I apologize for not putting this up sooner but life has been pretty busy of late but here it is:
Blue Star Museums
Blue Star Museums is a program that offers free admission to museums for
all active duty, National Guard and Reserve military personnel and
their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
If you click the link above it will take you to the web page where you can find a participating museum near you!
Sent to me by my cousin Kristi
Monday, June 18, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Supporting Soldiers
I know there are a lot of people out there who want to help a soldier who is over seas but either have no friends or family currently deployed or don't know any soldiers at all so here are a few sites who can help you make a deployed soldiers day!
Operation Love box
Good looking care packages.
Operation Shoebox
These guys are currently in need of travel sized hygiene products for their care packages and Softball equipment for a bunch of guys in Kuwait!
Any Soldier Inc
This site has soldiers who have signed up with them who would like to receive mail or packages and they give you all the rules and guidelines you need to know. You can read through their front page or go to the home tab and click the "Let's get started" link to find out how they work! They also have links to Any Marine/Sailor/Airman/Cost Guard at the top of their page.
Giddy Giftbox
This is one you can send to your soldier or to a soldier you don't know! Just read the directions.
Give 2 The Troops
These guys seem to be in need of money donations cover the postage of their care packages. They have impressive numbers though.
Remember this long weekend while you lay by the pool, BBQ, and enjoy your family, friends, and freedom that there are still troops over seas fighting for your freedom, safety, and way of life. Take a moment to thank a soldier or a vet this weekend, write a letter, or just a moment of silence for those who have fallen in battle and for their surviving families.
Operation Love box
Good looking care packages.
Operation Shoebox
These guys are currently in need of travel sized hygiene products for their care packages and Softball equipment for a bunch of guys in Kuwait!
Any Soldier Inc
This site has soldiers who have signed up with them who would like to receive mail or packages and they give you all the rules and guidelines you need to know. You can read through their front page or go to the home tab and click the "Let's get started" link to find out how they work! They also have links to Any Marine/Sailor/Airman/Cost Guard at the top of their page.
Giddy Giftbox
This is one you can send to your soldier or to a soldier you don't know! Just read the directions.
Give 2 The Troops
These guys seem to be in need of money donations cover the postage of their care packages. They have impressive numbers though.
Remember this long weekend while you lay by the pool, BBQ, and enjoy your family, friends, and freedom that there are still troops over seas fighting for your freedom, safety, and way of life. Take a moment to thank a soldier or a vet this weekend, write a letter, or just a moment of silence for those who have fallen in battle and for their surviving families.
Awesome Memorial Day Finds!
HAPPY EARLY MEMORIAL DAY!
My cousin found some awesome give a ways and here are there links! PLEASE SHARE!!!
1. Photo album for Deployed military members.
Additionally, Armed Services YMCA branches at Fort Bragg |Camp Lejeune, NC, Camp Pendleton, 29 Palms, and San Diego, CA, in addition to Fort Campbell, KY and Fort Leonard Wood, MO, will also receive diapers, with a total donation of 4 million diapers, valued at $400,000, to the Armed Services YMCA. I updated my link to show the calendar page. This gives their various places and dates and sounds like an on going thing so you mommies out there please check back often on that link to see if your base has been added to the list!
My cousin found some awesome give a ways and here are there links! PLEASE SHARE!!!
1. Photo album for Deployed military members.
Additionally, Armed Services YMCA branches at Fort Bragg |Camp Lejeune, NC, Camp Pendleton, 29 Palms, and San Diego, CA, in addition to Fort Campbell, KY and Fort Leonard Wood, MO, will also receive diapers, with a total donation of 4 million diapers, valued at $400,000, to the Armed Services YMCA. I updated my link to show the calendar page. This gives their various places and dates and sounds like an on going thing so you mommies out there please check back often on that link to see if your base has been added to the list!
Friday, May 11, 2012
Happy Military Spouse Day!
Hey Everyone! Guess what I found out Today is!?!?!?!?
HAPPY MILITARY SPOUSE APPRECIATION DAY!
Some history via Wikipedia:
Military Spouse Day or Military Spouse Appreciation Day is celebrated on the Friday before Mother’s Day in the United States.
United States citizens take this day to acknowledge the significant
contributions, support, and sacrifices of spouses of their Armed Forces.Military Spouse Day has been observed since May 23, 1984, when a proclamation by President Ronald Reagan recognized the profound importance of spouse commitment to the readiness and well-being of military members. The US Secretary of Defense standardized the date by declaring the Friday preceding Mother’s Day as Military Spouse Day.
Each year, the US President normally commemorates this day with a ceremonial speech and proclamation.
Isn't that neat, a whole day to recognize those of us both men and women who stay home while our husbands and wives fight for our country. So Awesome and so glad to know it exists every year! So to all you married stay at home moms and dads who stand by their spouse through deployments and everything else that goes with the military, HAPPY MILITARY SPOUSE DAY!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Valentine's day
Tomorrow is Valentine's day and I thought it might be nice to see if any one can take this challenge. Tomorrow many current and past military members will be taking their sweet hearts out on the town. I want to challenge all who read this to find one of those men or women and tell them thank you for their service or go the extra mile and pay for their meal or movie, or even just a desert they can take home with them. They may be hard to spot but if you look close for real dog tags of a shirt or hat that may give them away as a soldier or veteran I know you can find them! GOOD LUCK!
Cooper and Me and the Military
I was contacted and asked if I wanted to review this children's book, I got really excited about this opportunity and couldn't wait for it to come in the mail!
Well today it came! Bryn (my daughter) and I went to check the mail and there along with the bills was the package containing the book. Once inside Bryn and I sat together, opened the package, and read the book together! As I came upstairs to write my review my 2 1/2 year old daughter told me "That's my favorite book!" It is also the first book she has ever let me read to her from beginning to end without trying to grab it from me or turn the pages before I could finish reading what was on it.
As for the book it nearly brought me to tears (in a good way). As a spouse to a military member I know all too well how it feels to have your loved one deployed. This book like a lot of things brought some of those feelings I had while my husband was deployed to the surface again.
The book series is about a girl and her dog Cooper. In this book we are introduced to Cooper's friend Trooper, a retired military dog who stays at home with a brother and sister while their mother and father are deployed. It shows one way that the siblings coped while their parent's where away, by sending their parents a package.
Both my 2 1/2 year old and I really enjoyed this book. It also has questions at the end to help your child connect and learn from the story. I think this book is great for any child but especially any child with a deployed loved one or a child who may be having trouble understanding why their friend's mother or father is over seas while their child is at home and missing them. It is hard to explain to a child why a loved one has to leave and go to a dangerous place to protect people that the child may never know. This book can help you start the discussion, and maybe help your child understand the feelings they are having and help them understand that it is okay to feel sad and miss whoever is gone. It may also help you understand how your child is really feeling.
If you would like to find out more about the 'Cooper and Me' series or order this book just click here.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Deployment Gifts
This is a wonderful idea put up by Jill at 'Our Seven Dwarfs' she was requested to help on short notice and sick to make something to give a step father and step son in her son's school class. after some help from her followers this is what she made!
http://www.oursevendwarfs.com/2011/09/deployment-gifts.html
May we all remember to contribute to or Soldiers in any way we can.
Link given to me by Kristi
http://www.oursevendwarfs.com/2011/09/deployment-gifts.html
May we all remember to contribute to or Soldiers in any way we can.
Link given to me by Kristi
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Bad Day Box
Sent by Sydney Davis and Army GF
For when the going gets tough out there.
1.Get a box, doesn't matter what size or shape.
2. Fill the box with uplifting letters, pictures of loved ones, memories that will make them laugh, love coupons, things they loved as a child (like old type candies that keep and little toys or pictures of them.
Sydney said she went to his mother and asked her what kind of thing he liked as a child and included pictures of when he was little. The letters told all the ways she loved him and of good memories she had with him, she wrote one as if she was telling a friend about him. A "you know I met this great guy!" letter. You can include videos that show you (or your children) having fun or sending special feel good messages just for him. Sydney also put all her letters/ pictures and notes in individual envelopes. She also sent a can and on the out side wrote "If your having a bad day, Remember this, I love you!" and taped her picture to the can too.
The kids either favorite nieces and nephews or his own children can draw pictures, write letters, or make cards to go in it too.
Sydney also made coupons for her BF that where for things they could do when he got home and "get out of the dog house free" coupons for the man that occasionally get into trouble.
3. After you have filled the box completely place an envelope either at the top of the box where he is sure to see it first or tape it to the outside and on the outside of it write "READ ME FIRST!" In this envelope the letter needs to lay out 2 rules.
1. "The box is not to be opened unless he is having a bad day."
2. "Only take out a few things at once." so that there are others for future bad days.
Thank you so much for this GREAT idea Sydney! I have known several soldiers who have lost GF, wives, or loved ones while on deployment and could have used one of these boxes from their wives, mothers, or family members. What a great idea!
For when the going gets tough out there.
1.Get a box, doesn't matter what size or shape.
2. Fill the box with uplifting letters, pictures of loved ones, memories that will make them laugh, love coupons, things they loved as a child (like old type candies that keep and little toys or pictures of them.
Sydney said she went to his mother and asked her what kind of thing he liked as a child and included pictures of when he was little. The letters told all the ways she loved him and of good memories she had with him, she wrote one as if she was telling a friend about him. A "you know I met this great guy!" letter. You can include videos that show you (or your children) having fun or sending special feel good messages just for him. Sydney also put all her letters/ pictures and notes in individual envelopes. She also sent a can and on the out side wrote "If your having a bad day, Remember this, I love you!" and taped her picture to the can too.
The kids either favorite nieces and nephews or his own children can draw pictures, write letters, or make cards to go in it too.
Sydney also made coupons for her BF that where for things they could do when he got home and "get out of the dog house free" coupons for the man that occasionally get into trouble.
3. After you have filled the box completely place an envelope either at the top of the box where he is sure to see it first or tape it to the outside and on the outside of it write "READ ME FIRST!" In this envelope the letter needs to lay out 2 rules.
1. "The box is not to be opened unless he is having a bad day."
2. "Only take out a few things at once." so that there are others for future bad days.
Thank you so much for this GREAT idea Sydney! I have known several soldiers who have lost GF, wives, or loved ones while on deployment and could have used one of these boxes from their wives, mothers, or family members. What a great idea!
Friday, January 7, 2011
On The Home Front
Some things you can do at home with your kids or by yourself to help the time pass.
1. Count down chain.
Do you remember Christmas when you where little and you would make count down chains at school and take them home? Same idea. Chose 2 or more colors of construction paper. Cut into 365 strips (more or less depending on the length of time your soldier is to be deployed) and glue into a chain. This can be a fun thing to do by yourself or with your children to watch the papers come off day by day until your loved one comes home. The only problem with this is that deployments are unpredictable and can often be lengthened and shorted repeatedly during the deployment. Make sure you explain this to your children so that if you get to the end of the chain and mommy/daddy are still not home they don't freak out. You being the parent are also capable of adding or subtracting links as necessary after the kids have gone to bed to make the chain accurate to daily changes. For those waiting on a Mormon Missionary the church book stores usually have countdown charts where you fill in a bubble every day till the missionary comes home, these are a little more accurate and unchanging than deployments.
2. Write a journal.
Especially if you have children, take a moment at the end of each day as you are winding down and getting ready for bed. Sit down and write in a journal. Write what you all did that day, write down what your children want your loved one to know about that day and how they feel at that moment, good or bad, happy or sad, a journal with all those things will be something your soldier can go back and read, something your children or you can go back and read, and something that can help you and your children get through future deployments by looking back and seeing how it felt last time.
3. Prepare for your soldiers return.
While my soldier was gone Christmas wasn't Christmas so I celebrated else where and my home went undecorated but with the extra money the deployment gave us I went on a Christmas shopping spree after Christmas when everything was on sale for all the decorations we would need to decorate for the year he would be home.
4. Find something to do.
Weather your children are young or old in school or not find something you enjoy doing OUTSIDE of your home. This can be a college course, a fitness class, going for a walk, going to the park, going to the gym, visiting a friend. Any thing you enjoy take at least one day a week and get out of your house, no matter what. This will help with the loneliness and isolation. GET OUT! This is SO important. If you can possibly find someone to watch the kids once a week for an hour do so. You need a break! It's hard to do it alone no matter how old your kids are or even if your kids are animals. Get out and go to lunch, do something with some one. This is the one thing that will save your sanity.
5. Find a friend.
Not just any friend. Find someone who knows what you are going through. Find another military spouse that has a deployed spouse at the same time (there are a ton of them at any given time) yes you will get on each others nerves sometimes because deployments are emotionally draining but as long as you are the kind of friend that you want to have you'll get through the hard times. It never seems that civilians know what you are going through and Spouses who's soldier has returned are a bit out of touch both physically and emotionally. My husband has returned and I will be the first to admit that when James got home I didn't want to talk to anyone and wanted to spend all my time with him, I will also admit that my joy over having him home has tainted my memory of what it was like while he was gone. It doesn't seem as bad now as it felt it was then. So make a friend of some one some where who is in the same position as you. My "Battle buddy" lived on the other side of the country from me but most nights she was my saving grace. I don't know how I would have gotten through that deployment without her.
6. Remember "It will end"
Deployments do not last forever and better times are ahead. Unless the unspoken unthinkable happens which I pray never happens to you or me, This deployment will come to an end and your soldier will come home. Stay positive. Always remind yourself that, This will end and your soldier WILL come home. My soldier and a friend reminded me of this often. "IT HAS COME TO PASS." This trial has come and it too shall pass. Stay positive and strong for your soldier and yourself.
Last 7. It's okay to cry
Being strong is good but it is also okay to cry. Be it a few minutes in your living room or crying yourself to sleep wearing your soldiers shirt and hugging the teddy bear they gave you. It is always okay to cry because this is painful, but if you can make it through this, you can make it through ANYTHING!
1. Count down chain.
Do you remember Christmas when you where little and you would make count down chains at school and take them home? Same idea. Chose 2 or more colors of construction paper. Cut into 365 strips (more or less depending on the length of time your soldier is to be deployed) and glue into a chain. This can be a fun thing to do by yourself or with your children to watch the papers come off day by day until your loved one comes home. The only problem with this is that deployments are unpredictable and can often be lengthened and shorted repeatedly during the deployment. Make sure you explain this to your children so that if you get to the end of the chain and mommy/daddy are still not home they don't freak out. You being the parent are also capable of adding or subtracting links as necessary after the kids have gone to bed to make the chain accurate to daily changes. For those waiting on a Mormon Missionary the church book stores usually have countdown charts where you fill in a bubble every day till the missionary comes home, these are a little more accurate and unchanging than deployments.
2. Write a journal.
Especially if you have children, take a moment at the end of each day as you are winding down and getting ready for bed. Sit down and write in a journal. Write what you all did that day, write down what your children want your loved one to know about that day and how they feel at that moment, good or bad, happy or sad, a journal with all those things will be something your soldier can go back and read, something your children or you can go back and read, and something that can help you and your children get through future deployments by looking back and seeing how it felt last time.
3. Prepare for your soldiers return.
While my soldier was gone Christmas wasn't Christmas so I celebrated else where and my home went undecorated but with the extra money the deployment gave us I went on a Christmas shopping spree after Christmas when everything was on sale for all the decorations we would need to decorate for the year he would be home.
4. Find something to do.
Weather your children are young or old in school or not find something you enjoy doing OUTSIDE of your home. This can be a college course, a fitness class, going for a walk, going to the park, going to the gym, visiting a friend. Any thing you enjoy take at least one day a week and get out of your house, no matter what. This will help with the loneliness and isolation. GET OUT! This is SO important. If you can possibly find someone to watch the kids once a week for an hour do so. You need a break! It's hard to do it alone no matter how old your kids are or even if your kids are animals. Get out and go to lunch, do something with some one. This is the one thing that will save your sanity.
5. Find a friend.
Not just any friend. Find someone who knows what you are going through. Find another military spouse that has a deployed spouse at the same time (there are a ton of them at any given time) yes you will get on each others nerves sometimes because deployments are emotionally draining but as long as you are the kind of friend that you want to have you'll get through the hard times. It never seems that civilians know what you are going through and Spouses who's soldier has returned are a bit out of touch both physically and emotionally. My husband has returned and I will be the first to admit that when James got home I didn't want to talk to anyone and wanted to spend all my time with him, I will also admit that my joy over having him home has tainted my memory of what it was like while he was gone. It doesn't seem as bad now as it felt it was then. So make a friend of some one some where who is in the same position as you. My "Battle buddy" lived on the other side of the country from me but most nights she was my saving grace. I don't know how I would have gotten through that deployment without her.
6. Remember "It will end"
Deployments do not last forever and better times are ahead. Unless the unspoken unthinkable happens which I pray never happens to you or me, This deployment will come to an end and your soldier will come home. Stay positive. Always remind yourself that, This will end and your soldier WILL come home. My soldier and a friend reminded me of this often. "IT HAS COME TO PASS." This trial has come and it too shall pass. Stay positive and strong for your soldier and yourself.
Last 7. It's okay to cry
Being strong is good but it is also okay to cry. Be it a few minutes in your living room or crying yourself to sleep wearing your soldiers shirt and hugging the teddy bear they gave you. It is always okay to cry because this is painful, but if you can make it through this, you can make it through ANYTHING!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
MOPS
From my cousin Kristi who dose this with her kids:
Encourage Military Moms and Their Families
A Little Love and Creativity Goes a Long Way
David, whose father is in the U.S. Air Force, is an elementary school student. His father deployed for the fifth time in July 2010 for six months. David received a KidsLink Card Kit, and he said: “[I'm going to write Dad] stuff that's interesting that's happened to me that I can't really tell him otherwise … I never got to talk to him when he was out in the desert [before] except once every two months, so it's going to be nice, ... [and] also he can write back. So it's going to be helpful a lot."
KidsLink Downrange is a project from MOPS and Cadence International to support and encourage military moms and their families. MOPS groups can make card kits that contain everything a child needs to write to his or her deployed parent throughout the year, as well as other resources in the area. These kits will be delivered to children at multiple US military bases worldwide this coming spring.
Here is this year’s schedule!
September-October 2010: Your MOPS group pledges a number of kits
December 2010: You’re advised where to ship your finished
kits (via email and on kidslinkonline.org
website)
January-February 2011: Your group makes card kits
February 15-March 15, 2011: Your group ships your kits to the advised
location (no earlier than Feb. 15 and no
later than March 15)
April-June 2011: Card kits are distributed to military kids
Now is the time to pledge how many kits you will make for this year’s project so…
Want to know more? Watch this video, then pledge the number of card kits your group will create and send to military kids.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Hey, I'm Back Sorta....
Hey all! I know I have been gone a while but the hubby is home and we have been moving and working. Things are still a little crazy esp. with my comp going down on me and trying to get back in shape.
The other reason I have not posted in a while is because I am running out of ideas when I am not sending packages out everyday. Now my days are filled with occupying myself and my daughter waiting for my husband to come home from work. If any one has any ideas please let me know. I will try to get some more ideas and put them up soon. Thank you for staying with me!
The other reason I have not posted in a while is because I am running out of ideas when I am not sending packages out everyday. Now my days are filled with occupying myself and my daughter waiting for my husband to come home from work. If any one has any ideas please let me know. I will try to get some more ideas and put them up soon. Thank you for staying with me!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Operation: Hi Honey/Mom
My cousin Kristi gave me a wonderful site that puts your beautiful family pictures on Canvas. It makes a great anniversery gift or mother's day gift for those back home. Just click HERE to find the web site. Opperation Hi Mom awards 1 free canvas print to soldiers over seas to be sent to thier mothers on mother's day and operation Hi Honey does the same for thier spouses back home on thier anniversery. Now not everyone will automatically recive a photo just by being a deployed member so make sure you read the Honey Directions here and the mom ones here (sorry couldn't find the mom link :( )
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Welcome Home Banners
www.buildasign.com/Troops This site has done several give aways for military families to welcome home there troops. the banner above and the one below are the ones that welcomed my husband home for R&R. I payed (I think) $30-45 total for both banners. My husband had to drive from NM to AZ so the above banner was on his jeep at his folks place and he had a bag full of everything he would need to stay the night in NM if necessary. the lower banner was hung on the wall of our home, it would have been hung outside if not for the mass amount of snow we received.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Rcordable Books
For Christmas I bought a recordable book from Hallmark they are about $30. I shipped it to my husband who read and recorded the story and sent it back for my daughter so he could read her a bed time story every night. They have 3 different ones. "All the ways I love you", "Bright and Beautiful", and at Christmas time they have "the night before Christmas" Ask for them at your local Hallmark store and make sure you do this well in advance of the occasion (Christmas/Birthday/etc.) It took one week for the book to get there then he had to get the time to record, repack, and ship it back to me and then it took over 2 weeks for me to receive it, so plan ahead.Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Holiday Packages
Birthdays:
For birthdays you can got to the dollar store and get a bunch of fun little toys like army men, little planes, party hats, signs, blowers, streamers, any little fun toys that they will enjoy and find silly but that can also be tossed to children along with candy as they travel along roads and go out on missions. You can send a box of hostess cupcakes or Twinkies along with a box of candles so they can blow them out and make their wish. I say hostess cupcakes because they are individually packaged, won't go bad or get Stael in the mail and the frosting won't get every where if the box is tossed around. Send a singing card and maybe even a video for them to watch of every one back home wishing them a happy Birthday. You can also send a few real gifts wrapped in birthday wrapping paper. I sent James a new game for his PSP. Remember not to send things they can't use or things that are very large. Large things tend to be left behind and things they can't use will eventually just have to be sent back. If you want to get them something they can use when they get home take a picture, put it in an envelope and send it rather than the gift it's self.
Anniversaries:
For our Anniversary I sent champagne glass (still in it's box) a personalized (small) bottle of sparkling apple cider completely covered in 2-3 layers of bubble wrap, a flame less candle air freshener, a card, and his gift wrapped in white wrapping paper. His gift was a very expensive watch that he had been wanting for a few years now and could use there.
Christmas:
For our Anniversary I sent champagne glass (still in it's box) a personalized (small) bottle of sparkling apple cider completely covered in 2-3 layers of bubble wrap, a flame less candle air freshener, a card, and his gift wrapped in white wrapping paper. His gift was a very expensive watch that he had been wanting for a few years now and could use there.
Christmas:For Christmas once again little dollar store toys and candies are great and can be tossed to children on missions and on the road. Home made goodies are Perfect for this time of year even chocolate can usually make it safely to the recipient because it is much cooler. I made my husband and his roommate each a tie blanket because they kept complaining of the cold nights. The blankets where the perfect fix. James' roommate got a small set of whittling knives because he enjoys whittling, James got another video game. I also sent things for them to decorate their room with. You can get window stickers, door covers, even decorating a small 1 foot tree, decorating it, and sending it in Bubble wrap works great. I got the miniature stockings and filled them with coal (chocolate), candy canes, and a small toy or you can send a full sized stocking.
New Years:
For New Years you can send hats, goofy glasses, party poppers, and anything to help bring in a happy new year.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Shopping List for Care Packages
Here are a few sugestions of things to send your soldier. Edit for your soldier's needs and likes. As far as wipes my husbad LOVES the traval pack huggies wipes. They come in a plastic bag with a flip top and you can find them at almost any store that sells baby whipes. James says these work the best, they are soft on skin, and very portable.
Food Items
Tuna/Chicken/Salmon–foil pouches
Vienna Sausage–small pop-top cans
Jerky–small packages
Protein Bars
Granola Bars
Sunflower/Pumpkin Seeds & Nuts
Trail Mix
Coffee Singles
Instant Oatmeal
Dried Fruit (Raisins, etc.)
Fruit–in pop-top cans/cups
Fruit Rollups
Green Chili/Small Cans or Bags
Candies–individually wrapped
Chewing Gum
Microwave Popcorn
Pop Tarts
Shelf-Stable Microwavable Items
Single-serving Drink Mix Tubes (Kool-Aid, Crystal Light, etc.)
Tea Bags
Individual Green Tea bags or tubes
Single serving packs of coffee
Pringles
Home made cookies and treats
Toiletries (travel size):
Bath Soap
Shampoo
Conditioner
White Tube Socks (New)
Wash cloths (New)
Small hand towels (New)
Dental Floss
Deodorant
Disposable Razors
Kleenex
Lip Balm
Lotion
Mouthwash
Foot Powder
Sunscreen
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Q-tips
Emery boards, nail clippers, tweezers
Wet Wipes travel size
Insect Repellent (NO AEROSOL)
Shave GEL (NO AEROSOL)
Other
Pens & Pencils
Pocket Word/Math Game Books
Zipper Bags (sandwich, snack, and quart-size)
Gloves
White Tube Socks
Wash cloths
Small hand towels
Bounce dryer sheets
Disposable cameras
Food Items
Tuna/Chicken/Salmon–foil pouches
Vienna Sausage–small pop-top cans
Jerky–small packages
Protein Bars
Granola Bars
Sunflower/Pumpkin Seeds & Nuts
Trail Mix
Coffee Singles
Instant Oatmeal
Dried Fruit (Raisins, etc.)
Fruit–in pop-top cans/cups
Fruit Rollups
Green Chili/Small Cans or Bags
Candies–individually wrapped
Chewing Gum
Microwave Popcorn
Pop Tarts
Shelf-Stable Microwavable Items
Single-serving Drink Mix Tubes (Kool-Aid, Crystal Light, etc.)
Tea Bags
Individual Green Tea bags or tubes
Single serving packs of coffee
Pringles
Home made cookies and treats
Toiletries (travel size):
Bath Soap
Shampoo
Conditioner
White Tube Socks (New)
Wash cloths (New)
Small hand towels (New)
Dental Floss
Deodorant
Disposable Razors
Kleenex
Lip Balm
Lotion
Mouthwash
Foot Powder
Sunscreen
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Q-tips
Emery boards, nail clippers, tweezers
Wet Wipes travel size
Insect Repellent (NO AEROSOL)
Shave GEL (NO AEROSOL)
Other
Pens & Pencils
Pocket Word/Math Game Books
Zipper Bags (sandwich, snack, and quart-size)
Gloves
White Tube Socks
Wash cloths
Small hand towels
Bounce dryer sheets
Disposable cameras
Friday, August 21, 2009
Your Thoughts.
I am thinking about adding things you can do at home to keep yourself and or your children busy while your spouse is away. If you this is something you would be interested in please leave a comment and tell me so. If I get 5 replys or more I will begin posting not only package ideas but also ideas for yourself and your children. Please let me know!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
U.S. Postal Service
The U.S, Postal service provides package materials free of charge to this wishing to send packages to out military personal, go here for more information. If you Call (800) 610-8734 and ask for Care kit 4 they will send you:
1. 10 boxes
2. 10 customs forms with envelopes
3. 10 "Mili-Pac" shipping envelopes which are specially printed to reflect the complexities of military mailing addresses
4. a roll of Priority Mail tape
The Army Wives Dream Come True!
I don't know what you have heard but this program is a dream come true! With Skype all you need is a microphone, a computer, a web connection, and a web cam! You can get a head set with a microphone for $8 at wall mart, you can get a web cam at walmart for $10+ depending on how nice of one you want! As far as the Internet and computer go i would hope you already have them to communicate with your loved one. Skype is FREE! When you want to talk to and see your loved one at the same time Skype is the perfect solution. Like anything else you should both have a decent connection for it to work right. I have had experienced delays, dropped calls, and a few complications but i wouldn't trade it for anything it is second best to my husband being home. The only cost Skype charges is to call land lines or cell phones. Anything computer to computer is free. Just go to the web site, http://www.skype-official.com/, download, create your identity, tell your loved one to do the same thing, add each other to your contact lists and start talking, face to face, for FREE!!!! Have fun!!!!
Great Ideas!
My Army wife girl Nikki gave me a few more GREAT ideas! Boots and shoes that are worn a lot get really stinky! So Nikki said to send......
Yes that's right! Dryer sheets.... have your man/woman switch out pairs of boots... wear one pair then when you take them off put a dryer sheet in each one, wear your other pair of boots then switch! Also another great dryer sheet idea is as an air freshener! Nikki says her husband stuffs a few dryer sheets in the ac slats and it acts as an air freshener, if you send 2 different scents then they can switch them out once a week to make that smelly man room smell just a bit better, and it doesn't take up an outlet!
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