Fresh Ideas!!

I've been getting more emails lately and more ideas from people which means people ARE reading this! SO..here's the latest suggestions:

I have a friend that is currently deployed and I’ve been steadily mailing boxes for him and his team. Here are some more ideas for you:

AIR FRESHENERS! This is a big request! Apparently the potties and the tents/barracks smell something fierce! Make sure you suggest that they put these in Zip-Lock bags!

Q-Tips

Gold Bond Powder…It’s HOT over there!

Sunflower seeds

Pumpkin Seeds

Pop Tarts

Canned fruit in the flip top cans. Makes it way easier for them to open and they can just “drink” it right out of the little cans.

Hot Sauce (maybe something other than Tabasco Sauce)

Beef Jerky. There must be 20 – 30 different varieties!

Spam (flip top cans) There are a bunch of varieties of this too

Vienna Sausages (flip top cans)

I bag almost everything in Zip-Lock bags. Because the Post Office has the “flat rate” boxes, this really is a huge cost benefit for canned goods and magazines! Don’t forget to include the local news papers…especially their “Local” sections and comics!

Pictures of what the county, township, city or villages are doing to the roads (fix-ups), bridges, trees, buildings, etc.

Pictures of the kids classrooms with pictures, signs and activities for the fathers & mothers that are deployed. They may need permission from teachers/administration before doing this.

Hope this helps.

JuliePS One more thing…encourage everyone to HAND write their notes! Typing or computer generated notes are nice but nothing says genuine and heartfelt like hand written notes!

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Pictures, pictures, pictures!!

Postage gets EXPENSIVE!! Try alternating packages with pictures sent in a card. Have fun with it. I did a funny photo shoot and took goofy pictures of myself, printed them out and made comments on them. You can even pick up the sticker speech bubbles in the scrapbooking section to make yourself or your kids say things in the pictures or just photo shop them onto the pictures before you print. Pin It

Candy play on words - Candygram!

Take each candy and attach a note with a reason why you're sending it. You can put them all in a box labeled the reason why I love you or something like that:

• Nerds: You're such a nerd and always make me smile.
• Smarties: You're so smart.
• 100 Grand: You're just so rich (joking of course).
• Reese's whips: Because you're whipped.
• Snickers: For the way you snicker at my jokes.
• Butterfinger: Because you have a nice butt.
• Sweet Tarts: Because you're so sweet.
• Hot Tamales: You're so hot!
• Laffy Taffy: You always makes me laugh.
• Hershey's Hugs and Kisses: You always give great hugs and kisses.
• Dum Dums: You love me even when I'm a dum dum.
• Shockers: The way I feel about you is shocking!
• Baby Ruth: I love it when you call me baby.
• Lifesavers: Because you're my lifesaver.
• Mints: You're worth a mint to me!
• Reisen: You're my "reisen" for living.
• Reese's Pieces: Because I love you to pieces.
• Big Hunk: Because you're my big hunk.
  
  
  

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Sexy items for a private care package from wife/gf

Here are some ideas for one of my LYC girls:

I bought some X-rated heart candies (you know the Valentine's conversation hearts that say stuff like "Be Mine" and stuff..yeah, these said some other things...)

I made some chocolate and vanilla "kitties" on a stick with an insinuating little note attached about him eating them. They were wrapped in pink cellophane and tied with red ribbon. It wasn't hot there at the time so it didn't melt. He thought the edible "kitties" were hilarious.

I got some underwear for him and I put on some dark lipstick and I kissed them all over...mostly in THAT area...I put them in a plastic bag with my perfume sprayed on them and a pink notecard with "Guess what I've been thinking about?" on it.

I got him a sleeve for his special alone time and some lube.

Gummy handcuffs with a dirty little story about how we'd use the real thing.

3 or 4 erotic letters in individual envelopes, each scented with my perfume.

Some private pix on CD for his computer.

Red Hots that were in a package labeled something like "Sex Pills" or something like that, can't remember...it was funny but I can't remember what the label said.

A pair of my panties in a plastic baggie.

A pillowcase with an iron on of me in a sexy pose so we could still "sleep together" even though we couldn't.

Coupons for dirty deeds he could cash in when he got home. Yes, he's cashed them ALL in by now.

Boobie cookies.

I also took some obscure, hard to identify pix of various body parts and numbered them. If he was able to identify them, he got good, recognizable pix of those parts. It was kind of like a puzzle/game/brain teaser/other part teaser thing

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Birthday Ideas

I recently received an email full of birthday ideas! Enjoy!

Hello,
I’m an avid reader of spousebuzz and came across your link there. My fiancé is deployed to Iraq and I was having a hard time trying to figure out what to send him for his birthday. To help anyone else I thought I would share what I sent….

• Candles- he was turning 24 so I put 24 in a plastic bag (did not include lighter) I knew his roommate had one, didn’t think you could ship lighters anyways
• Balloons- he said the guys had a good time blowing them up and playing volleyball, ect. with them
• Cake- betty crocker makes individual microwaveable cakes- just add water, put in microwave and tada! Comes with caramel or icing.
  
• DVD- with me and his friends singing happy birthday to him, and left personal notes on it
• Wrapped presents- this would vary

I thought about doing a “theme” sending over cups, plates, food, hats, table cloth…. but I thought it might be to much. May be good for someone else though?

Thanks for keeping your blog, what a great idea!

Jacquie

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Under the Sea

• Goldfish crackers
• Salt packets
• Blue Kool Aid - don't forget the sugar and pitcher!
  
• Shark gummies
• Little game with the magnetic fishing pole
• Goldfish game cards (go fish or regular)
  
• Tuna packets with crackers
  
• Sea Monkeys you add water to and they grow
• Small conk seashell so he could hear the ocean
• Salt water taffy

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A trip to the zoo

This would be especially cute for those that have children and have taken a trip to the zoo. Include lots of pictures of your trip and then some of these treats:

• animal crackers
• peanuts
• peanut butter from the elephants
• beef jerky from the lions
• dried banana chips from the chimps
• trail mix from the birds
• Hostess Snowballs from the polar bears
• tuna from the seals
• postcards
• stuffed animals
• plastic zoo animals
• tons of pictures!

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