Posted on 01/13/2004 4:14:17 PM PST by patriciaruth
I've had some late messages for the troops come in today, so I'm going to do a postal envelope mailing of them on Monday. If you know anyone who wants me to print out a message to a soldier, send them by.
Any messages that get in by Sunday early evening, I'll see are included in the Monday mailing.
My guest room is a wreck, with red decorations and trash and stuff all over the floor...LOL! Looks like Cupid did a crash landing in there.
The 4 Valentine care packages that went out 1-16-04 contained 26 movies, 14 paperback books, 6 decks of cards, a Frizzbee, 4 thingees of Crystal Lite mix, 45 sewing needles and 2 spools of thread, 23 notepads of paper (50 ct each), 600 envelopes, 47 packages of Bic pens (11 to a pack), 4 calendars, magazines (3 Army, 2 NRA, Star with Mel Gibson cover, Time with Saddam capture, a Schwarzenegger bio in pictures), 15 packs of gum, 6 each personal care items: travel size Kleenex, wet wipes, toilet paper, hand sanitizing gel, mouthwash, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, shampoo, shaving cream, disposable razors, dental floss, lotion, Q-tips, deodorant, chapstick SPF15, 6 small leatherette bag to carry travel toiletries. 2 boxes of bandaids. 1 small package of M&M's. And over 300 Valentines. 5 packages of Hershey's kisses (~670), 5 bags and 5 boxes with 506 lollypops (300 Tootsie Pops, 96 Charm bubblegum cherry and berry pops, and 108 Charm Valentine cherry suckers. Total insured value, just over $700. Insured postage was 167.54
Movies are DVD: Gov. Schwarzenegger in Total Recall and The 6th Day, Crichton's Andromeda Strain, Antonio Banderas in Mask of Zorro, Kurt Russell in Stargate, Finding Nemo, Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Star Wars II, Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest, The Matrix, Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft, Harrison Ford in Air Force One, Will Smith in Independence Day, Tom Berenger in Last of the Dogmen, October Sky, Carl Sagan's Contact. VHS movies are Bruce Willis in Die Hard, the Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable; Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Morgan Freeman in Along Came a Spider, Good Will Hunting, Mel Gibson in What Women Want, Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, Casablanca. [Movies previously sent to Baghdad are Die Another Day, Collateral Damage, True Lies, Windtalkers, We Were Soldiers, Lawrence of Arabia, Last of the Mohicans, Return to Me, The Rookie, Antwone Fisher, Shanghai Knights, Tears of the Sun, Sum of All Fears, Panic Room, Ghostbusters, Frequency, Remember the Titans, Forever Young, Predator, Men in Black, The Great Escape.]
Books are Crichton's Timeline, Clancy's Without Remorse and Sum of All Fears, L'Amour's Last of the Breed, Heinlein's Starship Troopers and Double Star, Larry Bond's Red Phoenix, Stephen Horn's Law of Gravity, Don Coldsmith's Runestone, T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, Olson Scott Card's Postwatch and Enchantment, Zane Gray's Riders of the Purple Sage. [Books previously sent to Baghdad are Ice Station Zebra, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength, Manifold Time, Manifold Space, The Pilgrimage, No Different Flesh, Glory Road, Tunnel in the Sky, Ender's Game, The Virginian.]
Thought I'd warn you...but this is for the troops, whom we can't thank enough for the sacrifices they are making on our behalf.
We might get a chance to talk with Eric tomorrow. (I PRAY we do!). Would you like me to let him know this is coming?
I don't think there's any chance that it WON'T get there by Valentine's Day if you sent it yesterday.
I'm planning on sending him a package on Tuesday for his birthday which is well before the 14th, and it should get there on time.
Yes, please warn him.
Just reread the list and saw that you had the C.S. Lewis space trilogy in there! COOL!
My sister-in-law's mother is passing any time now and my Mother just broke her hip.
Next time I ping you I may be in Texas.
THANK YOU so very much! See post several above for what was sent and what it cost.
Prayers for your SIL's Mother and for your Mother.
Take Care,
Colleen
My sister-in-law's mother is still critical in the last stages of cancer, and our prayers are mostly for her peaceful passing and strength for my dear sister-in-law.
:-D
As Gov. Dean would say, "Yah-HOO!!!"
You have brought the contributions now up to over a third of my outlay, and have made my husband very happy. He likes the care packages, but gets nervous when I keep getting more stuff.
I hope our troops get as much pleasure from the packages as I got packing them. I'm sure OhioWfan will see that we get a little feedback.
Check above posting for the list of what went. I forgot to add the travel size mild soaps and powder to prevent chaffing to the list.
Dear Patty and Randy,
Thank you very much for the package and letters. I will do my best to make sure they get distributed. Your support is greatly appreciated by everyone over here. [He makes a request for a specific item] I look forward to hearing from you again.
Love, Sgt.......[known as Sonar by his friends there].
For those among you who also sent a contribution, we haven't heard from Eric yet about receiving the boxes we sent. Y'all did great! Thanks for taking the time to write a Valentine note for the troops!
((Hugs))
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