Holiday FReepmail Messages for our Troops Needed!

self ^ | 11-25-01 | patriciaruth

[patriciaruth]

3156.39 total expenses - 2413.25 received -530 pledges still out = 213.14 left to be split as close as I can figure right now.

[jwalsh07]

Sounds like a plan. Tuesday, I'll send a check for $125 if nothing changes.

PS Excite@home went south leaving the Walsh family a bit in the lurch this holiday season so I won't be online as regularly for a while.

You can email me at jwalsh07@yahoo.com for the time being.

[patriciaruth]

Your mail came! Thank you!

[patriciaruth]

Another $150 has come in. I'd just mail a check for $100 if I were you. These pledgers are doing really well, and I'm sure they are going to hit their mark, maybe even go over.

If they go over, I can put the excess toward the boxes of Christmas candy that I sent out last week, or send refund to you.

These FReepers are FANTASTIC!!

And there are lurkers in Missouri, Texas, and Florida that pitched into the pot, too!

[jwalsh07]

NO REFUNDS!!!! My daughter will put the check in the mail tomorrow.

We wish you and yours a Merry Christmas Doc.

Darn good job!

PS: Could you freepmail your address again?

[2Jedismom]

I have the Christmas Cards from my homeschool group ready to put in the mail tomorrow! I ended up with 121 of them! I'm labeling the box "Christmas Artwork Enclosed", so that will alleviate any "envelope" concerns, but they are hand-made Christmas cards. Some as young as 3 years old worked on them (and you can tell, but they're cute!)

I'll freepmail you when I actually get them sent.

[jwalsh07]

Checks in the mail.

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.No, really. LOL

[patriciaruth]

Address is in the mail.

:-)

[bloodmeridian]

My pleasure.

[patriciaruth]

Your mail came today.

Pretty fast!!

And pretty nice of you! Thanks so much for picking up the slack.

[patriciaruth]

Thanks for the cute little flags and ribbons and stamps. We'll put it all to patriotic use!

[Texan4W]

Patty,

I sent another check ($50 ... will actually go out Monday). If the current candy/postage/etc... is paid up, put it towards next time. (Or, since your own pocketbook has almost certainly been drained by misc expenses, buy an extra present for Mason... call it a present from my 4-year-old grandson, Davis.)

Thanks for all your hard work.

T4

[patriciaruth]

What a sweetie!

I did sent out a box of goodies to Mason, but they were all Star Wars toys, stickers, party goods, that I already had on hand, left over from a Fourth of July party I gave for my husband's grandson. He was most thrilled with a popup card that had a picture of Yoda training Luke on his back, and read "May the Force be with you......ALWAYS!"

However, I'm still not sure all the pledgers for the scarves will be able to make good on their good intentions, and I'm nowhere near recouping for the Christmas candy boxes as I didn't try to solicit for it, just did it. Your donation will be credited to one or the other.

I'm currently in the Christmas package wrapping and mailing business for my extended family, and just stuffed five stockings for a get together with my in-laws. And hubby put up the outside lights today and I hung a few bells and a lighted Rudolph in the front window.
I was wondering how to put something patriotic in the stockings of my liberal in-law, and sneakily decided on some "United We Stand" postage stamps.;-)

[Texan4W]

However, I'm still not sure all the pledgers for the scarves will be able to make good on their good intentions, and I'm nowhere near recouping for the Christmas candy boxes as I didn't try to solicit for it, just did it. Your donation will be credited to one or the other.

Yes, I know how often pledgers, despite all good intentions don’t follow through… it’s just so easy, once the pledge has been made, to put it out of mind, thinking “ok, I’ve done it…” then forget to do it (hiding face in embarrassment). That’s the reason I never make pledges any more… I just don’t say anything until I can – or have sent – the money.

I was wondering how to put something patriotic in the stockings of my liberal in-law, and sneakily decided on some "United We Stand" postage stamps.;-)

What a great idea… a gift anyone can use! I need several gifts for liberal "co-inlaws" that should be a remembrance, but not too expensive.

How are they packaged?

[patriciaruth]

I didn't package them, just ripped 5 off the roll and stuck them between the candy and the lottery tickets in the stocking. But I believe you can buy a book of stamps, like 20 or 25 of them in it, for like $8.50 or less. I got a roll of 100, which is $34.00.

[patriciaruth]

Your mail came! Very exciting! Thank you all.

And thank you to the anonymous donor in Colorado.

[MJY1288]

Your Welcome Patriciaruth, I hope the many acts of kindness you have shown for our troops come back to you TEN FOLD

My Wife and I wish you and your family a Very Merry Christmas, and God Bless you

Your Friend,

MJY

[patriciaruth]

Torie, Jwalsh, I have an envelop from L.N., CA which had a check in it that has been cashed.

I wrote a FReeper name on the outside along with the amount, but I am afraid now that I have gotten you two confused while I've been sick with this bad cold, as you both were going to split the difference.

Please help me check if I wrote the FReeper name right, and one of you please claim L.N. as the launch point for your contribution.

[jwalsh07]

Your mail came today.

OK Doc, thanks for the confirmation and thanks for thinking of the troops.

Merry Christmas.

[Zeno44]

MERRY XMAS TO ALL OF OUR HEROS!!!! OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. BONNIE PERTON STATE OF ILLINOIS