Just wanted to share....

Hey ya'll,   Gettin ready for my Mikey-Mike to get here. He should be flying in to Dallas, then on to Colorado Springs tomorrow! If I think about it too much I get soooo nervous!   Anyways, I just wanted to tell ya'll about something I found at Walmart. I am not sure they have it in Alabama, but I found  Reynaldo's Rice pudding. It comes in 8oz containers, so it has 2 servings per container.  The nutrition facts are: calories  150 fat calories  33 total fat  4 cholesterol  8 sodium  56 total carb  26 fiber  8 sugars  19 protein  38 I was shocked to see the protein was that high. It's not chocolate pudding good, but it is good. Thought I would throw it out there, in case ya'll were interested. Bonnie

Oh Bonnie...I am so excited for you!!!!  I know you are so excited.  I may look for that pudding.  Thanks for the info.

Thank you Carmen! I am just as nervous now as I was when I met him! I met him the day after he came back from Iraq last time! The airlines now allow Military spouses (well, families) to go to the 1st gate to meet them. I am tempted to go there NOW & just camp out!! lol!Of course, it might be a 24 hour wait!! hahaha! He comes home tomorrow, I find out if I have surgery on Thursday, Braden graduates on Saturday & we have family pictures in Denver on Sunday. We are buying Braden a car for graduation & Mike feels like I need a new car AGAIN! Whew!  I know he is gonna crash, but he just keeps making plans! I am tired just typing & reading it!! lol! Hope ya'll are all doing well. I hope your son finds answers to his problems soon. I totally understand the not knowing! It's for the BIRDS! Bonnie

It is a feeling you will NEVER forget, isnt it!! I pray I never loose my memories, they sustain me through some stressful times.

I can still to this day, remember the day when my Dad came home from Vietnam, for good. I hardly remember him, growing up since he was always either in the Korean conflict or Vietnam, but will never forget sitting at the airport for hours, watching the gigantic planes fly in ( to me, they were humongous!), and seeing him, for the first time, dressed in his Air Force Blues, with his snappy Air Force hat on, smelling his Hi Karate after shave...LOL...carrying his bag, walking up that long gateway!! Running to his arms for thousands of hugs and kisses he had to share between me, my 3 sister's and of course, Mom. I tell ya I can even smell that after shave, right now, the memory is so VIVID!

I even remember him singing to the radio, on the way home. Lynn Anderson's version of "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden". WHAT a thing to remember but thats a happy memory I pray I never loose.

Im thrilled for you both, create happy memories, and thank Mike, from me, for all the sacrifices he is giving for us and his country! They do not go un nocticed.

I know all to well, how you feel on your end of your sacrifice as well. Hang in there, write often. I still have all daddy's letters from Vietnam and my grandfather's, from WW II!! Now, they are a part of family heirlooms, that pass from generation to generation in our family, along with the geneology.

I pray this war ends soon, and Mike will be home for GOOD! Your in my prayers! if ya need me, Im only a PM away!

Thank you for sharing that! It truly brought tears to my eyes! Last time he came home, I did not meet him at the airport, so this is my 1st time! We can now get passes to meet them at the sterile concourse area (whatever THAT is!)! Isn't it funny the little things that stick in our mind? I think alot of it is because with moments like this, time seems to "stand still"!! I've never really known anybody in the Military, so this is ALL new to me. I cannot imagine having my Daddy in the Military! He was a truck driver & I vividly remember the times he came home (his cologne was Old Spice! lol!). I missed him terribly when he was on the road. I know it had to be extremely hard with your Daddy in the Air Force. My Hubby being gone is one thing, but Daddy's are another thing all together! You are so right about the smell of the cologne, I love Old Spice to this day! I will thank Mike for you, he is such a sentimental softie for being such a big guy. He tears up when he hears the National Anthem! I love him all the more for that. I send tons of care packages & when I do I send as many cards as possible. I tell him to open one when he is down or just needs a smile. He says he does, but I know him, he opens them all when he 1st gets his package! lol! I have spent a small fortune on cards, but I know he loves it. I try to find funny ones or anything unique to breal the monotony. Thank you for understanding & for being there! It means more than you know. There are far too many people who do understand, who know exactly how I feel & are in our shoes!

One other time, Dad got a pass for a few weeks and didnt tell us. He obviously took a cab from Bham airport, and he snuck in the house while we were at school, and jumped out from behind the door and surprised us, when the last one, walked through. Im almost 50 now, sme things are wonderful to remember and keep a part of family history, for future generations.

When he was home he would cook us breakfast and come in singing a song to get us up. LOL. It worked, he couldnt sing but he thought he was Johnny Cash. LOL. It was hard, those memories are wonderful, it is what he lived through and saw afterwards that made the remaining years extremely difficult for us all. He died when he was only 52. I still feel Vietnam and agent orange played a part in his early death, but the day will come when we will be together again. As my favorite song says, "I Can Only Imagine".

I have chills just thinking of how exciting, thrilling, tearful, joyful and WONDERFUL this is going to be! Im with ya in spirit!!

WOOOOO HOOOOO BONNIE!!!!  Today is the BIG Day!!!  I was thinking of your this morning knowing you probably did not sleep at all last night.  I am thrilled for you and please tell your hubby that I appreciate him, along with all of our other military personnel.  I know they do not hear that near enough.  You have a FANTASTIC day....but I know you will. 

Congratulations Bonnie!!! I'm happy for you. I remember when my hubby got home from the first Gulf war. No rope was holding me back. As soon as I saw him I ran to him. lol Friends were taking care of my children thank God! Not that anyone would have taken them we were on an AF Base. And you look soooo pretty! I bet sweet candy to your babies eyes!  Oh and I'm looking for that pudding. In fact I'm writing it down so I can ask for it. Thanks! I'll be thinking about yall! Prayers going up! HUGSSS! Debby

Thanks Debby! I am so ready to be in his arms in a big ole bear hug again! (It's funny, I have always been the "amazon" with all my friends, family & alot of my "ex's". I am 5'09, not extremely tall, but taller than most of the people I knew. I was also a bigger size than most of my friends & usually the same size of my boyfriends & ex. Mike is so much bigger than me, he wraps me up in a big ole hug & I just feel safe from the world!!) We can now get a pass to get as close as possible to meet them coming off the plane! If it weren't for all the security measures now, I would be out on the tarmac, meeting the plane! I have lost about 40lbs since Mike has left, he WILL be surprised! lol! Bonnie

WOO HOO!!  I know you can't wait to see him Bonnie!  Praying that you guys get to cherish every second together!  Love ya and I will be looking for the pudding!  THANKS!