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Comment by Earl's_Wife on September 30, 2012 at 11:05am

Good Morning Ladies! I am also really glad that the page is getting active again :)

Jboysmom - it would have been awesome to meet your DIL. I know she is leaving but you can give her my info anyways if she needs anything. Is great that you are coming in October, unfortunately you will miss the treasure shop because they only open M-W and the 1st-3rd Sat of the month from 10am-2pm. I'm not sure if there's a NWCA Chapter in Itally but I will check for you, I know there's one in Japan and Hawaii. And your link works, and it looks super delicious.

Gonavymom - I'm glad that your house is going back to normal after the hurracain and of course you had some good time with your girl. I don't have any tortilla soup recipe, but I'm in the look out for you.

Well here is my recipe, I found it in Pinterest and we love it. Is fast, easy and delicious. Baked Garlic Chicken.
http://www.food.com/recipe/easy-garlic-chicken-5478

Also for all of you that live close or want to let your DIL's know the FRG is having some good activities soon.
Oct 18th - bake sale on the ship (they need people that can donate some bake goods, I'm sending some stuff. Can't be there because of work)
Oct 27th - Children's Halloween Parade on the ship (they will have games and treats for the kids and also a custome parade) (need volunteers to pass candy, I will be there helping out)
Dec 1st - Children's Xmas party on the ship (they will have Santa and kids can get a gift from him [cut off 12y old] and they also need volunteers)

The bake sale is to support the other events and keep them free for the WASP Families, so please tell your Sailors to check out the bake goods on the 18th.

Comment by jboysmom on September 30, 2012 at 10:07am

Hi to all the Wasp moms and wives!  I'm so glad to see some posts on here.  For a long while, there weren't anyone on here - like a ghost town, so to speak ;-)

     My son has been on the Wasp for 3 years and his time on there will end Dec. 31st because he will begin shore duty in Italy for the next 3 years.  We have been very blessed that he's been on the Wasp and didn't have to do long deployments.  Gave us lots of opportunities to go visit him and his wife.  Now that they have a daughter, our trips down there have increased immensely!  It's going to be a major adjustment for us to get used to them living in Italy for the next 3 years, but I have already started a vacation account to save up to get over there at least 1 time.

     Earl's Wife - I would have loved to get you hooked up with my son's wife.  Through these past 3 years, I have connected her with several wives in Norfolk when I found out about them from other moms on this site.  They have become close friends and I'm so glad she has them for support.  I'm already on the Italian Navy moms site and looking for wives I can connect her with over there.  Thank you for sharing about the NWCA.  Do you know if they have international chapters?  I will give the information to my daughter-in-law anyway.  She might be able to get some help from them as they prepare to move to Italy.  Thanks, too for letting us know about the Treasure Shop on base.  We are going to Norfolk for a visit Oct. 12-15 and I will make sure we go there.

     I like the idea of sharing recipes.  I'm always looking for new or different recipes and get tired of fixing the same thing all the time.  I have never tried attaching a file to a post, but I'm gonna give it a try and see if you all can get to the recipe for Chicken Pot Pie Cupcakes - they are awesome!  I don't use the herbs mentioned in the recipe because they are too strong.  I just add a mixed seasoned salt I have and it still tastes great.Chicken%20Pot%20Pie%20Cupcakes.docx  Let me know if the link works or not.

Comment by Earl's_Wife on September 23, 2012 at 11:02am

My last post made me think; would you like to trade recipes? Maybe once or twice a month we can find a good recipe and share it here? After all mom's have the best recipes in the world; I know mine does :)

Comment by Earl's_Wife on September 23, 2012 at 10:55am

As many of you know I'm not a USS Wasp Sailor mom, but a wife. Norfolk is our second duty station, but is the first time that my Sailor is on a ship and far away from me. I know the USS Wasp don’t go on real deployments, but that doesn’t make it any easier when my Sailor is away. Being in a strange place without a support system is not easy. I mean my family and in-laws are always there for me, but they live miles and miles away. I need people here, that I can go get dinner with or a cup of coffee or just talk without worrying of what I’m saying, because if my mom gets just a hint that I’m sad because my Sailor isn’t here then she will start to worry about me and that I’m all alone, etc, etc. I guess you guys get the point; after all you are mothers and understand that kind of worries I’m talking about.

Anyways the point I’m trying to make is that I started looking for such support system here and in my search I found the Navy Wives Club of America, Inc. This is an amazing organization with chapters nationwide, here in Hampton Roads only there is like 6 chapters.  The Ladies from this organization are wonderful; we have a big range of ages from seasoned members with retired husbands on their 70’s to new wives in their 20’s. I’m so grateful I found this awesome group of women; they have carried me out through hard times. As part of the club we vow to be sisterly and charitable, but these ladies go above and beyond.

I am sharing this story with you guys today because maybe one of you know someone or have an in-law that is having a hard time coping with deployment or in need of a support system and maybe the NWCA could be as helpful for them as it was for me.

If any of you would like more info you can contact me at dennise.velez@gmail.com or check our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Navy-Wives-Clubs-of-America-NWCA-...

 

Side note: as part of the NWCA I have been volunteering at the Treasure Shop on base. Is a thrift and consigment shop run by wives and all proceed go to charity. They have limited hours and not many people know about it but I have found some great stuff there, including uniforms for my Sailor. They have a complete section of gently used uniforms and you can’t beat the prices. So the next time you visit Norfolk ask your Sailor to take you to the Treasure Shop you never know what you will find and it all goes to charity. I was at the shop last Saturday and found 4 awesome cooking books (I love new recipes and collect cooking books) and they were only $1 each; can you say jackpot???

I’m sorry this post was so long, but if it helps at least one person I think is worth it :) Have a blessed day Ladies!

Comment by Earl's_Wife on September 20, 2012 at 10:37pm

Hi Nolamom, the frg have a very active fb page now that they change presidents. They are planning a Halloween and Xmas party for the kids also a bake sale, hopefully it will keep active. The page is USS wasp (LHD 1) FRG

Comment by nolanavymom on September 20, 2012 at 10:29pm

Hello friends ~ so sorry it has been a while since I'm on FB.  We did fine with that nasty Isaac.  Made a mess out of our neighborhood with lots and lots of really old Oak and Magnolia trees down all over the place.  One poor family had their roof crashed in by one of them so there went the electricity for a couple days.  The brand new generator from last year worked like a charm .... but that thing is loud :(  Plus I had flashbacks from Katrina with all that noise going on and the helicopters flying overhead toward the east and Plaquemines Parish..  Hope to see our sailor for a little while sometime next week as he is being sent to Pensacola for a class.  Can not wait!  God bless all .......P.S.  any word on a FB page for the Wasp?  I so miss signing in the the GW when my sailor was in Japan,

 

Comment by Earl's_Wife on September 8, 2012 at 10:42pm

Thanks, I found it. Silly me didn't read the hole thing and was looking for the link on navy for moms.

Comment by Earl's_Wife on September 8, 2012 at 12:07pm

Hi Ladies, I hope everyone is doing great in this Saturday morning. I just stopped to say hello and see how everyone is doing.

Gonavymom can you please post a link to that FRG page? I'm trying to find it but no luck. Unfortunately I have give my info the the FRG president couple of times but I keep not getting their emails.

Comment by Earl's_Wife on September 8, 2012 at 12:01pm

Hi Kris and Welcome to the Family!

Comment by Kris & Bob on September 8, 2012 at 10:34am

Hi to all. Our son has order's to report to the Wasp no later then 27 Dec. Thought it would be good to join the family while I'm here.

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