Excellent tip about not sending air freshener items and soaps in the same box with food items.
Also some dried fruits will give off a ripening gas, enough to burst the package they are in. The gas can then permeate and spoil the flavor of any other food items in the same box. One example is whole figs, or large pieces of dried fruits.
Mailed December 10, 2005, to MJY1288,
1 flat rate priority envelop, postage $3.85,
15 lace tree ornaments handmade by lurker SS (MJY1288 is going to take them to Walter Reed next week)
Mailed December 10, 2005, to MI at Kirkuk
1 box, value $24.00, postage $7.70
1 gold and white check fitted sheet for tree skirt
Happy New Years centerpiece (black and gold)
2 packs of 8 Star Wars cups, plus 3 more
8 Star Wars pointed party hats, 3 blue and stars pointed party hats
1 silver and white Happy New Year tiara
6 New Years horns (2 blue, 2 silver, 2 purple confetti)
Happy New Years party banner
4 wire garlands with little silver and gold stars
7 party favors: 5 gold blow outs, 2 parti-checkered blow outs
5 tiny champagne bottles of bubble juice
Words to Auld Lang Syne and the 100th Psalm
DVD recording by MJY1288: Winning Iraq
Mailed December 10, 2005, to Mosul
1 box, value $26.00, postage $7.70
white sheet to use under one of the Christmas trees
Alaskan moose sign tree ornament, reindeer head with Santa hat
2 holiday wire garlands with tiny green, red and blue cutouts.
DVD recording by MJY1288: Winning Iraq
5 packs of 10 New Years party paper plates
2 packs of 20 New Years party napkins
2 packs of 8 New Years party cups
5 little bottles of champagne bottle bubble juice with wand