Comments on: Not Food. http://chaosinthekitchen.com/2009/07/not-food/ tips, trick, and recipes from my chaotic kitchen Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Lola http://chaosinthekitchen.com/2009/07/not-food/comment-page-1/#comment-3194 Lola Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:30:45 +0000 http://chaosinthekitchen.com/?p=1627#comment-3194 I echo what others have written -- no candy, food, or other treats. It'll either get taken, or they'll use it to make his life worse. (You'll be able to send it after basic, though). While he's there, just write as often as possible....doesn't matter how mundane, he'll appreciate the connection to the outside world. My cousin just finished, and he said the zillions of letters from home were what got him through it. If you want him to write back, send paper and stamps, too, because he may not be able to get any. I echo what others have written — no candy, food, or other treats. It’ll either get taken, or they’ll use it to make his life worse. (You’ll be able to send it after basic, though). While he’s there, just write as often as possible….doesn’t matter how mundane, he’ll appreciate the connection to the outside world. My cousin just finished, and he said the zillions of letters from home were what got him through it. If you want him to write back, send paper and stamps, too, because he may not be able to get any.

]]> By: Amy http://chaosinthekitchen.com/2009/07/not-food/comment-page-1/#comment-3159 Amy Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:37:12 +0000 http://chaosinthekitchen.com/?p=1627#comment-3159 Letters and pictures are most cherished. Puzzle books and personal toiletries (including chapstick and baby wipes or sanitizing wipes) are very good also. Do NOT send food or medication or anything valuable. Assume that anything you send *will* be either shared or confiscated - nothing is private. Letters and pictures are most cherished. Puzzle books and personal toiletries (including chapstick and baby wipes or sanitizing wipes) are very good also. Do NOT send food or medication or anything valuable. Assume that anything you send *will* be either shared or confiscated – nothing is private.

]]> By: Candice http://chaosinthekitchen.com/2009/07/not-food/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 Candice Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:06:15 +0000 http://chaosinthekitchen.com/?p=1627#comment-3144 I thought maybe a group photo of family and friends in their own 'bootcamp' gear all covered in mud and smiles with a big sign reading - WE BELIEVE IN YOU! - maybe something for him to keep under his pillow and get a smile out of. God bless him. I thought maybe a group photo of family and friends in their own ‘bootcamp’ gear all covered in mud and smiles with a big sign reading – WE BELIEVE IN YOU! – maybe something for him to keep under his pillow and get a smile out of. God bless him.

]]> By: Julie http://chaosinthekitchen.com/2009/07/not-food/comment-page-1/#comment-3139 Julie Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:35:16 +0000 http://chaosinthekitchen.com/?p=1627#comment-3139 Condoms. Seriously. You never know. Condoms. Seriously. You never know.

]]> By: Jen http://chaosinthekitchen.com/2009/07/not-food/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 Jen Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:09:04 +0000 http://chaosinthekitchen.com/?p=1627#comment-3136 When my husband went through Air Force basic about 8 years ago I would send letters.. pages and pages and pages of letters. Of course, the part that was my writing was only about a page of it - the other ten pages were sports scores! They have NO access to news or anything else while they're in basic and the ones who like sports are starved for information - if you want to make him everyone's best friend send him the top sports news and scores for whatever is in season right now and THEN unwrap an airhead (those flat tangy strips) and stick it in the middle of that fat stack of papers. Sprits on a little perfume and send it out. I don't think my husband ever shined his own pair of boots. When my husband went through Air Force basic about 8 years ago I would send letters.. pages and pages and pages of letters. Of course, the part that was my writing was only about a page of it – the other ten pages were sports scores! They have NO access to news or anything else while they’re in basic and the ones who like sports are starved for information – if you want to make him everyone’s best friend send him the top sports news and scores for whatever is in season right now and THEN unwrap an airhead (those flat tangy strips) and stick it in the middle of that fat stack of papers. Sprits on a little perfume and send it out.

I don’t think my husband ever shined his own pair of boots.

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