In My Own Words

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 [...]

Well, not just to Iraq; got some on the way to Afghanistan, as well. Jack and I dropped off four packages this morning. One was a very small box (the customs form was bigger than the box), headed for a young man in Iraq who has insisted on letters only, but I couldn’t let him [...]

I put four care packages in the mail today, thanks to funds from “Help Raise Dough for the Troops.” Shawn also donated $12 to cover postage on one of them, which was an immense help. That’s $12 I’ll be able to use for “stuff” rather than postage. It’s time to start collecting stuff for Christmas [...]