In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m linking up with Jo @ Jo My Gosh and Jessica @ MBB for their Lima. Oscar. Victor. Echo. military love link-up. Mac and I met almost five (!!!) years ago in March of 2009 at a party in college. What seemed like a casual encounter wound up being the…
You will need: your box, the completed customs form, your beloved’s address, and packing tape. Personally, I’ve found that two strips of tape per box seam works best. Now we’re ready to head to the Post Office. Once you get to the Post Office, you will need to stand in the main line. While this…
Token Brad Pitt reference. Now that we have our boxes and customs forms, we need to fill those care packages! Obviously, you want to fill up the box with stuff your solider likes, and you want that stuff to arrive still reasonably fresh and edible. Here’s a list of what you can and cannot send…
I’m going to do a series of posts on care packages. Feel free to leave comments about your own ideas and helpful tips! This deployment, I have a much better idea of how to prepare and mail care packages to Mac. My plan is to send at least one box a month. You can…
** I wrote this after Mac left but didn’t publish it right away because of obvious OPSEC reasons.** So Mac is on his way to deployment #2. I wish I could say that I was the stoic wife, used to her husband leaving for days, weeks, months at a time. But I’m not. Mac’s flight…
Back in 2010, I had absolutely no clue how to prepare for or how to even approach dealing with deployments. Mac had zero interest in our FRG, and we were still dating. Looking back with the benefit of hindsight, I really wish I made Mac sign me up for the FRG (the commander wasn’t particularly…