{"id":26,"date":"2008-01-07T02:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T02:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/hi-honey-im-home.html"},"modified":"2008-01-07T02:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-07T02:41:00","slug":"hi-honey-im-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/hi-honey-im-home.html","title":{"rendered":"Hi Honey, I&#8217;m HOME!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I returned from my drilling a couple hours ago. Dave had a wonderful dinner waiting for me of chicken, rice and green beans with a homemade sauce. He melted a slice of provolone cheese on the chicken, it was a white wine sauce garnished with fresh bacon bits. WOW! He&#8217;s been doing the cooking for the boys while I drill and lately he&#8217;s been doing some experimental stuff on the Sunday nights, just before I get home. It&#8217;s fun to taste his creations! <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>So I had Dave get a picture of me in my uniform&#8230;I realized there have been no pictures of me in my day-to-day uniform since late 2004!  This was right after I got home tonight, so I&#8217;m looking a little beat!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152560488462594194\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/R4GSdv6GsJI\/AAAAAAAAKWE\/162lqZg7M1s\/s200\/IMG_5000%5B1%5D.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I returned from my drilling a couple hours ago. Dave had a wonderful dinner waiting for me of chicken, rice and green beans with a homemade sauce. He melted a slice of provolone cheese on the chicken, it was a white wine sauce garnished with fresh bacon bits. WOW! He&#8217;s been doing the cooking for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[13,8],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":626,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/08\/daves-chicken-and-shrimp-fried-rice.html","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":0},"title":"Dave&#8217;s Chicken and Shrimp Fried Rice","date":"07 August 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave enjoys cooking. \u00a0It's an occasional indulgence for him -- he has a suite of yummy recipes that he likes to call his own.Sadly, he doesn't cook as much as he says he'd like to, since on on most weekdays he's coming in from work while I've been working on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"cooking\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-beAI9lKDl9c\/Tj3eaFxyHSI\/AAAAAAABY-o\/krnSiS32twY\/s400\/IMG_9251.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":668,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/11\/since-i-havent-shared-a-recipe-in-a-while-cincinnati-chili.html","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":1},"title":"Since I Haven&#8217;t Shared a Recipe in a While&#8230;Cincinnati Chili","date":"09 November 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave Update: \u00a0Yesterday Dave got the 5 little staples out of his back. \u00a0That helped him to lie on his back more easily. \u00a0On the way home from the doctor's appointment, he made a brief visit to the squadron to say hello. \u00a0I promise, he didn't do any work! \u00a0He\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"cooking\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ltea4XH7VRA\/Trn0qHTMWPI\/AAAAAAABbXI\/S7ZrMGacVjs\/s640\/IMG_9843.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2240,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/07\/an-unpacking-break-to-share-daves-bacon-explosion-from-june-7th.html","url_meta":{"origin":26,"position":2},"title":"An Unpacking Break to Share Dave&#8217;s BACON EXPLOSION from June 7th","date":"03 July 13","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave's squadron in Florida has an annual tradition: BACONFEST! 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