5 boxes sent out 11-15 to Tal Afar Cost to send $38
1 box (30 count) name brand chocolate bars
1 box (24 count) Butterfinger candy bars
1 box (24 count) Payday candy bars
2 boxes (120 count)Swiss Miss hot chocolate
3 boxes (144 count) Spiced Cider
1 box individually wrapped Red Vines
1 bag (120 count) assorted name brand candy bars
8 bags Bubble Yum gum
3 boxes tinsel
2 boxes (100 light) multi mini Christmas lights
7 DVDs -----
Ice Station Zebra
My Cousin Vinnie
U.S. Marshals
Laura Croft Tomb Raider
Bond, Die Another Day
The Waterboy
The Dirty Dozen
20 Christmas pictures drawn by my Kindergarten class with their comments for the troops (too cute!)
I got my 5 boxes in the mail this morning.
BOX 1
4 boxes of apple cider
4 boxes Snickers candy nutcrackers
8 cans kippered snacks
2 mini photo albums
1 sudoku puzzle book
2 Seek & Find puzzle books
2 magnetic photo pockets
2 cans Skoal tobacco
6 pkgs Christmas confetti
BOX 2
1 Entenmann fruitcake
1 Claxton fruitcake (gotta have fruitcake at Christmas)
1 bag Hershey miniatures in Christmas wrapping
1 bag Hershey kisses in Christmas wrapping
1 bag Nestle Crunch chocolate Jingles
1 deck Bicycle playing cards
1 airwick
"Patton, A Genius for War"
"Bleachers"
"The Last Juror"
BOX 3
Saltwater Sports magazine
NASCAR magazine
Motor Trend magazine
1 big crossword book
2 bags trail mix
1 bag Reese's miniatures in Christmas wrapping
1 box Christmas ribbon candy
2 airwicks
4 mini puzzle books
1 Santa hat
"Band of Brothers" (book, not DVD)
BOX 4
8 boxes flavored cocoa mix
4 boxes apple cider mix
2 bags beef jerky
1 bag smoked chicken snacks
5 Little Debbie Christmas tree shaped snack cakes
2 bags of chocolate coins
2 Santa hats
BOX 5
2 cartons (60 pkgs each) Swiss Miss hot chocolate mix
30 flat foam 'gingerman' ornaments
1 tub (360) mini candy canes
2 sets 100 mini Christmas lights
2 boxes mini Moon Pies
2 pkg ornament hangers
4 tinsel garlands
1 Santa hat
In one of those is a 2006 almanac which I forgot to list (uh oh). I used the new APO address -- hope they get there.
I LOVE Ice Station Zebra, the book by Alistair MacLean. Movie isn't bad either, but the book is aces.
Those are all great movies!!
And did they say they wanted candy??? WOW!!
just WOW!!
Ah, if only I'd known you two were sending tinsel and ornament hooks, too!
Well, they will have a lot of tinsel and ornament hooks!
Ho!Ho!Ho!
Your boxes are going to knock their socks off!!
Would you please see my post #1021 of what I sent earlier this week? Just realized I did not copy to you on it. Started out talking to Patty about something else and and usual......I'm sorry.
Also - Louisiana Legislature Staff Members have donated between 50 and 60 bags of individually wrapped candy for Tel Afar. Postal cost was $60 which they paid for.