultant
Army Wife Network
Soldiers Angels

If you would like to sponsor or donate a prize – email Tammy at tammy@armyhousehold6.com

Special thanks to all those that entered and of course Borders that sponsored the contest!

Stay tuned another contest coming in February !!  : )

Win one for your Valentine!

So yesterday — I talked about the Sony Reader Touch Edition and how awesome and perfect it was for our military community!

As promised –  now its YOUR turn to win one! (and comes preloaded with 10 books!!!!) Yes you read that right — one lucky reader will get one for FREE just in time for a Valentine’s Day delivery !!!!! (they retail for $299)

So here are the RULES of the contest:

1. The contest will run from January 18th to January 30th at 1159 pm (or 2399 for you military time people)
2. Any ACTIVE DUTY military family is eligible to enter (sorry to all others.. I’m working on something for you very soon)
3. I will pick the winner (at random)  of the Sony Reader Touch Edition of all the people entered on January 31st.
4. We will be verifying IP addresses (for those trying to be sneaky)
5. We will verify the winner’s servicemember  status  as Active Duty

All you need to do is answer this question — will e books and readers change the way you shop for books?

So how do you enter ?? Well that’s the fun part !  : )

1. Leave a comment on THIS blog post
2. Tweet  about it on Twitter using hashtag #borderscontest (make sure to post the Tweet URL in the comments section here )
3. Share about the contest on YOUR blog (make sure to post your blog url in the comments section here)
4. create a video , post it on You Tube and post the URL in the comments section below .

So what are you waiting for ?? You have your orders — now get to it !!

Remember the more times you enter, the more chances for you to win~ I can’t wait to see all your entries!!  As always, if you have any questions– don’t hestiate to contact me

Good luck!

Tammy aka Household6

*Full Disclosure – the winner of the Sony Reader Touch edition from Borders will be receiving theirs directly from Borders, not Tammy Munson. I will also be receiving a Sony Reader Touch as part of compensation for this contest. For full disclosure policy – click here

Sony Reader Touch

I recently got the chance to review the Sony Reader Touch Edition at Borders and let me just say it is one of the coolest techie gadgets I’ve come across in a long time!

Just ask SGT Daddy – I’m not one big on “reading ” ! (well except blogs and websites of course !) I could definitely see me using this for personal and business ! I can’t wait to get mine!!!*

I really love their open format technology so that you can order books and also open various other documents like PDF’s and even non-copyrighted MP3 files. It also comes in 3 awesome colors – Black, Silver and red)

Here are just SOME of the features from the Borders website -

Elegant 6 inch display with touch screen navigation
Carry thousands of your favorite books³
Freehand highlighting and annotation
Access a wide number of online bookstores
Thin, light, highly portable design
Paper-like display for easy, natural reading
Two full weeks of reading on a single batterycharge
Built-in Oxford American English e-Dictionary
Intuitive eBook Library software for PC and Mac
5 adjustable font sizes to customize your reading experience

There are so many uses for a product like this but it would be perfect for two specific segments of the population: the military as well as the low-vision community.

For the military- this would be perfect. Soldiers and other military service members already carry around so much gear and armor. (for the obvious reasons), they certainly couldn’t pack books in their bags  too.  They don’t have the extra space in their “rooms” for lots of books and there certainly isn’t a local Borders in their area to get said Books.

The E-Reader is perfect for them . They can download 350 of their favorite books to take with them when they do have their “down time”

In case you don’t know – our oldest daughter, Kiersten,  has some low vision issues. The reader is PERFECT for her! She can enlarge the font on a book or document with the touch of her finger. She can also listen to audio files on their too. She tested it out with me and it was super easy for her to use . (She’s 11 by the way )

Congrats to Borders and Sony for coming out with a superior product! It is definitely going to change the way people think about “books” especially military families. Just think of all the extra space in your house if you put your books on this Reader… not to mention less to worry about during those PCS moves!!!

Stay tuned because TOMORROW will be all about how YOU can win one Sony Reader Touch for your military service member!!

*Full disclosure- I will be compensated for my review of this product by Borders by receiving a Sony Reader Touch Edition. This has in no way affected by decision one way or another.

Day 11 - My new Flip Video Camera

I guess you could say that I’m a “Sears brat “! You see , my dad worked for Sears for 30+ years and I spent lots of time in a Sears Store as a kid!  : ) Heck I even worked there myself  in the 90’s and have shopped there a lot over the years as an adult.

A couple of months ago, I signed our family up for the Sears’ Heroes at Home program. It is a program created to give back to military families.

Over the course of 3 months , we received gift cards worth a total of $322.00

It was a much appreciated and welcomed gift.

Since this was all extra $$ that we certainly weren’t expecting to receive, we bought stuff for the house, a Wii Spongebob game for the girls and a Flip video camera (which I’ve wanted for a REALLY long time)

I have to say this camera is the coolest handheld camera I’ve used in a long time. It’s so easy to use Beck can use it with ease. It’s completely plug in pay… there is a USB connector built into the camera.(yes video is coming very soon )

So a BIG heartfelt thank you to Sears (and all those that donated to the program) !! You guys do so much for our military and their families!

Keep up the great work.

Won't you join me?

well , we all know what I want … SGT Daddy home but that’s not when I’m talking about today.

I’m participating in awesome project that is a journey to a MORE fabulous me! It’s called 52 to Fabulous and I encourage all of you to join me!

So what I would like to change ? Hmmmm several things come to mind but the most important things for me are Organization, Fitness, and Family. Ever since SGT Daddy left for Afghanistan – these area have been affected more than any other.

For those that know me well,  know that I am the most unorganized person on the planet. Unless we are talking about corporate social media strategy, but that’s what my boss pays me for. I want to be more organized so that we are not always scrambling at the last minute looking for something or making sure it gets done.

Fitness is important to me as well. I’m in pretty good shape considering I’ll be 37 (ugh ) later this month and I don’t really need to worry about my weight. ( please don’t hate me LOL ) I just want to be in better shape only going to make getting older easier.

Family is last but certainly not least . Actually, it is the most important. This recent deployment has stretched the boundaries of our family and yet it did not break. Even though we are over halfway done with this deployment (and hopefully our last) we still have a way to go to be back to our normal family. Once SGT Daddy comes home, we will going through adjustment once again getting back to what we had before he left.

2010 is going to be an exciting year for us … with SGT Daddy coming home in a few months and lots of other things .  It will be awesome at the end of this year to look back at all the pictures documenting 2010.

So here is Day 1