Posted on 01/07/2002 11:25:58 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
From: Brown-Patterson, Carolyn LTJG (CVW-1 N1)
Date: Monday, January 07, 2002 03:16:23 PM To: 'Hillary's Lovely Legs'
Subject: NOTE OF APPRECIATION
Dear Ms. (HLL)
Greetings from a staff member of Carrier Air Wing ONE deployed on board the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). First of all, let me state that I am honored to write and say "thank you" the donation of the heart filled stockings. They are truly beautiful and a blessing. We enjoyed the products inside but the personnel from my office was most blessed by the beauty of the stockings. You have to remember, we did not have much holiday decorations and then these beautiful stockings arrived. Men and women were fighting over them....they are absolutely beautiful. The products most useful is the hygiene items. These items go so quickly from the small ship's store. So you can imagine the smiles on our faces when we saw necessities!!!!
I am not a pilot and do not wear a flight suite but I will pass my lovely scarf onto my immediate supervisor, Captain Cathey, who is a F18 pilot. He will get some great use out of it. He will be most appreciative.
I did go to the FREE REPULIC webpage and searched for "THE GUILD" but nothing ever showed up on the computer and a message came back stating the search was unable to find "THE GUILD"..so I am not educated on your organization and would truly be interested in learning. As well, I have never been to the Michigan area and would love to hear more about both if your time permits.
Well, a little about myself. I am a Naval officer and have been in the Navy for 18 years. Out of the those 18 years, 13 years were spent as an enlisted woman and then I applied for a commissioned and here I am 6 years later still progressing. Prayer is Powerful. I am in charge of the administration department for the Air Wing Staff which is directly responsible for the eight aviation squadrons who fly the planes. So we are about 1200 people complement that come on board to invade the ship prior to the cruise. It is love and war...the ship needs us to do its mission and we need the ship to support our flying mission...we learn we complement each other. I love my job and am extremely proud of what we are doing right now. This is not like any regular deployment and we know we are loved back home and that makes it even more worth the while.
Alright, I will take up too much of your time. I just wanted to ensure I expressed to our appreciation for your support and let you know we did receive the beautiful stockings. Mine will remain handing until we return to Virginia.
God Continue to Bless You!
LT(jg)Deleted
Carrier Air Wing ONE
Administration Officer
Unit 60105
FPO AE 09504-4400
Email: Please Freepmail me if you would like to email this fabulous wonderful thankful sailor
Ship: (757) 443-7464
NAS Oceana: (757) 433-2311
Re; Care Packages. The first box I sent to HLL, I did not spend one dime on, except the postage. I just recycled things from around my house that I thought they might like over there; things like note paper, books, magazines, fishing catalogs, perfume samples, makeup samples (those little Clinique thingies). I had a ball cleaning out all our drawers and I only sent new things or near new magazines and such. As you recall, at that time we were warned against sending things to Any Soldier. HLL took on the project of getting our packages there; she had to fill out custom forms and take everything for inspection to the National Guard. It might be possible to bypass that now for those who wish to send packages on their own. Aquamarine, for one, did have success sending a package to ANY SOLDIER.
JL; You mentioned HLL garlic potatoes. Well I see them mentioned on other threads here at FR. So many people have tried them and love them. I think the secret ingredient might be the cream cheese. Martha Stewart and others use whipping cream in their garlic smashed potatoes.
At Christmas time, I made 5 different cookies and gave plates to various friends etc. Well, two of the cookies were HLL Chocolate Chips and SuzyQ's fruit cake cookies, the other three were recipes from other sources that I have made for years. Well, all the feedback I have gotten from those cookie plates, everyone raved about the chocolate chip cookies and the fruit cake cookies, the two cookie recipes I got from the recipe exchange thread. When people ask for the recipes, I just print out that whole thread.
Anyone in Florida hiring a bulk cement distribution terminal manager?????
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years!...I missed you all.
I think it an excellent idea you're following through with the nuts and bolts, lodwick.
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