Just had two REALLY good days...

Hey everyone!! Technically, it's Friday morning, but for me, it's still Thursday night, so that's how I am posting :) So here is how the last two days have gone...

Wednesday; First, we took 4 boxes to the post office that were filled with toilet paper, wipes, puzzle books, q-tips, cd's, drink mixes, and a few other various things. All four of these boxes were shipped using the donation made by Mike Nist. I wasn't sure how much it would cost, so I only brought four. However, there is enough left over to send over another 2, which will go out tomorrow. After that, we took the remaining 20 boxes over to the storage unit until we can get the donations needed to mail them out. While at the storage unit, we took all the bags and boxes that we have for the soldiers coming home and brought them back here to the house. We then spent about 4 hours going through everything and seperating it all. After cleaning it all up, we shut it all down for the night.

Thursday: After sleeping in this morning, I woke up and called a local dealership that I had been in contact with about a donation to help with our single soldier mission. It was the best news...they were giving us a donation!!! For several reasons, I will not disclose the amount received, but I will be posting pictures of us when we go shopping for the stuff for the single soldiers. You too will be able to experience the joy that we get out of doing for others, especially our heroes! After a trip to the bank, we had to stop at Kroger to pick up a few things for the house, and we found a great deal on some drinking glasses. They were only .64 each. They weren't the small ones either! After standing there and debating it for a few minutes, we decided to get some for the soldiers. We picked up a total of 48 glasses for only $34. I think that's a good deal!!!

Over the weekend, I don't think we are going to be doing much shopping. I think we will take the time to plan everything out so we know exactly what we're getting and where. We will be taking into consideration sales and coupons. If you know any good sales on the final things we need (which will be listed below), let us know!! I am posting just a couple pictures for you to get an idea of the stuff we have so far, but I will have more for you soon. For now, I am off to sleep to get ready for another day! Good night!

Items still needed:

Pillows
Sheets
Blankets/comforters
Bath towels
Laundry Detergent
Fabric Softner
Paper Towels
Toilet Paper
Groceries (a few snacks, drinks, etc.)





Setting the "stage" for the sort

After bringing everything in to sort


Michelle & Meg