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Comment by BunkerQB on November 20, 2009 at 9:49pm

Rvogt, the recipe sounds delicious. Any chance you could make it for July 25 Santa Clara Meet & Greet? By The Way, if you don't take Sports Illustrated and need me to send sports article to your son, just pm me with his address.
Vickyrun, hope you picked my hubby's brain before he had his wine. Most of the other family law lawyers in Santa Clara County have died or retired. He is older than most of the judges. He said he knows this because the judges address him "Sir" instead of "Mr. So and So" especially when he wears the Navy hat.
I posted a number of recipes in the Hawaii group, including the Oriental Shrimp Salad and Chicken Salad with Fuji apples. Click HERE.

Comment by Tee-1sailor's mom on November 20, 2009 at 9:45pm

Hi Raylene, I'm in Sacramento too. Hi Bea, what does BTW mean?

Comment by Vickyrun on November 20, 2009 at 8:02pm

Hi Nor. Cal. Moms,
You all are a great bunch of friends. Bea, ur husband is a very nice man. He was very kind at the M&G and let me pick his brain about family law. Chrissy and her ex r still fighting over my grandson. I have him this weekend, then I take him back to Sacramento on Sunday afternoon. I will pick him up again on Dec. 18th and take him to the airport to meet Chrissy.
Nancy, I will say from experience the pain of a losing a loved one by suicide never goes away. However it does lessen over time. It has been 38 years for me, Memorial Day hits me the most, as he was Army, served in Vietnam. He was older, 40, but now I look at pics of him and he looks so young!
Navy Huggs to all, Vicky aka Chrissy's Mom

Comment by BunkerQB on November 20, 2009 at 5:21pm

Patricia asked me for the Vegetarian Lasagna recipe. I made it again two weeks ago, carefully wrote down everything and took photos. I put it in a "safe" place so I can find it easily when I was ready to post the info. I couldn't find it for the life of me last night. So I winged it. I was saddened by Nancy's news and distracted.
Instead of Worcestershire Sauce, I think I grabbed the Tabasco Sauce.
Instead of 2 teaspoon, I used 2 tablespoon of Worchester Sauce (Tabasco Sauce).
Instead of 2 teaspoon of curry, I used 2 tablespoon.
I forgot I was making a "two person" size instead of "group size". I didn't have any cheddar cheese for the sauce. Hubby had to make a quick run to the store, so dinner was not ready until 8 PM (he likes to go to bed at 9).
To top it off, I burned it in the oven (hard to do normally). I was reading the N4M comments.
IT WAS AWFUL! Hubby said, "Sweetie, it's wonderful. Very tasty." Liar.

Comment by BunkerQB on November 20, 2009 at 2:02pm

See PRIVATE MESSAGING AND POSTING COMMENTS under above Discussion Forum.

Comment by BunkerQB on November 19, 2009 at 1:45pm

Below are excerpts from a comment I made on a blog in support of a mom whose son was going to Captain's Mast. The last paragraph posted just hours before Nancy's comment regarding her nephew's suicide. It was eerie.

"We have conflict on occasions because stuff happens to our children when you least expect it. You could be a magnificent parent, work endless hours to provide guidance and support (in all aspects of parenting) and find yourself in an unexpected "How can this happen to me?" scenario. It happened to my husband and me with one of our sons. After you warn them about sex, drugs and alcohol you think I've got all the bases covered. Well, you don't. Between the ages of 18 and 21 (the never-neverland zone) the boys are have been exposed to s, d and a. In additional at 18, the laws are so different. The kids simply don't understand that.

Finally, our treatment of those who are separated should be done with grace and professionalism and as soon as possible. For some of the ones who are will separated because of medical or possibly psychological reasons, the whole process is probably traumatic enough. We need not make it any harder. These young men and women may not be sailors any longer but they still are our children and our future - we must safeguard our children, even the ones whom the Navy has deemed unqualified to stay.

The art of helping a mom see the reality of the situation without causing more pain or casting negative light on the her son/daughter is something another mom learns through experience and experience alone. Each child is unique. Every mom deserves a ray of hope regarding her child. That is what keeps her going. If we help a mom in need see that little sliver of daylight at the end of the tunnel, sometimes that is all is needed to prevent a disaster or another of our young generation from going down the path of depression and/or destruction."

I am making an extra effort this season to be supportive of family and friends in memory of all the fine young people we have lost this year. See everyone soon.

Comment by BunkerQB on November 19, 2009 at 1:20pm

Hi Everybody,
Just a temporary assignment, on loan from my being the family's social secretary/admin & hubby's tech support. As soon as Heloisa is finished with school, she will take over. She is still starter of the group and thus moderator. I am just doing the calendar stuff and searching out new N4M members who don't know about our wonderful little group. Will get to see my younger son in 6 days and my sailor in 12. Spoke with him yesterday. His first sea deployment, by all accounts seem intense. He is a junior officer on a sub, so those of you with sons who are also nukes on subs may have questions for him. If he is up to it, we'll have an informal meeting and he can answer your questions.

Comment by Vickyrun on November 19, 2009 at 12:50pm

Hi Nor. Cal. Moms,
My deepest condolences to you Nancy and your family. There was a suicide in my family many years ago, so I understand your pain.
I have my grandson (Chrissy's Navy brat) with me for a few days. He is the joy of my life. Take care, Vicky

Comment by Navy for Moms Admin on November 19, 2009 at 8:25am

Hey everyone! As Heloisa hasn't been around much lately, I just promoted Bea S. as an admin of this group to keep things moving along :)

Comment by BunkerQB on November 19, 2009 at 2:52am

Nancy, how is your son TJ doing? Is he still scheduled to go to BC in Feb?

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