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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
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**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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Grocery Shopping & Cooking for an Empty Nest
I have absolutely no idea how to shop or cook for an empty nest! In 2008, the boys' dad & I divorced, and the oldest left for boot camp, so it was just the youngest and me. Even then, it was rarely just the two of us at the dinner table. More often than not, I had a kitchen full of football players or wrestlers or newspaper editors or some random ensemble of teenagers. My youngest left for boot camp two weeks ago, and now I am a complete bonehead when it comes to shopping and cooking.
On my first post-departure-for-boot-camp trip to the grocery store, without thinking, I did a typical shop - half a dozen boxes of junk cereals, 3 gallons of milk, enough deli meat to feed a small army, snacks galore, etc. Where the heck was my brain?!?! I don't eat most of that stuff, and there was way too much of the stuff I do eat.
On my second trip, I walked around and around the grocery store, and I had no idea what to put in the cart! Everything I reached for was teenager food. I ended up buying yogurt and bananas. That's it.
And the cooking!! The first week he was gone, I made dinner twice, and ended up with enough leftovers to get me through a month. I can only pawn so much off on friends before I start to look like a crazy Betty Crocker!
Is anyone else experiencing this insanity? I never would have guessed that THIS would be the hardest adjustment for me to make!
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Permalink Reply by MomLane Ship 13 Div 374 PIR 10/4 on
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Mexican food is the ONE "genre" I haven't attempted to cook. Do you have any Mexican recipes for a beginner?
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Permalink Reply by CO-TwinSalorsMom on
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I cooked for a Mexican Restaurant let me think about this one, Oh I know do you like fish tacos?
1/2 diced onion, 2 cloves garlic minced, 1 tomato chopped, 1/2 avocado chopped, 1/2 lime squeeze and grate some of the peel, 1 " cubes poached fish your choice (cod, salmon, shrimp or tallapia for instance)
1/2 bottle of mexican orange soda (mexican isle in store). chopped cilantro. Mix and let flavors blend.
serve in tacos with white cheese, salsa and sour cream.
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OK, I'm going to give this one a try over the weekend! Thanks so much for sharing that recipe.
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Permalink Reply by kadikaboom626 on
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@MomLane I can have you cooking like a Senorita in no time. Give me a couple items that you love to eat or order at your favorite mexican restaurant and we'll get you started on something fabulous!
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Maybe that's the problem - I don't eat Mexican food! To my boys, Mexican food was Taco Bell or Roberto's... gag! I don't do fast food; if there's a drive-thru, I won't eat anything from there. I don't really know Mexican food - I don't know the difference between a burrito, an enchilada and a chimichanga. I know I don't like chorizo, and I'm not a huge seafood fan - I like tilapia, mahi mahi, shrimp and scallops, but that's about it. Other than that, I love food - vegetables, beef, chicken. spices...
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Permalink Reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on
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Got my meatloaf in the oven right now - house smells scrumptious! Tuesday I'm gonna make the crockpot chicken recipe that was posted. And we just got off the phone with our sailor. All is well with him - studying for a big physics test on Tuesday. Life is good!
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Life is good! Talked to my SR yesterday for first time. He's alright. My youngest came by with his girlfriend tonight and I made BBQ ribs. Can't wait to try the Italian chicken myself. Even doing laundry tonight doesn't bother me a bit! I'm so glad for this website! You ladies are great!
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kadikaboom - so glad you got a call from your SR! Remember to count Fridays and the time will go by faster :) Nice that you were able to share dinner with your youngest and his GF - BBQ ribs sound yummy!
I agree - this website has been a real lifesaver for me - great info and even better support! See if you can find a "Blue Star Mother's" Chapter in your area. I just recently joined and it has been great....they do welcome home for soldiers/military at the airport (hubby and I have gone to 2 now - very moving!), pack care packages, bake cookies for deploying troups, the list goes on.....just a really wonderful organization.
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@B'snukemom. I did look at that group a few months ago. Not one very close to me, but I will look again. It sounds awesome.
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Permalink Reply by Carigrill on
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I haven't been eating very much lately but when I do I've been making all the things I've wanted to but he didn't like!
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I noticed I've been eating carrots with a lot of my dinners. That was the only vegetable my SR wasn't particularly thrilled about. He'd eat them raw, but not cooked. I can't think of anything else he didn't like! LOL
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