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Roots That Matter
Roots. Not so great when the side walk pops up. Pain in the neck when they approach the garden and the rotor tiler jumps and jerks. Dare I say when the hair line goes multi colored… dark strips appearing and or white blazing. HOWEVER Roots. Fantastic when talking to children about heritage. Smile grabbers when Bases, Posts, Stations, Aux Fields are mentioned on FaceBook. Over the top when pictures crash in on emotions and you are reminded of loved ones who have gone on before us. And tangible root/heritage articles of art, clothing or holiday are just plain fun to have! Have any Scandinavian in you? Ja sure you betcha!…
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Care Package Ideas
Find more Care Package Ideas and muchmore from MilitaryAvenue on Pinterest I really enjoyed a blog post from the DoD’s Family Matters blog and wanted to be sure to share it with you. These are some great ideas for a wife, daughter, sister, friend that is deployed but you can always take the thought and apply it to your loved-one. [Like I’m thinking if I sent my husband curtains and a comforter he would have been more ‘annoyed’ then appreciative… but maybe that’s just my hubs ;)] The following are some care package items I found especially awesome while I was deployed:– A stack of 11×17 landscape prints from a…
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Definition of Family
Family … it can have a lot of meanings. Moms, Dads, Children, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, Nieces, Nephews, Cousins. All are family… and over the past couple weeks I have seen them. Hugged them. Cherished them. We spent time at my folks’ house, over the river and through the woods. (It is not a road trip of epic miles … but with a family of six it can be a few hours, a bit of “Are we there yet?”, and quite a few “MOM, I have to go to the bathroom!”s. While we were at Mom and Dad’s the grandchildren put on their own nativity scene, we ate /too/ much (always…
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Tasty Tuesday Christmas Tree Coffee Cake
Have you ever looked at something year after year and yet never seen something, a treasure within an article? Each year this has been our Christmas breakfast. From the look of the page that has this cut out pasted upon it, you can tell it is a loved article.I cut the edible Christmas tree recipe out of a commissary handout over 31 years ago! And use it every year.This year I read the first two paragraphs and burst out laughing. The wonderful lady who sent this in was stationed with us in Iceland 20 years ago. At that time her son was in high school with our son and daughter.…
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The Jolly Green Giant Arrives at the Air Force Museum
The Jolly Green Giant Arrives! This week has been hectic! We traveled to see family for a Christmas gathering and then headed south to Wright Patterson AFB for a special event on Wednesday recognizing the Airmen who flew the HH-3 Jolly Green Giant! This aircraft flew rescue missions for four decades! The Air Force dedicated an aircraft, tail number 709, at the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB but what I saw were the people that cared for the old bird! As I looked around the audience the men and women were absolutely enthralled with the aircraft and as they listened to the guest speakers,…
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Almost-Wordless Wednesday: Doubts and Questions
We all have doubts… questions… insecurities about God’s perfect plan… Wishing you a very Merry Christmas Season, no matter your circumstance – Leanne from MilitaryAvenue.combyUnknownonWednesday, December 15, 2010Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestMilitary Life:Christmas,Leanne,Wordless
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A Moment of Levity
Ah December… family, shopping, baking, preparing, missing family & loved ones, advent, decorating, school parties, friends, squadron … brigade… unit parties. It is a lot to take in over the course of one month. No wonder stress levels zoom this time of year! Have you taken time to laugh this Holiday Season? – Leanne from MilitaryAvenue.combyUnknownonTuesday, December 14, 2010Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to PinterestMilitary Life:Christmas,Holidays,Leanne
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Spouse’s Corner: Traditions – The Backbone of the Holidays
By now the decorations are up, the menu is being set, the cards and invites are purchased and stamps have been budgeted. Well, maybe in a perfect world. But the thought process has traveled down that project list. We hold traditions to keep the family on track as to what the family does: traditions help define family values and heritage. Some of these traditions can be left by the wayside without hesitation. I grew up in a Norwegian household. Lutefisk was always there on the table, but not anymore! Now I don’t even know if it is available in Michigan where I live. Oranges and walnuts were stuffed in our…
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A World of Emotion
I must admit it has been a very long couple of weeks. BabyBoy *L* just turned 4-months and since around Thanksgiving learned how to *really* make his opinions known. He wants to be held. 24 hours. He wants to see the world around him. No time for sitting! He wants to play. Even when he is eating. In becoming more aware of the world around him he is sending me into a sleepless haze. I love all the parenting-articles out there … oh sure at 4-months you can get them into a routine. This momma has tried. *L*’s routine is his routine. There will be no ‘undue-influence’ he tells me.…
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What Are We Sharing with Our Young People?
What a great opportunity! I had been invited to talk to a high school government class about my military service and it turned out to be a fun time! My daughter-in-law Becky is a teacher (so is my wife and another daughter-in-law,). Becky had some high school juniors with a unique assignment to interview someone who was employed or had been employed with the US government. My military experience provided an opportunity to tell the kids about you, our military community! During the class I introduced myself and then they each had questions to ask! They asked some great ones! For example, what was the most traumatic moment you saw,…
