Browsing Archive: April, 2009

Packing cookies

Posted by Aprille on Sunday, April 12, 2009, In : Army Life

I have developed a super-wonderful way to pack cookies to send then to the other side of the world. You take two cookies, place them flat sides together, and wrap them gently in a piece of plastic wrap, with enough wrap to kind of pad the cookies on both sides. Then take these little cookie-twins in a gallon zip-lock bag and surround them on either side with either shredded paper or plastic bags, zip it up, and you are good to go.

I wasn't sure that this really worked, but I just got a package...
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My Adventure

Posted by Aprille on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, In : God's blessings & spiritual musings

God works in strange ways many times. This is actually the second time I have written this post, but the first time got deleted. I was immediately filled with frustration when all that work disappeared, but now I'm looking at it as a new opportunity to maybe approach this post in a way I didn't before.

The past week has been difficult for me, well for both of us. I know personally I've felt like I reached this breaking point...that I couldn't really go on with this deployment, this being sepa...
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Thoughts about homecoming...

Posted by Aprille on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, In : Army Life

Today is April 1st...

When most people think of April 1st, they think of April fools. But my first thoughts of April 1st are that it is the first day of a new month, which means only 2-3 months til my husband comes home from Afghanistan!

Homecoming has got to be the most wonderful part of the deployment. I've been excited about homecoming since Russ left, but the excitement doubled when I hit January. Now that I'm only a few months away, I'm just about ready to burst with excitement. Homecoming...
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