rejoicing during the waves and turbulence.
If you are stumbling upon this blog post, it is most likely because someone you love is coming home. home·com·ing noun an instance of returning home. 2. a chance to make a beer cake, or cute sign, shave your legs, and buy sexy lingerie The Beer Cake. 36 bottled beer, two platforms (mine was a [...]
Okay. I have no idea what I'm most happy about: I'm off work the next two days. Elf is playing on the TV right now. I'm on my second beer. I applied for a house this week. My Christmas packages arrived safely to the middle east! I am so excited to FINALLY be sharing the [...]
First off, happy Veterans Day! May we be honoring those who have served in the United States Armed Forces not only today, but everyday. Thank you to my father-in-law (Navy) and my cousin's dual military marriage (USAF) along with those currently serving (and will one day be veterans), my husband (USAF) and brother-in-law (ARMY.) May [...]
Praise the lamb! My first care package to my deployed Airman arrived safely! This was my first care package I have ever sent anyone, so I was very nervous. If you have a loved one deployed, in school, or just far away, I hope this helps inspire you to send love via care packages! Theme: [...]
Things You Should NEVER Say To A Military Wife... "I could never do it." Really? You could never do it? I'm sure if the one you loved was in uniform, you'd find a way to "do it." Military spouses don't have a special powers, we just are ordinary people who love extraordinarily awesome servicemen. "Deployment will go [...]
He's in the military, I am in missions. The questions never end, even so close to the wedding. "Is it difficult?'" "How do you do it?" "Do you guys ever talk?" "Why did you leave him?" or "Why did he leave you?" "What if he finds someone else?" At first it was fun to answer [...]
It is now Sunday night, and I must admit... I'm exhausted. Today we said our good-byes again to our Airman, as he moves on from Basic Training and moved to a new base! But lets back it up a bit... Friday was the Graduation ceremony at the parade fields, and holy cow, it was beautiful. Flags, retired [...]
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Basic Training: Graduation Weekend Congratulations to your Airman on their way to graduation weekend! For this weekend, I get to say congratulations to my Airman! After a long 8 1/2 weeks, you are now an Airman for the greatest Air Force in the world! For you supporters traveling to Lackland AFB (TX) for the Graduation [...]
If you are just joining, and are interested on Weeks 0-3 please click here to read my post on those weeks. If you are here to read about my experience with weeks 4-8, aloha! We are on day 58 of basic training! 8 weeks, 1344 hours, 80,640 minutes, 4,838,400 seconds of being apart, but who's counting? In just a few days [...]
If you have come across this post, it was most likely not by accident. If you are anything like me, you googled, "What is going to happen in Basic Training for my AB (Airman Basic)?!" or if you're identical to me, "What am I going to do during Basic Training?!" So your loved one has [...]
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