In My Own Words

It has been a crazy past couple of weeks, but I’m getting back on an even keel and into the swing of things once again. For six months I followed Sis’s postings on facebook of the ups and downs Nafe went through before he finally lost the fight, and I shared those postings with my [...]

It happens to us all. You know what I’m talking about…life’s sailing along relatively smoothly, you get complacent and take it for granted that all is right with your world, all things considered. Then out of the blue – WHAM! – your little corner of the world isn’t so smooth sailing at all. This has [...]

Every once in a rare while, I get to chat with one of our troops via Yahoo! Instant Messenger, or GoogleTalk. One of our guys who is in Afghanistan was on for a bit this morning, and since I am getting ready to pack some boxes this week I asked him if there is anything [...]

Saturday afternoon, after Savanna’s 5th birthday party, Jack and I went to Sam’s Club to pick up a few things. As we always do when I’ve got money to spend on our Warriors, he got a cart for household stuff, and I got one for Soldier stuff, then it was off to the races… LOL! [...]

The “busy week” turned out quite well once all was said and done. I was up late Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights baking bread and cookies for Raise Dough for the Troops, so I was a little tired by the end of each day of the sale. The first day I made $47, the second [...]

Wow, I was filling out the customs forms for three packages I’ve got ready to go in the mail, and since they’re going out tomorrow I put tomorrow’s date on the signature line – 06/01/2010. It hardly seems possible, but there it is, in black and white. Proof positive that sometimes time flies even when [...]

Let’s see… what’s new lately? Well, I got an e-mail today from one of our Warriors, checking in to let me know he and his group are still kicking. He attached a couple of pictures of some kids in their area of operations. Looking at the pictures, one can’t help but think that children are [...]

I went to the post office on my way home from work this afternoon. I had one rather large, heavy-ish box that was going parcel post  Space Available, and four Priority Large Flat Rate Boxes ready to go, but since I wasn’t sure how much the large box was going to cost, I took it [...]

Jack is over at Paul’s house chopping up a black walnut tree for firewood, and I’m here at home working on care packages.  I think it’s a wonderful way to start a brand new year; hopefully the recipients will think it’s not too shabby, too. LOL! I’ve already got one box filled up, the customs [...]

Christmas is behind us now, and between donations of items from some folks at work and raising $600 through my “Help Raise Dough for the Troops” efforts, I managed to mail off 17 Christmas-specific care packages to Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan. (That equals $203.15 in postage, using the large flat rate boxes.) I’ve also [...]