Mailed December 1, 2007, to Balad, Iraq
1 box of 3 (2 more to go out Monday), insured $76.37, postage $11.00
5 DVD movies:
Die Hard (Bruce Willis)
Live Free and Die Hard (Bruce Willis)
Lives of Others (about East Germany under the Soviets)
Frequency (Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel)
Tombstone (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott)
2 packs of Pepperidge Farms Cookies, 8 large cookies/pack: dark choc pecan, white choc macadamia
3 boxes Swiss Miss hot chocolate mix with marshmallows, 10 envelops/box
Mailed December 1, 2007, to STRYKER at Baqubah, Iraq, 3 boxes
#11, box 3, insured $249.16 (value $261.16), postage $14.20 with confirmation
1 Santa Hat
6 boxed TV DVD series:
Smallville, Seasons 1-6 (Tom Welling, Kristin Kruek)
Season 7, first two episodes
2 DVD movies:
Nativity Story
Die Hard (Bruce Willis)
Reagan Ranch 2008 Calendar
#10, box 2, value $29.15, postage $8.95
1 DVD movie:
Gettysburg (Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Tom Berenger)
4 packs Pepperidge Farms Cookies, 8 large cookies/pack: dark chocolate pecan, milk chocolate macadamia, white chocolate macadamia, oatmeal raisin
2 cans 1 lb. Planters cashews
#9, box 1, value $29.73, postage $8.95
6 packs of Pepperidge Farms Cookies, 8 large cookies/pack: dark choc pecan, milk choc macadamia, white choc macadamia, oatmeal raisin, milk choc caramel, cinnamon sugar.
1 DVD movie:
Tombstone (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott)
Mailed December 1, 2007, to HHC of NPTT at Baghdad, 4 boxes
Box 4 (large), insured $74.86, postage $34.90
3 boxes 24 larger shatterproof ball ornaments, red, silver, blue
3 boxes 32 smaller shatterproof ball ornaments, red, silver, blue
1 box 32 shatterproof ball ornaments, gold, green, red, blue
1 box 21 small glass ornaments, various objects
2 boxes 200 ornament hangers
gold treetop multipoint lighted star
1 red felt tree skirt
1 Santa hat
1 string indoor/outdoor multicolored C9 lights
Box 1, insured $49.46, postage $10.60
1 boxed set 3 DVD movies plus bonus disc:
Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Arc (Harrison Ford)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Harrison Ford)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Harrison Ford, Sean Connery)
3 silver beads/silver rope tree garlands, each 6 feet
1 pack 1000 silver foil icicles
2 packs 200 silver glitter icicles
1 family size box Wheat Thin crackers
7 individual large packets Whoppers
Box 2, value $29.73, postage $8.95
2 bricks 12 oz Hickory Farms cheddar cheese
2 bags 8 Giardelli raspberry chocolate squares
1 box 12 Ferrero Rocher hazelnut chocolate truffles
1 can 1 lb Planter’s cashews
1 box 10 envelops Swiss Miss hot chocolate mix with marshmallows
1 small pack hot snack mix
1 small pack macadamia nuts
6 individual large 1.75 oz packets Whoppers
1 calendar 2008 Easter Seals flowers
Box 3, value $13.56, postage $8.95
1 box 1000 silver foil icicles
4 packs Pepperidge Farms Cookies, 8 large cookies/pack: 2 dark chocolate pecan, 2 white chocolate macadamia
2 boxes 10 envelopes Swiss Miss hot chocolate mix with marshmallows
Boxes 1, 2, 3 & 4 are party stuff; 5, 6 & 7 are individual gift bags. Total weight was 267 pounds plus some ounces. I made a note that the 18 x 18 x 18 boxes are too large because you can put enough stuff in them to pull muscles trying to lift them. 21 x 15 x 10 are much better.
Box 1
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish, 58 oz.
Danish Butter cookies, 4 lbs.
Biscotti rolled wafers, 26.5 oz
Poppycock, 30 oz.
34-qt. canister Tropical Punch kool-aid
Oriental cracker mix, 2-24 oz. bags
Soft Peppermint Puffs, 4 lbs.
Choc covered orange sticks, 6-8 oz. boxes
Dark Chocolate cherries, 4 boxes (10 ct.)
2 boxes spiced cider mix
Box 2
Goldfish, 58 oz.
Butter Cookies, 4 lbs.
Peppermint Puffs, 4 lbs.
Tropical Punch Kool-aid, 34 qt.
Twizzlers, 180-ct.
Plain M&Ms, 56 oz.
Peanut M&Ms, 56 oz.
Oriental Snack Mix, 24 oz.
Dark Chocolate Cherries, 2 boxes
Box 3
Honey Roasted Peanuts, 52 oz.
Deluxe nuts No Peanuts, 24 oz.
Biscotti rolled wafers, 2 cans of 26.5 oz
Milk Chocolate Cherries, 5 boxes (20 ct.)
Poppycock, 30 oz.
Soft Plastic Punch Bowl (really it’s supposed to be a salad bowl, but it was the only one flexible enough for me to trust to shipping)
punch ladle
2 plastic serving bowls with Santas
2 gold plastic candy dishes
200 green beverage napkins
4 snowman serving platters
3 18-foot green tinsel garland
3 18-foot gold tinsel garland
Dark Chocolate Cherries, 4 boxes of 10
Milk Chocolate Cherries, 1 box of 10
1 box chocolate covered orange sticks
48 foam Christmas dessert plates
Box 4
Christmas vinyl tablecloth
96 Christmas drink cups
Nativity window clings
48 foam Christmas dessert plates
24 red shatterproof ornaments
extra food that didn’t come out even from the gift bags
100+ cards handmade by local middle-schoolers
Salsa microwave popcorn (lost count of boxes)
Marshmallow microwave popcorn (lost count of boxes)
Box 5, 6 & 7 contained 103 of the gift bags listed above, wrapped. I had a few more boxes of the flavored popcorn so I stuffed them in Box 7.