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A nice site I've found to help military wives connect about many things, including posting locations and housing, is themilitarywife.ca It's not extremely active, but the ladies who post there are very nice and have lots of good information

I don't think that's an accurate description of all IR cases. My husband was on TR, then recently put on IR (TR can last only 6 months or something?). His posting was originally restricted until he found a place to stay. Now we're trying to sell the house. It's not just Separation Allowance...

It's about to be a nightmare for us. Hubby is on IR in Ottawa, while I try to sell the house in Windsor. The IR payments have been keeping us afloat, while maintaining two residences. Without the rent and bills reimbursement, we are quickly going to go into major debt. The housing market here...

@George - I hope you're not referring to my post with regards to "Expecting all the money we put in back". I don't expect to get it ALL back. It would be nice, though, to get SOMETHING to help us get back to appraised value. No way would we have tried to sell right now, except for my husband...

We're concerned about the CANFORGEN, too. My husband is in Ottawa, on IR (since it's taken more than 6 months to sell the house). The reimbursements through that are what keep us from going into major debt keeping up two residences. We don't get the reimbursements, we're SCREWED, even if the...

Agreed, Pusser. I know it's not the same allergy as mentioned previously, but I wanted to mention it as an example of why there aren't any blanket recruiting answers on this board....

In Windsor, we didn't get a huge amount of snow, but the wind is pretty wicked. Looks like the 2nd wave of snow is still happening here. It's been blowing badly enough, though, to shut down part of Riverside Drive with drifting, and a couple of vehicles were stuck on drifts IN TOWN on Jefferson...

Heavy - thankfully, we're not going to be that upside down on our mortgage - only about $300 dollars, I think. And my parents, thankfully, are covering the gap (about $2k total of outstanding house-related debt) until some of our HEA can kick in, or we can afford to repay them. I wouldn't have...

A severe allergy is NOT an end-all for someone joining the CF. My husband has a severe shellfish allergy AND asthma (albeit with about 80% lung function), and he had no problems with the enrollment physical for PRes or RegF. The ONLY people who can give the answers are those reviewing your...

We just sold, although still pending an inspection, for 17.5k less than appraised, 12.5k less than asking price. We'd been on the market for almost 6 months, in Windsor. We paid 1.5k more than the current appraisal for the place, but put in probably 20-30k of work (all before my husband CT'd to...

Nomad, you should look into the resources the MFRC offers. I know in Ottawa, there are various daycares that they coordinate (I may become one of them after I move up there). I'm sure other bases have similar resources from their MFRC. I'm sure it's doable, but you'll need your family's support...

Thank you for saying that nicer than I was about to... right now, with what info has been provided, I can't read it as anything other than rumor...

Denreyer, I'm going to put it nicely before a mod steps in and puts you on the warning ladder... Your spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation, etc, matter on this site BECAUSE YOU AGREED TO USE THEM PROPERLY when you signed up for your account. If you can't follow simple directions now, why...

We had a vendor meeting today with folks from Toronto, and they said the drive was bad but not horrible from Toronto to London. London to Essex on the 401 was not fun at all, and they were a good 15-20 minutes late. The 401 East of Hwy 77 (Leamington) has been closed off and on since Sunday...

I never meant to imply that she got the medal because of the hijab - that's not my point. My point in posting was to bring up a story of how a "not-typical" soldier can have a successful CF career. It would have been far easier for her to quit at the first bit of adversity in her training, but...

I saw this story in the Windsor Star today, and understand it was on the cover of the newspaper in Ottawa. Having read the article, I was sad that I hadn't heard of Lt.-Commander Wafa Dabbagh before. I think her story makes a good read, and she is a great example of how the CF works with...

What I had advised Wilshire was based on my husband's experience in the PRes in Windsor, with the Windsor Regt. He told me it was difficult to get on a DWAN computer, but the OR was easy to deal with once you understood their schedule.

As a reservist, I expect Wilshire Blvd will have a hard time getting on a DWAN site. You'll probably have to deal with your reserve unit's OR to get all this situated...

I was personally very impressed with ORNGE - they transported my daughter, at one month of age (still 6 weeks preemie) from Windsor to London so she could get her heart checked out. Not sure what they did, but by the time they landed, her heartrate was a steady 150 and she was having NO PVCs -...

Why am I getting a beret? I'm just a Army wife, not even a member of the CF....  ;D